Sip x 1000 in Choke

by Aramel

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Aramel2008-09-29 10:32:19
After getting jumped in Faethorn:

Lower within the Queen's Tree.
The shadows have been gathered here. Superimposed over this location, an
ethereal forest reaches up to the sky. Glowing glyphs hang in the air here. A
carefully shrouded opening seems to give a hint of light at the end of its
passageway. A birch sapling clings tenaciously to the ground here. Marshall
Ryleth Ysav'rai, The Wyrden Masquerader is here. He wields a wyrden shield of
the seasons in his left hand and an athame dagger in his right.
You see exits leading northeast and up.
Glowing glyphs in the air flare and explode in your face.
You feel incredibly tired, and fall asleep immediately.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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The crone crosses her shriveled arms and turns her dark, penetrating gaze upon
Ryleth.
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You open your eyes and yawn mightily.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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You take a long drag off your pipe.
CURED anorexia
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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You may eat or smoke another herb.
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What is it that you wish to drink?
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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You are:
deaf.
AFF prone
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You have recovered equilibrium.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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What is it that you wish to drink?
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Continuing the hunt for his dark mate, Father Sun presses forward in his
journey, lowering himself in the sky yet still casting even, full light upon the
land.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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What is it that you wish to drink?
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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You must first raise yourself from the floor and stand up.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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What is it that you wish to drink?
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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What is it that you wish to drink?
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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You must first raise yourself from the floor and stand up.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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What is it that you wish to drink?
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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There is no exit in that direction.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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You must first raise yourself from the floor and stand up.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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What is it that you wish to drink?
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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You stand up and stretch your arms out wide.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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What is it that you wish to drink?
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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Lower within the Queen's Tree.
The shadows have been gathered here. Superimposed over this location, an
ethereal forest reaches up to the sky. Carefully carved steps allow entry into
the lower trunk of the Queen's Tree. The room created is immense and covered in
wall to wall hanging murals that depict the past skirmishes and feats of
ancestors long since deceased. Potted trees glisten with leaves of silvery tint,
their scent flourishing throughout the air adding a subtle crispness to it.
Richly appointed chairs lie about the room for casual conversation and one
entire rounded wall is filled with a shelved bookcase holding every book the fae
have ever retrieved. Glowing glyphs hang in the air here. A carefully shrouded
opening seems to give a hint of light at the end of its passageway. A birch
sapling clings tenaciously to the ground here.
You see exits leading northeast and up.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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What is it that you wish to drink?
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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: **** System Reset ****

What is it that you wish to drink?
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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What is it that you wish to drink?
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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What is it that you wish to drink?
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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What is it that you wish to drink?
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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Thick shadows drag against your every action.
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I think something's broken. I ran out of phlegmatic, which was what caused the problem, but had nothing that warranted sipping phlegmatic. The system seemed to have flagged Choke as aeon and was trying to cure it instead of pausing everything. I clicked the little gun at the bottom of zMud, but even that didn't stop the whole bunch of sip commands getting queued all of a sudden. huh.gif

Help please?
Ryleth2008-09-29 10:42:13
Heh, wasn't 'really' a jump since it was 5 mins after you chopping elders in prime glom. I hadn't planned it, just walked in randomly and my fae attacked. I can't help with the system trouble, but we can test it, just let me take 10 mins to switch over to my laptop, see if I can solve these 10 secs lag spikes.

Edit: For typoes
Aramel2008-09-29 10:54:30
Oh, I wasn't complaining! It was quite fair for you to attack given what I'd been doing, so when I saw the fae I assumed you were after me. I was just grumping about this weird sip thing (and Choke in general. Nerf Choke! tongue.gif)
Ryleth2008-09-29 11:09:27
heh you should be raving about choke tongue.gif It was choke/lag that killed me
Unknown2008-09-29 11:13:14
It's fairly well known that the system does not cure in Choke. Yes, it will assume aeon, and so you need to switch to manual and/or move when you see Choke.
Aramel2008-09-29 11:18:51
Oh, so I was switching the wrong way? I pressed the little gun in Zmud and it kept sipping - a timer, I guess? I take it I should have pushed pause instead.
Unknown2008-09-29 12:08:14
Pause would work much better, yes. It's a pain to heal manually in Choke, but pausing at least allows the system to still track your afflictions and balances (for when you're out of the Choke and unpause it again).
Unknown2008-09-29 13:52:04
If it is the system I think it is, you will get screwed as soon as you diagnose in choke. Don't ever do that. Pause before you do it.
Rika2008-09-29 19:26:42
Nerf choke. tongue.gif
Celina2008-09-29 19:29:30
I don't know what it is...but Palisade just has is moments where things that used to work fine start freaking out for no apparent reason. Like Zarquan said, just pause in choke. I disable choke triggers because illusions mess Palisade up and just pause when I see choke. It's the easiest way to handle it.
Unknown2008-09-29 19:58:09
I was gonna try and work out a good auto-curing setup for Choke, but it's just too time consuming and I've got better things to do. Sorry! smile.gif
Daganev2008-09-29 20:01:45
really?

I would think keeping track of exits, and then trying to leave the room, wouldn't be all that hard to automate. *shrug*
Unknown2008-09-29 20:05:24
It is when you walk into all those hexes and fae. tongue.gif
Unknown2008-09-29 20:06:07
Psh, I know of at least two people that have coded -curing- for choke / retardation. Leaving isn't the only option!

PS: Though hexes + fae instantly would probably make me leave too. Curing or no. ^^
Unknown2008-09-29 20:08:07
The best option, of course, is to send in the meat shields first and THEN go in with relative safety.
Daganev2008-09-29 20:09:26
QUOTE(shadow @ Sep 29 2008, 01:06 PM) 564494
Psh, I know of at least two people that have coded -curing- for choke / retardation. Leaving isn't the only option!

PS: Though hexes + fae instantly would probably make me leave too. Curing or no. ^^


Zapping the caster doesn't count as curing!
Unknown2008-09-29 20:15:51
QUOTE(daganev @ Sep 29 2008, 10:09 PM) 564498
Zapping the caster doesn't count as curing!


I don't think Forren had an auto-zapper and I know he coded choke curing. tongue.gif
Tael2008-10-01 00:37:57
QUOTE(shadow @ Sep 29 2008, 04:15 PM) 564499
I don't think Forren had an auto-zapper and I know he coded choke curing. tongue.gif


His Choke curing is decent. But Retardation, no matter the system, is not meant to have automated curing. That's the whole purpose of Choke, and why Retardation should be removed across IRE in general.
Rika2008-10-01 00:41:20
Retardation is nowhere near as bad a choke. Retardation killed your passives. Choke doesn't. Both are pretty bad, still. (Though when I played Achaea, people weren't as trigger happy with the retardation button as they are here with the choke button)
Tael2008-10-01 00:45:46
QUOTE(rika @ Sep 30 2008, 08:41 PM) 565002
Retardation is nowhere near as bad a choke. Retardation killed your passives. Choke doesn't. Both are pretty bad, still. (Though when I played Achaea, people weren't as trigger happy with the retardation button as they are here with the choke button)


I know this. However, Achaea is the only place that Retardation is arguably manageable. They have become trigger-happy with it over there these days though. Transfix whores.

But yes, you are right in that Choke has no real passive disadvantage for the Night user. Honestly, no disadvantage at all. But I've argued this same song and dance before, and I'm tired of ranting about it. I'm content right now with the fact that Choke can't be used on Avatars anymore. Provided that stays the same, I have no complaints.