you thought it was Canas but it was I DIO I mean OLKY
Jul 13, 2021 23:27:31 GMT -8
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Post by Canas on Jul 13, 2021 23:27:31 GMT -8
I was originally planning on making this thread when Canas hit 80, but my grinding plans were delayed for various reasons so I changed it to 75, had more delays, changed it to 70, and now I don't particularly care to focus on leveling Canas so you're getting this now.
I am Lostsoul also known as Olky. That might not mean much to some of you given that plenty of people joined recently enough to have never heard of me and my identity has been leaked enough (I've had 3-4 players whispering me that they know who I am) that there's a lot of people who already knew.
So the question for those of you who don't know is: Who is Lostsoul? Lostsoul was the second (or third I forget) Fighter on the server, one of the first to hit 50, and generally one of the top characters in the first month or two of the server. She was deleted at level...52 or 53 i forget alongside a two-handed sword 60.
So the next question I expect to be asked is something along the lines of: Why was Lostsoul deleted? There were a number of issues that led to that outcome.
First off there were a lot of decisions made by staff that I didn't agree with as well as several incidents (some of which have been recently revealed to be misunderstandings) that lead to communication (which was already difficult mind you) breaking down more or less entirely, which caused my opinion of how the server was being run to drop greatly.
Secondly certain incidents occurred that damaged my reputation, firstly at launch there was no download link posted, people were expected to find it themselves, eventually a player posted the link and while the client was still downloading I discovered that the alpha client connected and used that for about 20-30 minutes while the proper client was downloading. And I don't blame anyone for having negative opinions about that as it was blatantly unfair and my only defense is that I really wanted to play Lightsoul which...really isn't one.
Then a week or two into live I had turned in Jane and the wild Boar and according to the chat box the scroll I obtained was a 2-handed sword 60 the one I wanted most, much to my frustration I had discovered that my inventory was full and the scroll was thus lost. I posted about this in support and shortly enough I received a refund, this pissed some people off to the point of accusing the GM that refunded me of favoritism which is something I cannot understand. Like yeah it was my fault for not double checking my inventory but did people just not want refunds to be a thing? Cause they practically weren't back in 2012 when the server was Nightsoul and people lost a lot of shit do to little or no fault of their own and it sucked. (For the record that was the two-handed sword 60 that was deleted alongside LostSoul.)
There were also a couple of minor incidents the finer details of which has been lost to time.
The results of this were the community (at least from my point of view) not really caring so much for me. one day in the lobby between LPQs I made an offer on an item that was for sale, another player made a lower offer and it was immediately sold to them, that wouldn't have meant much on its own but the next day the same thing happened a few more times. And the day Lostsoul leveled from 45-50 instead of the congratulations I would expect from the Nightsoul community someone implied that it was because of my class that I accomplished that rather than due to any effort of my own, and other players jumped in to agree. Which yeah fighters can level pretty fast but I would think if they were going to point anything out it would've been the dozens of lpq runs (of which multiple of those players were involved in several) that I participated in that day. And a few more incidents here and there.
In short it felt like things would deteriorate to the point where I'd have to end up playing alone and that was just not happening. I spent about a week farming scrolls in different locations,found jack and shit and quickly realized I did not have the determination to make that work.
So my solution was to delete Lostsoul (and that scroll), post a farewell thread, and wait a few months before rejoining under a new identity.
And before anyone says anything that did work. Canas made more progress towards Lostsoul's goals and in a shorter amount of time to boot.
As Canas it felt like I received a warm welcome and I thought as I leveled I would slowly reveal my identity to players that I trusted as an easy way for the community to prove that my experiences as Lostsoul were a fluke and that it's not as bad as I thought I mean why would my identity be leaked right? And as mentioned I've had several players that I didn't reveal my identity to whispering me that they know who I am so uh...erm... anyways.
There's been other issues I've had with the community since my return,some people getting pissy when I was making too much progress (they're gone now don't worry about it), and in general it just feels like there's a lot of tension and hostility in the air. This disappoints me as the community I was familiar with and expecting were the chillest people I've ever seen and this just...is not that.
There's been several more dissensions by staff that I don't agree with and in general they feel a lot less competent than they were back in 2012.
So the next question would be: Why am I still here after all the problems I've encountered? Well this server has always had a lot of potential I've felt, the various custom mechanics (DoC, Gold mobs, Cooking, Wz items, ect.) are very interesting even if they feel like they need polishing, and I suppose I'm hoping for a future where Lightsoul's potential isn't wasted.
So yes I'll be staying even if I focus more on other games sometimes, I won't be deleting Canas (some people whispered me one of the times I hadn't played for awhile and came back worrying I was going to.) that clearly does not work, and no none of the issues with the community I've refereed to in this post have anything to do with Gangblade
As a bonus I've recently been informed that Lostsoul's sword was apparently very powerful and people wanted me to give it to them when I deleted her so here it is in all its glory i.imgur.com/RAHbOsY.jpg yep that sure is an average 100%ed lionheart that you can make with store bought items. I've no idea where people got the impression it was anything good from I'm assuming people were jumping through mental hoops to try and justify how I was leveling so quickly, or were just jealous or who the fuck knows really. I can't remember if an average one dropped from boars or if I just bought it but it would only have saved about 700k. I'm more baffled why people weren't wishing I gave them this i.imgur.com/5Fkk9H1.jpg the only thing Lostsoul scrolled that was worth anything.
In conclusion: I'm not happy with the current state of the server but am choosing so be optimistic and hope it will improve
I am Lostsoul also known as Olky. That might not mean much to some of you given that plenty of people joined recently enough to have never heard of me and my identity has been leaked enough (I've had 3-4 players whispering me that they know who I am) that there's a lot of people who already knew.
So the question for those of you who don't know is: Who is Lostsoul? Lostsoul was the second (or third I forget) Fighter on the server, one of the first to hit 50, and generally one of the top characters in the first month or two of the server. She was deleted at level...52 or 53 i forget alongside a two-handed sword 60.
So the next question I expect to be asked is something along the lines of: Why was Lostsoul deleted? There were a number of issues that led to that outcome.
First off there were a lot of decisions made by staff that I didn't agree with as well as several incidents (some of which have been recently revealed to be misunderstandings) that lead to communication (which was already difficult mind you) breaking down more or less entirely, which caused my opinion of how the server was being run to drop greatly.
Secondly certain incidents occurred that damaged my reputation, firstly at launch there was no download link posted, people were expected to find it themselves, eventually a player posted the link and while the client was still downloading I discovered that the alpha client connected and used that for about 20-30 minutes while the proper client was downloading. And I don't blame anyone for having negative opinions about that as it was blatantly unfair and my only defense is that I really wanted to play Lightsoul which...really isn't one.
Then a week or two into live I had turned in Jane and the wild Boar and according to the chat box the scroll I obtained was a 2-handed sword 60 the one I wanted most, much to my frustration I had discovered that my inventory was full and the scroll was thus lost. I posted about this in support and shortly enough I received a refund, this pissed some people off to the point of accusing the GM that refunded me of favoritism which is something I cannot understand. Like yeah it was my fault for not double checking my inventory but did people just not want refunds to be a thing? Cause they practically weren't back in 2012 when the server was Nightsoul and people lost a lot of shit do to little or no fault of their own and it sucked. (For the record that was the two-handed sword 60 that was deleted alongside LostSoul.)
There were also a couple of minor incidents the finer details of which has been lost to time.
The results of this were the community (at least from my point of view) not really caring so much for me. one day in the lobby between LPQs I made an offer on an item that was for sale, another player made a lower offer and it was immediately sold to them, that wouldn't have meant much on its own but the next day the same thing happened a few more times. And the day Lostsoul leveled from 45-50 instead of the congratulations I would expect from the Nightsoul community someone implied that it was because of my class that I accomplished that rather than due to any effort of my own, and other players jumped in to agree. Which yeah fighters can level pretty fast but I would think if they were going to point anything out it would've been the dozens of lpq runs (of which multiple of those players were involved in several) that I participated in that day. And a few more incidents here and there.
In short it felt like things would deteriorate to the point where I'd have to end up playing alone and that was just not happening. I spent about a week farming scrolls in different locations,found jack and shit and quickly realized I did not have the determination to make that work.
So my solution was to delete Lostsoul (and that scroll), post a farewell thread, and wait a few months before rejoining under a new identity.
And before anyone says anything that did work. Canas made more progress towards Lostsoul's goals and in a shorter amount of time to boot.
As Canas it felt like I received a warm welcome and I thought as I leveled I would slowly reveal my identity to players that I trusted as an easy way for the community to prove that my experiences as Lostsoul were a fluke and that it's not as bad as I thought I mean why would my identity be leaked right? And as mentioned I've had several players that I didn't reveal my identity to whispering me that they know who I am so uh...erm... anyways.
There's been other issues I've had with the community since my return,some people getting pissy when I was making too much progress (they're gone now don't worry about it), and in general it just feels like there's a lot of tension and hostility in the air. This disappoints me as the community I was familiar with and expecting were the chillest people I've ever seen and this just...is not that.
There's been several more dissensions by staff that I don't agree with and in general they feel a lot less competent than they were back in 2012.
So the next question would be: Why am I still here after all the problems I've encountered? Well this server has always had a lot of potential I've felt, the various custom mechanics (DoC, Gold mobs, Cooking, Wz items, ect.) are very interesting even if they feel like they need polishing, and I suppose I'm hoping for a future where Lightsoul's potential isn't wasted.
So yes I'll be staying even if I focus more on other games sometimes, I won't be deleting Canas (some people whispered me one of the times I hadn't played for awhile and came back worrying I was going to.) that clearly does not work, and no none of the issues with the community I've refereed to in this post have anything to do with Gangblade
As a bonus I've recently been informed that Lostsoul's sword was apparently very powerful and people wanted me to give it to them when I deleted her so here it is in all its glory i.imgur.com/RAHbOsY.jpg yep that sure is an average 100%ed lionheart that you can make with store bought items. I've no idea where people got the impression it was anything good from I'm assuming people were jumping through mental hoops to try and justify how I was leveling so quickly, or were just jealous or who the fuck knows really. I can't remember if an average one dropped from boars or if I just bought it but it would only have saved about 700k. I'm more baffled why people weren't wishing I gave them this i.imgur.com/5Fkk9H1.jpg the only thing Lostsoul scrolled that was worth anything.
In conclusion: I'm not happy with the current state of the server but am choosing so be optimistic and hope it will improve
