Posted by Arch-Angel on November 22, 2000 at 10:09:45:
In Reply to: And that, is the $64,000 dollar question... posted by Flontinot on November 22, 2000 at 09:40:22:
> I thought not. I also thought I could change the Cabal, but I changed it for the blink of an eye at best. There's a hell of a lot of forest out there, that is never trod on by most Sylvans. The odd thing about the Sylvan Cabal, is while a good potion of them are bloodthirsty fiends, all of them are quality roleplayers. So it's kind of hard to crack down on them. And yes, Asihara, there are deathsquads. There is no argument there. I however, have solutions... I have a character that gained 5 ranks in the Emerald Forest and he was never once asked about it. I know for a fact that Pelnebreus, Rhycyn, and Delanan were on at that time. You'd think they'd either be checking the main forests themselves or having somebody else do it for them. That's what you'd think anyway, but no, I ranked my little self up 5 ranks in the span of about an hour and a half and nobody ever said anything or even stepped foot into the forest. THAT'S mission breakdown and a clear example of how Sylvan has lost its focus. > 1) Sylvan Shamans will lose the supplication summon. You want to be a Sylvan shaman because of your role? Prove it. I wouldn't take it from them completely, but I'd either make it impossible to summon into a wall of thorns, like Centurions, or I'd make them WORK for their supplications far more than a normal shaman. > 2) Insect swarm will work only in the wilderness. I can't tell you how much I agree with this. It gives me a chubby and I start to salivate just thinking about this change. > 3) Wall of Thorns can be called once every 72 hours. Might be a little excessive and you'd see far more unmanned wall of thorns 'cause you know damn well they're not going to sit in a wall for 72 hours and they're not going to nofol it to get rid of it when they leave. > 4) Induction standards must be much higher. I take Yes yes yes yes yes. > This is by no means meant to knock any Sylvan. They take advantage of what they have, pure and simple, nothing wrong with that. However, I've always thought, next to Troupe, and in certain cases, even above Troupe, Sylvan should be the Elite roleplaying Cabal. PK should run a distant second. As of now it doesn't. Please don't bother arguing that point, I support the Sylvan Cabal as much as anyone, but it's something that I think everyone, if honest with themselves, will see as fact. Impossible.
> some blame for letting some in I shouldn't have.