The ongoing Yggdrasil event

Xaden · December 2017

...and kinda hot.

Asmodron · December 2017

Hmm. I understand that the rats will chase you all over the tree, but it seems after they've chased someone to whatever destination, they'll remain there. Ive found rats as far as inside the emissary. Is that part of the design where they dont walk back or?

I tend to find them clustered together because of this reason.

Tysandr · December 2017

I just wished the OP had chosen a different title for this thread. Every single time I click it.

Ictinus · December 2017

Asmodron said:

Hmm. I understand that the rats will chase you all over the tree, but it seems after they've chased someone to whatever destination, they'll remain there. Ive found rats as far as inside the emissary. Is that part of the design where they dont walk back or?

I tend to find them clustered together because of this reason.

The rats should be confined to their individual tiers and each tier has a cadre of rats. So bottom level rats won't chase you all the way to the Embassy ruins, nor will the higher tier rats chase you all the way down to the Achaea flame connection.

That said: they are tenacious, so if they chase you to a destination they will remain for a while before returning to their posts. This should be similarly to how any other chasing denizen operates. If there appears to be anything strange - and by strange I mean things that other denizens that chase don't do - please bug it and I'll take a look!

Sarapis · December 2017

Tysandr said:

I just wished the OP had chosen a different title for this thread. Every single time I click it.

Fixed.

Siduri · December 2017

Keorin said:

As a small note (I really do like the event overall), I'm getting a bit tired of the plot of so many of these events seemingly including "Adventurers rush to the scene, try to help, but just play into the villain's plans."

I'd guess this is so players can be included earlier in things, and so it's not just villainous groups doing stuff in the background, but between this event, and the Black Wave starting on a similar beat, it's starting to feel like a repeated thing. This gets kinda frustrating, at least to me, because it feels like being punished for trying to participate or move things along, and it gets to the point where it's hard to conclude ICly that you -should- be helping, because it went so great the last few times.

I'm all for twists or making choices that backfire, but it's a pain when that choice is to participate or not participate, because you can't tell if there even are other directions that things could be pursued. With this core gathering, for instance, it's impossible to really work out what the Emissarys' motivations are (supposedly one of them talked about the prime not being worthy for burning until the conduit is repaired), and impossible to tell if there are any other story directions for things to go in other then helping the emissaries, so it makes it hard to really get excited about participating, ICly or OOCly, at least for me.

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Minifie · December 2017

Sarapis said:

Tysandr said:

I just wished the OP had chosen a different title for this thread. Every single time I click it.

Fixed.

Sarapis fixed

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Asmodron · December 2017

Ictinus said:

Asmodron said:

Hmm. I understand that the rats will chase you all over the tree, but it seems after they've chased someone to whatever destination, they'll remain there. Ive found rats as far as inside the emissary. Is that part of the design where they dont walk back or?

I tend to find them clustered together because of this reason.

The rats should be confined to their individual tiers and each tier has a cadre of rats. So bottom level rats won't chase you all the way to the Embassy ruins, nor will the higher tier rats chase you all the way down to the Achaea flame connection.

That said: they are tenacious, so if they chase you to a destination they will remain for a while before returning to their posts. This should be similarly to how any other chasing denizen operates. If there appears to be anything strange - and by strange I mean things that other denizens that chase don't do - please bug it and I'll take a look!

Ah, so many rats that I assumed they were the same.

Thank you for the response!

Kiet · December 2017

Can we make org-owned clans work through planes? They're not any less IC than ct/ht

Morthif · December 2017

Can we make all clans and tells work? Achaea is a shrinking community and cutting communication to large and exciting new areas just feels blah.

Accipiter · December 2017

Tells 100% should be, what is the point of seeing someone on QW if you have to communicate directly to them through massages?

Torinn · December 2017

I realized the other day that off plane communication, at least in Order chat, was not recorded in history. It looked like a one sided conversation.

Morthif · December 2017

Torinn said:

I realized the other day that off plane communication, at least in Order chat, was not recorded in history. It looked like a one sided conversation.

Also the herald can't be heard either.

Antidas · December 2017

Herald should definitely be heard, imo. I like the idea of clans working across the boundary, but I do understand admins desire to contain it to IC communication only. That being said, I dislike the idea that you can see people on QW but not send tells to them. Really should be able to use tells, imo. Sometimes you want to communicate with someone away from a public IC channel, and messages don't really do the trick in these situations.

Ahmet · December 2017

Market too.

Farrah · December 2017

Personally, I like that a lot of channels are blocked. Makes it seem far off and different, even though QW and CT are the same. Though, there are some clans that are almost like city channels and house channels (novice clan in Mhaldor especially, since slaves can't talk on CT). So I can understand that.

Shirszae · December 2017

To me it feels very artificial that CT and OT and everything else works but normal tells for some reason don't.

Antidas · December 2017

Honestly, I really just want tells. Thats all. I can live without clans, but I hate seeing someone on QW/CWHO and then being unable to actually talk to them.

Sobriquet · December 2017

Morthif said:

Can we make all clans and tells work? Achaea is a shrinking community and cutting communication to large and exciting new areas just feels blah.

This. The game in world is significantly bigger now but with all the islands and planes it's now -too- big to cut off communication, especially in the tree.

I play this for the social aspect too, so coming back from the tree yesterday to find I'd missed a conversation on a house ooc channel was annoying. I know of course IC communication should take priority and be encouraged but please stop finding ways to isolate me if I want be off plane exploring

Keorin · December 2017

Using messages instead of tells seems like such a small thing, to me. I can understand clans, given that they're often used for important IC purposes, but I like that there's a bit of a mechanical difference still between someone standing on the same spot as you, and standing on a different planet on a different plane.

Penwize · December 2017

Keorin said:

but I like that there's a bit of a mechanical difference still between someone standing on the same spot as you, and standing on a different planet on a different plane.

You know, to facilitate this, it would be kind of cool if tells were still possible, but suffered from a slight delay. So, you send a tell, get a message saying that you're concentrating on reaching person telepathically, then a second or two later the tell sends. Would be neat, and help drive home the distance aspect.

Mathilda · December 2017

Communication ret? @Tesha just jumped for joy.

Tysandr · December 2017

It is a very fine balance, deciding to expand an already large roombase against a small playerbase. It is the one general thing I take issue with the IRE model across several games. The focus on 'making new areas' may have proven a successful retention model in the past; it is probably harder to make that assumption these days.

When core interactions happen in very small snippets of gameplay (both geographically and temporally), it becomes increasingly important to keep people essentially a touch away from the action.

A bold move introducing more planes and compounding geographical separation. The writing appears to be first-class and I hope the gamble falls favorably for Achaea.

Rangor · December 2017

You put a swelling orb of water into a granite altar.

The sound of rippling water and crashing waves echoes in your ears as a spray of crystalline droplets coalesces from the

air, spattering across the altar.

alternatives....

Zbaco · December 2017

Out of curiosity (if @Makarios or @Nicola can say), how long is this event expected to last? Will it wrap up before Christmas, or continue on beyond the first of the year? Or is this mostly dependent on how fast we (the playerbase) can move the plot forward?

Nicola · December 2017

There's a timeframe involved and also some playerbase stuff, at this point it's in player hands, so we don't have a specific plot, it's based on ingenuity and ideas.

Cooper · December 2017

But linear!

Ahmet · December 2017

Guess who's back (back back)
Back again (ain, ain)
Vastar's back (back back)
Tell a friend

Dominius · December 2017

A distant rumble of thunder echoes across the firmament.

The air stills as uttermost calm pervades the heavens.

A deafening silence resonates outwards from the formerly enraged Mistral until with a peal of

insouciant laughter, it bursts into a frenzy of motion. Brushing across the expanse of the Northern

Wilderness in rediscovered, joyous abandon, the elemental conduit dances through the skies.

The peal of insouciant laughter whistles through the air as the Mistral whips itself into an

exuberant corkscrew shape, drifting with carefree, joyous abandon across the Northern Wilderness.

A roar of enraged fury rises from the awakened form of Jeramun, Flame of the World. Churning

tendrils of calescent flame blaze a path upwards into the skies, twisting about the Mistral in a

tightening web of fire, living fire seeking to consume living air.

The Mistral shrieks as it darts amidst the spreading web, jubilation evident in its every motion as

it entwines itself about the lashing tongues of fire, blasting a series of smoking craters across

the Northern Wilderness in uncontrolled surges of lightning.

You feel yourself begin to gasp as the air grows thin, the very breath drawn free from your lungs.

A roar belches forth from the lavafield as a great rock is sucked beneath to be consumed by the

roiling heat.

The skies darken, portentous clouds gathering above the Seat of Chaos as the crystalline rings of

Achaea shudder beneath an unseen weight.

With a dazzling flash, bolts of lightning spear northward and down into the Dardanic Grasslands,

warring with the flickering tongues of flame now leaping across its battle-scarred earth.

Jeramun, the Flame of the World erupts into a rising pillar of white-hot fire, spearing upwards into

the firmament as the Mistral's joy turns to a scream. Smoke gathers in a mockery of clouds, trapping

the rushing winds of the conduit within their hazy embrace.

Black spots drift on the edge of your vision as the air continues to thin, leaving you clawing at

your throat in a desperate search for breath.

Echoing claps of portentous promise drift down from the uppermost reaches of the sky, resounding

louder and louder in your ears with the approach of an unyielding Presence.

The howls of joy turn to agony as the Mistral darts amidst the roiling, spreading clouds, its

struggles growing weaker as the awakened Flame of the World continues to feed upon its form.

Your vision darkens, light beginning to fade as if descending a long tunnel. Breath vanishes from

your lungs, dissipating before the all-consuming fire of Jeramun as the blackness begins to give way

to the unmistakable redolence of decay; each gasping reach for air thinning the veil between your

soul and the foul blight threatening to wither and desolate.

A cacophony of sound booms forth from the heavens, buckling beneath the manifested shape of grand,

sweeping wings formed from incandescent lightning. Stretching from horizon to horizon, the firmament

comes alight in elemental harmony with the rolling thunder until all the world seems encased within

their span.

Thunder and lightning shatter the heavens as the Skylord intones, "Enough."

All the skies of Creation shudder beneath the Storm's incandescent fury as the Skylord descends upon

the world of Achaea.

Thunder and lightning shatter the heavens as the Skylord intones, "My Skies tolerate your games. Yet

you were formed with purpose, and that purpose you will fulfill."

Shrieks of ebullient glee resonate across Sapience as the entwining web of fire shatters beneath the

Will of the Skylord, the Mistral streaking free along the fringes of manifested Storm as it twists

into a whirling cyclonic vortex.

You gasp with relief as the breath rushes once more into your lungs, filling you with blissful air.

Thunder and lightning shatter the heavens as the Skylord intones, "By My Will and Word, you are

bound."

A single, elated note ripples across the heavenly vault as the Mistral coils about the grand wings

of brilliantine lightning and gathers itself before the manifested figure of Vastar, Ruler of the

Skies, swathed in His Storm's relentless fury.

Thunder and lightning shatter the heavens as the Skylord intones, "Rest, anchor. The accord was made

. It will be honoured."

With a final burst of blissful abandon, the Mistral falls quiescent before the absolute will of the

Skylord, drifting happily towards the south and its former home in a silvered swirl of cloud.

The rage of Jeramun, Flame of the World echoes across the Northern Wilderness, its all-consuming

fire denied purchase upon Elemental Air.

The firmament lightens, its great Storm deliquescing into the ether as the wings of the Skylord fade

from view, vanishing last from the skies above the Seat of Chaos. Lightning arcs and crackles until

in a single, vibrant flash, He is gone.

Klendathu · December 2017

There you go , event over, move along. Nothing can top that. (I may be a teensy bit giddy right now)

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