Metis 1,117 Report post Posted July 18, 2017 Simulation Testers Needed is actually available to anyone not in Godina, and Octavia is indeed Durand exclusive. So am I literally the only person who's not a great fan of the Keystone adventure? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhialto 20 Report post Posted July 18, 2017 @Metis: I would be interested in hearing about what you object to in The Keystone Adventure. For my part, I love Morvidus College the best. The Familiar Distress adventure provides a fascinating look into the life of a non-mage who seems to be the type of person whom Academagia should have educated. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Metis 1,117 Report post Posted July 18, 2017 The utter incompetence of the Aultrine Order and Regent di Lucca Alazzo (although I'll admit Salvatore is way beyond his pay grade), primarily, and what I see as confirmation that something Dragon-y is inevitably going to happen in later years. Not that the last one should come as a surprise, but I've encountered one too many situations where bad things happened pretty much because there wouldn't be a story worth telling/final boss (nominally) worth fighting otherwise, and despite all evidence to the contrary I'm pretty much expecting Academagia to get the same treatment. A full-scale Dragon invasion with the threat of a Third Captivity is cool and all, but when I'm trying to play a musician I'm sure it'll just get in the way more than anything. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freespace2dotcom 1,029 Report post Posted July 18, 2017 Actually, it makes sense that "Simulation Testers Needed" Doesn't allow Godina students to run through it, because it was made by Godina students, as the adventure mentions. I'm sure they wanted to see how non-war mages would be able to handle it, because I'm sure most of the Godina students would be able to breeze through it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ramidel 0 Report post Posted December 28, 2017 I see that Avila gets little love. That's something of a surprise: after all, with Astrology, we always succeed at anything we attempt. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freespace2dotcom 1,029 Report post Posted December 28, 2017 4 hours ago, Ramidel said: I see that Avila gets little love. That's something of a surprise: after all, with Astrology, we always succeed at anything we attempt. Hmmm. Including making tower 8 livable? I don't think so. Being able to see the future is one thing, being able to benefit from it is another, and being able to undo centuries worth of Astrological forces telling you that things are going to be to your detriment no matter how hard you rail against it is yet another thing entirely. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dyrhet 5 Report post Posted December 28, 2017 It's worth noting the numbers are a bit different now. Vernin 3.1% Morvidus 2.4% Godina 2.1% Avila/Hedi 1.8% Aranaz 1.6% Durand 1.5% Academagia has sold about 6000 copies on steam, so by these current numbers we're talking like 186 people finishing a game as a Vernin compared to about 90 finishing a game with Durand. Given that people often like to do multiple playthroughs with different colleges we can't REALLY take too much from these relatively small margins. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ramidel 0 Report post Posted December 28, 2017 6 hours ago, freespace2dotcom said: Hmmm. Including making tower 8 livable? I don't think so. Being able to see the future is one thing, being able to benefit from it is another, and being able to undo centuries worth of Astrological forces telling you that things are going to be to your detriment no matter how hard you rail against it is yet another thing entirely. Â A little diplomacy will ensure that it has proper windows at least. Besides, adversity builds character (and skills). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhialto 20 Report post Posted December 29, 2017 Well, my problem with Avila is that so much of its exclusive content for male PCs traditionally relied upon the Prodigy: On the Prowl, and that content was very restrictive in that it casted the PC as a seducer of girls. There was so much potential for Avila content for both sexes to focus upon theological issues (given the in-setting connection between astrology and religion) but the base game long denied that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dyrhet 5 Report post Posted December 29, 2017 1 hour ago, apache said: I think for most people, the problem with Avila is gender discrimination. Personally, i sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter. Ever since I was a boy, I dreamed of soaring over the oilfields dropping hot sticky loads on disgusting foreigners, so when i see the gender discrimination on Avila i can see why it's not a popular college. Please don't bring your moronic political views onto this nice forum for a wizard spreadsheet simulator. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legate of Mineta 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2017 While I agree that this isn't the place for politics (unless it's game world politics  )- let's also avoid personal attacks. Everyone can agree Dragons are bad, mmm-kay. Rhialto and Free may be exceptions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ascartand 3 Report post Posted December 29, 2017 3 minutes ago, Legate of Mineta said: While I agree that this isn't the place for politics (unless it's game world politics  )- let's also avoid personal attacks. Everyone can agree Dragons are bad, mmm-kay. Rhialto and Free may be exceptions. And me (Gotta get those Draconic powers!) . Though I do say that Avila is pretty restrictive in terms of content but what we have is pretty decent though the male Avila unique adventure does makes me rail against my own character. Probably cause I play my characters as more dismissive people toward others. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legate of Mineta 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2017 *adds Ascartand to the List* *underlines it* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ascartand 3 Report post Posted December 29, 2017 I can imagine it now "Ascartand, the Dragons are evil!" "From my point of view, the Empire is evil!" "THEN YOU ARE LOST!" Its good to be back on the forums. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dyrhet 5 Report post Posted December 29, 2017 So uh, well at least Avila has some neat college mates. I think Aaran was probably the best of the new additions, at least that's my opinion. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freespace2dotcom 1,029 Report post Posted December 29, 2017 I don't think dragons are inherently evil. That said, their nature and values definitely put them at odds with anything smaller than them... Which is just about everything, including me, so I fall into the "Let's defend the Wall to the last person" camp. No quarter expected and none given. Those sorts of life-and-death scenarios would be an excellent reason to throw caution to the wind and start Rending dragons with Gates. I also suspect that Mastery would be useful to influence them to infighting even if you couldn't control them. Pull all stops. If you fail you'll be killed anyway. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ramidel 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2017 Now, see, I think that dragons are potentially useful allies if properly taught. They just need to learn to obey their...Master. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freespace2dotcom 1,029 Report post Posted December 29, 2017 2 minutes ago, Ramidel said: Now, see, I think that dragons are potentially useful allies if properly taught. They just need to learn to obey their...Master. The problem is, there's always a better Master and dragons are no exception. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Metis 1,117 Report post Posted December 29, 2017 Really should get to finishing Voices at the Temple's second continuation. Would have added so much to this Dragons and College Avila discussion . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scheherazade, Empress 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2017 I haven't played for a while (as in, ages ago, maybe 2-3y now? Real life lol) but Vernin was my fave. I have a vague recollection of loving my Vernin peeps lol. XD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
isadorbg 8 Report post Posted December 30, 2017 Dragons did nothing wrong. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jarod Cain 1 Report post Posted May 25, 2018 "Dragons are to be used for their knowledge and discarded like the relics of the bygone past they are." Cain 2018 Â Probably a bad idea, but hey, it works for now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CremePudding 1 Report post Posted May 26, 2018 The lack of rivals by default wins me over to Hedi in the long run, but only marginally. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
isadorbg 8 Report post Posted May 26, 2018 Since Vernin has no equals it also does not have rivals. There just college that we like less than others. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schwarzbart 1,063 Report post Posted May 27, 2018 Aranaz stil contest the Ortography part that belongs to Enchant/Artifice and so to Vernin, also the current Vernin Regent is a Revision specialist what is actual the domain of Morvidus. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites