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As near as I can tell, the forced rp rule was implemented in the capacity described in the rules; Power emotes, which have effects on other characters and don't give them the opportunity to react are prohibited (e.g. "#me chops off the dwarf's head"). It seems that over the years people ha...

If magic and meelee combat are to be balanced, I first suggest that all weapons break after five consecutive uses, that way warriors won't have the unfair advantage of outlasting mages. I'm not seriously suggesting that, just pointing out that magic spells need to be particularly potent, because th...

If magic and meelee combat are to be balanced, I first suggest that all weapons break after five consecutive uses, that way warriors won't have the unfair advantage of outlasting mages.

I'm rather dissapointed that lady Meryadeles has declined to reassume her position in the Magic Academy in favour of becoming a citizen of Trollsbane, but I suppose times do have a tendency to change.

This isn't a democracy, its a game and you aren't in charge. If you don't like it then too bad for you, no one is making you stay here. I think I can speak for everyone when I say that none of us on the staff are going to bow down to anyone that plays the game, especially when they are instigators ...

I played my mage character for a year (literally, 12 months) and the only decent magic he's got to show for it is a lousy spell that moves people away, and last I checked he could only cast it five times before running out of mana.

For the average player, magic sucks.

They've done a pretty strong job of limiting the players of mages thus far, I don't see why it can't easily continue.

Confidence and arrogance are received entirely differently.

If you back down now, and give in to the whining soon everything will be questioned around here, i.e. "That last quest was sooo mean, why didn't X happen instead of Y, change that now!" and one day everything will run in circles around here because everyone complains about everything. Tha...

For clarity, they weren't about to talk about things he had done wrong. They wanted to know who had told him about the identity of the GM in question.

Its not forbidden to post logs. Its just not very fine, if the persons who talk in the log are not fine with it (in this case, it normally gets deleted) Posting logs is not allowed, that is why the post got deleted. Oh, I'm sorry if I infered from the statement "posting logs is not allowed&quo...

1. he told ooc in an ic encounter with another char he wont fight with that char since he is pushed. that was the rulebreak of mixing ic and ooc. Unless I'm misinformed, neither player took issue with that 2. later he fooled around and played the clown when he got questioned by a gm. a very stupid ...

Not really, when the GM has no reason to take him to the GM area, no reason to ask him the questions he did, no reason to delete the previous two posts, no reason to ban his account, and no reason to ban his IP from the forums.

I think the idea is to make sure magic resistance remains an uncommon skill. Even so, I know some characters are gaining it.

It just doesn't seem like there should be warriors able to turn a spell as easily as they can dodge a blow.

I would love garett to get runes, he had runes in the old client, tried to get ruens in the new client and just sort of became like Orren padick and so ive lost interest in him :/ You lost interest in him a month after the first academy opened. What really seems profoundly wrong is what's happened ...

While the topic is in the spotlight... As far as I can tell, there aren't any North/South American players who play mage teachers. The problem being that if you're someone who plays from 23:00 GMT to 5:00 GMT (around 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm in Central North/South America) you're out of luck when it comes...

You can play a perfectly capable mage without engaging in combat, which seems to me the only situation in which it would be critical to have mana potions and special items.

I'm not quite sure what a low light is, so I can't address that.

... the life of a mage is very expensive. mana potions, mana pushing items, and all. I think you've made a critical mistake here. Buying mana potions, magical items, isn't required to be a mage. I usually never have more than 10 silver at one time, and my difficulty is getting runes, not having eno...

I think Vilarion's post made it fairly apparent that the intention of the change was to remove the possibility to earn money with magic, which leads me to think they don't want magic being used as something to earn money. Edit: Oh, you should probably read the posts a bit more thoroughly as well. Th...

I agree that the illusion spells were abused excessively, but the solution seems a bit silly. Unless the real spell uses a nearly comparable amount of the mana (I can't check because I don't have any of the real spells, but that's an entirely different gripe) I don't see any real use for them. They'...

The server is located in a skating rink occupied by people dressed up as Naruto characters? I totally missed the punch line on that one. Edit: Upon further consideration, I assume there's some sort of pun with freezing and ice going on here... Which still doesn't explain why there are cosplayers ska...

I, as well, will vote for Constantine Valentine.

-Orren Padick

Recklessness is a character trait, just like the caution. It's entirely unfair to believe that a character can only be 'well played' if they have the personality of the average individual pulled from the streets.

I'm reasonably certain that those were magic-using NPCs you encountered. I believe they're scripted to display that casting message. Simply, there are very few player characters that actually have magic that could kill someone, and I have immense faith that they wouldn't all get together in the wood...

I'm glad the policy of maintaining the anonymity of rule breakers has been replaced with extorting public confessions out of them.

I hope no one means to imply that this would have resulted in a permanent ban had he not agreed to this?

Ah, but aren't you commiting the informal straw man fallacy by claiming his argument states that, "It doesn't irritate people because it doesn't irritate XXXX," and then defeating that argument by labelling it a formal fallacy? Seems to me like he's making the argument that, "Most peo...

You mean being nice as a player would avoid getting attacked ig? Ever heard of the rules concerning ooc and ic? Okay, maybe I'm taking this completely out of context, but wow. Patric, have you even been reading this thread? We're playing a game that's supposed to be fun for everyone. In many cases,...

You people have no appreciation for literary flourishes.

I have to take the armed fighter side on this one. If you're looking at the issue from (a very limited) 'realistic' perspective, it simply doesn't make sense for any weapons to have been developed if it's just as effective knocking people over and holding them in uncomfortable positions. Maybe I'm p...

I think another, more subtle problem with these 'quest advantages' is that alot of players who aren't friends with any of the staff don't really know how to approach them. I for one don't know how to approach a GM and say; I want... ...a gnomish artificer to build me a golem. ...to initiate an arche...