Thank you!

Even though I only came in for the last couple of months of it, 2010 has been a very fun "year" for me in Lusternia. I got to be here for the 2 week event at the end, and see the introduction of the new aetherspace conflict system - which is awesome, and I'm glad to see constructs/colossi being used again. Also I like anything that adds a reason to use aetherships, which I think is one of the neatest aspects of Lusternia.

Also love seeing new areas added (please update the XML maps provided though, my mudlet mapper is not happy in some of these areas!), and skillflex is a great addition.

My only complaints for the year is that the racial rebalance didn't really do much (and even made some races like Tae'dae even worse than before), and the end game still needs some work. The essence shop is cool, but could use some more flavor abilities with a low to zero weight, and I think demi's aren't being given enough credit in their ability to participate in the real end game stuff (domoths, ascendant powers). These people are a pretty large percentage of the player base.

I only returned to Lusternia in the last third or quarter of the year, but this is the third or fourth time I've returned, and that's a testament to how powerful Lusternia's draw will always be.

For me, the highlight of Lusternia is a the extremely well-written lore. For me, what I liked most about the Gnafia event was the Book of Bollikin. The Histories are always the reason why I played, stay, and return.
On top of that, I did the Grandmother Scorpion quest, which was something that I've always wanted to do, and I'm extremely delighted by the amount of lore the Voice of Grandmother Scorpion and the diaries of the Old Ones give with regards to both Glomdoring and Gaudiguch, my two homes in Lusternia. (And then I had to mess it up when I missed logging the important prophecy by just one line. )

Despite all it's drama and ups and downs, I still have to say, I Lusternia.

I think it's quite remarkable that, after yet another year, the unified creative vision of Lusternia has remained strong. It's easy to say that, unlike other IRE games, Lusternia has had the luxury of a single captain at the helm since inception, and attribute the game's cohesion to that, but without Estarra's skill and perseverance it simply wouldn't have happened. The whimsy isn't to everyone's taste, but that's what Lusternia is, and has been ever since the stinking finks were battling the gnoble gnomes in Newton in open beta. Well done.

Thank you to all of our wonderful admins for all of the work they do behind the scenes. I've been playing since open beta and still love the game (even though it has changed quite a bit!) as much as I did when I was sucked over from Achaea.

Also, a special thank you to Elostian. Without all of the wonderful RP opportunities that he has provided for my character, I don't know that I would have stuck around this long or been this interested in the game. A special thanks to Nihmriel and the Shevats, who have done a great job keeping me entertained and involved when feeling stressed out about other aspects of the game.

I hope this year is as awesome as last year.

I did this the other day.

I'm always really impressed by the lore. Seriously, Lusternia sometimes feels like a great fantasy novel that never ends! (On that note, more Elder Wars releases! And hopefully there's something similar that comes after those end!)

Well, it is.

I love this, while I haven't used it yet (release the cord as a normal artifact please?) it is a great system. folding magic into the high/low set was a great idea and I would love if you would do it with combat and Resilience.



While I hated the event itself (and the fact I find the concept of Gnafia a bit too whimsy even for Lusternia they are here...until we kill them), the ending I enjoyed seeing. However I never saw the nexus world conflict as a failure myself, yes i would say it wasn't used as fully as it could or should have been. but this new system maybe will be just as good? (plug for releasing bubblixes as normal artifacts here, please)



Having active gods is always nice (speaking of which, Glomdoring gods are seemly gone inactive right now, or at least they don't show themselves... Come back Viravain, Nocht and Shikari


This year has been fun. It has had its up and downs. With all these new releases, its nice to see that the admins work hard for the game, even if the playerbase hates the result.

And a more of a simple question of the new epic quests: If we spend all this time (event) stopping the Gnafia....exactly how does it make sense to help them with these new epic quests? and since the file says you need at least 8 honours....does this mean you are planing more aetherbubbles for us?

This, I can answer! Life is full of choices. People help criminals all the time, for varying reasons.

And there are 12 aetherspace honours right now (Frosticia, Pastries, Candies, Mold, Undead, Dramube, Facility, Figurines, Bottledowns, Xion, Finks and Slivven).

And you all should do more Ask Estarra video questions. I always find them fascinating!

(Can only have 11 of those at a time) PS. mini- grump grump grump at losing 11 of 'em.

On topic though thanks so much (or perhaps darn you all!) to all the divine/admin/helpers for making Lusternia still amazing after so long! Just when I'm ready to quit I find reasons to stick around to get that fancy new bauble or whatnot.

Yes, for the epic you said only one honours from a bubble would work, so there is only.....what, I believe you said 8?

Awesome, thanks!

I made a character!

Wow, so many things I forgot, or happened when Phoebus was just a wee little one... I made my character on January 31, 2010. I've gone from total and completely lost mugwump nublet to flipping Archmage. I'm a Titan. Hallifax is awesomesauce. Feels good man.

When I look back on this year, I'm pretty surprised that I've stuck around. Ok, that sounded bad, but give me a second to explain, haha. The thing is, I don't stick with anything. I tend to start something, get bored in a week, and quit. I'm fundamentally unreliable. But that didn't happen here. So many things have happened in my year in Lusternia that have kept me coming back. Discovering a healthy love for the design system, developing the...interesting life of my character, and of course, all the wonderful friends I have made! And for the most part I've kept up with all the responsibilities I've taken on (slacking on those DVA reports though, but I mean, they get pretty boring after a while, always the same, snooooze...someone needs to guilt me into getting back on track with it.)

tl;dr: Lusternia

Yay for awake Lord Lyreths! Yay for origami and letters! (wait, was origami at the very end of last year, or the start of this year? Hrm, must check dates now)

I read, and I smiled, because this is what Lusternia is supposed to be about.

Great year, and I'm glad to have been involved with some of the best parts of it.

Just barely at the end of last year.

I keep on missing these awesome events cuz they drag on too long too early into the morning