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Post by Duke Pikachu on Jun 18, 2024 16:40:45 GMT -5
In the meantime, we can cherish Baelia stealing everyone's lines for some reason (probably actually for real plot spoilers): ![](https://i.postimg.cc/d0QTRLrf/thatsnotright.png) Baelia literally stole every single line of Dr. Landelbrot's dialogue and idk why. XD Glitch? Nope, this is my new canon now. Baelia decided to take science courses at Brightvale University and is on her way of becoming the Science Faerie.
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Post by Lizica on Jun 18, 2024 22:54:26 GMT -5
As a person who didn't log into Neopets very much last year, I really appreciate the Timeline widget that summarizes all the site things that have been building up to this! (I'm kinda surprised at how direct the Advent Calendar comic summaries are, but then, how else can you translate those to a single written paragraph?)
Also, I love this interpretation of Baelia, Duke Pikachu. XDD
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Post by Breakingchains on Jun 19, 2024 4:53:06 GMT -5
New page. ![](https://images2.imgbox.com/9e/73/hnqhVFRT_o.png) I love this. Skarl WOULD wake up cussing.
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Post by Kyn on Jun 19, 2024 9:00:43 GMT -5
My favourite panel in the new page is the second one. The image of Skarl soaping himself down in the Rainbow Fountain was one I'd never expected to see and never thought to find this funny XD EDIT: Breakingchains Just realized both our profile pictures have a colouring scheme that is oh-so-coincidentally plot-approriate ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png)
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Post by Moni on Jun 19, 2024 10:27:28 GMT -5
New page. ![](https://images2.imgbox.com/9e/73/hnqhVFRT_o.png) I love this. Skarl WOULD wake up cussing. i love this new lore. approved.
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Post by downrightdude on Jun 19, 2024 16:42:08 GMT -5
I love the Rainbow Fountain background!
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Post by Stephanie (swordlilly) on Jun 19, 2024 18:38:34 GMT -5
I was lucky enough to see it before it was taken down, due to people talking about it on Discord. Along with much of the dialogue being attributed to the wrong characters, it was not super obvious that the dialogue was there (you had to click on the table, with no exclamation point or anything to show that it was there), so I would believe that it went up early in a very glitched state by pure accident, lol. In the meantime, we can cherish Baelia stealing everyone's lines for some reason (probably actually for real plot spoilers): ![](https://i.postimg.cc/d0QTRLrf/thatsnotright.png) Baelia literally stole every single line of Dr. Landelbrot's dialogue and idk why. XD Something seems to have gone wrong with the backend code. xD The bank manager spoke Sidney's lines when I went to collect bank interest today. ![](//storage.proboards.com/1365545/thumbnailer/rCzCFUUG0BkakxxOFqPe.png) I really don't think this is intentional haha. A body-snatching sort of plot would be very far-fetched.
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Post by Fraze on Jun 20, 2024 8:38:42 GMT -5
Oh BOY the era of chaotic deflation continues. Wand of the Dark Faerie prices are crashing in expectation of it being released as a plot prize. ... I'm glad I for once had forethought and sold mine like 6 months ago.
To be clear, there isn't actually anything to do in the plot yet, right? It just some comic pages and malfunctioning dialog?
Also, I checked the FAQ and they're intending this plot to run for most of a year with weekly content releases. If that actually works out, it'll be one of the most ambitious things the site has ever done.
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Post by Kyn on Jun 20, 2024 9:09:31 GMT -5
Oh BOY the era of chaotic deflation continues. Wand of the Dark Faerie prices are crashing in expectation of it being released as a plot prize. ... I'm glad I for once had forethought and sold mine like 6 months ago. I'm glad I had the forethought NOT to buy a Void Blade, in hopes that either it or an even better weapon would be released as an event prize. The TVW prize shop has exceeded all of my expectations in terms of Battledome equipment 😳 That's a concern that's been haunting me as well ever since the plot officially launched. I kept checking Jellyneo's TVW plot hub for reassurance that, yes, so far, it's just the comic pages.
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Post by Stephanie (swordlilly) on Jun 20, 2024 21:27:18 GMT -5
I don't have high hopes for the Battledome aspect of the event, tbh. This FAQ response has me scratching my head:
I'm just like... what? Battledomers aren't inherently violent people. xD They're gamers. The Battledome is the backbone of the game economy. Things like Neggs and codestones from dailies, and high-end weapons (Wand of the Dark Faerie, Thunder Sticks etc.) are worth in-game currency because people are training in anticipation of having powerful enemies to fight. Battledome pets are valued in the pet-trading economy for the same reason. If the attitude of the devs is that the time people put into actually playing the game doesn't matter, then... I don't know.
I guess I'll just try to keep my expectations low and think of this as a weekly comic strip with maybe some light puzzles every now and then. The game itself feels like it's no longer functional and has not been for a long while.
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Post by Themeguy on Jun 20, 2024 22:35:22 GMT -5
I don't have high hopes for the Battledome aspect of the event, tbh. This FAQ response has me scratching my head: I'm just like... what? Battledomers aren't inherently violent people. xD They're gamers. The Battledome is the backbone of the game economy. Things like Neggs and codestones from dailies, and high-end weapons (Wand of the Dark Faerie, Thunder Sticks etc.) are worth in-game currency because people are training in anticipation of having powerful enemies to fight. Battledome pets are valued in the pet-trading economy for the same reason. If the attitude of the devs is that the time people put into actually playing the game doesn't matter, then... I don't know. I guess I'll just try to keep my expectations low and think of this as a weekly comic strip with maybe some light puzzles every now and then. The game itself feels like it's no longer functional and has not been for a long while. My hope is that it's not a "This or that" choice, and that battledomers can do both to get some extra points from the battledome while also participating in the hospital. Would really suck if TNT has been like "Train those pets!" all year leading up to it, and then the people that spent time and effort training their pets get the same (or worse in the off chance that your pets aren't strong enough for the max battledome rewards, while hospital-goers can max their points) rewards as the people who didn't. It's good that they want to make sure players aren't excluded, but I'm scared that with all the "1% bad, make the rare items only given out once available to everyone" rhetoric that's consuming the neoboards that they'll go too far in that direction and not properly reward people who put in the time and effort.
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Post by Ian Wolf-Park on Jun 21, 2024 4:47:57 GMT -5
Oh BOY the era of chaotic deflation continues. Wand of the Dark Faerie prices are crashing in expectation of it being released as a plot prize. ... I'm glad I for once had forethought and sold mine like 6 months ago. To be clear, there isn't actually anything to do in the plot yet, right? It just some comic pages and malfunctioning dialog? Also, I checked the FAQ and they're intending this plot to run for most of a year with weekly content releases. If that actually works out, it'll be one of the most ambitious things the site has ever done. Nothing yet, although there is a new 'chapter' out. It's basically a call to arms
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Post by Sunny the Ixiholic on Jun 21, 2024 6:27:58 GMT -5
Me seeing the call for mayors to attend this meeting....*eyes*
Guess Portia's gonna be going to Altador in an eventual White River NT story!
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Post by Fraze on Jun 21, 2024 7:12:03 GMT -5
I don't have high hopes for the Battledome aspect of the event, tbh. This FAQ response has me scratching my head: I'm just like... what? Battledomers aren't inherently violent people. xD They're gamers. The Battledome is the backbone of the game economy. Things like Neggs and codestones from dailies, and high-end weapons (Wand of the Dark Faerie, Thunder Sticks etc.) are worth in-game currency because people are training in anticipation of having powerful enemies to fight. Battledome pets are valued in the pet-trading economy for the same reason. If the attitude of the devs is that the time people put into actually playing the game doesn't matter, then... I don't know. I guess I'll just try to keep my expectations low and think of this as a weekly comic strip with maybe some light puzzles every now and then. The game itself feels like it's no longer functional and has not been for a long while. My hope is that it's not a "This or that" choice, and that battledomers can do both to get some extra points from the battledome while also participating in the hospital. Would really suck if TNT has been like "Train those pets!" all year leading up to it, and then the people that spent time and effort training their pets get the same (or worse in the off chance that your pets aren't strong enough for the max battledome rewards, while hospital-goers can max their points) rewards as the people who didn't. It's good that they want to make sure players aren't excluded, but I'm scared that with all the "1% bad, make the rare items only given out once available to everyone" rhetoric that's consuming the neoboards that they'll go too far in that direction and not properly reward people who put in the time and effort. Well, the activities in a given event generally fall into a few different categories. You've got battling (war plots, Obelisk skirmishes); puzzles and one-time activities (puzzle plots and low-effort events like Fedtival of Neggs); games (GMC or Daily Dare); grinding (Altador Cup); and donating items (Charity Corner). Of those, battling (and donating items, to an extent) rewards prior effort, while the others reward current effort. And it should be possible to strike a fair balance between those. The Curse of Maraqua plot waaay back in the day also had the option for players to choose between a battle or support role. Supporters (I had to check JN for this) earned points by donating a certain pool of of items, and racking up scores in certain games. So in a sense, the time and NP you could have spent training a pet were instead put toward games and donations. I think implementing a sort of Charity Corner/Altador Cup combo for support players in the current plot could be a fair way of doing it. (On the other hand, I'm still salty about being screwed over by CoM's rank system for battling, but my point remains.)
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Post by Themeguy on Jun 21, 2024 8:50:23 GMT -5
My hope is that it's not a "This or that" choice, and that battledomers can do both to get some extra points from the battledome while also participating in the hospital. Would really suck if TNT has been like "Train those pets!" all year leading up to it, and then the people that spent time and effort training their pets get the same (or worse in the off chance that your pets aren't strong enough for the max battledome rewards, while hospital-goers can max their points) rewards as the people who didn't. It's good that they want to make sure players aren't excluded, but I'm scared that with all the "1% bad, make the rare items only given out once available to everyone" rhetoric that's consuming the neoboards that they'll go too far in that direction and not properly reward people who put in the time and effort. Well, the activities in a given event generally fall into a few different categories. You've got battling (war plots, Obelisk skirmishes); puzzles and one-time activities (puzzle plots and low-effort events like Fedtival of Neggs); games (GMC or Daily Dare); grinding (Altador Cup); and donating items (Charity Corner). Of those, battling (and donating items, to an extent) rewards prior effort, while the others reward current effort. And it should be possible to strike a fair balance between those. The Curse of Maraqua plot waaay back in the day also had the option for players to choose between a battle or support role. Supporters (I had to check JN for this) earned points by donating a certain pool of of items, and racking up scores in certain games. So in a sense, the time and NP you could have spent training a pet were instead put toward games and donations. I think implementing a sort of Charity Corner/Altador Cup combo for support players in the current plot could be a fair way of doing it. (On the other hand, I'm still salty about being screwed over by CoM's rank system for battling, but my point remains.) The fact that you're still salty about getting screwed over by a rank system is my exact fear. If we are forced to pick between being a battler or a supporter, instead of being able to dip our toes into both, then I'm afraid of the following scenario: Let's say that both Battling and Hospital have a 10,000 point upper limit. I have a battle pet that is strong, but only a little more than halfway to the 750 max mark. If I pick battling and get locked into it, what if I hit that point where the monsters they bring out require that 750 stat max to continue progressing and getting points? I'd now be locked out of my full 10,000 points while pets that picked hospital would not be stuck behind the same hard wall, and would be able to continue all the way to 10,000 points. I would therefore be punished despite putting more time and effort into the game, and using millions of NP worth of codestones over the past year compared to someone that didn't do that and chose hospital. And the thing is, I'm someone who's about halfway to the stat cap with good weapons. What happens if a new player doesn't know and gets locked in as a battler? They'd be able to score even less points. However, if they let us participate in both, that could be mitigated, as now I can put in the same amount of effort towards the hospital as any other player, while being rewarded with the opportunity to score additional points through the battledome thanks to the effort I put in prior to the start of the plot. Obviously, I'm complaining about something that we don't know about yet. They could very well be implementing a system that prevents my potential grievances, but I wanted to air out my worries.
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