Exp

[Fenem Respice]

alright, I might just be a stupid newb, but is EXP awarded at the completion of an entire thread, or is it on a post by post basis?

[Raelyse]

At the end of threads, your thread wll be scored by one of our judges and EXP awarded accordingly.

[Fenem Respice]

Got it, wow, not used to needing to finish a whole thread, that could get lengthy. Thank you.

[Lakin_of_DpN]

Lol, pray you get an exciting writer or writers to share your threads with or it will feel like an eternity...

Jks.

[Tainted Bushido]

Lol, pray you get an exciting writer or writers to share your threads with or it will feel like an eternity...

Jks.

Lord knows you don't know any ;)

Yeah it may seem like alot of work, but in the end we make up for it by making it based around 1/4th of your exp to level. SO you get alot of experience when you do, and the better you write the more you're awarded.

[Lakin_of_DpN]

-Grins-

Nope can't say that I do. If anything I've had to continue my thread because 10 just isn't enough.

[Fenem Respice]

Well my problem is, I never know when to end a thread, I mean, I was a part of Everbane/Dealuin, and I don't think I ever finished one. and the longest part I see no is getting my chari approved, I mean, The person checking it is great, don't get me wrong, they're giving me a lot of good suggestions, but I just am not sure why it's necessary. Then again, that could be the newb in me.

[Ataraxis]

They're not suggestions.

They're strong suggestions.

[Fenem Respice]

I know they are, I just don't know why the charictors have to be aproved, this is the first site like that that I've seen.

[Serilliant]

The main reason we have an approvals system is to ensure that all of our players start on an equal playing field. We limit the strength new characters may possess because we find that roleplaying a super hero from the start simply isn't as fun as working your way through a series of rewards that continuously change and improve your character. Further, the weaker levels force you as a writer to be a bit more creative with your character's attacks. If you could level a city with a mere thought, a battle with someone wouldn't be very interesting. But if the best you can do is basic swordplay and shoot a small fireball, you need to resort to some cunning tactics in order to win.

In the end, the approvals and leveling system are both designed to make things more fun for everyone. Once you get the hang of the system and have a few threads under your belt, you'll be playing like an expert in no time.

[Fenem Respice]

I guess IO could see that, so, couple more newb styl questions, first of, as far as the Bazzar or shop thing, if I buy something from there, do I have to modify my charictor profile and get it aproved, or can I just buy it and be done? Also, can I do a couple of single posts that are long and explain his fighting style, and delve in deth with his history so I can improve my exp or is that frowned upon?

[Zook Murnig]

Anything you buy at the Bazaar is approved for any threads you start after that transaction began, though they must be included in the next character update.

Single posts are frowned upon and will not be judged. The minimum thread length is 10 posts. However, there is a monthly Vignette Contest, where each participant has one post to tell a very, very short story of a momentary occurence in line with that month's theme.

[Fenem Respice]

sweet, thank you.

[Letho]

Anything you buy at the Bazaar is approved for any threads you start after that transaction began...I'm rather certain that the stuff you buy at the Bazaar is available to you once the transaction has been completed (meaning the price has been agreed on and the thread is concluded), and not when it began.

[Zook Murnig]

I may be mistaken. I'm not as well versed in the new rules for the Bazaar, but when the nWo v. Imperial Clan War took place, it was as I stated above. I looked over quite a bit of Bazaar Policy when I helped out for that.

The intent behind that particularly strange rule, I would imagine, being in the case of an overworked/slow Bazaar staff. A player might need an item for a quest they want to do, but when they go to the Bazaar for their Sword of Questing, it takes a week for the Bazaar mod to respond each time. He really wants to get his quest started, so he does so assuming that the transaction went through. Presumably, exceptions would be made in the case of incredibly powerful/expensive items, but for a simple change of clothes in ordinary textile, it's a good rule of thumb.

[Winterhair]

If that is true, that helps quite a bit. One of the reasons I haven't gone to the Bazaar yet is because of the time in between responses. I'm not complaining about it, its just I'd rather prefer getting the item in a quest to use it right then and there rather than half to wait a few weeks before finally getting that item and not being able to use it at all due to issues of reality.

[Letho]

I may be mistaken. I'm not as well versed in the new rules for the Bazaar, but when the nWo v. Imperial Clan War took place, it was as I stated above. I looked over quite a bit of Bazaar Policy when I helped out for that.

The intent behind that particularly strange rule, I would imagine, being in the case of an overworked/slow Bazaar staff. A player might need an item for a quest they want to do, but when they go to the Bazaar for their Sword of Questing, it takes a week for the Bazaar mod to respond each time. He really wants to get his quest started, so he does so assuming that the transaction went through. Presumably, exceptions would be made in the case of incredibly powerful/expensive items, but for a simple change of clothes in ordinary textile, it's a good rule of thumb.Yes, I do believe there was an exception in that particular instance, but I can't be certain either. I do believe, though, that the ordinary battle rules require you to fight the battle with the items/skills that are approved. With quests this isn't such a big issue, because you can start a quest with the hypothetical sword you're still in the process of buying because the Bazaar transaction would be finished before you finish the quest. The battles, however, are different because it would be unfair to allow people to use a sword that haven't officially bought or introduce it in mid battle. That's why people start and finish battle at the same level and with the same equipment.

So long story short: in a quest you can use whatever you're buying while you're in a the process of buying it, but not in a battle.

[Fenem Respice]

true, but battaling and quests are quite different.