Things To Think About

[dual_wield_hax]

Community settle something for me.

A mid-range lv 20 guild has asked me to join up with them, but I really don't want to let them know that I'm higher level. Should I? I mean, it's a guild of all real life friends. I feel like I'd be getting in the way...

[Guess who totally doesn't remember what he said during the virus?]

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[dual_wield_hax]

Come again?

[He's a little confused to be honest.] But if I tell them, they might get reckless, thinking I can save them from traps if something goes wrong.

[tenminutes]

You know how sometimes the community does weird things and a complete stranger ends up with knowledge about your future and a list of things that you can change and save that entire group of people with?

[dual_wield_hax]

... wait... are you saying you know something about my future?

[tenminutes]

Yeah, except I'm not a complete stranger. I've got a message that you need to join them, but don't be an asshole and lie to them. If you do, they'll end up dead. There's some other stuff too but I don't think you'll understand it yet.

[dual_wield_hax]

... huh. Well... I guess you've never steered me wrong before. [Echoing what he said last time.]

So... they die? Really? If I lie to them I mean.

[tenminutes]

Yeah. Something about it being the worst mistake of your life that'll haunt you forever, too. So just be honest with them.

[dual_wield_hax]

All right. I'll make certain to talk to them. Let them know that I'm at least twenty levels higher than they are.

Did this informant tell you anything else?

[tenminutes]

Yeah but none of it's really relevant yet. I'll let you know when it'll make sense otherwise you'll get preoccupied with it and you need to focus on now.

[dual_wield_hax]

Ah. Feels kind of weird knowing that you know that stuff. But... I guess it's not so bad.

I'll have to send an in-game mail and let them know the details.

[tenminutes]

Think of me like one of those obnoxious fairies that give you hints on the side of the screen. Except I only have like three total and one of them is something I have to do.

Sounds good.

[dual_wield_hax]

Too bad we didn't get some of those. People would have been less helpless. But yeah, thanks.

And sent. Now just to wait...

[tenminutes]

You don't even get little fairies? What kind of game are you playing?

[ Like that's the unfair part, Yurippe.. ]

Good luck.

[dual_wield_hax]

A game with no magic in it. It sucks, I know.

Thanks. Now just to wait.

[tenminutes]

Well, I guess considering other things it doesn't. A lot fewer ways to die if magic isn't involved.

[dual_wield_hax]

There's still trap monsters, Player Killing, dungeon enemies and all sorts of things.

[tenminutes]

Well yeah, but at least it isn't trap monsters, player killing, enemies, black magic, blue magic, red magic, green magic, monster summons during battle, blood sacrifices to the magic gods, and the possibility of dying if you run out of magic points or whatever they're called.

[dual_wield_hax]

Hah, yeah I get you. Without magic there's a lot less things that'll kill us.

[tenminutes]

That's probably the whole reason it wasn't included-- to make it more fair, as weird as that sounds for that whole situation.

[dual_wield_hax]

Yeah that is something. Nothing would suck more than trying to make it to the next town and then getting say sniped by a fireball.

[tenminutes]

Do the game mechanics have accidental friendly fire settings?

[dual_wield_hax]

Thankfully not. The closest it would come to is deliberately attempting to player kill someone but then everyone knows what happened.

[tenminutes]

There's a way to tell when someone does that?

[dual_wield_hax]

The player indicators over our heads turn from green to yellow if you participate in Player Killing, and then if you successfully kill someone you turn red. If you don't attack someone for a while however it'll fade after a few days back to green.

However I heard of guilds forming, Laughing Coffin is a "popular" PK guild.

[tenminutes]

Any way to lock up an entire guild?

[dual_wield_hax]

The player community has to police them. We have no NPCs capable of doing so.