After I made my last post last night it immediately occurred to me that I'd forgotten to put an item on my list that has long bothered me: the Dark Chamber in the Warrior Guilds. I may be over sensitive on the matter but I think the messaging in there needs to be reviewed as well and changed. As it is right now (unless it's been very recently updated already) it borders on being sadistic with overtones of S&M or B&D. I really don't enjoy messaging like that and believe it has no real place in a game that I know tries very hard to be player friendly to persons of all ages. Thanks.

>>The squelch ability in stormfront exists for a reason.

You know, as terse as the suggestion may seem - it also is a very good one.

I would enjoy seeing a set of pre-designed squelches from the staff that could be loaded up on demand in SF (or that next new incredible FE that is forthcoming. . . heh) as a partial solution to the endeavors we're undertaking.

I get that this cannot be applied easily / well to various documents available via a web interface, but for in-game content that just feels to me like a solution begging to be adopted.

Doug

I always thought the warrior guild was supposed to be a bit on the sadistic/painful side; rather more like the Spartans trained. IMHO the flavouring of the guild is just fine.

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I actually never got any sadistic overtones out of the warrior guild; it's not like they're beating or whipping warriors, just binding them and challenging them to break free. Or at least that's what I remember. S&M is uncomfortable to me as well, but I just never got those vibes here. (Some reading this might be raising an eyebrow if they know that my character's totally into bondage, but I'll clarify that that's minus the sadomasochism. I admittedly hate that I have to explain this OOC, but it's where we are.)


I guess one could argue that the short term paralysis concoctions are a bit much. Even then, though, it's a form of training that the warrior is consenting to by returning to the guild--and consent is often all the difference between what's problematic or not.

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