Glaistig

I can understand this feeling, as well. Most players don't know the exact requirements for the advancement unless they have finished the story before they reach max exp/won fights (I think that's how it was meant to be, but really, most get to max exp far before finishing story), or they ask someone. Not to mention there is no official faq, unless you mean the one ingame when you click the Live Help button (which isn't always there) and says "Currently under construction." You can look for yourself how helpful it is. Maybe another topic should be made about this. I'm also in favor of changing at least this part of game mechanics. It has been discussed before; would it be too bad to allow win counts to continue registering for creatures until the players actually reach 100 wins? I don't know about overall, however. You can reduce your exp to 0 in mp3. However, I don't know if I should say it myself instead of letting players discover it themselves. If you lose interest, you may want to think about returning only when the game is farther along. There are many problems that need fixing. Otherwise, you can become involved in suggesting specific fixes and changes and help the game reach a point in which it's principles and mechanics are near perfect more quickly. I believe when I look back, I will find this phase of game development most interesting.

You sound quite frustrated. I personally apologize for not understanding what a template is when it is not a hard concept, although I doubt many others will. I agree with the part about creating rituals without having to have a target in your mindpower. Honestly, I'd like for that to be done as soon as possible if there are no opposing arguments, as it greatly interferes with gameplay (considering the convenience it would be to not have to go through all the hassle of finding someone to attack just to create another rit). I don't know if it's on Manu's to-do list or not, and where, either. About the template part, that would make sense, except the ritual process represents the impressing of actions into your creatures' mind, not your own. Say you have a dog, and you teach it some tricks. If you had another dog with the same personality and ability, it would take just as long to teach it the same tricks. In the magicduel world, your creatures are like new creatures whenever they are defeated. They have the same abilities, but they cannot remember anything they learned that wasn't already characteristic and in their nature, including what actions to take in a designated fight. You may think it is a huge hassle, but I don't. Really, if you know what ritual you have been using, you are already able to make it more quickly, just as you described in your example of how templates related to the real world. It doesn't take more than fifteen seconds for me to set a ritual that recently got broken (if I have been making similar ones). The way it is now realistically reflects the magicduel world concepts. Feel free to counter any of my arguments; I'm sure there are plenty of points against them. Discussion is important.. just remember that frustration is useless.

I can. Or I could earlier today. It may not be possible if your connection is really fast and your mouse very difficult (or your fingers fumbling). Remember, this is the last button in ritual creation.

They picketed and then their leader turned into a marionette of the shade, basically.

I think you forgot that you promised fanart of me. )': Honestly, if it isn't in your heart, and you vastly prefer Wodin for some reason (as I would assume by the choice of topic for this last piece), please don't draw it. I'd rather not have art drawn with the compulsion of someone other than the artist.

But you see, we can't attack everyone without honor penalty /: We lose honor (gain as well, but not often with my balance) attacking anyone, although we're in an alliance. This way, if I try to train my creatures and get more skills by attacking normal players, I will reach the -500 mark without much difficulty. EDIT: what I wrote was assuming you mean alliance members to be wholly impervious to honor penalty, even when attacking normal players. Rereading it, it sounds like you could also mean that honor shouldn't matter to alliance members anyway, so honor penalty doesn't matter. If it's the latter case, I disagree and can write up why, but I won't until I'm sure that's your meaning (don't want to waste effort if not).

Hello~ Hf ingame, and wave if you see me.

Ren seemed to mention that it wasn't a bug apparently, because loyalty is supposed to be the thing that matters in alliances, not honor. However, honor still has its uses, and I still lose honor fighting normal players because of my balance. I'd be farming losses right now if I wasn't in an alliance. What is the need to freeze the balance? And for Frooo's last sentence, I doubt that is a bug. Alliance members should be able to attack any of the enemy-alliance's members, right?

My opinion: I'd be interested in seeing what would happen to a second shade worship group-alliance. I don't particularly think it's something I'd enjoy happening to me, though.

All lies~ Well, not really, I just didn't understand the whole first sentence.

Well, anyone who crosses the Glaistig will get a beating within its head. I didn't say anything about him the first time because I didn't want to unnecessarily put him down, but since the person asked.. If not for his insensibility, Necro-alliance would have one very dedicated member. Now, I don't even want to join, not if he's going to stay leader. Even if the leader changes, how could I support the shades knowing what kind of person they picked to be their staunch ally? I try to judge people based on their actions. Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if his "light" side failed to revive because his will falters, or something like that.

/: Khalazdad..

Crud.. @_@ I will need to figure that out.

Oh, I just reread. Those rockets are the only thing. They're like beams of lights

Clear cache, yet? FF3 now works with me and MD, for some reason.

Hmm.. Memory-extraction. O_O

No D: I mean their preferences. You know, taste as in, "Her taste for clothes is so outdated."

@_@.. Two sides. Is he copying simply? Shades are cool. I'd like researching shades. But, well.. I'm in lr. /: I've also become slightly disgusted with shades for a certain choice they made; I have to assume that represents their horrid taste.

lol.. You do know that it sounds very alike to what Khalz was trying, excepting the addition of BigC and the Kelletha thing, and you've seen where he went. What's to say this time will be different? Also, about the alter name "Khal's Klan," what is the official position towards Khalazdad? Will he be a part of any of the alliance's goals? About this Cannon thing.. I've heard rumors, but not really that much. What is it, really?

That's the same popup-kind I was talking about, except mine kept on repopping every few seconds >_> I think three different ones, each reoccurring. I should post a screenshot, still, because things wouldn't load. D: I've seen those error/popups before, but just every once in a while previously. I think it's stated somewhere that it's not a big deal and you should just refresh.

This would be for researching shades? Like a guild, the same as Seekers of Enlightenment? If research, would you just look around ingame or try to meet the shades?

I agree with Gchick. Something has to change, yes, but it's not like this is a better system. I actually think it's a bit worse. But it's good to hear suggestions.. I don't really have any. Hopefully this will spark further discussion.

XD That's what I thought.. makes me wonder why so many want to moderate. There isn't much flaming and rule-breaking that I can see. But then again, two active mods is sort of a limited number even for a small community. Well, if you need extra help, I wouldn't mind.. it doesn't sound like a whole lot of work that I wouldn't be able to manage. But if you have enough who already want to be a moderator and don't need any assistance, don't mind this.

I tried MD in FF3, and it's really bad x_x; Almost nothing loads except the chatbox and playerlist, and popups repeatedly appear. However, I've heard that others can use FF3 without any problem. I would guess that's not related to yours, though? Doesn't sound like the same thing, except you have one popup when you start.

I'm thinking the current system is pretty screwed as well.. but I don't really agree with this suggestion. The newcomers to MD or just one of the mp levels would find it hard to stay balanced initially, and with this, they would rapidly plummet in honor just trying to rebalance (get more wins). With this, they could hit the -500 mark pretty easily and thereafter be unable to get more exp to become better at winning.