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Comments on Profile Post by Persimmon

  1. inverted_helix
    inverted_helix
    Honestly there's nothing that quite fits the same niche that I've ever found. The closest would be various empire quests, but you're probably aware of that general genre.
    Jan 15, 2019
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  2. Persimmon
    Persimmon
    You never seemed to be on Plan Battle Angel... Other than dragging us into political involvement, why else do you dislike it?
    Feb 9, 2019
  3. inverted_helix
    inverted_helix
    Dragging us into political involvement is a big issue. However my other issue is that everyone seems to expect we can just lewd mind bend our wife into submission. Battle Angels are women with centuries of experience and people explicitly try that against them. I expect it to fail utterly with them being pissed.
    Feb 9, 2019
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  4. inverted_helix
    inverted_helix
    Another issue is that it requires waiting for years for our genius to be apparent to attract one and hope we don't run into problems from our existing candidates in the meantime.
    Feb 9, 2019
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  5. inverted_helix
    inverted_helix
    It's just sheer hope that there's a decent candidate as well. We have no one lined up.
    Feb 9, 2019
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  6. Persimmon
    Persimmon
    To summarize:
    -Politics
    -Potential lack of control or even "hand" in relationship
    -Uncertain timeframe
    -Unknown, unevaluated candidates

    A solid argument.
    Feb 9, 2019
  7. Persimmon
    Persimmon
    Did not see that coming.
    Feb 10, 2019
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  8. inverted_helix
    inverted_helix
    Honestly not even sure if I want to continue reading the quest.

    I mean I read plenty of Isekai, but throwing in such an element into this story is just so painful.
    Feb 10, 2019
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  9. Persimmon
    Persimmon
    Ideally Farela/Natala/Eris for maximal research stacking? I'm really unsure we could manage all 3 though, so which duo would we pick to be safe?
    Mar 1, 2019
  10. inverted_helix
    inverted_helix
    At this point I would accept an RNG result just for the wife fight to end.

    I personally favor Farela/Eris though simply because I think Farela/Natala/Eris would be too hard to achieve.
    Mar 1, 2019
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  11. inverted_helix
    inverted_helix
    There wrote up how I'd try to go about achieving the Farela/Natala/Eris option. The straightforward route where if it fails there's minimal backlash. If it succeeds the costs are manageable.
    Mar 1, 2019
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  12. Persimmon
    Persimmon
    Pretty much how I'd try it; research/knowledge bribery + 'sincerity'.

    On that note, I'm wondering why everyone is so ridiculously worked up over the waifu wars when it might not even be a good idea to get married; if we hit Body Purification in 3 years we could attract waifus of greatly increased quality.
    Mar 1, 2019
  13. inverted_helix
    inverted_helix
    Well we can't wait that long or Eralin becomes our wife by default when she reaches elemental mage, and that would cause problems with the clan. Unless we could somehow convince her to hide it. But no one seems confident in getting her to do that without hurting her feelings.
    Mar 1, 2019
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  14. inverted_helix
    inverted_helix
    Also personally I want to try to hide our power until we're well on our way to Rank 5 so that we're not assassinated right after Body Purification. So not interested in revealing right away.
    Mar 1, 2019
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  15. inverted_helix
    inverted_helix
    At this point I'm definitely serious about being okay with RNG result on the waifu war. Though I'm kind of sad that it seems to be increasingly likely that Eris, the one I like most, will end up being dropped.
    Mar 13, 2019
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  16. Persimmon
    Persimmon
    I just hope the plan to sandbag at 50 power/year doesn't win... I'd probably get bored and quit the quest.
    Mar 13, 2019
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  17. inverted_helix
    inverted_helix
    I've no shame admitting Eris is just the one I like the most regardless of actual benefits. I'm not fond of socialites or yanderes. The teased to pieces repressed girl I really like.

    In terms of sandbagging I don't suspect it would be boring like you think. We haven't been growing even at 50 power a year yet and have still been a packed schedule.
    Mar 13, 2019
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  18. Persimmon
    Persimmon
    "Stop questioning my retcon and balance decisions!"
    Mar 16, 2019
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  19. inverted_helix
    inverted_helix
    I had to take a step back for now because his reply upset me quite a bit.

    I mean his response had the obvious counter that if he'd done that it would mean the creation options were outright *lying* because the spirit garden and spirit farm options specified that our clan set them up.
    Mar 16, 2019
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  20. inverted_helix
    inverted_helix
    Honestly I get the retconning and balancing. Building a functional game system is *hard*. You can't predict the issues very well in advance. So some exploits have to be sealed up as you go. But so far his retcons have continuously made our build worse without any mitigating buffs. That's what annoys me.

    We should get some sort of buff to make up for all these nerfs to our build.
    Mar 16, 2019
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  21. Persimmon
    Persimmon
    "Well there's a number of answers to this, but most of them could be considered political."

    I wouldn't mind hearing your true (however unPC they are) thoughts on this.
    Mar 19, 2019
  22. inverted_helix
    inverted_helix
    Well the main thing I wanted to say was that college spends a lot of time on indoctrination into their ideologies these days instead of teaching you useful skills.

    I also feel that colleges teach you a lot of skills that aren't really useful outside of college.
    Mar 19, 2019
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