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[X] Disciples 802-814
Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)
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[X] Disciples 802-814
Whilst both votes lead to the same reward tier, I figure we can afford to go for the higher level of buffer.
[X] Disciples 802-814
As hoped for, more GSS and better Argent Vents at higher ranks.
I expect virtual GSS to show up no sooner than the 'Greater Argent Vent', available starting at rank 700.
I think we can get there either when we reach Green Three or soon after.
The extra 20 YSS from reaching 824-801 mean we have the option of using 'high' medicines next month, should we succeed. It would completely wipe out our YSS income for an extra 10 dice across up to 16 AP of Cultivation.
Stockpiling YSS for a 'rainy day' is also an option - burst purchase of GSS at Green Three, for example.
As hoped for, more GSS and better Argent Vents at higher ranks.
I expect virtual GSS to show up no sooner than the 'Greater Argent Vent', available starting at rank 700.
I think we can get there either when we reach Green Three or soon after.
The extra 20 YSS from reaching 824-801 mean we have the option of using 'high' medicines next month, should we succeed. It would completely wipe out our YSS income for an extra 10 dice across up to 16 AP of Cultivation.
Stockpiling YSS for a 'rainy day' is also an option - burst purchase of GSS at Green Three, for example.
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[X] Disciples 802-814
Probably harder and gives a greater chance to fail, but yrs does love his combat insights. Since the difference between 800-824 and the 825-850 tiers is only 20 yss a month and 20 sect points of a library level that LQ won't even use this month, I'm of the opinion that going for the tougher challenge and stronger insight is better.
(I'm assuming that 20 yss/month isn't going to be a huge deal, the math cabal can correct me on that if it is)
Probably harder and gives a greater chance to fail, but yrs does love his combat insights. Since the difference between 800-824 and the 825-850 tiers is only 20 yss a month and 20 sect points of a library level that LQ won't even use this month, I'm of the opinion that going for the tougher challenge and stronger insight is better.
(I'm assuming that 20 yss/month isn't going to be a huge deal, the math cabal can correct me on that if it is)
I do think it's worth reiterating that odds are they won't be offered completely lopsided options to pick from either, unless the administration intends to tell you off for some reason.
Not sure if completely mismatched skillsets might annoy them enough to do that, but outside of them being grumpy at you, odds are they'll default to more generic and uninteresting challenges whenever there's no shared interests.
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Huh, the reserch target is much lower than expected, thought ling qi would look at the 700s.
@yrsillar is it normal we only get a small target range when we use 2AP like this? Is 1AP used automatically for knowledge on people under us?
Also a bit disappointed Ling Qi is still not noticing her choice was the one good for Shen Hu, but I guess Ling Qi is different there. Hoped Meizhen would have pointed out the hypocrisy though.
@yrsillar is it normal we only get a small target range when we use 2AP like this? Is 1AP used automatically for knowledge on people under us?
Also a bit disappointed Ling Qi is still not noticing her choice was the one good for Shen Hu, but I guess Ling Qi is different there. Hoped Meizhen would have pointed out the hypocrisy though.
[X] Disciples 802-814
On the one hand, Sun Liling was slotted in at 805 and CRX at 810. Are we at the point where we can beat just-got-promoted CRX?
On the other hand, those round numbers on the top few new rankings suggests they were slots dictated by tourney finish rather than strength. CRX going up already at least suggests she thinks she can fend off challenges to her new rank, so her "true" just-got-promoted rank may have been in the 700s.
Worst case scenario, if the 802-814 people are too strong then we can just wait a month on the challenges.
On the one hand, Sun Liling was slotted in at 805 and CRX at 810. Are we at the point where we can beat just-got-promoted CRX?
On the other hand, those round numbers on the top few new rankings suggests they were slots dictated by tourney finish rather than strength. CRX going up already at least suggests she thinks she can fend off challenges to her new rank, so her "true" just-got-promoted rank may have been in the 700s.
Worst case scenario, if the 802-814 people are too strong then we can just wait a month on the challenges.
I really don't think that's relevant. At that point, Ling Qi was doubting whether or not the dream was anything as safe and structured as a Sect Test. Even if she thought they were buffered from death, well, she knows how dangerous spirits can be.
Heck, Shen Hu had arguably made his choice because in many ways he thought it would be safer for him than what she did. And it's not as if we know that he got any particular reward for his actions - just that the Bloody Moon didn't disapprove of them. To treat it as a simple controlled test with him taking reasonable risks for anticipated gains would, I think, be inappropriate.
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[x] Disciples 802-814
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Ling Qi expects Meizhen to accept when she herself got to Zeqing for a 'you can die now' Tribulation, or to Moon Parties. Ling Qi was asked by Xiulan to accept that Xiulan herself does her own tribulations.
Shen Hu was actually very clear about his desires to do the exact kind of things he was doing. That Ling Qi brings it all about herself and her morality is a normal selfishness way of thinking, but I am disappointed that Meizhen didn't call her out on hypocrisy when she herself asks friends to stand aside when she is doing dangerous things for experiences and doesn't one think her acquaintance who asked to do that tribulation purposefully actually has the right to do it.
It has nothing to do with 'It is a Elder test so it is safe', because Ling Qi has and will accept non-Elder tests that are not quite safe for herself. That she can't accept her friends to do the same is discomforting.
[x] Disciples 802-814
If you don't challenge, you don't just stay in place - you backslide.
For example. Cai just moved up from rank 810 to rank 795. Baring other challenges, the disciple she just defeated will move down from 810 to 809. So Cai moved up 15 ranks, and he moved down 1 ranks. Where did the 14 ranks of difference come from? From the people sitting there not challenging anyone!
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[X] Disciples 802-814
Kind of wish there was an option to look higher than this.
On another note, I think we should take the Suyin social next month. It'll put Ling Qi into a situation where she has to protect a weaker friend in a dangerous situation, which I think will be good for her considering the specific doubts she's having.
Kind of wish there was an option to look higher than this.
On another note, I think we should take the Suyin social next month. It'll put Ling Qi into a situation where she has to protect a weaker friend in a dangerous situation, which I think will be good for her considering the specific doubts she's having.
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[X] Disciples 802-814
I mean she was questioning whether or not this was anything like a structured test where passing it in the right way would reward you.
Moreover, even if you treat it as a challenge, then assuming they are being graded entirely separately (despite entering as a team), or that Ling Qi choosing to try to save him from immanent danger would invalidate his choices would also seem unjustified. Like, unless the test for him here was "how do you feel about being slaughtered by a Cyan+ spirit" then I don't think it would be reasonable to treat it like that?
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Those poor folks in the lower 900s. That minor elder tutoring post 700 seems really nice. We've always gotten useful information from Elder tutelage. I'm pretty sure intermediate lessons at rank 724 and above is an extension on the sorts of lessons Hua Heng gave us, which will presumably be useful, at the very least as lore dumps. Plus from what we've seen they're free and take no AP or anything.
Another reason to get into the 800s as fast as possible besides keeping up with Ren-Ren and eventually Meizhen is that second green stone. That's going to be needed for 8 Green Stone months, in the same sense that people need to eat. Standard Vent for the same reason really and I agree with @Raising Kittens that around the Greater Argent Vent is when we can expect virtual green stones given the current green ingrowths in our current vent. And that leads into another reason to move for those with some rapidity. Bigger house, more room for Best Bro.
I agree, and it'd be weird to leave her hanging too long, particularly when we have significant use for her meridian cleanser and that's how we get it.
[X] Disciples 802-814
E: One thing to note of course is that if we get beyond Sun Liling she might decide to challenge Ling Qi. Which I'm honestly not worried about. And it'll probs give an insight anyway so wahoo. Or we can just skip over her and avoid her by planning out our challenges properly so that our rank is frozen or otherwise protected.
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Thank you for the update.
Knowing yourself is hard.
Being yourself is hard.
Accepting yourself is hard.
Being accepted as yourself is hard.
Thank you for showing that growing up is not easy, even if you are some
supernatural martial artist wizard scholar.
There are always more problems than just how to punch your next enemies head in.
Knowing yourself is hard.
Being yourself is hard.
Accepting yourself is hard.
Being accepted as yourself is hard.
Thank you for showing that growing up is not easy, even if you are some
supernatural martial artist wizard scholar.
There are always more problems than just how to punch your next enemies head in.
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Let's be honest. Sun being less aggressive in pushing forward than us is probably not something we have to be worried about.
Sun Liling won't do that, because she knows we can turn it into either a music or a stealth contest and she doesn't have that much of either.
It doesn't work like that I don't think. Like, do you think it's an accident that the challenge we just saw was something both parties were good at?
Also, Sun is good at stealth. We know this.
She might have decent stealth, actually.