[X] Plan: More Silk and Required Shake
-[X] Day 86: Infuse Larva with Silk Qi [??] (Costs 1 Silk Qi per attempt)
-[X] Day 87: Fight on the Frontline [12/20]
-[X] Day 88: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [16/50]
-[X] Day 89: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [16/50]
-[X] Day 90: Steadfast Ant Kata [23/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]
We should really focus more on hunting Myrmidons for their silk over the minimum action required for the frontline.
Are we sure the Frontline action progress is 12/20 instead of remaining 10/20 from last turn? It seemed like a stalemate so dunno where the +2 comes from.
[X] Plan: Our Babies and War and required shaking
-[X] Day 86: Infuse Larva with Silk Qi [??] (Costs 1 Silk Qi per attempt)
-[X] Day 87: Fight on the Frontline [12/20]
-[X] Day 88: Fight on the Frontline [12/20]
-[X] Day 89: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [16/50]
-[X] Day 90: Steadfast Ant Kata [23/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]
Also, shouldn't there have been an extra roll for the extra action?
Are we sure the Frontline action progress is 12/20 instead of remaining 10/20 from last turn? It seemed like a stalemate so dunno where the +2 comes from.
[X] Plan: Our Babies and War and required shaking
-[X] Day 86: Infuse Larva with Silk Qi [??] (Costs 1 Silk Qi per attempt)
-[X] Day 87: Fight on the Frontline [12/20]
-[X] Day 88: Fight on the Frontline [12/20]
-[X] Day 89: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [16/50]
-[X] Day 90: Steadfast Ant Kata [23/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]
Don't worry, shaking has to happen every 5th day. It'll replace Day 90's action by default. It's happened literally every time we try to do something else.
Scheduled vote count started by Arcanestomper on Feb 25, 2024 at 9:45 PM, finished with 20 posts and 15 votes.
[X] Plan: Our Babies and War
-[X] Day 86: Infuse Larva with Silk Qi (Costs 1 Silk Qi per attempt)
-[X] Day 87: Fight on the Frontline [12/20]
-[X] Day 88: Fight on the Frontline [12/20]
-[X] Day 89: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [16/50]
-[X] Day 90: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [16/50]
[X] Plan: Our Babies and War and required shaking
-[X] Day 86: Infuse Larva with Silk Qi (Costs 1 Silk Qi per attempt)
-[X] Day 87: Fight on the Frontline [12/20]
-[X] Day 88: Fight on the Frontline [12/20]
-[X] Day 89: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [16/50]
-[X] Day 90: Steadfast Ant Kata [23/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]
[X] Plan: More Silk and Required Shake
-[X] Day 86: Infuse Larva with Silk Qi (Costs 1 Silk Qi per attempt)
-[X] Day 87: Fight on the Frontline [12/20]
-[X] Day 88: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [16/50]
-[X] Day 89: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [16/50]
-[X] Day 90: Steadfast Ant Kata [23/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]
The Ant spends some time using the silk qi gathered from the dead myrmidons to infuse a brood of her sisters. She however has quite a lot of problems with it. When she inserts the silky energy too slowly it just dissipates without doing anything. When she inserts it too fast it coils around with merging with the larva's spirit.
Fortunately it doesn't seem to do any harm in either case, but it still takes her the entire day to master the art of inserting it smoothly and with an even pace. By the end of it she is unfortunately out of the silky energy.
On the plus side however she feels she can use the same technique to use regular energy to infuse the broods. It won't be as easy using the silky energy, and it will still have some dangers, but she doesn't think she will hurt any more larva.
[ ] Infuse Larva with Energy [??/???] (Costs 5 Energy from Cultivation per attempt)
Unfortunately the fighting goes as poorly as the Ant's attempt to use silk qi. Her Rival has apparently instructed the Enemy to simply avoid the Ant as much as possible. They can't avoid her entirely, but they can thin their presence whenever they smell her pheromones.
She manages to kill hundreds still, and even get some myrmidons, but it's barely enough to offset the Enemies gains. The Enemy pushes forward everywhere and while the Ant does her best to respond to every thrust it feels as if her Rival is one step ahead of her at all times.
Pushed Back: -1 War Progress
Blood Qi: +1
Colony Improvement Work Parties: +5 to non personal actions.
[ ] Scout for Food [6/50]
[ ] Tend Larva [0/50]
Exploration
[ ] Follow Pheromone Trails [0/10]
[ ] Explore the Fields of Death [??]
[ ] Clear the Fields of Death [???]
War War Progress: 11/?? Meters
Rival: War Progress -1 per turn unless the Ant Fights on the Frontline
[ ] Fight on the Frontline [17/20]
[ ] Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [28/50]
Cultivation
[ ] Steadfast Ant Kata [29/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering] Immune to ALL events when using the Kata
[ ] Infuse Larva with Energy [??/???] (Costs 5 Energy from Cultivation per attempt)
[ ] Gather Silk Qi [??] (?? Effect)
[ ] Infuse Larva with Silk Qi [1/20] (Costs 1 Silk Qi per attempt)
Colony Health: 43
The Dance of Blood (36/100)
Blood Qi: 1
Silk Qi: 0
Trait: Vigorous Blood
Spend 1 Blood Qi to gain 1 Extra Action.
Quest Note:
I have gotten comments that the current voting system doesn't leave much room for plans to be given after the main rush of votes. As such I am considering a moratorium on voting for allowing plan discussion. It would be a 24 hour moratorium followed by a 24 hour voting period to allow everyone to participate in both phases.
I am not sure if people would prefer this or the current daily updates however. So I am going to put it to the vote. Whatever the outcome it would take affect in the update after the next one.
I'm down for a moratorium but not quite one that long. Could I vote for
[X] 12 hour moratorium
[X] Plan: Closed Door Cultivation & Blood Baptism
-[X] Day 91: Infuse Larva with Blood Qi [???/???]
-[X] Day 92-96: Steadfast Ant Kata [29/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]
-[X] Day 97-98: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [28/50]
-[X] Day 99: Fight on the Frontline [17/20]
-[X] Day 100: Steadfast Ant Kata [29/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]
No moratorium yet tho so imma post the first 10 day plan. Hopefully we break through. I feel like 5 days straight is a safe bet.
If I keep the same 24 hour voting period a 12 hour moratorium is the minimum because anything less ends the vote too late for me to update. On the other hand if the moratorium and vote add together to 24 then it could be divided into other increments. I'm just not sure how well that would work.
I think a 24 hour moratorium would be too long, probably 1-2 hours would be fine for quick discussion since the mechanics aren't that complicated.
[X] Add 2 hour moratorium
[X] Plan: Once More Into the Breach
-[X] Day 91: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [28/50]
-[X] Day 92: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [28/50]
-[X] Day 93: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [28/50] (defaults to Cultivation if unused)
-[X] Day 94: Fight on the Frontline [11/20]
--[X] Vigorous Blood: Fight on the Frontline [11/20]
-[X] Day 95 [Automatic]: Steadfast Ant Kata [29/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]
Infusing larva with normal energy was hinted to take at least 0/100 progress, so that's very inefficient. Better to hunt the Myrmidons if we're still determined not to harvest Silk from our larva. So we just have to continue grinding the war.
Putting 3 actions on Myrmidons to maximize chances of it finishing in case of low rolls. Myrmidon only needs 2 actions on average, but If the 3rd Myrmidon action isn't necessary, QM said it will default to cultivation. Our best bet is to exploit the Blood Qi from fighting for extra actions and slowly eke out more actions against the Rival.
Not enough actions fighting on the frontline - this 10 day plan only has one frontline action, which means we'd lose -9 war progress from 11/20 total. Almost certainly going to incur a Hive penalty.
Infusing larva with Blood Qi isn't an actual option and will most likely fail as we try infusing it for the first time. Also, Blood Qi is very violent and unsuited for babies, they're more likely to just explode instead of getting born. Not to mention the lack of Frontline actions, which guarantees -9 War Progress from 11/20.
Also, I am morbidly curious to see how long the thread has patience for the war grind if we continue to make little progress - how long will morals hold out before we finally try harvesting Silk from larva? If we start losing the war, will we be willing to sacrifice a few larva, for the greater good of the hive?
[X] Plan: Pacing Ourselves
-[X] Day 91: Steadfast Ant Kata [29/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]
-[X] Day 92: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [28/50]
-[X] Day 93: Steadfast Ant Kata [29/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]
-[X] Day 94: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [28/50]
-[X] Day 95: Steadfast Ant Kata [29/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]
-[X] Day 96: Fight on the Frontline [17/20]
-[X] Day 97: Steadfast Ant Kata [29/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]
-[X] Day 98: Fight on the Frontline [17/20]
-[X] Day 99: Fight on the Frontline [17/20]
-[X] Day 100: Steadfast Ant Kata [29/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]
Don't feel too strongly about the moratorium tbh so I'll just leave that alone
Edit: This one's good too
[X] Plan: Once More Into the Breach
[X] Plan: Pacing Ourselves
-[X] Day 91: Steadfast Ant Kata [29/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]
-[X] Day 92: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [28/50]
-[X] Day 93: Steadfast Ant Kata [29/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]
-[X] Day 94: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [28/50]
-[X] Day 95: Steadfast Ant Kata [29/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]
-[X] Day 96: Fight on the Frontline [17/20]
-[X] Day 97: Steadfast Ant Kata [29/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]
-[X] Day 98: Fight on the Frontline [17/20]
-[X] Day 99: Fight on the Frontline [17/20]
-[X] Day 100: Steadfast Ant Kata [29/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]
Still too little Frontline actions I'm afraid, this will on average get +3 War progress from actions but -10 War from the Rival, so net result of -7 out of 11/20. This war is a slow meatgrinder, and we're stuck doing Frontline actions almost every day JUST to maintain the stalemate.
Tbh, our best bet is to focus hard on Frontline actions so we can harvest Blood Qi and spend it on extra actions, slowly eking out an AP advantage against the rival.
My plan has 3 actions for hunting Myrmidons to guarantee its completion, it would only need 2 actions on average so the 3rd is just hedging. If the 3rd myrmidon action became unnecessary, Arcanestomper said the ant would default to cultivation.
