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Title: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Medron Pryde on December 10, 2018, 08:19:46 AM
Astrum is one of the oldest nations on Dwilight, having been a major player in Western Dwilight long before the rogue waves took it over.  Astrum was one of the few realms to survive by relocating to the Islands and peninsulas of the central sea and the edge of Eastern Dwilight.  That makes Astrum a rather unique nation in many ways, removed from much of the chaos of being surrounded on the mainland, while being centrally located to go anywhere on a moment's notice.

Astrum continues to perform "tax collection missions" in her old lands in the west, which generally includes sending forces to battle monsters and undead in the west and then collecting the gracious gifts of the locals in thanks for liberating them from those vile monsters while encouraging them to rise up and defend themselves as well.  (OOC AKA looting the helpless locals until they get fed up and form their own militias.  hehehe)

Astrum is a theocracy of Sanguis Astroism so if you are looking for fun in the religious game we have plenty of that as well.  In spades.  Sanguis Astroism is the most powerful religion on the continent, so you'll also be coming in top dog on that level.

Speaking of being the best, Astrum has some of the best and richest cities in Dwilight, meaning that nobles here are uncommonly rich.
Astrum also has some of the best special forces and mixed infantry in the entire game, meaning that rich nobles here can have uncommonly good military units.

Basically....Astrum rocks.  Come be one of the cool kids and help kick the dust bunnies out of heretics everywhere.  :)
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Zakky on December 10, 2018, 02:27:01 PM
Pros:
-Has exceptional RCs (probably more exceptional RCs than any other realm in the game and won't be beaten unless other realms take Astrum's cities)
-Has gold to support
-Astrum's geography (3 cities connected by a single sea zone)
-Surrounded by allies (One being Westgard which is the most populated realm on the continent)
-Rich history (One of the three pillar realms of Sanguis Astroism which is the largest religion in the game)

Cons:
-Not very active (Probably due to higher ranking players being busy in RL)
-Surrounded by allies (Have to travel far to fight enemies)
-Theocracy of Sanguis Astroism
-Banker title. Called Banker while other two positions are named after three important concepts of SA (Sword, Cup and Hand)
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Alex333 on December 10, 2018, 04:14:39 PM
I must say, some things have changed since Zakky last played in Astrum (which was almost a year ago) except the banker position but we can easily change that.  ;D

Our high ranking players have been more active lately and we are ready for a war. Come prove yourself and get ranked on the Astrumite Wall of Glory! ;)
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Zakky on December 11, 2018, 12:30:27 AM
Hope they are indeed active. Had a player recently who left Astrum because nobody responded to his letters. Astrum hopefully has been working on its issues.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Medron Pryde on December 11, 2018, 07:28:19 AM
I'm not aware of anybody who left because people didn't answer letters.

I'm aware of one or two who left for other reasons...but not a lack of letter responses.

One look at my message feed would prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that lack of letters is not a problem.  ;)
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Zakky on December 11, 2018, 11:24:53 AM
I'm not aware of anybody who left because people didn't answer letters.

I'm aware of one or two who left for other reasons...but not a lack of letter responses.

One look at my message feed would prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that lack of letters is not a problem.  ;)

You are a ruler though. Rulers usually get more letters than knights.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Nosferatus on December 11, 2018, 12:02:56 PM
unless Astrum has drastically changed in the last weeks none of that is true at all.

Astrum was extremely dull and it lost several good players because nothing at all was happening.
There is no realm wide discussion and by far, letters including personal letters are left un replied.

Its hierarchy isnt open at all even though there where no active marshals for example.

We sat around waiting for weeks without anything happening while all sugestions where ignored.
Eventually some people simply went rogue by heading west to collect gold but all the messages we ever received was not to do that and eventually we where just ignored.

Antigone set up a guild for looting tax gold and did alot of effort to get a special army in Astrum for nobles who wanted to loot do something other then waiting for orders that never come.
The idea was to put people in armies based on what they wanted, so if you want to sit around and do nothing you'd have an army but you'd also have an army for you if you wanted to go out and loot.
One duke liked and supported the idea but didn't do anything with it as he didn't want to upset the government with creating an army.
The government was against it because it was afraid the realm would be left unprotected if a few active nobles would go out looting.
Some promised expeditions that never came for months.

No discussion where realm wide, no letters shared by governement members and suggestion like these wherent discussed but just ignored and eventually turned down.
Astrum has a council where they presumably discuss everything but it wasn't open nobles with actual ideas, writing actual letters.

There was nothing else going on in Astrum, no religious discussions either.
I am sorry to say but as former member of Astrum i cannot find any truth in anything your saying to promote Astrum.
It has in fact been one of the worse realms i have ever been in.
Astrum does have very good RC's and knight shares are around 200 gold most of the time.
so basically its a good realm to start in and get some gold in order join more interesting realms with a decent unit and personal wealth.
But definitely not a fun or interesting realm to play in.
It used to be different, but that doesn't matter if you are thinking about joining now.


Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Medron Pryde on December 11, 2018, 12:37:05 PM
That's an interesting description of the realm from someone who is no longer there.

I'm afraid we're going to have to agree to disagree.

We've recently sent an expedition west to collect taxes.  Though the Tol Goldora situation has made such an expedition impractical for the moment.

We also liberated the Holy City of Caiyun and rebuilt the First Temple there.

And now we are gearing up for more excitement.

Has it been a little quiet in the past?  Absolutely.  The rogue swarms had all of us practically hanging by our fingernails with nothing to do other than hunker down and fight monsters and undead.  Now that they are fading away and become less omnipresent, we're back into the range of actually doing stuff with other realms.  Which makes things a lot more exciting.  :)
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Nosferatus on December 11, 2018, 02:55:50 PM
That's an interesting description of the realm from someone who is no longer there.


I played in Astrum since 2016 until a few weeks ago.
But yeah i can't judge Astrum as it is in the last two weeks or so, which is why i started with:
Quote
unless Astrum has drastically changed in the last weeks none of that is true at all.

Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Medron Pryde on December 11, 2018, 07:50:28 PM
And as noted, I question the entire range of your description.  It is a massive exaggeration in my opinion.

Yes, Astrum did become less interesting as all we could fight was the undead and the monsters.  That happened in pretty much all of the realms out there.  Westgard is probably an exception because fighting rogues is what they were born to do.  But all of the realms that thrive on international wars and conflicts got less interesting when that was denied us by the swarms.  Yes, the realms were hemorrhaging players like you because we couldn't do anything short of wait for the next rogue swarm to plaster us.  There were entire threads on these forums devoted to asking the devs/mods to get rid of them so we could get back to having fun again.

Now that those pleas appear to have been answered, the swarms are lessening.  We have the chance to spread our wings again, and we are doing so.

And now we are looking for new players who want to join us for exactly that kind of fun.  :)
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Chenier on December 11, 2018, 08:02:46 PM
To be fair, while I wasn't there at the founding, I think the main difference between Westgard and the rest, regarding monsters, is that we embraced our situation, rather than pity ourselves for it. I don't think that the players from AT and FEI really had a monster-killing theme in mind when they got lumped there, I think they rather just decided to go along with what they got. And that ever since, the players there have been focusing on "what can we do now, with the context we have", instead of "what could we do, some day, if X, Y, and Z weren't as they are now?".

Much of the continent has complained about not being able to do what they wanted because of the rogue invasions, but really, when the rogues waned, the only realm that really got out of its way to do something was... Westgard.

There are always a ton of opportunities, but everyone's always too busy playing it safe.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Anaris on December 11, 2018, 08:05:45 PM
When Westgard was founded, it was (as I recall) one of four realms set aside for refugees of the sinking, the other three being in the south of the EC where the ice receded.

If they wanted a PvP realm, they could go to Alara, Minas Nova, or Greater Xavax (as they became). If they wanted to fight monsters, they could join Westgard.

If I recall correctly, there were still several people who didn't pay attention to what they were getting into, and complained about Westgard being all PvE. I don't think they stuck around long.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Chenier on December 11, 2018, 08:12:57 PM
When Westgard was founded, it was (as I recall) one of four realms set aside for refugees of the sinking, the other three being in the south of the EC where the ice receded.

If they wanted a PvP realm, they could go to Alara, Minas Nova, or Greater Xavax (as they became). If they wanted to fight monsters, they could join Westgard.

If I recall correctly, there were still several people who didn't pay attention to what they were getting into, and complained about Westgard being all PvE. I don't think they stuck around long.

Thanks for the clarification.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Vita` on December 11, 2018, 08:58:54 PM
But all of the realms that thrive on international wars and conflicts got less interesting when that was denied us by the swarms.  Yes, the realms were hemorrhaging players like you because we couldn't do anything short of wait for the next rogue swarm to plaster us.  There were entire threads on these forums devoted to asking the devs/mods to get rid of them so we could get back to having fun again.
The point is that realms were *not* thriving on international wars and conflicts before the rogues. There was no fun to go *back* to, just rosy-colored glasses memories of the past. Realms were refusing to fight each other long before rogues and the focus on density and rogues was meant to provide gradual pressure for realms to push closer to each other instead of overwhelming them with epic swarms like what happened to the western realms. However, realms refused to push closer, but insist that they must hold all their rightful regions no matter what, damn the consequences.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Nosferatus on December 12, 2018, 10:59:04 AM
I dont think i am exaggeration at all, you on the other hand are turning a drop of water into an ocean by promoting astrum like that.
You can't say Astrum goes on regular looting expeditions if you went on one looting mission last half year or so.
It's not about the rogues nor other external factors, in fact giving arguments like those proofs the exact mindset that makes realms boring.
Who wants to sit in a realm that never takes risks?
Astrum is rigid, communicates very little realm wide and doesn't do anything to incorporate new nobles or give ambitious nobles room to take responsibilities or pursue careers.
These nobles cant even discuss things since no information gets to them(quite often because there is nothing to share) and there is no one to discuss it with.
Happens allot in BM though(maybe a majority of all realms) and it isnt easy to keep a realm dynamic, but i think we all have to do our best to make the game fun for all instead of creating a rigid hierarchical structure with a silent majority serving their masters.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Anaris on December 12, 2018, 02:11:12 PM
On the other hand, if someone prominent in Astrum holds these as ideals, and people join Astrum expecting them, they can work together to make the things he says true.

If, on the other hand, everyone just says, "Astrum is terrible, don't go there, no one ever does anything," then there's no chance for the realm to improve.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Nosferatus on December 12, 2018, 02:47:02 PM
If, on the other hand, everyone just says, "Astrum is terrible, don't go there, no one ever does anything," then there's no chance for the realm to improve.

Yes very true.
Everytime we complain we should realize instead what we can do to change that which we don't like.

My character tried a bit and left eventually, sort of the cowards way out.
But its definitely easier to leave and join realms that are more fun than to put effort in making a boring realm fun.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Zakky on December 12, 2018, 02:55:11 PM
If Astrum is willing to change which I hope they are planning to, then maybe the realm can be recommended to older players.

But I would never recommend Astrum to a new player who wants to get into the game right away. I'd recommend more active realms for them.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Chenier on December 12, 2018, 03:32:12 PM
On the other hand, if someone prominent in Astrum holds these as ideals, and people join Astrum expecting them, they can work together to make the things he says true.

If, on the other hand, everyone just says, "Astrum is terrible, don't go there, no one ever does anything," then there's no chance for the realm to improve.

I've seen too many places fail to deliver on promises... When a realm has not used past opportunities, one should not gamble on it using future opportunities.

Yes, losing a bunch of nobles can create a viscous cycle that's hard to get out of, but attitude remains key. From what I keep hearing, Astrum has a very rigid model it wants to adhere to, and more care is placed to maintain that model, than to try to keep things fun for its nobles. Those two goals don't need to be antagonistic, but that's just an observation of where all of the leadership's energies seem to be going.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Zakky on December 12, 2018, 04:59:12 PM
Not to mention it is a theocracy. Was a good system when SA was strong. Now with SA being so unpopular, it is hard to convince people to join a realm that focuses so much around it.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: De-Legro on December 12, 2018, 11:08:49 PM
Not to mention it is a theocracy. Was a good system when SA was strong. Now with SA being so unpopular, it is hard to convince people to join a realm that focuses so much around it.

Not made easier by people talking it down in its thread. People have made their opinion known, continuing it is just hijacking this thread and destroying someones efforts to revitalise a realm. No one would like it if it was their own realm/effort being treated in this way.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Medron Pryde on December 13, 2018, 03:12:50 AM
Yeah...talk about negative vibes.

From people who aren't even in Astrum and don't even know what's going on in Astrum.

I'd appreciate it if players wouldn't try to sabotage other players like this.

I'd also request an admin come through and cull the obvious haters from this thread so people reading it won't be scared away by those with obvious bias.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: De-Legro on December 13, 2018, 11:51:40 AM
If we did that there would be no recruitment threads left, bias is not only negative. Otherwise I would be left believing that every realm that has a recruitment thread is the best realm in the game. In my opinion they have been clear about the fact they previously played in Astrum and gave time lines for when they left. Posting once provides differing opinions which many might find helpful in the decision making process. Continuing it past a single statement of opinion of someone game experience though is derailing the thread from its purpose.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Medron Pryde on December 14, 2018, 05:32:50 PM
Yes, and I think some of them have done so more than once in order to do precisely that...
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: De-Legro on December 16, 2018, 10:46:26 PM
You engaged them, what do you expect. Had you just left their original posts alone and continued on your way I doubt they would have continued to respond. When you seek to argue against someone, it is only natural that they respond.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Chenier on December 17, 2018, 02:33:31 PM
Indeed. Though some etiquette about not going to gratuitously bash realms in their threads would be fine, often newbs are lured by completely distorted accounts of how "great" a realm is.

In my experience, claims of greatness to come are usually unfounded, and leave people underwhelmed and disappointed. "Success begets further success." Wishing greatness isn't enough to make it happen. Looking at what a realm did in its last few months is typically a pretty good indicator of what it might do in the months to come. "Change" is a nice slogan, just like in RL politics it sells, but just like in RL... "meet the new boss, same as the old boss", sometimes we really just change in order to stay the same.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Alex333 on December 18, 2018, 08:10:24 PM
Sorry to say this but nobody in Astrum really liked Antigone. That's probably why Nosferatus had a bad experience. You are correct that it's been a while since Astrum did some looting but we would like to do more.

Medron didn't create this post so that everyone could point out the flaws of the past. He made this post to point out what's happening now. Nobody has to come back but maybe those new to Astrum would be curious enough to try it and form their own opinions.

I can think of a couple global events over the years that never happen because other events superseded them, most notably a war between Astrum and Arnor. The week it was going to happen was the week of the second monster invasion and that discouraged a couple players enough to leave the game because they worked so hard for that war.

Here's something Astrum has over all the other realms: The time I was ruler, Astrum was in more wars than any other realm during that whole time (7 or 8 ), and we won all of them (Thanks for the couple wins Zakky;)). The wars against Morek, Avernus, Luria Boreal, Westfold, Sol, and Swordfell had a lot of participation and blew up the Sanguis Astroism message channels. Wars in other realms don't happen as frequently.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Medron Pryde on December 20, 2018, 07:20:03 AM
And we are rolling into what looks like another war now that the rogues have mostly gone away.

Now that individual realms are no longer fighting for survival, we're fighting for dominance again.

And it looks like things are rolling towards creating a new Theocracy of the Faith.  We recently liberated Holy Caiyun (location of the first temple of Sanguis Astroism) from the rogues, have rebuilt the temple, given the region to an elder of Sanguis Astroism, and are looking at ways to form a new realm out of it.  Of course it's a townsland and towns can't form realms.  So we need to find another city to help it.

Which means we need either volunteers or voluntolds.

Who wants to join Astrum with the idea of forming a new Theocracy of the Faith through acquiring a new voluntold city for the task?

 ;D
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Chenier on December 20, 2018, 01:47:54 PM
I totally get the RP appeal of reclaiming Caiyun...

But... really? Really? A new realm?

Realistically, the only way that's going to happen, with the current mechanics, is with a realm out of Donghaiwei... and since I'm assuming you aren't going to give the region to HD...??? Your best case scenario is that you crush HD, and place your own realm there... In other words, you kill a tiny miserable realm, in order to place your own tiny miserable realm. Meanwhile, Astrum loses so many nobles, that you fall under your density cap... so you... give Eidulb AND Libidizedd to Westgard...?

It's all so... ridiculous... Dwi needs less realms, not more.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Alex333 on December 20, 2018, 03:14:22 PM
Chenier,

That's one reason why were are looking to recruit because we are stuck at our noble cap.

Astrum didn't want Caiyun, taking it was just in response that Morek didn't want it. We are extremely loyal to SA, obviously more so than any other realm.

And Donghaiwei isn't necessarily the only option. ;)
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Chenier on December 20, 2018, 03:33:30 PM
Caiyun is:
3 regions from Donghaiwei
5 regions from Nifelhold
5 regions from Muspelheim
4 regions from Aegir
5 regions from Freke
5 regions from Mimer
4 regions from Uterstrom
5 regions from Balance's Retreat
6 regions from Flowrestown

All regions, except for HD, have at least 1 non-owned region between themselves and the region.

For Astrum, that's 2 rogue regions to reconnect it, but it also already has 2 core regions that are rogue (Moses End and Libiddo). Morek has Nidhoog's Mark that it might reconsider taking. Arnor has Stratford. Sol, assuming it's displaced... you'd need a minimum of 8 colonists just to have the density required to expand all the way to Caiyun. And then you'd have a linear realm that would likely get wrecked by rogues.

Yes, it is feasible for a number of realms to take over Caiyun. But, in my opinion, the only way to hope to actually keep the region, instead of losing it to rogues again and again all the time, would be from Donghaiwei, with at least 12 nobles.

Where will you get those 12 nobles, though? All of the north-eastern realms are already fairly stretched, maybe Arnor could migrate but I doubt that's the plan. Thus, any expansion towards a realm that will have a fair chance of actually keeping Caiyun will require sacrificing lands somewhere else. Is Morek going to give Muspelheim to Arnor or Avernus? Is Astrum going to give Eidulb and Libidizedd to Westgard?

Again, I can appreciate the RP drive to get that region. But mechanically speaking, you can't have it all. There are monsters, density mechanics, and diplomacy at play. Either this new realm will be a miserable tiny realm like HD, that we really shouldn't be striving to multiply, or it will suck the life out of one or many existing realms.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Alex333 on December 20, 2018, 04:04:11 PM
Right.

Which is a reason why we are recruiting.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Alex333 on December 20, 2018, 04:12:19 PM
Something tells me people have a problem with Astrum recruiting and it's giving a bad vibe. The point of this whole thread is to recruit to fix these issues.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Foxglove on December 20, 2018, 04:52:33 PM
The point of this whole thread is to recruit to fix these issues.

Which is a great thing. Realms need to be able to change and reinvent themselves. The point of the various recruitment threads on the forum should be for people to point out what they think is good about their realms, but also to be able to say how they think they could improve things. Some realms have a good vibe going that helps them to keep their players amused and entertained. For others, an injection of fresh blood or ideas can create new life in a stale realm. I should point out that I don't know whether Astrum is a stale realm or a lively one, but there's always room for improvement either way.

People being honest about the failings in their own realms, how they'd like to improve things, and trying recruit other players to help them make their realms lively isn't a bad thing. People should channel more positivity when players try to do that rather than the negative comments that I see in a few recruitment threads. People trying to make their realm as entertaining as possible is good for the game and those who try to do that need to be supported and encouraged.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Chenier on December 20, 2018, 05:24:18 PM
Something tells me people have a problem with Astrum recruiting and it's giving a bad vibe. The point of this whole thread is to recruit to fix these issues.

No, not at all. By all means, Astrum could use more nobles.

But you aren't recruiting for Astrum anymore, you are recruiting for a colony. And I don't care who would be making this colony, I'd say the same thing: it's a very, very, very bad idea. I hear there's also another colony project, by other people. I also think THAT's a bad idea. And there's Tol Goldora, and I also think THAT was a bad idea.

I mean, sure, this forum might allow you to recruit an odd noble or two that doesn't already play on Dwilight... but odds are, almost 100% of the nobles that are going to form these colonies already exists on Dwilight. Thus, you are going to be draining realms to make it happen.

Which would be fine, if the continent was flooded with large towering realms. But it isn't. There's not a single realm on Dwilight that could lose a noble and go "meh, we had too many anyways". You are free to try a colony, but I'm almost 100% certain that it will backfire on you.

I mean, as a rule of thumb, I'd say every realm should have 3 nobles per city and 2 nobles per non-city. Add in some unclaimed regions that would kinda be advisable to take, that would mean that Astrum should have like 30 nobles, minimum. 30-35 would be a good number, really. But you have half that, and aiming to cut it further via a colony.

I get the RP importance of Caiyun, it's the first temple, it's holy, and all that. Makes perfect sense for your characters to strive for it. But I'm telling you, if you send nobles that way to make a new realm, a few months down the road, you'll regret having done so.

I don't think any realm with less than 20 regions and 50 nobles should really consider a split. New realms create a rush in activity, and then, in almost every case, the sum of the parts will be way, way, way lesser than the original whole.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Chenier on December 20, 2018, 05:25:53 PM
Also, yea, I'll add that, as you said, Astrum has a fairly good track record. Regarding achievements, it's certainly at the top or near the top of the list. It didn't do too much in recent history, but going back a little, there's a fair amount there. Most realms, you can go back to ancient history, and still not find anything worth mention.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Medron Pryde on December 20, 2018, 06:58:33 PM
I fully agree that at our current noble count and size, Astrum cannot support creating a new realm without falling below a minimum operating capacity.

Which means there's a very good chance it won't happen.

But it definitely won't happen if we don't try.

So I figure we might as well consider it and push towards it and see what happens.

If nothing else, it's good RP.  Just like retaking Caiyun was.

And the thing I love about retaking Caiyun, is it brought Astrum and Arnor troops together to fight the rogues out in that area.
It forced us to cooperate out there, a point that I am heartily approving of for many reasons.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Zakky on December 20, 2018, 07:02:59 PM
I think the problem of Astrum wanting to create a new realm is it wants to create only theocracies. SA isn't popular anymore. It is not that it isn't interesting. The problem is people just aren't interested in religions in general. How many religions actually are attracting people at the moment? Maybe disallowing people to stay pagan might solve the issue but until then I don't see people being interested in joining Astrum for the sole purpose of forming another theocracy.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Medron Pryde on December 20, 2018, 09:15:15 PM
SA has become unpopular due to actions it has taken in the past.

There is a reform movement at the moment from within the church that is making some progress.

And there are other efforts afoot as well.

Now if there is not enough interest to form another theocracy, then it probably won't happen.  If there is, and if people choose to work to do it, then it may very well happen.  There is interest at the time.  The only question is whether or not there is ENOUGH interest.

That we will learn in time I think.  :)

In the meantime, it will be one of many things I will play with from an IC pov to have something interesting to do in the game.
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Medron Pryde on December 29, 2018, 05:51:38 PM
WAR has come!

Astrum Wants You!

Join our crusade to protect Humanity!

Drive the reckless Easterners out of The West!

They have roused the Daimons from their long slumber!

Now drive them from The West before they annoy the Daimons into full wakefullness!
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Medron Pryde on February 07, 2019, 08:46:52 AM
Ah...another victorious campaign against the vile Lurian Empire has been waged!

We have fought beside our brothers from Arnor and Avernus!

We have vanquished rogue destroyers once and THRICE we have driven the armies of the Lurian Empire from the field!

This is a GLORIOUS victory that we have achieved.

Do you want glory in battle?  Come to Astrum and gain it as we stretch forth our hand and grasp it!
Title: Re: Shameless Astrum Recruitment Thread
Post by: Medron Pryde on May 17, 2019, 09:35:38 AM
I have added a short description to Astrum for new players to read that I think fairly encapsulates the idea of Astrum.

"Theocratic, martial realm, dedicated to protecting Sanguis Astroism"

:)