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[So, I've been gone from EFU for a very long time, over a year now. Thorne Blackwood was my first serious character this chapter. It was fun being back for the time that I was, I got to do some fun roleplay, stream, and change some hearts and minds.A man beyond his prime, caught into the game of younger men, I thought Thorne was a fun dynamic of leaning towards good within the neutral domain inside of the Banda Rossa. I had outstanding roleplay with a ton of people, being a Merchant just opens doors for me, don't be too mad If I end up behind a stall again, but I'll be sure to make it fresh. I didn't do my usual greaseball merchant, Thorne was generally an honorable guy that did right by people. Huge thanks to VP and Moonlighter.]

So, I've been gone from EFU for a very long time, over a year now. Thorne Blackwood was my first serious character this chapter. It was fun being back for the time that I was, I got to do some fun roleplay, stream, and change some hearts and minds.

A man beyond his prime, caught into the game of younger men, I thought Thorne was a fun dynamic of leaning towards good within the neutral domain inside of the Banda Rossa. I had outstanding roleplay with a ton of people, being a Merchant just opens doors for me, don't be too mad If I end up behind a stall again, but I'll be sure to make it fresh. I didn't do my usual greaseball merchant, Thorne was generally an honorable guy that did right by people. Huge thanks to VP and Moonlighter.

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Thanks for having me back EFU, and huge thanks for the support on twitch for my streams.

Honestly the lowbie circuits already give you everything you need to advance into the 6-8 territory and content. There's nothing wrong with the 2-6 level range and content, personally I found the loop of the 6-9 content very dull. Not that it's bad! It's good, and I like all the quests for the most part. I don't really think there's anything wrong with the content itself, but just the approach I guess? If we want to discuss what's really holding EFU back from being its most enjoyable, I'm going to finally cry this up the wall and say we need to get away from a focus on mechanics and start focusing more on story and narrative that isn't only propped up by a DM. It's honestly gotten to a point where it's just boring and nothing new. I see the same archetypes of PCs every time I start playing again, I see the same loop, the same sendings, the same everything. It's discouraging to be excited for an idea, a concept, a character or just anything you want to contribute in EFU- for it to just be so unreceptive that it makes you want to never hop in again or makes you feel like your time is being wasted and everyone just wants to do a bounty quest. I get it though. I recently tried a PC that literally just quested and henched for people and it was brainless fun, and it kind of worried me that it was the most fun I had on V6 so far when I just treated it like some light RP MMO.

I don't even know where to start and I really don't want to shit on EFU as a whole as I've always enjoyed this community the most over anything else NWN both EE and classic had to offer. The highlights would be conflict, permadeath, consequences, DM events/activity. But the rest? It's good, it's fun, but it's just tiring. It feels like there's so much left to the imagination which is strange for a server that has been so focused on mechanics since I joined in late V4. You would think that of these systems and additions, there would be less stuff touching on classes and builds, feats and spells- and more on providing a sandbox experience where people actually have things to do besides quest and open up merchant stalls, and do intrigue/politics that just go around in circles and have little meaning to them. EFU really just feels like serious RP and narrative is a side thought and cool (mostly PvE/PvP) feats, spells and new classes are what EFU is about now. The questing system is probably the most detrimental part of EFU's loop and what makes it feel the least like a sandbox and more like an MMO.

I've given V6 a solid year to win me over and I've had a lot of fun moments, and I'm thinking of hopping back in and giving it another go as I've done multiple times after refreshers, but I'm so weary of it now that I'd rather just do other stuff with my time despite RP being such a strong part of my hobbyist life growing up and into adulthood, and EFU is, afaik, the last vestige of the kind of RP environment I fell in love with even before I joined EFU. That's my rant over but yeah...suffice to say, suggestions like this are unlikely to get much gravity to them because it's a very small change in a bucket of things that need changing and majorly, like fundamentals and direction.

Spot on with all of this, ultimately I fall out with v6 as a lot of the action and slam of COR has felt done away with, the Dispensary, the Bridge. COR was very much a might makes right module, and v6 just feels opposite to it, I tried to play at start, and a few off times since, but I haven't played in over a year. Like he said, EFU for me is a callback and a last vestige of the RP servers I grew up and loved, without it's death (though CoR kind of overdid it sometimes) it kind of loses it's meaning, I mean sure, a few here and there but like it just doesn't feel the same for me, a story has purpose because it ends.  Patiently waiting in the backdrop, looking in sometimes, waiting to see if I get the old spark of a server that I played for four years back, I'll never leave here forever. EFU could use some different DMs, ones that highlight what Hier has said here, new way of thinking.

I'd increase the investment amounts, I think it's a cool idea honestly, as long as it didn't cause a ton of gloat this seems like a reasonable idea if balanced correctly. For example I think that 15gp passive wage should be the max.  A Merchant Lord or someone with a wage in a faction could get even more, so it work out. Maybe some additional skill points in appraise to lower the investment amount.

[We will see. I never had a problem with you, Scarbork, even fought side by side with you. A shame we can't be friends. As for favors, I'm owed quite a few. I have a talent for making friends, good Scarbork. The Good Gods of my homeland decreed I serve as a soldier, I am not a man that tests his Gods patience. I don't give up easily.]

We will see. I never had a problem with you, Scarbork, even fought side by side with you. A shame we can't  be friends.  As for favors, I'm owed quite a few. I have a talent for making friends, good Scarbork. The Good Gods of my homeland decreed I serve as a soldier, I am not a man that tests his Gods patience. I don't give up easily.
-Hadrian

very talented roleplayer nazey, I always look forward catching you in a faction or group always fun bro

Igor is like the Zickery breakaway character probably the one I'll remember going into the future no doubt

Great character, enjoyed our time
-Thorne

I loved him

awesome characters cant believe they lasted that long, like crazy long love them xoxo

My playtime on EFU isn't going to be the same, I'll still be around when I can, training for qualifiers for a 40,000 dollar tournament on AoE4. Wish me luck everyone, competition is fierce but I've spent the better part of a year on this game.

https://youtu.be/SnNqECIPMo8

The Discord was talking about it recently, and it'd be pretty cool to have humanoid bounty targets in the rotation. Gang leaders, notorious thieves, the works. Right now, it's all animals and monsters. It'd be cool to see people on the list too, either given out as a bounty by the Huntsmaster or another appropriate NPC.

Brilliant idea. Contracted bounty work like the one already in, maybe add a line of salt in it to make it even more dangerous and rewarding.

Peasant Market would be cool.

Awesome character! I'll never forget you bringing my sergeant orzan I made this spring out to fight in the commons to "prove his worth" and you made a sending on it. Good shit man.

I agree with Vlaid here. I spent the better part of a week on a daily Mothman grind to grab a max 4 for a common domain. This is also coming from a player that knows how to utilize the market of the server. The specific relics for more powers can remain unchanged, but starting with a max 4 relic with no powers on the broken relic seems like a reasonable change.

was a pleasure to see you join EFU show you some ropes, and really great seeing you start and grow on EFU. Great first major PC!