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East Island / Re: EC Meme Inc.
« on: October 13, 2017, 01:15:54 AM »
These memes are 100% certified dank. Love the one about combat on the various continents!
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BM General Discussion / Re: Villains Needed!
« on: October 13, 2017, 01:06:16 AM »
I have a couple toons who have a bit of the dark side in them, which could suddenly escalate if acted upon by an outside force.
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Beluaterra / Re: Death of Jomorosh/End of the invasion(?)
« on: October 13, 2017, 01:03:25 AM »
The people want to know!
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Beluaterra / Re: Sacred Obia'Syela
« on: October 13, 2017, 01:03:04 AM »
Can I sign up for a tour?
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Beluaterra / Re: The War of Thalmarkin... Supremacy?
« on: August 31, 2014, 07:43:20 PM »
This is definitely crossing a line into the OOC. Each time I log in to Maya I have someone calling me a liar or a bitch. I have enough problems in my life, have some sportsmanship for gods sake.
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BM General Discussion / Re: Cliques - a problem? and how to deal with them?
« on: August 26, 2014, 10:29:31 PM »
Wow... glad this is being discussed. A lot has been said but I'd like to give my two cents.
In a social game like Battlemaster, social groupings are natural. They are in fact a big part of the roleplaying aspect of the game. Marriages, oaths, etc, all make for an elaborate web of loyalties. That's part of what I love. However these are IC groupings. I know what OP means about OOC cliques. I personally like to have my chars 'run into' players I know I get along with, who share my playstyle.
Battlemaster seems to me a lot like school; there are groups, tribes if you will, and some people stick to their own while others float around. I try to float around and sample what's going on in different parts of the game, different realms, different continents. I think such actions might be perceived sometimes as flaky or whatever, but I think we need to value that kind of mobility.
I agree with Indirik, the idea of investigators here is fundamentally flawed. There is no unbiased judge here. Everyone is too close. I think we need a better solution...
I want to say we should revive mentors, but how about this: a new class, a bard or scholar (I'm thinking the meisters from GOT), which may be a rogue, and functions somewhat like a mentor/diplomat/adventurer. Perhaps if we leverage an 'international' playstyle we will have more mobility.
Just a thought.
In a social game like Battlemaster, social groupings are natural. They are in fact a big part of the roleplaying aspect of the game. Marriages, oaths, etc, all make for an elaborate web of loyalties. That's part of what I love. However these are IC groupings. I know what OP means about OOC cliques. I personally like to have my chars 'run into' players I know I get along with, who share my playstyle.
Battlemaster seems to me a lot like school; there are groups, tribes if you will, and some people stick to their own while others float around. I try to float around and sample what's going on in different parts of the game, different realms, different continents. I think such actions might be perceived sometimes as flaky or whatever, but I think we need to value that kind of mobility.
I agree with Indirik, the idea of investigators here is fundamentally flawed. There is no unbiased judge here. Everyone is too close. I think we need a better solution...
I want to say we should revive mentors, but how about this: a new class, a bard or scholar (I'm thinking the meisters from GOT), which may be a rogue, and functions somewhat like a mentor/diplomat/adventurer. Perhaps if we leverage an 'international' playstyle we will have more mobility.
Just a thought.
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Beluaterra / Re: The War of Thalmarkin... Supremacy?
« on: August 20, 2014, 05:25:24 PM »
I think Thalmarkin underestimated how much their aggression could extend before people started to take notice and align against them. Melhed fought against ridiculous odds in the first war of ice and sun when Thalmarkin invaded with 3x as many nobles. We faced extinction often and just had to deal with it. Now we do again... and on our own terms, so I guess that's a bonus!
Melhed was really looking for an ally after being alone and alienated after the reign of King Pavel. Maya had no choice but to sign the Northern Unity (which she composed following Fingolfin's demands and threatening to sack Mhed). She was open to the idea, but quickly lost faith in it, she felt the Northern Unity was being wielded as Fingolfin's personal army. Against all her gut reactions played nice for as long as she could. The return of House JeVondair reminded Maya of how much she missed her erstwhile mentor Kalixta, who Fingolfin banned; she died in exile in Riombara if you don't recall.
And then... Yigna sold Queen Maya the Sacred Warhammer of Betrayal.
I started playing BM with Ismail, who is an idealist and a man of letters, a good strategist but not such a good fighter.
My secondary (now main) Maya was meant to be the opposite, a warrior-woman. She holds a vendetta much more bitterly than Ismail.
IRC and forums are icky to me because it turns into toxic critiques of individuals OOCly. I'm not interested in all that.
Edit: In the end, looking forward to a good war!
Melhed was really looking for an ally after being alone and alienated after the reign of King Pavel. Maya had no choice but to sign the Northern Unity (which she composed following Fingolfin's demands and threatening to sack Mhed). She was open to the idea, but quickly lost faith in it, she felt the Northern Unity was being wielded as Fingolfin's personal army. Against all her gut reactions played nice for as long as she could. The return of House JeVondair reminded Maya of how much she missed her erstwhile mentor Kalixta, who Fingolfin banned; she died in exile in Riombara if you don't recall.
And then... Yigna sold Queen Maya the Sacred Warhammer of Betrayal.
I started playing BM with Ismail, who is an idealist and a man of letters, a good strategist but not such a good fighter.
My secondary (now main) Maya was meant to be the opposite, a warrior-woman. She holds a vendetta much more bitterly than Ismail.
IRC and forums are icky to me because it turns into toxic critiques of individuals OOCly. I'm not interested in all that.
Edit: In the end, looking forward to a good war!
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BM General Discussion / Re: I'm not leaving.
« on: August 09, 2014, 09:40:09 PM »
I too get frustrated by certain aspects of the Battlemaster culture and sometimes find myself thinking about quitting, but my love for the ongoing epic drama far outweighs my frustration.
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Dwilight / Re: Sanguis Astroism
« on: July 19, 2014, 08:06:06 PM »
I don't think SA is over yet. It is only dead if people give up on it.
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Beluaterra / Re: Thank you all for making it a VERY stressful life for the past year or so.
« on: July 19, 2014, 07:59:20 PM »
Twas always a pleasure to play with you Jeffrey 
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South Island / Re: Someone please explain the concept of War Island
« on: July 12, 2014, 04:55:49 AM »Letting Ikalak live makes perfect sense both IC *and* OOC.
Besides, Kurlock is the god-favored ruler of a theocracy. He doesn't have to ask anyone about what he wants to do.
Yep.
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Beluaterra / Re: The War of... heck, who knows really?
« on: July 08, 2014, 10:56:02 PM »Free Octavius!
The Sartanists are hunger striking! (jk)
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South Island / Re: Drinking beer, listening to Alice in Chains, feeling calm.... Sandalak
« on: July 08, 2014, 04:49:48 PM »
I only came for the beer. Where's the cooler?
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Helpline / Missing region tax income
« on: June 24, 2014, 08:06:44 PM »
The last tax income we got in Melhed, it seems some of the region lords got strangely low gold income... like, 50% less than usual or none altogether.
Has anyone else had this problem? It looks like a significant bug.
Has anyone else had this problem? It looks like a significant bug.
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Beluaterra / Re: The War of... heck, who knows really?
« on: June 21, 2014, 11:20:47 PM »
And Melhed gathers to bury their king and choose a successor in one day. Some awesome realm-wide RPs going down. Anything can happen!