Ravenstrider

I think you rushed a bit with the announcement... But that's just my opinion... There is a ton of people who won't read either the signpost or the forums, for that matter. So this should have been discussed and talked about more in the sparring grounds before implementation... So you'd better start shouting and explaining as soon as possible...

@Mya: Yes, that's a good idea, I think... At least for the couple of days old mp3s or players who are having a tough time understanding how the basics work. Then maybe expand it to a full scale ritual, like 2 lvl 2 grasans, 2 dark archers, 2 lvl 4 elementals (I have no idea how this ritual would work, but I'm just using it as an example)... Pointing out the basic skill mechanics to the players who didn't read the creature help page... And let's face it, rare are the ones that do read it. Then when they go trough the basic training, starting to create their own rituals and trying to beat each-other... Give it a more of a sparring grounds feel, where people wouldn't just attack idlers, but would want to really spar... Of course, respecting the rule that states you have to ask first... A little guidance goes a long way, and the initial confusion of many of the players is great... so clearing up a few things in their (our) minds would be really useful. And @Anatoli, yes it is... If you don't have knowledge, those stats aren't worth anything to you.

@Bronzometh: I'm in the game for 20 days, and I'm going to tell you- you have no idea what you are talking about. You must have learned so much about the mechanics while grinding non damaging defense rituals. How can you learn anything by attacking random rituals or non-dmging def rits? You learned how to mindlessly grind. Good for you. And you oppose this change based on what? As I am aware, a ritual with 1 tree on 50% vit will give you a whole lot more exp then just an ordinary ritual with diverse creatures. You can learn more when fighting more "interesting" rituals... But I see you don't want to learn, just mindlessly farm stats. I haven't seen you included in any other part of the game except the battle... And I'm not even sure if I ever saw you active in the chat. And yet you come here, "representing the new players" and offering yourself to enforce rules you don't even respect at times. [size="4"]On the topic: [/size] I can say that most of the mp3s and mp4s will welcome this change... We need guidance... Yes, we might be arrogant to ask for it (since many of you might not have had that guidance), but we need it. Rhaegar stepped up and offered an idea to help us. An idea... He presented it here before doing anything else... And it quickly became: Why is he doing this? Does he want power? What's his end game? Can you forget the circumstances of the matter and see the idea in itself? Give constructive criticism, not question motives. This topic is supposed to discuss the idea... So I beg of you, for us, the sad f***ers who can't find out how to create a decent ritual because all we face is randoms and non dmg rits, consider the idea.If you, as I, feel it's a good one... Work it out into a plan... Make it happen. Together... I offer any help I can... Even if it is talking to people who I met during my stay here... Or bashing you all with sticks (including you Rhaegar, well, especially you, you stubborn git) until you stop your petty arguments and work on something together for a change, I'll do it...

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The more I think about it, the more I am drawn to the idea that it has something to do with the past and what happened between the Angien and the Shades and not a simple sign of balance. Yet it might be both. As I said before, I know almost nothing of Angien and Shades, and to learn will take time, so I restrain myself from drawing rash conclusions. I have been given helpful information by some people who sent me messages when they saw this discussion, and I thank them. I know knowledge is great gift to give, and I do appreciate it greatly. Though, now I do not know if I am to share that gift here. Thank you, both Shara and Yrth, for your suggestions. I will try to uncover more(especially about the dual nature of the Angiens) and put my thoughts on it here or in a document, which will be made public when I draw some conclusions. Or maybe even if I just find more questions. Questions are always more useful than facts, anyway. Just as long it is coherent, since I have a tendency to write down alot of incoherent thoughts which need alot of rewriting later on. I know I haven't said much in this post, but I didn't have the time to look into it a great deal more today, and I wanted to answer your posts. And on a side note: There are still areas unaccessible to me in the realm, so I am limited in resources by that as well. So if I say something dumb due to a lack of information, please forgive me.

I do not know if this was researched, but I can not find anything concerning it. I wrote down some of my speculations and would like your opinions as well. If this is something that has been discussed or considered a spoiler in one way or the other, feel free to delete this topic. If it is something not to be discussed and left a mystery(like the Who killed Marrin deal) also, feel free to delete it and punish me as you see fit. I wrote a small note after I saw it with a few thoughts. Here it is: [size="2"]Notes on the Angien at the Howling gates. Day 15 in the realm.[/size] The Angien at the Howling gates intrigues me. Could it be that it is a sign of balance? Light and Dark, back to back, never seeing each others faces. Avoiding battle this way, because they are so different that if they even saw one one another face to face, battle would be inevitable. Where the Shades Angien banished to Necrovion and could it be that the Angien forever holds guard in front of the Gates? Or would it be a symbol of Angien turning their back on the Shades. It is interesting to think, if it is, indeed, a sign of balance,that maybe Khalazdad found the truth behind it and because of that proceeded to seek balance himself by dividing his soul into two pieces. (though other reasons are given in both stories and history) Could the Angien and the Shades be one of the same, divided in search of balance? Or could it be that trough some method you could transform Angien into Shades. I must have someone who is familiar with creature mutations shed some light on this. (Even though I am not certain that Shades are creatures at all). If Angiens are alive and Shades are not, can it be that Shades are the afterlife form of the Angien (though this is highly unlikely). I have no information on this yet. I have to dig deeper. Note: I know very little of Shades and Angien, as I am new to the realm, so forgive me if I said something that is not correct. They say curiosity killed the cat, but I do hope this does not end with me being of that fate. (*readies his lube-tube just in case*) As I said, I would like to hear your opinion on this.

Ravenstrider, mp3, 9 days ( x.x ) Signing up for tonight if it's not too late...

Oh, the Gimp tutorial is all wrong... With that you'll get a really bad GIF... Just do Layer-> Transparency-> Add Alpha Layer-> Transparency-> Color to Alpha (Set your background color... depending on the scan quality you may have to play a bit with contrast and brightness to achieve a clean white background...) Image-> Scale (Set to 100x160) Filters-> Web-> Semi flatten (before you do this, set background color to the one Mur specified... in the palette... not on the drawing) File-> Save As -> type name.gif, select Convert to Indexed using default setings (You can convert to indexed before you save, it's up to you) And you have a perfect gif... It took me 3 hrs till I figured out I had to use the Semi Flatten option... x.x I hope I saved someone some time.