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Beluaterra / Re: Invasion?

« on: January 18, 2016, 03:29:33 PM »

Put it this way:

Fight, for your lives depend upon it.

The survivors shall be heroes among the noble realms - gaining the fame, honor, glory, and prestige to elevate them unto new realms of power and influence.

The dead shall reign as honored martyrs throughout time immemorial, their names inscribed evermore upon the tapestry of fate's delusion.

Mere knights, after a number of victories, will hold the power (prestige/etc.) to become generals, judges, ambassadors, and rulers.

New commands shall arise. Stagnation shall fade. Borders will shift. The world will never be the same - and we shall be all the better for it.

The remnants of this invasion shall pave the way to future empires. Rogue lands can be reconquered and become the site of new realms, divergent colonies, and present the new face of continental politics.

Weakened cities and realms will present fruitful targets for numerous wars, further adding to the chaos and subsequent re-establishment of order that shall inevitably follow.

Consider it a sign from the Gods that an Age of Reckoning and Metamorphosis is upon us.

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East Island / Re: Xavax Imperium

« on: January 18, 2016, 02:52:08 PM »

I asked - they said they'll see what they can do. In the absence of further response, I assume its a no. Ah well.

So, beside going into a suicidal war before we're ready for such campaign, what can the Xavax do to entertain you folks? I'm currently planning a tournament with Selenia, Viridiana's grand plans are in a temporary stall - for those of you in the know, I'm too scared of losing Kingship and haven't found someone willing to be my high priest - so no founding the Xavax state religion of the Phoenix Kin just yet, and my proposal for joint-military exercises with Fallengard are being considered, but the fear of Caligan invasion at some random point in ear-time makes that seems like an impossibility.

Help me come up with an entertaining solution to our current lull in activity.

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East Island / Re: Kingdom of Alara

« on: January 18, 2016, 02:47:39 PM »

I'm very happy to receive so much RP and missives in private - its always the same folks, though. I'm sure once we go to war that'll change, but Xavax is nowhere near ready for war yet. We, and the other new realms, still have much work to do for the sake of internal stabilization.

In other news, and to my great surprise, a number of Xavax decided to join Robb and I in defeating the Itor Boss horde - ironically, they arrived before I did! Seems travel speed from Enubec is much better than Betholm, as their one-turn move was a two-turn for me.

King Robb responded thusly, to my happiness. I genuinely smiled with joyous pride at this:

Letter from Robb Starfall   (4 hours, 22 minutes ago)
Message sent to everyone in the region Itor Boss (4 recipients)

My friends, thanks for the help, should you need the same favor in the future dont hesitate to ask and we will come to your help (aid*).

Robb Starfall
King, Master of Coin of Alara
Royal of Alara
Duke of Itorunt
Margrave of Itorunt

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Beluaterra / Re: Invasion?

« on: January 18, 2016, 08:19:02 AM »

Just another invasion to add to the scars that adorn our survivors!

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East Island / Re: Kingdom of Alara

« on: January 18, 2016, 01:52:55 AM »

I don't see how you can't jump in. People just always choose to do it in private.

After each of my big posts, I get a flood in interesting discussion in private. Its just that, well, with everything going on, folks seem to be hiding their hands and keeping to the shadows. I'd like there to be more public RP.

So, the Alara-Xavax royal meeting ended early since Rob's currently on a trip and has spotty if any internet access, so we'll pick this up later. Magnus is headed to Itor Boss after receiving note of a monster horde, and Robb's there too, so it should be another small RP opportunity, except this one between just us and whoever else heads to Itor Boss to fight the horde. Join us if you're in the next region over, maybe we can get some RP with the Alarans and someone else will actually post something?

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Development / Re: Ranged unit balancing

« on: January 16, 2016, 07:36:49 PM »

Sounds like real-world combat to me!

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East Island / Re: Kingdom of Alara

« on: January 16, 2016, 04:43:19 PM »

Y'all are free to share the RP space, just - you know - type an RP. I don't see how I'm preventing RP. I'm not stopping others from RP'ing - quite the opposite. (Run-on sentence in 3... 2... 1...) I started all these councils and ran referendums and ask open-ended questions and try to stir up trouble and am running that Betholm RP specifically to get you folks talking and RP'ing. Unfortunately, most of the talking is usually in private. And, despite people complaining, I'm going to continue trying to spark discussion by mentioning things publicly so the realm isn't a quiet, boring place.

If you have any suggestions on how to make Xavax more RP-friendly, go forth and speak.

...I don't really see how Magnus is self-centered. Sure, he suffers from superficial narcissism and delusions of grandeur - but that's just what happens when you're that sort of person. Everyone worth a damn in history shared that mentality, whether intro- or extrovertly. Though, for the record, his personality profile sub-type is a INFP, if I remember correctly. If he were so self-centered he wouldn't have distributed power to everyone but himself, forsaken a royal lordship&dukedom, put people he obviously knows don't "quite" like him into positions of power, and give all his gold away to whoever needs it. People so often perceive someone with profound passion for someone who is self-absorbed. Absorbed, yes - but the self is in no way the point.

His vision of a greater Xavax isn't selfish - I just suck at Rp'ing him. Sorry.

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Dwilight / Re: SA vs Morek

« on: January 15, 2016, 09:50:41 AM »

Oh, Glaumring... I remember that old pain in the ass. Whatever happen to Asylon after I stopped playing Alura?

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Feature Requests / Re: Temple and guild hall descriptions

« on: January 15, 2016, 09:47:42 AM »

Totally second that. Perhaps you get to change the description "free of charge" after founding or upgrading/downsizing a religious construct, reflecting its modified image / initial establishment. Further changes may incur a gold penalty or be on a timer? ("You pay 50 gold to improve the temple, making it more aesthetically-pleasing to the faithful" or some such"

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Feature Requests / Re: Reply All button

« on: January 15, 2016, 09:45:32 AM »

Yes please. Massive pain in the ass averted if the button were returned.

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East Island / Re: Kingdom of Alara

« on: January 15, 2016, 06:01:14 AM »

Oh, I agree. Definitely giving people the benefit of the doubt, though I've become aware of standing conspiracy through various channels. Things in Xavax are definitely going to get interesting in the coming times.

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East Island / Re: Kingdom of Alara

« on: January 14, 2016, 11:09:56 AM »

Supposedly he has fled to Alara to incite them into war with us. Or so he and one of his possible conspirators say. Things are getting far too interesting for my taste.

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East Island / Re: Kingdom of Alara

« on: January 13, 2016, 04:25:24 PM »

They possibly can since we already banned him. There seems to be a mechanic where if the originating realm issues a ban, there is a chance you can execute outright.

The in-game mechanics are cryptic, confusing, and often contradictory. The circumstances in which some options appear or fail to appear are odd, to say the least.

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Dwilight / Re: Food shortages

« on: January 13, 2016, 10:05:51 AM »

Aye, I saw the same in Fissoa.

I have a feeling food will be the least of our worries...

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General Talk / Re: How old are you?

« on: January 13, 2016, 10:03:05 AM »

Precisely!

I wish I had spent less time on Neopets and MUDs and more time looking for games like these.