Oh my Druid eats power like a boss

I swear Eventru has a book of proverbs next to him at all times, in our short conversation half the things he said could be found in a fortune cookie.

A very shiny fortune cookie with sparkles...

:{ Yeah, I don't know what to say there. Normally I get text messages from Estarra letting me know exactly when flares are going to go off, and she had let slip at the bi-weekly ice cream social back in January about the new flares system being implemented, and gave me a detailed account of all its mechanics - so Glom and Celest were ready at the word 'go'. Maybe you should re-register if your contact information isn't up to date? /:{

(Do you like my 'ironic mustache' tags?)

I do not think anyone else has so far suggested that all significant advantages/rewards should come with drawbacks. Wild nodes does not have any. Domoths in themselves do not have any. Cultural centre, greatest greathouse, etc., do not come with caveats. What was suggested was something like a soft cap on the amount it is reasonably possible to maintain without over-stretching your org's abilities to retain this amount of holdings - as exists in the village system - or else some other cap like Domoths where you physically cannot claim thrones (or even participate in fights) opposing your current holdings. For both, it's already been said that it just doesn't make as much sense given the current setup of bubbles to designate competitors where influence in one would effect influence in another in any way.

I wouldn't mind seeing or joining in a discussion about how they could limit the amounts of bubbles that can be claimed, but almost all the comments so far have been along the lines of, 'Make it so that this system, which we have demonstrated a general lack of interest in learning or participating, is not so beneficial to those who do, because it's not fair.'

Irony moustache looks like bunny is gonna cry.

This. Amusing.

:{ Mustache makes me think of Hoaracle for some reason.

Come now, are you really trying to belittle my argument? I never said that all advantages had to have disadvantages. I said significant ones, and your counter point doesn't make much sense when you consider that wild nodes, culture centre, etc. basically add more power. Neither did I say I wanted to limit the cap or that the problems stem from a lack of learning/participation. In fact, regardless of skill or participation, my argument stands. There is no downside to a bubble.

If you can explain to me how the other things you mentioned have the following properties, I'll retract my statement:
Bubbles give holding org:
- additional power
- beneficial, org-specific effects (constructs)
- a free, significant defense against raids
- prevent the other orgs from having same/similar effects

Domoths have some of the properties, but holding all or none doesn't allow free raiding without retribution. Bubbles not only help you, but they make you safer. Not having bubbles means that you're more prone to attack.

I appreciate your attempt to generalize my argument, but I simply refuse. Because other things might work they way you want them to doesn't mean that others do or have to.

That last sentence of yours cuts both ways; just because villages work the way you want does not mean that flares should!

Wild nodes gives almost all of your list actually. Winner gets power, reduced guard cost and upkeep, and prevents others from having the same thing. Only the winner gets all the goodies.

As to the only point it does not match... nothing is stopping you from building that construct on your nexus world, so everyone can have that regardless of owning bubbles.

If you choose something else, well, clearly you value that other one more highly than free discretionaries.

That said, I would not mind seeing it be just half price instead of fully free, but you're complaining about something you have the power to change already.

The only thing I was belittling was the 'short notice/didn't know how it worked' argument, because we were all on even footing there.


I think you acknowledge, domoths (and I'll include most honorable family in this pile) have a lot of other benefits to help in a more general way, which I would compare to the non-discretionary construct benefits.


Having all constructs doesn't allow free raiding without retribution, either. I cannot recall a time in recent memory that I have been on a raid where discretionaries were not called. Since the VA cost changes and the addition of conquest pools, the cost for using these powers is already negligible. I feel that saying, "but they're not free" is almost a technicality. They certainly are freely used as required.

It's true, I'm glad to have the opportunity to have all my org's constructs built. I particularly like being in a position where we're not forced to sacrifice benefits for newer players (harmony construct) for more pragmatic defense constructs. On the subject of refusing things, though, I refuse to believe you'd have any objections if your org had control of more bubbles. I do not recall this degree of outrage when more orgs had at least 1.

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I do not see the resemblance!

needs a full beard, that's only the mustache

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I've been kind of bored with Lusternia lately. I just spend most of my time in game idling, if I even log in. I'm sick of hunting and no one really talks to me anymore unless it's to get me to favor someone or to be unenemied to the Aeromancers.

My duty is done.

This happens You have to make your own insanity. Like deciding to join Celest, learning everything, getting lost on Celestia, and stuff.

Oh, and play alts. Apparently, I just never found the proper alt to play to remember to play it with. *solemnnod*

Sometimes, you need to go out of your way to try to talk to people. Especially novices, even if you aren't really interested in teaching and just chatting. Because no matter how mild and inoffensive you are, a title -always- makes you intimidating.

That's why you should ditch the title and go skyclad.

I took the 'Archmage' out of my title a while ago, because it was making me feel kind of awkward. I noticed people stopped talking to me mostly when I became a demigod. I guess my special entrance/exit is spooky for some reason.

Well, that would definitely be a conversation starter...

Probably mostly with me, and they will likely mostly be pickup lines.

You enter and leave the room in superior tackiness. I wonder what's so scary about that.