Orlanth

The message would indirectly make its way to a Ferryman, who squinted at the document as they had been name dropped. "Half rate Ferrymen? There's no such thing! Only those who simply wish to achieve the greatness we have, of which none have even approached half." He then proceeded to burn the note, disposing of it. "I loathe other elves." Said Diomé simply, to the messenger that had brought him the missive.

Rydia Atmorice had been present for the actual shaving part and grimaced slightly when the bleeding dwarf was cast out of the city. "Gruesome..." she muttered as she walked away.

MC Username: Orlanth RP Name: Rydia Atmorice

Diomé Indoren got his auction gavel ready.

Rigan Volaren marks his calendar

As someone who recently got back into actually trying to find nodes and collect them. The current system is set up in a way that encourages "exploits." (No, these exploits are not against the rules.) I won't go into full detail as to how but myself and a couple friends have not only been able to find nodes incredibly easily but even sometimes pinpoint cool downs to the specific day they come off. Now, speaking as someone who directly benefits from it, it's stupid. The effort we put in to figure these things out is stupid and the fact that we get an advantage from it is stupid. The current solution to this is a restriction on how many nodes can be collected by an individual every X days. Personally I think the current set up where it's based on when the last node you collected comes off cool down is somewhat silly as it primarily encourages one person re-harvesting the same node. I think a flat timer of 1 node per week would be better. As far as other suggestions go, here's my thoughts: Rewards for other events: This is a good idea in theory but what I ultimately see it doing is over-inflating the amount of materials on the server as well as it being used as rewards for specific groups. It's no secret that many player bases get far more events than others. Publicized cool downs: This adds narrative and conflict over nodes and I like it quite a bit. The issue becomes it's harder for individuals to get node materials as large nations/groups fight over control. I do also understand the complaint that this leads to excessive PVP at nodes, although I don't inherently agree that it's too big an issue. Battle Nodes: I think battle nodes are a good concept but it seems that it's just a mining node with better drop rates and extra steps. While it's much more fun RP it just doesn't solve the accessibility issue. As a final note, I'd like to add that these materials are meant to be rare and I feel that the current disparity of the ores is around the level it should be at if everyone has access to a material it is no longer special. Should everyone have the ability to get a rare weapon? Absolutely. But it should be hard to do. The problem is the current idea of "hard" is finding out when a node is off cool down and "sniping" it. In reality, it's not hard, it's just annoying and tedious. The solution is something that is hard to get right here as everything comes with pros and cons. Unfortunately I consider this question of what is the best solution not to be one of what is perfect but of what is the most fun with minimal draw backs. (My personal opinion on this is publicized CDs on battle nodes). But, it seems that it's a very opinionated subject that ultimately falls on the heads of ST. (Who for the most part I trust to make a good decision). Thanks for coming to my ted talk TLDR: System is broke but the solutions are broke as well. Guess we just got to find the least of the evils.

"Some people are just too focused on the cheese." Said Diomé, wiping the blood off his weapons following their use battle.

Diomé Indoren is shocked "A Haenser that doesn't bend the knee to Orenians at every turn? Now I've seen everything."

Name: Rydia Race: Snow Elf Age: Somewhere around 60 Gender: Female [[OOC]] Username: Orlanth Discord: Orlanth#3080 Timezone: MST

A loud "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" could be heard from Rydia's house in Fenn.

IGN: Orlanth

Diomé Indoren thinks the notice sounds vaguely familiar and additionally wonders why someone is talking about it so much.

nice.

Donovan Freysson II wakes up in the middle of the night as the light flashes across the sky and the loud boom is heard. "Again? ****." Smol'Ruk prays to the spirits, wondering just how long it will be until the world ends. Donald the Damned wonders if combat will be like it was back in Arcas when they're inevitably forced to migrate to the next world.

You're missing the entire point.

I believe this was planned, with Vortex crafting being removed and adding the ability to craft old gear together for higher durability gear.

Let's get actual conflict instead of just Tea RP and bad rules for a start.

IGN: Steve5729 RP NAME: Steve Ireheart AGE: 74 ACTIVITY REQUIREMENT: Clan CANDIDATE: Levian'Tol Grandaxe

Question 1: I think this is more of a fault of ST or Rules but for being the blood lust race there's not much to do as orcs. War is impossible to get because of staff fuckery and the CB rules and as far as I'm aware there's only been one large scale event this map that wasn't even finished. Question 2: The orcs definitely have the most unique race lore and culture on LOTC, it's an experience you can't get anywhere else on the server and I think it's probably one of the best ones as well. Question 3: Shaman magic that isn't broken OP or given to elves.

+1 bring back the snelves on race card.

This man is a high quality rper who 100% deserves the magic. It's appalling to see people discourage a new player and his ambitions so much. With how difficult magic is to find on LOTC it makes sense that he'd turn to the forums to ask for it. Please be more tactful in how you respond to new player posts and understand this player probably deserves magic more than many people who currently have magics.

Smol'Ruk wonders if jumping off the cliff side into the ocean counts as getting away safe.

Smol'Ruk sits on his throne and gets comfortable. "Mi want krown of twiggie bonez."