The desire for cosmetics vs the desire for balance

by Morbo

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Eventru2011-07-22 21:59:04
QUOTE (Silvanus @ Jul 22 2011, 05:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Except we get staffed from a room away, while the people staffing are sitting in safety.


Right, but the Nifilhema/Ashtorath setup is similar to any Supernal setup, no? Ashtorath's being marginally easier to break.

Seems like Baalphegar is the only exception (and, personally, I always think they're silly to go for Baalphegar, as it can go very bad very quickly, if someone wanted it to)
Xenthos2011-07-22 22:00:19
QUOTE (Lilia @ Jul 22 2011, 05:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I would love to see the room-wide attacks that don't discriminate between enemies and non-enemies toned -way- down. If we're taking the opportunity to complain about things we don't like about cosmic raids.

Nobody would ever die on a Demon Lord / Sphere raid ever again.
Unknown2011-07-22 22:00:54
QUOTE (Xenthos @ Jul 22 2011, 05:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Just one thing; after a RL year, it seems like it's about time to drop the 'we're new!' argument. That's 365+ days to pick up whatever experience one could dream of (if one was so inclined).

Oh god please don't let this turn into a Xenthos never-ending battle The majority of our currently active population has been around for way less than the whole time Hallifax has been out, to clarify.
Lilia2011-07-22 22:01:31
QUOTE (Xenthos @ Jul 22 2011, 05:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Nobody would ever die on a Demon Lord / Sphere raid ever again.

Not if it effected enemies of the plane instead.
Xenthos2011-07-22 22:03:58
QUOTE (Phoebus @ Jul 22 2011, 06:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Oh god please don't let this turn into a Xenthos never-ending battle The majority of our currently active population has been around for way less than the whole time Hallifax has been out, to clarify.

The same is true of most organizations, really. Each has a core of people who remain constant. Sure, some have a larger core, but if you want people to know how to do things... the best way (especially if you're one of the people sticking around) is to get right in there and learn it the hard way.

That's all I'm getting at; it's time not to lean on the 'we're new' argument and time instead to take it as incentive to learn (if you are so inclined). If not... well, then you don't have to, but that has nothing to do with newness imo.
Silvanus2011-07-22 22:05:35
QUOTE (Eventru @ Jul 22 2011, 04:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Right, but the Nifilhema/Ashtorath setup is similar to any Supernal setup, no? Ashtorath's being marginally easier to break.

Seems like Baalphegar is the only exception (and, personally, I always think they're silly to go for Baalphegar, as it can go very bad very quickly, if someone wanted it to)

Umm.... what? Are you even familiar with Nil? Nifilhema is nothing set up like any other Supernal, her room is alone.

All Supernals you can stand to the south, east, north or west and staff (except Elohora/Luciphage, since the room moves). Not to mention, they go for Nifilhema or Baalphegar because we can't staff them from a room away.

And obviously, going for Baalphegar isn't stupid, because it doesn't go very bad very quickly, considering it's worked everytime. Estwald kept trying to spam scisccor in the room, but he couldn't, while i had the demesne set up outside.

And now, since you really don't know anything about Nil, when they go to Baalphegar and attack him, Nifilhema comes. If they attack Nifilhema, Ashtorah comes, once again, having all 3 Demon Lords in a room that Magnagoran can't defend.
Revan2011-07-22 22:06:57
QUOTE (Eventru @ Jul 22 2011, 05:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Right, but the Nifilhema/Ashtorath setup is similar to any Supernal setup, no? Ashtorath's being marginally easier to break.

Seems like Baalphegar is the only exception (and, personally, I always think they're silly to go for Baalphegar, as it can go very bad very quickly, if someone wanted it to)

No... Nif is the exact same as Baalphegar. Have to enter Maiden and wait... and wait... and wait... and then get thrown out from gust/fearaura/whatever else. The only "Supernal-like" setups would be Ashtorath's room and Gorgulu's. 3/5 are completely inaccessable for ranged attacking

Edit: also what Silvanus said
Unknown2011-07-22 22:08:36
QUOTE (Xenthos @ Jul 22 2011, 06:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The same is true of most organizations, really. Each has a core of people who remain constant. Sure, some have a larger core, but if you want people to know how to do things... the best way (especially if you're one of the people sticking around) is to get right in there and learn it the hard way.

That's all I'm getting at; it's time not to lean on the 'we're new' argument and time instead to take it as incentive to learn (if you are so inclined). If not... well, then you don't have to, but that has nothing to do with newness imo.

I do want to learn. There's just very few people available to teach me. I can't really speak for anyone else, but I really wish there was someone who could teach me things, about defending, group combat, etc. Every time I've had the chance to learn new things it's been exciting and I enjoy it, but most of the time I just get told I'm doing things wrong with no constructive information to go along with it. I try to teach everyone who asks me what I already know, but compared to what I need to know, it's a very small amount of information. If I had the information to share, I would share it!

The new thing DOES come up a lot. Like when we were trying to crown Thoril. We're sitting around going "uhhh...okaaaay?" at clues, while one guy from Celest already knows what all the clues are and gets the pieces before we can. That's just one example. We're trying, and learning- but learning is a process, and we can't figure it all out at once. It'll take time! We have learned things, but there's still soooo much more to learn.
Eventru2011-07-22 22:09:20
QUOTE (Silvanus @ Jul 22 2011, 06:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Umm.... what? Are you even familiar with Nil? Nifilhema is nothing set up like any other Supernal, her room is alone.

All Supernals you can stand to the south, east, north or west and staff (except Elohora/Luciphage, since the room moves). Not to mention, they go for Nifilhema or Baalphegar because we can't staff them from a room away.

And obviously, going for Baalphegar isn't stupid, because it doesn't go very bad very quickly, considering it's worked everytime. Estwald kept trying to spam scisccor in the room, but he couldn't, while i had the demesne set up outside.

And now, since you really don't know anything about Nil, when they go to Baalphegar and attack him, Nifilhema comes. If they attack Nifilhema, Ashtorah comes, once again, having all 3 Demon Lords in a room that Magnagoran can't defend.


Pretty sure Ashtorath defends Baalphegar, not Nifilhema.

For some reason I thought the iron maiden dropped you in a small 4-5 room section like Methrenton, etc.

Seems I was wrong, though!

Still, I'm fairly certain going for Baalphegar has a lot of risk associated with him - but I'll let you all figure that out!
Silvanus2011-07-22 22:12:16
QUOTE (Eventru @ Jul 22 2011, 05:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Pretty sure Ashtorath defends Baalphegar, not Nifilhema.

For some reason I thought the iron maiden dropped you in a small 4-5 room section like Methrenton, etc.

Seems I was wrong, though!

Still, I'm fairly certain going for Baalphegar has a lot of risk associated with him - but I'll let you all figure that out!

Nifilhema defends Baalphegar. Ashtorah defends Nifilhema.

And.... what? Scisccoring and fearing people out of the room, so they can just walk back? Oh, but you can easily prevent people from leaving (icewalls, barrier).

Edit: Compare that to Raziela, who sends enemies to ASTRAL. Much harder to get back from there.
Revan2011-07-22 22:15:03
QUOTE (Eventru @ Jul 22 2011, 06:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Pretty sure Ashtorath defends Baalphegar, not Nifilhema.

For some reason I thought the iron maiden dropped you in a small 4-5 room section like Methrenton, etc.

Seems I was wrong, though!

Still, I'm fairly certain going for Baalphegar has a lot of risk associated with him - but I'll let you all figure that out!

I know it's been several years since you've raided Nil on your mortal character... time does things to memories (I should know!)

SO for the sake of such, Ashtorath protects Nifilhema because Ashtorath is in love with her ICly (directly from the histories). Nifilhema protects Baalphegar and Ashtorath (probably because she's getting a little something on the side... Nif may be into bondage!). No one protects Gorgulu (Because Gorgulu is fat, and everyone hates fat kids). Everyone protects Luciphage because he pimpslaps everyone who doesn't.

Hope this class has learned something!
Talan2011-07-22 22:15:09
QUOTE (Silvanus @ Jul 22 2011, 06:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Nifilhema defends Baalphegar. Ashtorah defends Nifilhema.

And.... what? Scisccoring and fearing people out of the room, so they can just walk back? Oh, but you can easily prevent people from leaving (icewalls, barrier).

Nah. Starting with Baalphegar, it's Ashtorath who defends. Nifilhema doesn't show up until someone attacks Ashtorath. Also don't think you can scissor from smob rooms. Fear is effective, but you are right about there being defenses against that.
Xenthos2011-07-22 22:19:05
QUOTE (Phoebus @ Jul 22 2011, 06:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I do want to learn. There's just very few people available to teach me. I can't really speak for anyone else, but I really wish there was someone who could teach me things, about defending, group combat, etc. Every time I've had the chance to learn new things it's been exciting and I enjoy it, but most of the time I just get told I'm doing things wrong with no constructive information to go along with it. I try to teach everyone who asks me what I already know, but compared to what I need to know, it's a very small amount of information. If I had the information to share, I would share it!

The new thing DOES come up a lot. Like when we were trying to crown Thoril. We're sitting around going "uhhh...okaaaay?" at clues, while one guy from Celest already knows what all the clues are and gets the pieces before we can. That's just one example. We're trying, and learning- but learning is a process, and we can't figure it all out at once. It'll take time! We have learned things, but there's still soooo much more to learn.

Frankly, it's not so much about teaching as doing. We learned through experience ourselves. That said, they keep adding new Thoril clues so I am hopelessly out-of-date myself. tongue.gif But nobody's really taught me the general things that need to be done; it's all been trial and error, and over a year there is a lot of time for such.

But in regards to raids, defending, and the like... the best way to learn is the hard way, imo. Figure out what you did wrong and do something different next time. That's how the rest of us learned (and still are learning; often something new comes up and needs to be dealt with, like us continually wiping to DLs because someone ATTACKS THE WRONG BLOODY DEMONLORD).

Teaching only goes so far in the end.

I do understand the feeling of being kicked and under-the-bus. Glomdoring, after its first year, wasn't exactly in great shape either! But if all you do is say, "Oh, we just don't have anyone who knows what to do," then you'll never have anyone who knows what to do.
Silvanus2011-07-22 22:19:08
QUOTE (Talan @ Jul 22 2011, 05:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Nah. Starting with Baalphegar, it's Ashtorath who defends. Nifilhema doesn't show up until someone attacks Ashtorath. Also don't think you can scissor from smob rooms. Fear is effective, but you are right about there being defenses against that.

Ah, I've never attacked my own Demon Lord (except that one time).

Really, is it so hard to just give us the ability to staff you from the room away, like the Supernals? Is that so much to ask for? Does the game break if I can do that?
Unknown2011-07-22 23:11:53
QUOTE (Xenthos @ Jul 22 2011, 06:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Frankly, it's not so much about teaching as doing. We learned through experience ourselves. That said, they keep adding new Thoril clues so I am hopelessly out-of-date myself. tongue.gif But nobody's really taught me the general things that need to be done; it's all been trial and error, and over a year there is a lot of time for such.

But in regards to raids, defending, and the like... the best way to learn is the hard way, imo. Figure out what you did wrong and do something different next time. That's how the rest of us learned (and still are learning; often something new comes up and needs to be dealt with, like us continually wiping to DLs because someone ATTACKS THE WRONG BLOODY DEMONLORD).

Teaching only goes so far in the end.

I do understand the feeling of being kicked and under-the-bus. Glomdoring, after its first year, wasn't exactly in great shape either! But if all you do is say, "Oh, we just don't have anyone who knows what to do," then you'll never have anyone who knows what to do.

When I try to do, I get told I'm doing things wrong and don't have any constructive advice on what is the right way, as I said. And I'm not trying to say "we don't know anything and we won't forever so there!!", I'm going more for "we're still learning". Oh my gosh stop trying to make everything I say into something it isn't meant to be aaaaaa why am I still replying to you

Ok. Ok. Getting the last word in is not that important. Just gonna walk away. No more correcting things. Just gonna...draw some pictures. I will not fall any further into this pit of despair.
Neos2011-07-22 23:18:36
QUOTE (Phoebus @ Jul 22 2011, 07:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
When I try to do, I get told I'm doing things wrong and don't have any constructive advice on what is the right way, as I said. And I'm not trying to say "we don't know anything and we won't forever so there!!", I'm going more for "we're still learning". Oh my gosh stop trying to make everything I say into something it isn't meant to be aaaaaa why am I still replying to you

Ok. Ok. Getting the last word in is not that important. Just gonna walk away. No more correcting things. Just gonna...draw some pictures. I will not fall any further into this pit of despair.

There are people outside Halli who can help. Lehki, Akyaevin, Ixion, and others. They know what they're doing.
Xenthos2011-07-22 23:21:23
QUOTE (Phoebus @ Jul 22 2011, 07:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
When I try to do, I get told I'm doing things wrong and don't have any constructive advice on what is the right way, as I said. And I'm not trying to say "we don't know anything and we won't forever so there!!", I'm going more for "we're still learning". Oh my gosh stop trying to make everything I say into something it isn't meant to be aaaaaa why am I still replying to you

Ok. Ok. Getting the last word in is not that important. Just gonna walk away. No more correcting things. Just gonna...draw some pictures. I will not fall any further into this pit of despair.

Then said people probably don't know what they're talking about and can be safely ignored.

The "We don't have anyone who knows what they're doing" meaning isn't coming across as "we're learning" any more, after this amount of time; that's mainly what I'm getting at.

And I am trying to offer this as constructive advice, actually! It really doesn't help much to say we're still learning. What helps more is throwing yourself into it and ignoring the naysayers (because hey, if they're not so experienced either, what makes them a better authority?). It's really easy to put someone (including yourself) down, especially when things go wrong. It just doesn't help, in the long term.

"We're new!" is just too easy a blanket excuse. Things like, "We let them put up a shrine with 1 person, and let that 1 person take down our shrine, and didn't put it back up" is something to take a look at. While the whole enemy group was bashing a sphere, that should be enough time to fully drop a shrine and / or sanctify your own back up. If you didn't have the esteem for it... consider esteem drives to stockpile the stuff for rainy days.

That right there would put the whole raid on a decent pause, especially if you have an aeromancer demesne active, too.

Over the course of an hour and fifteen minutes, there should be a lot of time for such ploys.
Nienla2011-07-22 23:45:26
As per the Celestia/Nil argument as to which one is better?

Yes. If Celestia is already set up with an Aquamancer, good luck breaking it. If you set up beforehand with a Geomancer? You turn that advantage completely around on them.

Whereas with Nil? It is easier for Geomancers to break an enemy meld. They only need go in southwest, in and start breaking there. Generally, I've advised Blacktalon in the past not to touch the Mists at all and stick to the upper portion of Nil since it's easier to maintain meld-wise. So the easier to defend is actually Nil.
Xenthos2011-07-22 23:50:15
QUOTE (Nienla @ Jul 22 2011, 07:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
As per the Celestia/Nil argument as to which one is better?

Yes. If Celestia is already set up with an Aquamancer, good luck breaking it. If you set up beforehand with a Geomancer? You turn that advantage completely around on them.

Whereas with Nil? It is easier for Geomancers to break an enemy meld. They only need go in southwest, in and start breaking there. Generally, I've advised Blacktalon in the past not to touch the Mists at all and stick to the upper portion of Nil since it's easier to maintain meld-wise. So the easier to defend is actually Nil.

You have been writing this post for at least 25 minutes.
Neos2011-07-22 23:51:44
QUOTE (Xenthos @ Jul 22 2011, 07:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You have been writing this post for at least 25 minutes.

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I thought she was gonna have something longer too.