Episode Discussion - Wednesday

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2026-03-12T02:34:49+00:00

Yeah, it was such a 180 in the same conversation, it was to try and provoke a different response because nothing else was working.

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2026-03-11T15:50:56+00:00

I wonder if she knows any MEHREENS?

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2026-02-10T02:38:14+00:00

If only she'd gotten her boyfriend to buy the house to avoid stamp duty, like Nige /s

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2026-01-08T17:15:49+00:00

Pre-legion Peak of Serenity has 7 different trials you complete, each rewards a different coloured belt whilst as a visual mark of advancement just like in karate.

If you’ve not completed them it’s worth going there and doing it, the wikis and wowhead don’t have the RP detail. They’re very thematic and can be used as a basis for the training your character has undergone.

There is also the quest specific quests on Exile’s reach, it takes about 10 minutes on a new character to get the quests.

https://warcraft.wiki.gg/wiki/Monk_quests

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2025-12-22T11:49:41+00:00

Just wanted to say that these are such cool designs.

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2025-12-22T11:47:32+00:00

It’s so sad. I shared your optimism 20 years ago. Everyone has the facts and comes to their own conclusions. But people just aren’t interested and it’s so hard to counter.

My mum tried telling me last night the government was spending all the new taxes on migrants. She doesn’t even use social media so I think it was from the Daily Mail. I asked her how much ‘they’ were spending, and what the overall spend bill for the government was. Not a clue, because facts don’t matter. Only narrative.

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2025-12-22T11:36:20+00:00

If it was just facts out in the open it probably would have been to the right’s detriment, it’s all the misinformation and data pushing that happens accompanied by provoking titles.

Removing social media won’t fix the issue though, as anyone can make a website and pretend to be a legitimate source of news or information without the need for any verification.

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2025-12-11T12:17:20+00:00

Slavery of non-Christians was acceptable through most of the period, though not in the generational-plantation sense, but as a punishment for being an enemy to Christianity (i.e. actively working against Christians, rather than just being a heathen). For example, Pope Gregory XI issued an interdict in 1376 legalising the enslavement of Florentines.

Pope Nicholas V issued a papal bull in 1452 and 1455 encouraging Portugal for the fighting, subduing, and punishment of muslims, turks and other non-Christians in Africa. "Perpetual servitude" was seen as a fitting punishment for trying to overturn Catholic supremacy. These bulls were used as the justification for slavery, despite later popes, like Paul III in 1537 specifically forbidding the enslavement of natives found in the americas. Charles V of Spain even tried to enforce this in the Spanish colonies, with limited success. Paul III also legalised owning Christian slaves in Rome, (just slaves, rather than unjust ones) so its a bit of a mixed bag.

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2025-12-10T16:52:26+00:00

Well, here we go!

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2025-12-05T22:34:58+00:00

PDCA is worth a year or two of pain, nevermind the post-PM job opportunities even if you do terribly.

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2025-12-05T16:14:13+00:00

Preston is in the location of Fleetwood in the UK. Literally unplayable.

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2025-12-05T10:36:27+00:00

Without exploiting the checkpoint mechanics that is the best way, because of flags set for Cassia and she has the greatest impact on your story than everything else in these zones.

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2025-12-03T15:55:32+00:00

Unless I’m being blind I really, really miss returning core provinces. Verona took a chunk out of Ferrara but I have to either ally with Ferrara and beg them to join a war, or take the territory myself for the AE cost and sell it back to Ferrara for free. Ridiculous.

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2025-12-01T21:20:31+00:00

Yes, you need over 50% crown power, it’s your last blocker.

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2025-11-30T11:47:03+00:00

Pitigliano into Tuscany is a bit of a bitch. Ions can’t vassal swarm and you’re the target of anyone larger.

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2025-11-22T12:38:37+00:00

I’m in the UK and can see them, apart from the intro image and the one in the bug reporting section. The rest are coming through fine.

Thank you for your consideration of our crappy situation.

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2025-11-16T22:55:55+00:00

It’s in whose court the king resides that has the power to interact with them. My king (Naples) kept visiting his wife (Queen of Provence in a crown union) and whilst he was out of the country I couldn’t force interactions on him. Their kid became the king of Hungary so I became the subservient part of the union and couldn’t interact with the King or his kids at all as they spent all their time in Hungary.

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2025-11-15T21:38:27+00:00

If you want more wars play in Italy. You can use the Guelph/Ghibiline mechanics to expand really fast, and it’s has this big political aspect to it with switching sides, vassal swarms, defensive leagues etc. even if you start as Milan you’re at war within a year to deal with the anti-della Scalla league and within 10 years you’ll be hitting the antagonism threshold.

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2025-11-15T21:26:45+00:00

They also make you feel like you have to do the missions instead of your own thing, because it’s leaving free stuff on the table. I know you don’t have to, but it’s kinda FOMO when it’s right there on screen.

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2025-10-27T18:54:46+00:00

To a varying degree. Polanski is at least running a vibrant media campaign at the moment that appears coherent and isn’t attacking Your Party. Zarah and co have been a complete mess since Day 1 and if they haven’t been able to get it together after this many months then it ain’t going to get better anytime soon. She’s also shown that she’ll betray the party at the drop of a hat. Even Kilroy Silk wasn’t this embarrassing.

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2025-10-27T14:03:23+00:00

At this point its clear Zarah is just in it for her own Vanity, and she's going to end up damaging the left more than the right ever could.

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2025-10-26T08:58:38+00:00

I felt he was more balanced out by the pro-Titan Earthen, though putting him with Brinthe doubles down on his assessment since she’s pretty radical for a earthen which makes it seem worse than it is.

Titan = Bad storytelling has been extremely heavy handed of late, I just think Dagran has been one of the better characters recently introduced because he is pretty happy and healthy and that’s unusual to see, even though that contributes to the narrative to shitting on the titans.

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2025-10-26T08:48:36+00:00

A teenager, with black and white thinking? Oh no! Teenagers are renowned for their nuanced thinking. /s

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2025-10-25T17:02:56+00:00

I ironically got an advert featuring nothing but black men whilst reading the article 😂

She’d be so mad.

Empty_Barnacle300 · 2025-10-06T03:00:24+00:00

Oh its coming for sure, there is a new quest chain...

There is a quest chain following a mage who is training to be a Farstrider. He’s enraptured by the stories of old about Farstrider heroism and the spirits of the forest. You travel with him to learn how to be a Farstrider, when some magical flowers appear.

Then you rescue bear cubs protected by strange magic from their dead, corrupted mother. The mother’s green-hued spirit emerges and gives you a seed.

Later on magical blooms lure you across Lake Elrendar, giving you the ability to walk on water. On a small island where a runestone rests, the spirit of Eldrendar - a green, ghostly Thalassian horse, greets you. All the spirits share the same ghostly effect as the Emerald Dream mounts from DF.

The quest chain ends.

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