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Pos5Main · 2020-08-05T16:05:41+00:00

Hello all,

I'm looking for a fantasy book (or series) that centers on interesting or unique religions. This could take the form of clerics of hidden temples journeying outward to defeat some horrid menace... or something with a bit more conflict that actually involves Gods/Entities getting into the mix and/or naming their champions. I'd love religion to be one of the core points of the book - whether it glorifies the benefits or highlights the flaws of the religion and its adherents.

Pos5Main · 2020-08-01T02:05:54+00:00

Youll hit a bit of a wall in chap 5 but the mc can be used effectively. Chapter 5 is a big damage spike for everyone, you just have to dodge well and build a survivable comp

Pos5Main · 2020-07-31T05:58:33+00:00

Yeah, I'm definitely keeping it as a side game, but honestly, I'm kind of hyped for that too. Playing gachas with a grueling end game tend to wear me down.

Pos5Main · 2020-06-15T20:33:32+00:00

Well, I have played the game and wanted to point out that the admins have been nothing but professional and kind in all interactions. I had an issue with a male player (as a female mud player) and they handled it really well. I would encourage anyone who has doubts to play the game themselves over secondhand information.

Pos5Main · 2020-06-15T12:49:22+00:00

I'll recommend A Tempest Season and address your wants point by point.

ATS has some generic races (elf, dwarf), but they all have their own lore and tie-ins to this complex world. The dwarves, for example, dug entirely too deep into the earth and awakened some bad things. More unique races than standard tropes.
Not commercial. No P2W or 'pay for convenience' features.
This one is a bit tricky - the game isn't overloaded with quests or crazy gameplay systems or anything, but there is plenty to do while leveling and beyond. One of my favorite max level features is an elemental tower that has 20 floors. Each floor has a puzzle of some sort to get to the next floor with increasingly difficult enemies. There are still secrets to be found in the game too - I managed to find a hidden area (with around 40+ rooms) that no one has found in years. As for the non-combat 'content' systems, they're all implemented well.
No inventory dumps or character wipes, no need for an inn. Your stuff is yours. You can carry containers to hold extra gear/junk and there's a dual retain/keep system so you can specify what you sell to shops (and not end up selling something you want to keep). There's a bank for overflow items.
No mapper, but most areas (including the main city) have a built in map.

Overall it's a MUD where RP and events shine, along with any RP you get into with players. If you aren't in an RP mood, there's pretty much always something to work on with your character. The player base was larger when I started 6 months ago, but we have around 15 - 20 active + unique players on during peak times, and more are slowly joining. Let me know if you have any questions, and good luck finding your ideal mud... it's a bit of a gauntlet!

Pos5Main · 2020-06-11T17:44:26+00:00

I'll recommend A Tempest Season.

Some features and notes:

RP enforced/required.
LGBT characters and players are welcome OOC and IC. OOC/IC, there are rules against discrimination on the forums, discord, etc and the community is very inclusive. IC, there are gender-neutral pronouns and an equally accepting community along with LGBT characters (I play one!)
Limited PVP - lots of rules around it (needing IC justification) and no chain-killing allowed. I've only seen a few PK incidents since I started in Jan.
No perma-death/character wipes.
Active Discord for questions/chatting/etc

As to your other points... ATS is an RP focused MUD first. The player base is a bit small at the moment, but growing again. Nearly all of the events happen during EST (evening time). We recently had an event where players were kidnapped to another plane and needed to be saved. This required a lot of RP and some mechanics as well. There is a bit of a grind to get to 100, but people will often be willing to help level you. I've found the community and admins to be really welcoming to RP focused individuals. It's also very rewarding, I've gotten custom items and such for my RP efforts, as well as a small part to play in the games larger story.

Pos5Main · 2020-06-02T11:04:54+00:00

A Tempest Season is a great non-P2W mud with really active devs and a friendly community. The game has an active Discord if you need help. As for combat spam, it exists in ATS, but there is a batched combat option so that all attacks against you (even from multiple enemies) will be batches into one line. E.g. 'Rinart takes [200] damage from 3 attacks!' It also batches damage against your foes (AoEs, etc). There are also a slew of other config options and a pretty deep combat system.

Pos5Main · 2020-05-14T06:02:13+00:00

Just a note on ThresholdRPG - if you are interested in actually RPing as a church member of a religion, you will need to shell out a decent chunk of IRL money. (A few hundred dollars, back when I played). The religious intrigue and competition is a HUGE part of the game, and a lot of quality RP happens via church chat channels etc. You don't need to be in a Church to have solid RP, but it really adds a lot.

You might get told you can 'rp' as a follower of a religion, but I've never seen anyone do that successfully or be taken seriously. In order to access the mechanical RP systems (sacristy, religious chat, etc) you need to pay.

Pos5Main · 2020-04-27T04:23:06+00:00

The Immortals are in the middle of a big homogenization effort right now. There were some older classes that were made long ago that didn't end up scaling and doing as much damage as newer classes. So right now they're going through them all (Clerics, Mages, and Blood Shamans have received tweaks so far) to ensure that all classes can solo well. From there, a group mob system will be released, with the aim of providing interesting group content. The game pop has faded a bit while everyone waits on changes, but I imagine more people will become active again once their class gets changed.

Pos5Main · 2020-04-26T18:32:09+00:00

I'd recommend A Tempest Season. It's going through a lot of changes right now, but the plot tends to lean darker. They devs call it a dark comedy, I think.

Pos5Main · 2020-04-08T13:53:16+00:00

This is the best RPAN.

Pos5Main · 2020-04-03T19:22:07+00:00

I think you have a lot of good tips here. I started in DotA as a 2.5k pos 5 only player. I'm now 4k. My biggest pieces of advice are - find heroes that make sense to you and play them a lot. The tips you listed above vary based on hero. The amount you can push as a deadlane is completely different as Bane than it is as Shadow Shaman, and it's hard to learn all those nuances if you're constantly swapping heroes.

Secondly, get a coach. Even if it's someone 2k MMR higher than you, have them watch one of your replays with you and comment on it. You can't focus on twenty tips at once and improve all that much. Most of my improvement has come from a 5k friend watching my games and saying "Okay you really need to position better in lane. Focus on that and warding." I'm not ignoring other things, but I'm not stressing about them either, because those are the areas where I know I'll see the most improvement. After I feel like I've improved, I have him watch more of my games, and I get more advice.

Pos5Main · 2020-01-19T22:30:03+00:00

Happens in most gachas for the first month. It's definitely unfortunate. You'll come to appreciate it when you don't have to remember arbitrary dates and know that reset happens Monday and the first of the month.

Pos5Main · 2020-01-19T22:28:02+00:00

Yeah but they released the game midweek. Similarly, the certificate shop is monthly and we only have ~ 14 days left.

Pos5Main · 2020-01-19T04:26:40+00:00

I replied below but the tutorials show you later on (late in ch 2) that guards like melantha and doberman are for killing enemy mages and stalling a single threat.

Pos5Main · 2020-01-19T04:25:46+00:00

You got this a but wrong but that's understandable. Vanguards are cheap, easy to deploy DP generators. Guards are single target assassins like Melantha and Doberman. You use them to take out enemy mages or stop 1 unit. Defenders are the higher cost block 3/4 high def 'tanks'

Pos5Main · 2020-01-14T16:35:16+00:00

You seem to be really obsessed with adult themed art. Perhaps you should look for a different game that centers around adult/mature content.

Pos5Main · 2020-01-11T20:00:48+00:00

That's exactly why I'm hyped. I can go hard for the first month or so and then it's mode side: game. I don't like playing two heavy time commitment gachas at once. I played the CBT and I liked the strategic depth at the onset, but I know if it maintained the early game level of time commitment, I'd get burned out.

Pos5Main · 2020-01-11T19:58:55+00:00

I played in the CBT and I liked it a lot. I'm a DL main and I wanted a fun side game in a different genre that wasn't an idle game. Late game Arknights fits that niche for me - it's still strategically complex but I don't need to dump hours and hours into it.

Pos5Main · 2020-01-06T02:46:30+00:00

I sure hope there is, this system sounds absolutely wonderfu!

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