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STATE OF THE GAME: APRIL
State of the Game
APRIL TDM
On April 16th, the Aion Teleos's second TDM will go up. The in character explanation is this: the shrines have become active again. A series of familiar dreams will alert all Aions to imminent arrival of newly formed members of their kind, and the NPCs of both sides will call upon them to retrieve these vulnerable souls before the other sect can. This will result in a second PVP clash, as concerned Aions compete to bring the freshly hatched arrivals to their side. The TDM will double as an in-game event, and both current and new players will be allowed to post toplevels to it.
❖ EXPECTED TDM PROMPTS
❖ EXPECTED TDM PROMPTS
◆ SHARED DREAMS: In the few days leading up to the TDM, all Aions will be experiencing a familiar dream. It's the same one they experienced prior to hatching: the psychedelic rendering of the cosmos, stretched between what they will now recognize as the Pleroma and the Kenoma. Much like before, others will be wandering there, but this time it will be those they've never met before. What they will soon realize is that more Aions are in the process of hatching, and that those they meet in the dreamscape may soon be arriving in Horos's shrines.
◆ TELEPORTATION TALISMANS: In order to facilitate participation in the TDM (and, in the future, other missions) characters who volunteer to go collect the new Aions for their sect will be given a teleportation talisman. This is a rechargeable artifact that will allow them one free teleport back to a fixed location. Generally speaking, there will be enough power accumulated for one use of this object per month, though during the period the shrines are active, the fluctuations of spiritual energy may allow them to be used more than once, if you're lucky.
◆ RECOVERY POINT: Using the talismans, Kenoma will be able to bring new arrivals back to Achamoth, while the Pleroma bring them to a new location in Godsblood. At this location, there will be room to more casually mingle with new characters.
◆ TELEPORTATION TALISMANS: In order to facilitate participation in the TDM (and, in the future, other missions) characters who volunteer to go collect the new Aions for their sect will be given a teleportation talisman. This is a rechargeable artifact that will allow them one free teleport back to a fixed location. Generally speaking, there will be enough power accumulated for one use of this object per month, though during the period the shrines are active, the fluctuations of spiritual energy may allow them to be used more than once, if you're lucky.
◆ RECOVERY POINT: Using the talismans, Kenoma will be able to bring new arrivals back to Achamoth, while the Pleroma bring them to a new location in Godsblood. At this location, there will be room to more casually mingle with new characters.
GAME UPDATES
Along with our other mod tasks, we have a few different projects we're working on, in the form of new game mechanics extended setting information. We don't have an exact date of release for these features, but currently we are shooting for sometime next month.
❖ CURRENT MOD PROJECTS
Additionally, we will be using state of the game posts to lists changes and tweaks we've made to game rules. The current changes are listed below.
❖ CHANGE LOG
❖ CURRENT MOD PROJECTS
◆ EXTENDED SETTING PAGES: We'll be adapting the details presented in each location's intro logs (Achamoth, Greentruth, and Godsblood) to create extended information pages for each settlement. Along with that, we will also be taking question asked on the FAQ and other places and consolidating that information onto the relevant info pages (IE. moving all the Shard questions to the Aion 101 page.)
◆ HOROSIAN BESTIARY: This will contain examples of notable/supernatural creatures by location, as well as rules for taming and/or partnering with them. There will be a difficulty system by which all creatures are categorized, indicating how plausible they are to be made into a personal ally. This process will involve providing activity proofs of your character working towards the goal of attaining the cooperation of a creature type.
◆ ALCHEMY RULES: This will provide guidelines towards IC potion making. All characters will have the capacity to learn basic potions, if they are inclined towards such tasks, but moderate and advance potion making will require buying a minor or major power respectively. As an ability primarily limited by ingredient scarcity, it will be our intent to give a process for obtaining particularly rare potion materials.
◆ HOROSIAN BESTIARY: This will contain examples of notable/supernatural creatures by location, as well as rules for taming and/or partnering with them. There will be a difficulty system by which all creatures are categorized, indicating how plausible they are to be made into a personal ally. This process will involve providing activity proofs of your character working towards the goal of attaining the cooperation of a creature type.
◆ ALCHEMY RULES: This will provide guidelines towards IC potion making. All characters will have the capacity to learn basic potions, if they are inclined towards such tasks, but moderate and advance potion making will require buying a minor or major power respectively. As an ability primarily limited by ingredient scarcity, it will be our intent to give a process for obtaining particularly rare potion materials.
Additionally, we will be using state of the game posts to lists changes and tweaks we've made to game rules. The current changes are listed below.
❖ CHANGE LOG
◆ FLIGHT RULES: Base level flight is now limited to 40kph (25mph) with a max flight time of 12 hours per day. Whether the flight is wing-based or magical, the rest of that day will have to spent resting. Faster travel speeds can be purchased as a major power with Tokens, but all canon flight abilities will follow this limitation if not upgraded. Flight bought as a minor powers will fall within this same range. This flight speed can be exceeded in short bursts.
◆ ACTIVITY CHECK THREADS: This has been clarified elsewhere, but as a reminder, activity for both basic and bonus AC must be completed with exactly 2 threads equaling a combined total of at least 10 comments. Please remember to link the top of threads rather than full top levels.
◆ ACTIVITY CHECK THREADS: This has been clarified elsewhere, but as a reminder, activity for both basic and bonus AC must be completed with exactly 2 threads equaling a combined total of at least 10 comments. Please remember to link the top of threads rather than full top levels.
FEEDBACK
Now that we've talked about what we're up to, we'd like to hear your thoughts! How have you enjoyed the first two events? Was there anything in particular you liked that you want more of? Was there anything that could be done better? Do you have any questions about the concepts listed above? Feel free to +1 other comments if you feel so inclined. Naturally, we'll way ideas more heavily if there are multiple voices behind them.
One thing we'd also like to hear about is event wish lists. What sort of events are you hoping to see in the future of Aion Teleos? These don't have to be super specific, more just generally vibes and event types you're hoping to see. We have our own plans for things coming up, but it helps to know what the player base is hungry for, too. We can't guarantee we'll use these ideas, but they will provide us with inspiration at very least.
Thank you for playing, everyone!
One thing we'd also like to hear about is event wish lists. What sort of events are you hoping to see in the future of Aion Teleos? These don't have to be super specific, more just generally vibes and event types you're hoping to see. We have our own plans for things coming up, but it helps to know what the player base is hungry for, too. We can't guarantee we'll use these ideas, but they will provide us with inspiration at very least.
Thank you for playing, everyone!
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1) There will definitely be opportunities for memshare/truth share situations in the future. Communion and a sense of interconnectedness is a major part of the setting, and so things of that nature are easy to justify as part of events. We do agree that it can be more effective to have those opportunities when characters have gotten a chance to get to know each other, so we'll be keeping that in mind.
2) To respond to the matter of non-PVP mingles fully, we want to make sure we're both using the same definitions. We get the impression you mean PVP as in combat specifically? If so, we will definitely be endeavoring to have the sects interact in ways that aren't just beat-em-ups, even if combat will probably be common.
When we have used 'PVP' as mods, we have generally meant it in terms of 'situations in which the sects are directly pitted against each other' rather than just being combat. Of course, combat is going to be likely to come up a lot, because most of the time there won't be anything stopping characters from coming to blows if they want to. While we are definitely going to be trying to create variety that way, it takes a lot more careful planning to craft situations in which combat isn't viable at all, so we'll need to be realistic about how often we can make that happen despite our efforts.
One thing we do want to be transparent about is that there will be few if any situations in which there is no element of PVP in terms of the sects being at odds (even if not in the form of combat specifically). One thing that is important to us as a mod team is to not allow the stakes of the faction element to be undermined. After all, the Kenoma are a serious danger to the Pleroma, and the Kenoma themselves are going to be under a lot of pressure to defeat and/or make the Pleroma miserable. That will almost always be a factor, and providing too many situations where the sects can mingle casually would defang the weightiness of the sect conflict. There's a lot on the line, story wise, and we want characters to be able to acknowledge that.
We hope that by giving you all an idea of what our priorities are it will help to find compromises that will provide opportunities for inter-sect CR without taking away from the faction element. When it comes to downtime outside of events, characters will always be free to interact with members of the other sect via Communion, by arranging clandestine meetings, or by stumbling across each other in less-faction specific territory (essentially anywhere that isn't Achamoth or Greentruth). The main thing we are examining is how best to provide opportunities like this on an event-level scale.
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In this case I am more specifically referring to PvP as in combat and not overall tension, which I agree should be an underlying element to most interactions between the two sects. I'm definitely not bothered by the latter and wouldn't have apped into Aion if I weren't interested in playing that angle, but as someone who struggles with fight threads I do get burnt out easily if there's a nonstop rotation of more combat-oriented events.
But it sounds like once we've got more access to places after these first few months we'll have a bit more freedom to intermingle (within reason), which is mostly what I was curious about. I really appreciate you guys taking the time to clarify and also to emphasize what you guys envision the tone and setting of this game to be, it definitely helps make sure we're all on the same page.
Thanks again!