💬│palia-discussions

[small hinge]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[hearty spear]

What are thoughts on using in-game currency to buy "tokens" for gameplay/access, a la subscription model?

[night ember]

Oh man, I really hope the devs will occasionally provide hand picked snaps from the Pre-Alpha of really cool things that happened, or often times, even more fun, really strange/funny/weird bugs that cropped up

[hearty spear]

25,043 people online. Holy crap.

[patent adder]

So many more friends I get to make ☺️

[hearty spear]

GOAT!

[keen basin]

Does that mean I'm not your friend since I'm not online?

[patent adder]

No! You are my friend ☺️

[hearty spear]

I'm here to make friends. 🙂

[keen basin]

[patent adder]

See, I sent a friend request even!

[keen basin]

You did! I am blessed by the goat!

[patent adder]

☺️

[keen basin]

Many friendly blessings upon you all, Paliantologists!

[hearty spear]

Blessings to you as well!

[undone mist]

😄So how was everyones weekend?

[hearty spear]

I'm going to scribble anti-haikus and leave them everywhere, potentially a la crafted wooden signs. @undone mist - AMAZING. I made a ton of money, had a lot of friendly conversations and go to drive all over (I drive Uber in mah badass Tesla). 😄

[undone mist]

Man, you must have a heck of a insurance bill using a tesla like that.

[hearty spear]

Ridesharing rider/addendum is actually very cheap. 🙂

[indigo kite]

must have a heck of a fat wallet to afford a tesla haha

[keen basin]

Perhaps a discussion to consider for #💬│off-topic-chat

[rain carbon]

Let's keep the conversation on this channel Palia related. For other topics, you can use the #💬│off-topic-chat channel. Thank you

[hearty spear]

Financial success can be seen as a balance of two things - increasing income and reducing expenses. If you do both at the same time, you can do more than buy a Tesla. 8) (Same goes for in-game economics).

[patent adder]

👀 🐢

[empty matrix]

tesla aren't cheap, but they aren't expensive either

[hearty spear]

I was just tying it in to the game, or trying to. Thanks!

[empty matrix]

where I live, on a good day you'll see at least two teslas on the road to and from school

[indigo kite]

ive never seen one where i live

ive only seen one charging station too

[empty matrix]

if it makes any sense, I live in Cali

[rain carbon]

https://tenor.com/view/johans-tiddles-knirpsi-angry-tortoise-gif-21216615

[indigo kite]

I live in Tasmania so I don't think we'll have many Tesla's for a while 😅

[faint acorn]

Speaking of Cali you guys think they will have weather and seasons like animal crossing

[hearty spear]

I'm pretty sure I saw a Tesla in the trailer video. 😄

[lunar tundra]

Don't anger the turtle. #💬│off-topic-chat

[indigo kite]

okay, what about a tesla mount in palia then?

[patent adder]

I need a tesla truck to get from fishing back to my treehouse ☺️

[cinder temple]

I think the closest you might get is a potato-powered turnip cart.

[hearty spear]

Would you rather it be modeled after the car or a tesla coil? You could... ride the lightning. 🤔

[indigo kite]

can goats drive?

[ripe pendant]

I think they have already confirmed that palia isn't weatherless but I wonder to what extent they will go with it. I'm hoping for more than just sunny / cloudy / raining

[keen basin]

That sounds cute though

[indigo kite]

im okay with that haha

[indigo kite]

oooo lightning

[hearty spear]

I'd like "Torrential Downpour" and "Depressingly Misty", please.

[indigo kite]

broody foggy forest vibes

[faint acorn]

yeah for real like autumn would be amazing with leaves falling and rain

[hearty spear]

You can feel the moss collecting around your ankles. Heh.

[indigo kite]

That's exactly how I want it

I hope there are no leaches though

[lunar tundra]

I'd take that 100%

[indigo kite]

broody, foggy forest minus the bugs

[ripe pendant]

Although it may be more difficult to come up with I would also love to see more fantasy / unique forms of weather or even seasons seeing that it is a fantasy world, so it doesn't necessarily have to correlate with our weather or seasons

[faint acorn]

yeah like a mystical fog 😄

[empty matrix]

i like this

[lunar tundra]

It'd be nice to see "weather" around seasonal events that were unique.

[hearty spear]

Like Sulfuric Acid Tornadoes?!

[ripe pendant]

anything is possible!!

[empty matrix]

imagine tons of autumn leaves just falling from the sky. Sounds weird, But I find it majestic

[cinder temple]

Tournadoes that pick you up and take you on a short tour through the area. You can escape at any time, but if you stay for the whole tour, you get a pamphlet.

[hearty spear]

And if you stand in it long enough you get a buff to your mood. 😉

[lunar tundra]

Now this is a fast travel I can get behind.

[faint acorn]

a special glider 😄

[halcyon palm]

Hello 👋

[patent adder]

Hey Rossy! ❤️

How are my friends doing tonight ☺️

[empty matrix]

ooh what about a weather event where pink snow falls from the sky and makes crops grow super fast?

[indigo kite]

How can we answer when we don't know who are and aren't your friends 🤔

[patent adder]

You are friend. 🥺

Everyone is... Except someone 👀

[indigo kite]

Oh, well in that case I'm doing great ☺️

[patent adder]

That is great, I am glad ☺️

[turbid tiger]

I'm sleepy but fireworks are still Poppin off like crazy in my neighborhood

[patent adder]

Awwh. hopefully they stop soon. :c

[indigo kite]

ohhh it's the 4th of july in America at the moment?

[patent adder]

Yeah!

[hearty spear]

For most of the west coast we have just under 3 hours left.

[indigo kite]

I'm in the future 🤯

[turbid tiger]

Yes & I'm in Texas, so they going a little nuts here lol

[indigo kite]

it's the 5th here in Australia

[faint acorn]

not on east coast

[indigo kite]

im a sneaky time traveller hehe

[foggy ingot]

it's been the 5th for more than 7 hours here

[patent adder]

👀 Why does a time traveler wanna be my friend

[faint acorn]

did they release palia in future? date please

[empty matrix]

laughs in PST

[indigo kite]

No reason,,, 😶

[cinder temple]

I heard from a guy three years from now that Palia's out in his timezone.

[hearty spear]

laughs in MST in Phoenix WE NEVER CHANGE. MWA HA HA.

[patent adder]

Hmmmm....

[faint acorn]

dude mentioned about time traveling though

[lyric ether]

imagine, would you know how big and oddly rotating the world would need to be for that to happen

[cinder temple]

Very wibbly and possibly also wobbly.

[indigo kite]

All will be revealed in due time

[faint acorn]

oh btw the world is flat, wonder if in Palia it is flat too

[hearty spear]

Fun fact - the earth is an oblate spheroid due to the rotation and wibbly-wobblyness. 😄

[lyric ether]

Flat Palia Believer Forlife

[cinder temple]

I saw the turtle begin to rise up and then slowly withdraw back into the shell.

[stark niche]

We'll push all the Chuus off the flat world

[faint acorn]

:I wonder if our green turtle is a part of the 3 turtle crew 😄

[lyric ether]

trutle realized we was not quite offtopic three times in a row yet. The legend only says the turtle will arise if we look into palia chat and go offtopic three times

[patent adder]

👀 🐢 everyone act normal

[rain carbon]

Was going to ask - what if palia is inside of a giant turtle shell? 😏

[patent adder]

It'd be very dark

[cinder temple]

If the topics go whacko, the turtle come snapo.

[faint acorn]

then you sir have no shell

[lyric ether]

I want a turtle 😦 I will name it chompy

[cinder temple]

That sounds awfully uncomfortable for the turtle. I think it's more like those pictures of friends having a pool party and then you pan out and there's a dark, eldritch beast resting just beneath the waves. Only the pool party is all of Palia, and the beast is a green turtle with its little turtle hands folded, waiting.

[stark niche]

Really missing the chance to name it after a Renaissance Italian artist

[lyric ether]

Imagine if Palia was a giant turtle shell. You know those worlds that ride on the back of turtles but what if there was a giant space turtle that made a world it's shell. So the top bottom and sides of it was just part of the turtle.

[stark niche]

So like Avatar and the lion turtles 👀

[cinder temple]

I would also like to add Turt Reynolds to the list of candidates.

[hearty spear]

Turt Ferguson?

[lyric ether]

a bit but the world would also be on it's sides and under belly

maybe the theme would fit better for a giant space crab? hermit crabs do like stealing shells

[cinder temple]

Do you think Palia will have owl friends?
https://tenor.com/view/animal-owl-cute-gif-14853219

[tranquil cosmos]

I hope so!

[hearty spear]

Oh dear, that's cuteness overload. 😄

[stark niche]

Paying rent to live under its butt 😔... Still better than my city

[stark niche]

I need owls in the game now

[faint acorn]

I need mechanical golems in the game NOW

[lyric ether]

Mister Owl Mister Owl, how many clicks does it take to get to my new Palian Home. (Image of Dorthy in red shoes asking the owl)

[rain carbon]

Owl's can be Palia's delivery system 😏

[cinder temple]

Amazing! Like some sort of... familiars.

[lyric ether]

Nah Turtles can be the delivery system. Instead of snail mail we get turtle mail

[stark niche]

[cinder temple]

Delivered by an actual snail, but riding the back of a turtle - they're friends. They have a thing.

[faint acorn]

pet*

[lyric ether]

why do I now want to see what a turtle snail hybrid would look like.... Giant snail inside a turtle shell -ponders-

[stark niche]

sad Einar noises his individuality is his downfall

[rain carbon]

@cinder temple He's daring you 😅

[cinder temple]

If you want to see one of those, just catch GreenTurtle before 7 AM.

[warm plover]

The cat awakens

[cinder temple]

The cat returns!

[empty matrix]

can you guys think of any weird weather events?

[faint acorn]

run

[empty matrix]

that don't... burn or maim people

[faint acorn]

cotton candy blizzard

[patent adder]

Hey rin ^^

[lyric ether]

A fartnado, occasionally the world's gases peaks up from the world and creates a smelly tornado

[empty matrix]

I like that

[warm plover]

Weather type: glitter

[empty matrix]

I regret asking this question in the first place

[brittle lance]

Glitterstorm xD

[lyric ether]

hey it could happen natural gases could push the air in the proper pattern to create a smelly tornado

[woven bay]

I heard Turt Reynolds and my mind immediately went to walking through a beautiful forest, climbing a tower, communicating via radio to someone

[lyric ether]

nobody light a match or we will get a firestorm

[woven bay]

I literally refer to every turtle I ever find as Turt Reynolds thanks to that experience.

[brittle lance]

An event where a moon gets too close to the world, so gravity changes a bit 😛

And there will be nice colors in the sky 😄

[cinder temple]

Literal sweater weather that drops cozy clothing. Leaves and flowers getting blown up into the air and slowly falling back down for a few hours. Tournadoes that take you on actual tours. Starbits and star showers that leave glimmering spots all over the ground and fade by morning. Bubble rain - like normal rain, but clumsy and slow, plips on impact. Partly cloudy - the cloud layer comes closer to the ground, but only part of it.

[warm plover]

is our mod also a Turt Reynolds

[lyric ether]

An event where the three moons align (how many moons does palia have?) That causes the ocean to get all super funky

[lunar tundra]

All this needs to go in the suggestions channel omg. I would love all of this.

[dreamy pilot]

Y'know how when you're hot your vision starts to become wavy. A weather event like that- but it's not a mirage. All the plant life becomes living spaghetti.

[lyric ether]

not gonna lie, Celestial events would be yumsauce

[warm plover]

spaghetti plants.. im hungry

[empty matrix]

do you mean... Pasta plants?

[lyric ether]

dandilions that are cotton candy for the fluff ball part

[empty matrix]

also some kind of hallucinogen would be so funny in this game

[dreamy pilot]

Rigatoni Roses

[lyric ether]

could you imagine have a field of Cotton Candy flowers

[celest maple]

Mind like a diamond. Straight to the pool room with these excellent suggestions

[warm plover]

a weather event that just makes animals really want pats

sorry i know that doesnt make sense i just want to pat a tau

[lyric ether]

a celestial event that makes all animals become more aggressive. 😛

[warm plover]

nooooooo

[lyric ether]

Chuu's turn into little demons.

[warm plover]

oh so theyre the same

[empty matrix]

everything resembles the little devil teemo skin from league for the weather duration

[delicate nimbus]

An earthquake that makes only a few animals available to hunt

[cinder temple]

I added literal dog days of summer to my list. Here's hoping, pal!

[warm plover]

[lyric ether]

a magical event which saps all the milk from the cow-like creatures and makes it rain Milk.

Milk rain makes cats go crazy

[brittle lance]

There is no magic in Palia tho

[dreamy pilot]

Also, I know it's pretty generic. But (insert flavor text about an old legend about a widowed woman), and it causes it to snow in summer. ❄️

[warm plover]

i think theres magic but i dont think were casting spells n stuff
maybe

[delicate nimbus]

Theres gonna be so much cat poo

[carmine relic]

I hope I can cast spells!

[lyric ether]

then explain the levitating rock thing #🌠│official-art message how does this happen without magic

[delicate nimbus]

We'll probably be able to use alchemy

[warm plover]

🐈

[cinder temple]

Yeah? It always just made mine fart.

[warm plover]

i like legends like these

[warm plover]

oh yeah most cats are lactose intolerant
not me though

[lyric ether]

lol palia be smelly af for a week. Cat farts are the worst

[empty matrix]

at this point this weather is basically Terraria events

[carmine relic]

Martians are invading!

[empty matrix]

xD

[winter solar]

Good night y'all have great night ❤️

[warm plover]

theyll never get as weird as Blaseball weather events

[cinder temple]

I got one more: You get showered in compliments.

The words 'u look nice' 'nice hair' or 'great outfit' trickle down from the sky and sink into the soil after you read them.

[lyric ether]

Affirmation rain

[cinder temple]

Occasionally you get one that says 'sorry wrong chat'

[warm plover]

RHDDSJDBSBXJD

[empty matrix]

help I'm drowning in compliments

[warm plover]

palia's god(s) trying to make you feel better

[lyric ether]

it rains literal cats and dogs

[empty matrix]

a lot of blood and future ptsd right there

[lyric ether]

ooooo can do an Australlian based weather event. Make it rain spiders

[cinder temple]

"Man, I haven't seen Rudy around in forever." "Oh, you didn't hear?" "No, what happened?" "He got flooded with 'Chill Vibes, bro'. Just like fifty thousand stacks of it all coming down in the same place. Never seen anything like it. He's been trying to dry out his house ever since."

[lyric ether]

stepping outside and little spiders are flying around with web parachutes

[empty matrix]

it weird what people begin to call you when they run out original compliments

[empty matrix]

that person with arachnophobia really isnt going to like that

[lyric ether]

make them really cute spiders like Lucas

[warm plover]

"your vibes are immaculate, like a tau finding out he's a good boy"

[cinder temple]

Could do little seeds with parachutes instead of spooders, like those tree seeds that twirl as they fall? Have them spawn a batch of wildflowers where they land.

[lyric ether]

that'd be prretty cool but I like spooders 😦

[cinder temple]

I do too, but having them as weather seems like it wouldn't be much fun for them or for us.

[lyric ether]

it'd be pretty, plus you could catch them with a net

[cinder temple]

You know, I finally figured out why spiders are so good at networking, since we're on the topic.

They're mainly web-based.

[lyric ether]

lol

[warm plover]

nooooooo not more puns

[cinder temple]

Rin's gonna make a huge u-turn the moment he realizes he's found my house in Palia.

[lyric ether]

Does that mean the world wide web is just made by a giant spooder

[midnight oak]

Who, Erica? Oh she's fiiiine.

[warm plover]

how many puns will be in your house

[lyric ether]

well you could call it PeeWee's Pun house

[midnight oak]

Large Marge is mah name.

I mean, Large Chapaa is my name.

[cinder temple]

It's the puns that come out of the house that you need to worry about. I intend to roam.

[lyric ether]

there is a pun of the day, everytime someone says the pun they runs around and screams really loud

[warm plover]

i live in fear

[lyric ether]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS2WPr1UpNM

[raven pollen]

ay

[cold mesa]

how did i type from your account???

[warm plover]

we share the same braincell

[cold mesa]

a whole cell?!

[warm plover]

yeah!

[fiery shore]

Wow fancy

[wispy meadow]

Greetings

[cold mesa]

wow we are sooo smart. look at us

[lyric ether]

they call them brain cells, because they keep you imprisoned in your mind

[fiery shore]

Can we get twilight zone music playing the in background for that text

[wispy meadow]

Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
So it's the Warden then?

[lyric ether]

yes

but it prefers if you just call it "Warden Mitch"

[warm plover]

[ionic portal]

Just got home from watching fireworks

[lyric ether]

did you make sure to pay the fire it's wages?

[ionic portal]

Yeah they worked overtime

[empty matrix]

my friend invited me to go watch them 4 days ago, I asked if we were still going and she said she was tired (no). Very bummed

[warm plover]

classic "was that a gunshot or a firework" day

[lyric ether]

i don't like fireworks either tbh. but that is just because of irresponsible people.

shooting bottle rockets at peoples houses isn't the nicest thing ever

[ionic portal]

Would be cute to launch fireworks in Palia

Or like paper lanterns or something

[wispy meadow]

YESS PAPER LANTERNS ARE SO CUTE

[lyric ether]

i really like lanterns in the water thing it's so boootiful

[ionic portal]

I always think of the movie Tangled

that scene where they're on the boat

[wispy meadow]

Omg yes the tangled scene is so cute ❤️

[warm plover]

ahhh im sleeepy

[empty matrix]

I should sleep

but i'm watching solar opposites and enjoying it

[patent adder]

Hey friend ☺️

[warm plover]

milkkwywywywyyyyyy

[patent adder]

Sorry was doing VR stuff ☺️

[warm plover]

beat saber? :o

[empty matrix]

was your pfp always animated milky?

[patent adder]

Yes. And Yes Rin 😛

[arctic onyx]

it's 8 in the morning and I haven't slept yet

[hidden lynx]

You should sleep 🥺

[arctic onyx]

probably

[wispy meadow]

MILKYYYYY

[hidden lynx]

Rin should tooooo

[patent adder]

How are you, friend. ☺️

[brittle lance]

zzZzZZz

[warm plover]

Its 1 pm why would I sleep

[wispy meadow]

I'm good. ☺️
You?

[foggy ingot]

a lot of us should go to sleep

[warm plover]

oh yeah did you guys see the new faq i put together

[gritty veldt]

howdy folks

[patent adder]

Fish fish fish 😊

[gritty veldt]

goat goat goat

[patent adder]

I am also good, how are you?

[versed ice]

Wah

[zinc pond]

Goodnight guys I'm going to be heading off, see you guys in the morning! ❤️

[gritty veldt]

gn!! have a good one

[celest maple]

gnight!

[warm plover]

juuuuliaaaaaaaaaa

[cold mesa]

👀

[celest maple]

ello sleepy cat

[warm plover]

i made a thing https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N61pu4gGNSrHTJ_UElbqk2FPl2QaN-hGJ3S5CYg4nzM/edit?usp=sharing

[hidden lynx]

You said you were sleepy 🥺

[wispy meadow]

Surviving boredom with my last pack of crackers

[cold mesa]

👁️ 🐟👁️

[warm plover]

im always sleepy

[gritty veldt]

👁️ 🐽 👁️

mmm monke

[celest maple]

OOOooooo! VERY cool! It's great to have all of that in one place. very organised

[warm plover]

:D

[patent adder]

Ooh fun. c:

[gritty veldt]

ill have to give this a proper read through later, but it looks really helpful so far! gj

[warm plover]

:DDDD

i also compiled all the official art so far at the bottom and i plan to update whenever we learn more

[cold mesa]

ur cute

[gritty veldt]

no u

[hidden lynx]

Why not put all of it on the wiki too?

[cold mesa]

we cute 🥺

[warm plover]

i just think it's easier to look at it all in one place rather than hopping around wiki pages

[gritty veldt]

babe stop 😳

[tranquil prairie]

👄👁👄

[cold mesa]

never~

[patent adder]

Wait no stop please

[gritty veldt]

THE WAY I WHEEZED LMAO

[warm plover]

👁️👄👁️

[rain carbon]

🐢 👀

[warm plover]

tortle

[cold mesa]

👁️ 🐢 👁️

[tranquil prairie]

i’m sorry about that!! do you want me to delete it?

[warm plover]

👁️👅 👁️

[cold mesa]

👁️ 👁️

[gritty veldt]

hoping to get some cursed emotes in game

[warm plover]

WE HAVE A CHUULUPA EMOTE?

[patent adder]

Yes we do ☺️

[swift trout]

this is awesome thank you

[warm plover]

:)

[patent adder]

He did good work ☺️

[tranquil prairie]

mhm very good!

[warm plover]

i live for praise

[cinder temple]

Just finished reading through this. Looks good.

[warm plover]

:D

[cinder temple]

Very well-formatted and precise.

[warm plover]

positive reinforcement go brrr

oh some of the images are broken :/

[cinder temple]

Also a good choice to leave 'who is Steve' out of the FAQ so that he retains some of his local lore and mystery on the odd evenings when he's brought up.

[warm plover]

<-- doesnt know who steve is

[wispy meadow]

https://tenor.com/view/steve-prairie-dog-gif-13190864

[warm plover]

sorry im big dumdum

[rain carbon]

https://tenor.com/view/steve-steve-steve-herobrine-sam-green-well-well-well-howdy-gif-19349233

[cinder temple]

Steve was a green-name moderator who was very active in the first few weeks of this server's activation. He eventually left us to go moderate elsewhere, but left us with a number of capable successors.

[warm plover]

oh right
turtle and duck's dad

[hearty spear]

"Who is Steve?"

"Yes."

I don't know why I replied to that specific message from earlier but OK. 😄

[kindred sable]

very nice

[cinder temple]

Can we talk for a moment about how weird it is that the corners of 👁️ are pinched by like 2 pixels?

[warm plover]

i cant unsee it now thanks

[kindred sable]

i never noticed that before, thanks for ruining that

[cinder temple]

You're welcome; I'm always happy to commit small crimes for my pals.

[hearty spear]

I saw a bumper sticker today: "National Kessel Run Champion".

[pine moat]

Heyy

[warm plover]

[solemn bane]

sits on the couch and pulls out a pad "can we talk about your obsessive need for pixel control?"

[kindred sable]

impressive

[night kraken]

Hey 👋

[warm plover]

sebby sebby sebby

[kindred sable]

sebas-chan

[night kraken]

I saw that you have been working hard to organise a google doc, nice work!

[warm plover]

:DDD

[night kraken]

Once the game comes out you should definitely do something similiar for everything we learn, to help expand on the wiki later

[warm plover]

👌

[solemn bane]

agree,

[warm plover]

mines not as comprehensive as Vlads but i linked his in the doc for people to look at
its just meant to be easier for new people to look at

[solemn bane]

teach us all the secrets, actually now that i think about it please dont. In fact please NOONE make a guide to the game for at LEAST a month after release. I beg you all, as a community game I feel that we should give everyone the chance to explore, learn and have fun together IN game before we start the massive "i cant figure it out let me google it" that we see in every single game.

[warm plover]

👌

[grand basalt]

Games are always the most fun when everybody is trying to figure out how it works 😄

[hearty spear]

I just googled this post and found a Twitter link and an IG profile. That was fast. 😛

[solemn bane]

😛

[sand parrot]

🍏

[carmine relic]

Huzzah?

[solemn bane]

Im serious though everyone, I really feel like the game would be more enjoyable for everyone if we please could put aside the rush for guides and how to searches on the internet for at least the first month, let people come together in game, build a community and learn together before we do the constant "i want to know it all on google" rush that honestly i think destroys in game cooperation. Why cooperate when you can just...google it

[carmine relic]

It also kinda kills the essence of discovery. "Oh, what happens if I throw this in a pot with this? Oh, perhaps this?" and then that curiosity is snuffed out when some dude throws a spreadsheet

[solemn bane]

exactly!

Why should anyone need to explore, or learn anything from their friends in the game, when you just look it up

[hearty spear]

I will undoubtedly make spreadsheets - that's my jam.

[solemn bane]

so make them for you, and your friends, share them with friends....IN game. just hold off on posting them for mass consumption for a little while

[carmine relic]

Dosh garnet. Ah whatever, you're free to do so. Just don't be mega insistent with spreading it, otherwise ya'd get the situation above

[jaunty escarp]

HELLO

[night kraken]

I think compiling things in our neighbourhoods/groups is a good idea. Discovering stuff with friends and talking about your findings is incredibly fun. But guides are more personal preference. Shouldn't stop them from existing but to each their own

[hearty spear]

Aye. I love information but my spreadsheets are mostly mine. I'd ask for collaboration to get the data correct. 🙂

[grand basalt]

Some people like breaking things down to the numbers while others enjoy experiencing things as they come. Either way, as long as everyone enjoys it, its a win.

[solemn bane]

the faster detailed information, like guides and spreadsheets detailing everything is shoved onto the widespread internet for every player to peruse, the faster the "optimization" craze hits, and it always hits. Are we not all just a little annoyed by that phase? the "Meta is everything" idea? palia can be different, stop the crazy. Help your neighborhood, keep your info in game, pass it on to apprentices, friends, students. Help make a game world where everyone isnt constantly trying to "optimize" every little aspect of their crafting or combat. Obviously you dont have to listen to me, im just asking everyone to look at the games we have....do we really want another one like that?

[grand basalt]

Players get to choose whether to look at the guides or not. If they want to take the easy way and look at the guide that's up to them. Others will choose to discover things for themselves still.

[cinder temple]

I get wanting to take it slow, but some people find comfort and enjoyment in making guides, even if no one ever uses them. We have quite a bit of waiting to do before Palia comes out, so they're just one more creative outlet for those who prefer to write.

[solemn bane]

Im not asking you not to make guides, im not even asking you not to share them, im asking people to take a moment to consider, and maybe think about keeping those guides a little less wide spread.

[night kraken]

There will always be elitists who need to optimize and be the best. No matter how you don't want it they will come. Is it good? No. But it is the way things are imo. Plus guides are nice for direction if you're lost or want to aim for something you see someone else with.

[carmine relic]

I will intentionally use and kill with a joke weapon to spite tryhard perfectionists.

As a mildly wise wizard, I'll keep my knowledge safe and secure.

[hearty spear]

Understandable take. You're not going to stop people from trying to optimize because that is something inherent to their personality so that is what they will do. @night kraken And there will always be non-elitists who need to optimize and be the best. Is it good? yes.

[grand basalt]

I know I'd have been lost in Runescape without some of those guides

[lunar tundra]

We all enjoy things a little differently, it's part of what makes us human.

Gotta love and respect it.

[round anvil]

I agree to a certain degree but Isn't it also very pleasing to see how some people archive things in a quick fashion? Speedrunning things has its own aesthetics even.

[night kraken]

Ohh yeah non elitists are fine imo. If you're not being horrible about it then optimize to your hearts content

[cinder temple]

I noticed you responded to my silly weather suggestions (and didn't want to clutter that channel). Do you have some alternative ideas that might be a little more down to earth (pun intended) but still unique?

[solemn bane]

Its just something to think about, we have plenty of games where we can do stuff like that, we have the chance to start a new game, where we dont have to play that way. At least for the first while, until the games more complicated and larger. This is the brand new era, the start of the game. I only ask that everyone think about giving it a little time, one month, before they post the answers to everything

[lunar tundra]

I usually like guides, but I do have feeling I'll take palia a little slower than I have with other games.

[small hinge]

In the world of twitch streams and Youtubers nothing will be kept under wraps cuz "content"

[solemn bane]

Since palia hasnt even been alpha tested yet I couldnt say, but any weather that relies on specific palia magic or ideas could work, maybe there really IS a lore friendly way to have starlike rain as you suggested, i dont know. I just thought that the weather should remain a little more...realistic to the world it was happening in thats all.

[lunar tundra]

Guides also tend to help people who have less time to play games feel more included which is important.

The older I get the more I appreciate games that are still enjoyable for people with limited time.

[hearty spear]

Something to take into consideration also is that if I'm going to make a spreadsheets with data in it, I will only be as efficient as the data is correct. That data can only be acquired by not only playing and experiencing the game but mastering it. That data turns into information for people to make intelligent decisions. I'll have a depth of understanding that I wish to have and it will require dedication to acquire it.

[solemn bane]

This is a problem in my own opinion, if you actually care about a game, you should be making content with the intent to better the game or point out flaws to be fixed, not just to "get content out there".

and if you dont care about the game....dont make content about it. the world has enough people who complain about things, noone really needs to hear you complain on youtube as well. If i want to have a downer, ill watch the news

[grand basalt]

I agree that it's an issue but there really isn't a way to stop it. Everyone is responsible for their own actions and sadly, not all actions are good ones.

[round anvil]

You do forget that as a content creator you try to cater your content to the vast majority and not everyone likes the usual:"how to fix this issue"-type of content. some just want to see the game and funny things that happen for example

[lunar tundra]

People like making content they enjoy. I have several streamers I watch that make cozy content and foster nice stream communities. I'd like to see that continue.

But yeah, the bigger something gets the more likely that there will be people unhappy with it. It shouldn't stop us from. Sharing our joy with others though.

[solemn bane]

funny things are one thing. To many videos I see of game content however is really nothing more than ranting about things they dont like, appealing to the more irritating half of human nature to complain about things.

Anyway, i already put out there what i wanted to. Take it or leave it, it was only a suggestion.

[patent adder]

☺️

[hearty spear]

Something I'd like to point, @solemn bane , is that your concerns seem to be focused on an aspect of personality that you can never do without and I see much commentary of "If you do X, you should be doing it because of Y." Says who? I agree with you, we all get a chance to do something new. The meta of WoW was that the game was completely data-mined before the PTR became the release candidate for the next expansion or huge patch; guides were written; all new things were exposed before they were exposed. It became an analysis and reading of guides versus in-game exploration. It would be sad to see the experiences get ahead of themselves here but people will play how their personalities dictate and that means analyzing the game to pieces and reducing it to #s. Efficient, happy #s hopefully. 😄

[abstract verge]

yeah

[hearty spear]

Some people would no more like me to say they should not be impulsive in their decisions and analyze every craft before it happens by knowing the #s.

[grand basalt]

The cutting edge WoW players spend hundreds if not thousands of hours trying to optimize effective strategies and numbers. For those players, they enjoy all the mathematical work.

[potent trellis]

Rather than asking them not to post guides you should just not search for them if you are willing to explore. And spreading the guides helps those who actually want them to get the help of guides efficiently.

[lunar tundra]

If you woke up tomorrow and were in the game of Palia, what's the first thing you would do? (Confirmed to be in the game or not)

I'd go craft a fishing pole and find a nice river.

[warm plover]

talk to einar

[kindred sable]

you can look at games even like minecraft. people have done some crazy stuff perfecting automation in Minecraft while others prefer to manually do everything, but that's just part of how open-ended gameplay is in the game.

[hearty spear]

Stand behind you with a notepad. 🤔 hehehe

[warm plover]

actually no i'd talk to ashura first
he seems nice he could probably help me

[cinder temple]

I'd start picking things up off the ground and seeing if they can be consumed. You know, like a toddler.

[solemn bane]

The problem is that the game isnt just numbers. its enjoyment for more than just yourself as well. Im asking people to think more about the community for a single month, than themselves. Its also only a request put out there, feel free to ignore it. The request is please, write your guides, make your spreadsheets, but dont release them to everyone before the first month of the games release is over. Perhaps I should clarify in that im talking about the actual release and Im not asking anything about the alpha or beta trials. Again its only a suggestion that you are free to ignore. Do I feel like constantly having the secrets of games written down destroys the games culture? yes I do, and if i made a game the TOS would actually have that covered under "no written guides may be created" or some such thing. However its not my game, i didnt write the tos and i cant actually do more than ask, so thats what im doing. I know people want to play their own way and some people want to figure it all out to the decimal point. Im not asking them not to, just to wait.

[kindred sable]

same, probably. fishing is always my favorite thing to do first, always very relaxing, and you can get a good look at the environment while you're at it

[warm plover]

btw was cooking confirmed or speculated

[lunar tundra]

Well I hope you get many tasty food buffs.

[night kraken]

Agreed. I bet if you had a bad day he would be the type to try really hard to make you feel better. Just sitting down in his inn and chatting till your good to go

[warm plover]

as in was it confirmed to be a skill

[small hinge]

Confirmed on the grounds that a "experianced cook would make better food than a non skilled cook"

[hearty spear]

"The problem is that the game isnt just numbers. its enjoyment for more than just yourself as well. Im asking people to think more about the community for a single month, than themselves." That's what I take issue with. It isn't a positive or negative suggestion, having meritless discourse - it's the judgment your statements come with, the presumption that someone's making a spreadsheet so they don't care about the community. Naw, prove it.

[warm plover]

ah yep yep ok

[cinder temple]

I can't wait to see if the debuff from eating a bee can be canceled by the buff from eating the honey I was trying to get to begin with.

[round anvil]

prepare to eat to your hearts content

[hearty spear]

LOL, I think if I can consume it it should do something to me. + or -

[ionic portal]

it's like a mixture of confirmed and speculated because we see it in the trailer to some extent (the kitchen for example) but we haven't heard much about it

[warm plover]

im gonna put it under speculated

best to be safe ya

[solemn bane]

your making an assumption, im not saying they dont think about the community, im saying they are doing it because they want to, and thats fine, but it DOES effect some members of the community, and it DOES have a large impact on the gameplay of ALL players, regardless of whether they read it or not, this is fact, its not up for debate. Whether that impact is negative or not is not fact however, that is my opinion, which is why i said "in my opinion"

[ionic portal]

Would seem kinda lame to have an oven / sink whatever and not be able to use them haha

[lunar tundra]

I definitely see it listed in the faq, but it also says they aren't saying how it works right now.

We all have different opinions, and that is okay. Please stay kind to one another.

[grand basalt]

How does it affect the ones that choose not to read it? Not disagreeing, but I'm not understanding.

[abstract tusk]

Citation needed

[warm plover]

its almost certainly a skill but without actual 100% confirmation i cant put it under the 'known skills' section

[solemn bane]

because anyone around them that does read it now has information, information they did not work for, knowledge that they shouldnt actually have in game, which they got because someone else did the legwork, and not them

[warm plover]

are you... gatekeeping palia?

[hearty spear]

As an example, I made a very useful spreadsheet in Archeage, a Korean MMO brought to the US market some time ago. In the game, you have labor points and they recharge so you can only have so many operations done in X period of time... so with the help of my guildmates and others, I got every piece of data I could about how one could most efficiently use their LP without having to literally purchase potions to refill it.

[solemn bane]

now some players want, or need because of time, to play that way

[dusk portal]

"There will be cooking. Don't want to get into the specifics on how it works just yet, sorry"

[solemn bane]

however, it does still effect the game play, say there is a quest thats super hard to do, its a difficult puzzle

[small hinge]

My problem is the desperate clickbate titles that spoil everything just scrolling through my YouTube algorithms

[lunar tundra]

Maybe it's time we move on from this topic for a bit.

[dusk portal]

That's the quote on cooking.

[solemn bane]

now that the guide is out...its no longer hard to do, and those "rare" items, are no longer rare

[warm plover]

yeah, i just dont know if it counts as a 'skill' like the others. it probably does, but it's best not to say that it's certain in my doc

[solemn bane]

that effects the entire game economy.

[small hinge]

Alika thats just... unmanagable, no sense getting worked up, its going to happen so accept it

[night kraken]

I agree

[hearty spear]

I think we should reach understandings before sweeping aside conversations.

[lunar tundra]

Yeah, hopefully we'll get some more answers with the next round of questions/answers soon.

[night kraken]

Put it being a skill as speculated as well perhaps?

[solemn bane]

anyway, whether you agree or not, doesnt really matter, it was a suggestion thats it. either do it, or dont do it. Thats all i will say on the subject. Your correct in that everyone has the right to play and post, whatever they want

[warm plover]

yeah i have it under a 'speculated skills' section

[night kraken]

Awesome!

[dusk portal]

Thursday is the next Palia Q&A, correct?

[ionic portal]

I would love an archaeology skill and a sailing skill please and thank you

[hearty spear]

I'd implore you to ask a person's intent before assuming they are doing so selfishly and at the detriment of the community, especially when the community will be driving their project in the first place.

[night kraken]

I completely agree! Archaeology stuff in games is always pretty neat

[hearty spear]

They don't have a Twitch channel do they? Is this all in Discord?

[round anvil]

I would love an musician skill and be a bard that explores neighborhoods.

[warm plover]

one thing i liked from rune factory was skills for random things like running or eating or sleeping
i don't think it would work in palia but i just like that

[solemn bane]

the subject is closed and will no longer be discussed

[night kraken]

They have streamed on twitch before, so they might do so again. Or it will be done through discord like last time was I believe

[grand basalt]

I think RS3 had an interesting take on Archaeology where they had powers connected to collecting artifacts.

[rain carbon]

Just another friendly reminder from yours truly "GreenTurtle" - please please please be nice to one another. Let's keep this server cozy and comfortable to everyone.When a topic or argument get's too heated or uncomfortable, let's just drop it. Please respect one another. Thank you

[lunar tundra]

Yep! Hope we can get some more info so get your questions ready lol

[warm plover]

it wasnt done through discord last time, they skipped straight to twitch

[mint kelp]

they do it's /playpalia

[ionic portal]

Ye it was very grindy but kinda neat to explore the different areas

[warm plover]

its in pins i think

[grand basalt]

Yeah it was PAINFULLY slow sometimes but that's why you AFK and watch some TV or something 🤣

[night kraken]

That sounds pretty cool. ESO had a neat idea in that its split into two parts, scrying (which could be replaced with some sort of investiagation) and the actual digging once you find the spot. The two minigames involved are nice at least

[hearty spear]

I have a suggestion to make a channel for in-depth discussions because too often back-and-forth in this channel is mistaken for getting too uncomfortable, I think, and then the conversation just ends. I like getting into the weeds but see the convo getting shut down and redirected.

[potent trellis]

How does it feel after being the only opposition party here

[ionic portal]

The Palia world seems to be inundated with old monuments and relics, I'd love to explore the lore behind them

[solemn bane]

the subject is closed and will no longer be discussed

[potent trellis]

I do agree with this, it is true

[lunar tundra]

Ooh. Yeah archeology would be great, and hopefully help us figure out our mysterious disappearance.

[celest maple]

happens a lot, I can vouch for that! I'll updoot your suggestion

[warm plover]

it wasn't mistaken for being uncomfortable, it was uncomfortable for everyone else in the room. that's all I'll say.

[night kraken]

Ohh really? I thought the twitch was done first with the art reveal?

[dusk portal]

Please do not try to egg others on. Be kind.

[warm plover]

I think the art stream was the only stream?

[dusk portal]

So far it's the only stream.

[cold mesa]

when you miss the drama 👀

[hearty spear]

Disagree. Asides, that's literally impossible to prove. I think my suggestion is pertinent, particularly for the state purposes of development - the team needs people to dig into the gory details to make this game work. If we cannot even have high-level discussions without getting cut off that is a disservice to us all IMO.

[patent adder]

Colorful is right. Friends must be friends ☺️

[night kraken]

Yeah. The Q&A this time will probably involve twitch. Although I can imagine it being done in discord purely so every member of S6 can respond if need be

[rain carbon]

I agree. I would really appreciate if you can post it on the #💭│discord-server-thoughts channel so that the other Mods and Devs can see it.

[hearty spear]

Perfect!

[ionic portal]

Everyone has a vision for what this game could or should be, and when those visions clash it can be upsetting, but let's all just be excited for this beautiful game regardless of those differences of opinion. 😄

[grand basalt]

But when both sides are not budging on a discussion it sort of makes it a moot point anyway since you'll likely never change their mind.

[warm plover]

if nothing else i can prove that it was extremely uncomfortable for me.

[hearty spear]

Presupposing the point of discussion is to change minds and not share ideas, the latter being my motivation.

[night kraken]

Exactly. This is the point where the discussions need to stop before things get too heated. Some minds cannot be changed and thats ok

[cold mesa]

Hopfully you can feel more comfy 🤗

[hearty spear]

That's going to happen from time to time.

[dusk portal]

If you want to share specific ideas that needs to be in suggestions and feedback. This is more of a general chat. While discussion is always welcome it can be hard to read motives and topics can often seem far more heavy in this environment

[hearty spear]

I found the Palia twitch, I think? /game/Palia ?

[warm plover]

i come here to not be stressed

[dusk portal]

/playpalia

[small hinge]

Public forum, unrealistic to expect a perfect bubble, but I hope we can maintain max civilness

[hearty spear]

Precisely. Seem. I'm sure we'll get another channel for these in-depth discussions. I get cut off before resolution in this channel.

[rain carbon]

Let's just get back to Palia related topics 😊

[cold mesa]

Green Turtle for Mayor in Palia

[lunar tundra]

I know pre-alpha hasn't even started yet, but I hope we get to see some gameplay soon(ish)

I'd settle for more concept art though.

[warm plover]

doesnt the mayor already exist

[cinder temple]

But then they'd have to be married to Eshe!

[patent adder]

I hope so too, friend 🥺

[night kraken]

He does but we don't know who he is. So he could be Green Turtle 👀

[cold mesa]

I think that would be so fun! Like what if they took screenshots of the testers playing and shared them with yall 😭

[rain carbon]

I think she's too old for me 😅

[warm plover]

i wanna see the houses the prealpha testers make if s6 decides to release pics

[lunar tundra]

Tortimer vibes incoming lol

[cinder temple]

Her character card does say she's unhappily married. 🤔

[warm plover]

turtle is a gold digger

[lunar tundra]

This would make me happy! Even if it had to wait a few weeks/months before they were comfortable releasing it.

[lyric ether]

have to say I 100% Agree. it often feels pretty bad to to get shut down. Not having a voice at least for me is one of the most awful feelings.

[warm plover]

it's not like dms don't exist?

[lyric ether]

dm's done allow for a larger communication among a larger group Rin ❤️ anyways didn't want to bring it up for debate just wanted to let the person know verbally that I support them

[hearty spear]

And I did post it the suggestions channel as requested so we'll see what happens! An in-depth channel is going to be needed, and not as a means to breach NDA. Some of us are theoretical and need that outlet ya know?

[nova frigate]

Why is there a conflict in the chat? Let's all just sing and hug together

[drifting galleon]

Wish I would've gotten a pre-alpha invite, lol...

[nova frigate]

and if you oppose physical contact I can give you a mental hug

[hearty spear]

There isn't one. It's all good here. 🙂

[lyric ether]

all fluff and stuff here

[drifting galleon]

Those who did, how is it if y'all can say anything about it?

[small hinge]

the these people will know and you'll have to speculate on it in the meantime mentality is kinda draining, but i get it

[hearty spear]

If you have a fantastic idea, do you want one person seeing it or 20,000?

[nova frigate]

You don't have to speculate. More keys going out in the future so just hang tight and stay wishful!

[grand basalt]

Typically Pre-Alpha's tend to fall under NDA 😦

[patent adder]

There is nothing to say about it yet, we have yet to start playing ☺️

[vale spire]

^

[ionic portal]

can't say anything except we haven't even started lol

[drifting galleon]

Ah, so they've just sent out who's invited so far.

[patent adder]

The first 200 of 1400 yes!

[cinder temple]

None of the testing has started yet, but it's going to be awful for most of the testers, because a lot of them are people who want to inform, share, and answer questions, but they won't be able to. We'll be the Doctor Who to your Rose at the pre-alpha barrier. 💔

[lyric ether]

pins has some details on the invite process.

[drifting galleon]

Thank you @lyric ether

[fiery gale]

I think the most we will be allowed to say is "it's fun" "it's not fun" or maybe even"it's buggy" lol

[haughty coyote]

Also here will not be info about gameplay because of NDA

[lyric ether]

i will just stick with the line i can not say

[drifting galleon]

Mhm.

[ionic portal]

[grand basalt]

Besides, if you do get an invite, you'll get to join the secret club 😉

[hearty spear]

You got in! Nice man. I hope to join you. I know I have a lot to offer the testing process. :^D

[patent adder]

👀

[fiery gale]

I will be telling everyone that it is a soulslike metroidvania platforming game.

[lyric ether]

I am hopeful for everyone to get in at some point. maybe it's not possible but one can always hope

[haughty coyote]

it's not so strict than what some has, you can say you are playing it but you can't share any kind info about game 😄

[ionic portal]

Everyone will get in on launch day :p

[hearty spear]

A lovecraftian, pre-dystopia resource management simulation simulator. HEHE

[vale spire]

Duck's got it right

[pulsar tulip]

💩

[lyric ether]

Yes let's fast forward to launch day

[fiery gale]

Unless servers crash lol

[patent adder]

Hey Powerful ☺️

[carmine relic]

More like the couple days after launch day. Servers probably gonna go boom on day 1

[ionic portal]

Freeze yourself in a glacier and we will thaw you out on launch day

[vale spire]

That sounds painful though

[lyric ether]

Launch day... = 10,000 saint bernards trying to get into a single catdoor

[patent adder]

lmao. The visuals of this

[vale spire]

I'll just be the raccoon that steals the rug

[lyric ether]

S6 is going to look at the door and be like, I think we need a bigger door.

[pulsar tulip]

I am ready to do absolutely nothing in game

[lyric ether]

that or smaller dogs

[abstract tusk]

Lol

[vale spire]

We need smaller dogs.

[cold mesa]

same 😌

[ionic portal]

https://tenor.com/view/raccoon-dancing-bootyshake-gif-5602254

[patent adder]

You are a corn fanatic 👀 You're growing a corn forest

[ionic portal]

That's me trying to get in on launch day

[vale spire]

Actual footage of me

[pulsar tulip]

I will create the first palian corn chip and profit 📈

[lyric ether]

10,000 teacup chihuahua's trying to get into a single cat door would still be comical.

[weak crypt]

I will be the man at the harbour with a fishing rod, a cup of coffee and all the time in the world.

[patent adder]

Stonks 📈

[hearty spear]

Mind if I pull up a chair, sir? 😄

[grand basalt]

This but more:https://tenor.com/view/cute-puppy-walkalator-dogs-running-gif-16299300

[cold mesa]

i read this as "are you a corn fanfic" and i- 😳

[weak crypt]

Not at all! Not at all! More is merrier! 🙂

[patent adder]

Behave 👀 👀

[pulsar tulip]

Sounds like something I wanna read 📚🤔

[lunar tundra]

See you there!

[ionic portal]

I will write that fanfic

[cold mesa]

I would also read corn fanfic

[hearty spear]

casts line, accidentally rips off your hat and it sails into the water

[vale spire]

Fishing party! I can't wait to see all the fish we can fish up. Also I hope we get like, other items too.

[fiery gale]

🌽

[umbral ferry]

Hand Einar your cryptopebbles

[mystic gale]

I'm going to seek out whatever path gets me to my house the fastest.

[vale spire]

How corny are we talking this Cornfic?

[lyric ether]

fishing boats. that is all goodbye :poof:

[ionic portal]

The ear of corn said "aww shucks"

[cinder temple]

You two ought to found the Reeler Inn Neighborhood & Tavern combo. Where the pick-up lines are nylon and the prices are never fishy.

[abstract tusk]

Same

[hearty spear]

groan

[patent adder]

Greenturtle I know you're always watching, and I found a picture of us

[tidal bloom]

I love puns!

[vale spire]

YES PUNS

[hearty spear]

The sidewalk. 😄

[mystic gale]

Don't you mean Huns, Attila?

[vale spire]

Puns make me super happy. NGL

[rain carbon]

not that gif 😅

[drifting galleon]

Lol

[lyric ether]

When does a doctor get angry? When it loses it's patients.

[tidal bloom]

Got me there, but I am sometimes known by Attila the Pun 😏

[pulsar tulip]

I want to be mod so I can stare at palia chat

[mystic gale]

Appropriate in more than one way.

[fiery gale]

You do that without being a mod already though

[lyric ether]

I named my cat Meowouse.

[pulsar tulip]

💸?

[mystic gale]

🎵Let's get down to business
To defeat... the puns... 🎵

[small hinge]

If you ever need a day off Turtle i got you

[cinder temple]

Plus they're already powerful.

[tidal bloom]

I just imagined doing /joke and the Tau cringing when hearing it 🤣

[cinder temple]

Speaking of corn; do you know what the corniest breed of dog is?

[vale spire]

The Corndog?

[cinder temple]

So close! Huskies.

[vale spire]

AAAAAAAAAA! CACKLES

[pulsar tulip]

Fellow doggo lover?

[lyric ether]

is that a cousin to the weiner dog

[cinder temple]

I think animals (and most bugs) are pretty neat.

[fiery gale]

Uh oh you mentioned bugs

[pulsar tulip]

I like to stomp roaches 😳

[vale spire]

Yes. And I just told that one to my other chat and one of the guys sounds like he is in physical pain from the pun.

[mystic gale]

I can appreciate bugs from a distance.

[grand basalt]

If it lands on a stick 👀

[fiery gale]

Powerful has a problem with bugs especially on 4th of July for whatever reason

[mystic gale]

Or with a strategically placed layer of glass between us.

[lyric ether]

did someone say 👀 bugs

[cinder temple]

Well they are! They got wicked plate armor and wings and shards of glass for eyes and some of them see in color spectrums I've never heard of. Also, bees talk with their butts, so what's not to love about that?

[grand basalt]

Bugs had exo suits before COD made them cool.

[tidal bloom]

Bumblebees look funny with their fat, fluffy butts

[pulsar tulip]

That's naughty

[lunar tundra]

Ah yes, it is about time for palia bee chat.

[abstract tusk]

Anyone googling bee butts will not be sorry, just FYI

[kindred sable]

is it that time of day already?

[fiery gale]

Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase booty call

[cinder temple]

Scientists recently discovered/confirmed that bees issue an 'excuse me' noise of surprise when they accidentally bump into each other. I can't imagine who wanted to find that out, but it got funded.

[lyric ether]

I'm here so I'll combat it with my army of spiders. I don't like bees but spiders are bae.

[grand basalt]

Googled. Was not dissapointed.

[vale spire]

I found out recently that though the Mantis shrimp has more receptors, they can't actually see more colours. They just have receptors for individual colours, rather than ones we can't see.

[lunar tundra]

To be fair, beekeeping does sound pretty cozy, and you get special accessories.

[mystic gale]

It wouldn't be the most confusing thing in my search history.

[abstract tusk]

It’s reliable ❤️

[weak crypt]

I love fishing. What got me here was Einar the fishergolem and a drawing I saw of a Chupaa "borrowing" it. Fish are quiet. They sparkles in the water and they are tasty.

[abstract tusk]

Lol

[lyric ether]

Palia spider keepers could produce silk though.

[solemn bane]

interesting idea

[cinder temple]

I think about things like the mantis shrimp (and the bullet shrimp!) when considering fantasy creatures all the time because our world has so many amazing creatures in it that people have no idea exist currently.

[pulsar tulip]

I thought silk worms made silk

[hearty spear]

My name comes from server first legendary fishing pole artifact in the Legion release of World of Warcraft. 😄

[lyric ether]

they do but spiders also have silk it's how they make their webs

[kindred sable]

silk-farming spider keeping sounds like an amazing pastime

[mystic gale]

The bottom of the ocean may as well be an alien planet.

[vale spire]

Yesssss

[solemn bane]

spider silk is...i think its 10 times stronger than steel, tensile strength at least

[mystic gale]

I'm fascinated by how little we know about what's down there.

[grand basalt]

But where does the spider silk come from. 🤔

[vale spire]

Spider silk is amazing stuff!

[solemn bane]

spiders lol

[lyric ether]

it really is

[tidal bloom]

spiderbutt

[hearty spear]

Spider butts.

[kindred sable]

yea, spiderwebs are incredibly strong

[drifting galleon]

LOL

[vale spire]

Like, ounce for ounce, spider silk is one of the toughest materials in the world

[lyric ether]

imagine making fishing line from spider silk.

[mystic gale]

It's not just bees and spiders that conduct all their affairs with their butts, either. I can tell you one of my cats does the same thing.

[weak crypt]

If they introduce spiders and roaches to this game, they will soon find themselves on my fish hook! 😼

[lunar tundra]

Really that's amazing! Could this be the secret behind Einar being so old and still in such great shape?

[tidal bloom]

Silkworms can be cute too

[surreal crest]

morning folks!

[vale spire]

It would be great for all sorts of fishing T.T They have something called SpiderWire, but it's not made of spider silk.. nor is it as good as just regular Trilene

[spring rivet]

beautiful morning in Palia~ 🦆

[abstract tusk]

Chat is so cozy rn. ❤️

[vale spire]

Morning Disco!

[cinder temple]

And tedious. There's a species of spider that weaves beautiful golden webs, and naturally some nerds decided to collect over a million of them in order to (humanely) collect that webbing, spin it onto spools, chemical treat it to keep from sticking to itself, and weave a golden cape from it. If you google 'golden spider cape' you'll be able to find some articles.

If it weren't such a hassle to collect, spider webbing is incredibly strong and flexible and could completely renovate the way we build literally everything. I can only imagine what the opportunities would be in a world like Palia.

[lyric ether]

heya ducky

[kindred sable]

makes it all the more worthwhile, knowing it's such hard and rare work

[mystic gale]

Yeah, they've been trying to find a way to farm or synthesize that stuff for decades, but spiders are notoriously uncooperative, especially when it comes to being around other spiders.

[vale spire]

They've been experimenting with splicing the silk making genes into goats to make it easier to synthesize through goat milking, last I knew!

[tidal bloom]

Imagine tailoring done by feeding your tamed spiders various dyes to make the initial fabric 😮

[hearty spear]

Dont' tell milky!!

[small hinge]

confused Milky screaming

[surreal crest]

milk the goat

[vale spire]

T.T Sorry Milky! It's just what the science people do!

[lyric ether]

someday in the future we could be wearing clothing made from spider silk

[tidal bloom]

http://badbooksgoodtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/jurassic-park-stop-to-think-if-you-should.gif

[hearty spear]

Yikes, an 8-legged goat spider. It would be devastatingly cute.

[vale spire]

Or have bridge cables made of the stuff.

[surreal crest]

I wonder how spiders image will change then

[abstract tusk]

Or the stuff of nightmares. 🤔

[hearty spear]

Some spiders are so ridiculously cute I feel like a little child seeing them. Others I want to flamethrower immediately.

[mystic gale]

Yeah I think they've been working on the goat thing for a number of years now. If they're still working on it, they must be making some kind of progress.

[vale spire]

Nah, nothing so outlandish as an eight legged goat spider, more like just taking what makes the spinnerets produce silk and applying those genes to the mammary glands.

[lyric ether]

Spider bees would be the most productive thing ever. Honey and Silk from one creature

[tidal bloom]

Or a horrendous mixture

[lyric ether]

why not both?

[hearty spear]

NO. NO. NO. NOT THIS. NO. 😦

[vale spire]

Mantidflies are already a thing, and those are adorable.

[celest maple]

and I thought spider butterflies were the horrendous mix haha

[tidal bloom]

I don't like the idea of a hive of flying spiders 😬

[kindred sable]

i looked up the golden spider cape thing, and woww. that is really amazing

[mystic gale]

Edible silk. I can imagine at least one industry that would put that to good use.

[hearty spear]

Y U DO THAT. 😦

[surreal crest]

flying ants tho

[abstract tusk]

Are there scary pictures?

[kindred sable]

no, it's just a pretty cape

[hearty spear]

OK what if we mixed ants, bees & spiders? Very productive species. 😄

[tidal bloom]

Sorry, I have a very active imagination! 😖

[kindred sable]

sounds like something out of Hunger Games

[hearty spear]

So do I, which is why my insides feel funny now.

[mystic gale]

It is actually a lot prettier than I was picturing. I was thinking it would be some malformed horror with a color only vaguely adjacent to gold.

[cinder temple]

Some of the articles do show you the spiders themselves, but you can just imagine them with granny voices patiently explaining about how their spinners work and how things were different back in their day.

[fluid stream]

Does anyone know how much this game will or does cost

[abstract tusk]

This is helpful (and adorable). Thanks, Sim.

[vale spire]

I have just a picture of the cape if you'd like it Dm'd!

[vale spire]

They're not discussing monetization at this time.

[lyric ether]

people that just want to see the article of clothing but not the spider can look at this https://imgur.com/WEwgMLA

[hearty spear]

Bees make everything cuter.

[kindred sable]

now i hope there's a giant spider tailorer in Palia xD

[drifting galleon]

^

[abstract tusk]

I’ve decided to be brave and read the guardian article. Be proud of me, lol.

[vale spire]

I'm very proud of you!

[cinder temple]

There will be if I'm able to make Simuel.

[mystic gale]

This is a moment of personal growth. You are celebrated!

[sweet sapphire]

I saw Nephila, and it's not one of the ugliest spiders I've seen, I could allow her to be my friend 😆

[abstract tusk]

❤️

[celest maple]

Giant spider woman spinning super durable clothes that are fashionable. She has a french name and accent, and skitters about elegantly.

[surreal crest]

oh oh I have an idea, Palia's bees should be big! like bigger than wasps etc!

[tidal bloom]

Sounds like a Disney character

[vale spire]

Big fluffy baby bees

[lyric ether]

Also put the image of the clothing down in offtopic if anyone wants to see it

[small hinge]

bee mounts

[kindred sable]

like minecraft bees

[celest maple]

In World of Warcraft, there are giant bees and meaderies that use their honey.

[tidal bloom]

The size of bees is limited by the size of flowers though 🤔

[warm plover]

bees are baby

[vale spire]

It's such a lovely piece of art, the silk cape. That's an immense amount of time and effort and I could not fathom putting a price on such a thing.

But on the subject of bees... I just want to pet the sweet fuzzies.

[mystic gale]

Maybe Palia will have, not bees, but fantasy bees. Like... "byies". Something with a fantasy spelling. And they look just like bees except they have antlers or something. Not-Bees.

[hearty spear]

IN that case, do we want larger flowers or trees? ha

[kindred sable]

we need giant flowers too then

[tidal bloom]

I'd be down for giant flowers!

[warm plover]

bees that have a way of self defence that doesnt involve stinging people

[grand basalt]

We need a bee festival

[spring rivet]

no duck festival?

[lyric ether]

can have a duck festival same time as the bee festival if they agree to eat the bees for me

[vale spire]

I will celebrate my ducks every day.

[cinder temple]

Bee pigs. Boinks. Bee-sized, pig snouts and sounds, fuzzy, sleepy little eyes, lazy fliers. Sometimes they do the honey thing, sometimes they nap.

[warm plover]

🐝

[mystic gale]

There are no ducks, but there are dueckes. Or Draeckes. Or Mallyrds.

[hearty spear]

OH OH, so know how we were talking about weather events earlier? What if there were a bee swarm that was benevolent and useful land in a tree or trees and they could be harvested?

[kindred sable]

wholesome

[tidal bloom]

They make a hive of harvestable honey naturally on trees and leave it behind as a present

[vale spire]

I would like a random event for swarms. that would be nice. Free bees!

[spring rivet]

what big flowers you gonna grow in Palia? they say rafflesia smells like corpse to repel pests

[warm plover]

[lyric ether]

So basicly farting flowers

[spring rivet]

or maybe they gonna put palia specie

[mystic gale]

Capybeeras. Big silly-looking bees without stingers that just bask in shallow riverbeds and roll around and do nothing all day.

[kindred sable]

that is too adorable. thank you for that image

[tidal bloom]

Another thing I'd love to do is turn vegetables and seeds into spices, I love the sight of drying peppers for paprika

[lyric ether]

if it don't have a stinger, isn't it just a pretty looking fly

[hearty spear]

MUSTARD. Needs more mustard.

[vale spire]

Raffelesia and Titan Aurum both smell like corpses, but not just to repel certain pests. It's to attract the flies and beetles that pollinate them! Similar to why Ginko smell so poorly, but unfortunately the stuff that pollinates a ginko no longer exists, so they self-pollinate now.

[warm plover]

isnt there literally a flower called a corpseflower

[mystic gale]

They're pretty fly for a bee guy.

[lyric ether]

Maggot farms could be a thing, isn't it used to make cheese?

[cinder temple]

And then there's the durian; a fruit so intensely stinky that it's banned in some countries.

[vale spire]

shudders

[warm plover]

man, i remember going to the night market in malaysia and seeing durians everywhere...

[kindred sable]

would work perfectly with my necromancy

[hearty spear]

Just make sure the rice pudding is in another building.

[abstract tusk]

Lol

[mystic gale]

I'm just hoping it's not like FFXIV and there are no ants the size of Volkswagens.

[solemn bane]

There is a single cheese made using maggots, it's illegal even in the country it was created in, which should tell you disgusting most people found the idea

[vale spire]

I have a friend who cannot play through Thanalan for that exact reason. He's deathly phobic of ants.

[lyric ether]

they still have other uses, such as treating wounds.

[mystic gale]

I'm not quite that bad, but I get it.

[vale spire]

We can't even talk about ants around him or say the word.

[sweet flare]

damn thats hard :S

[hearty spear]

When I first started playing Subnautica I nearly had anxiety attacks, especially when floating out into the more open areas underwater. I eventually felt better about it, though so I understand.

[solemn bane]

I would rather die of infection, but yes I know the reasoning behind it

[lyric ether]

Ant's are crazy I understand the fear. Been bit by one of those big ones before did not feel good. little buggers latch on too

[hearty spear]

Don't stick your hand in a fire ant hill in Texas. Just sayin'.

[solemn bane]

I have an intense phobia of anything being inside my body that shouldn't be. Including needles, IVs, bugs etc. I faint if I have blood drawn

[vale spire]

I stepped in a nest once, in florida. it was.. unpleasant

[cinder temple]

Palia should be pretty pleasant though. I look forward to hiking around.

[mystic gale]

What are those really scary ones? "Hairy crazy ants"?

[solemn bane]

The bullet ant is so named because its bite has been likened to being shot on the pain scale.

[vale spire]

Exactly! I can't wait to hike around in Palia and climb literally every surface I can find.

[lyric ether]

i just have a general fear of pain... if some creature has a chance to inflict pain on me my compulsively action is to kill it before it gets too close to me

[hearty spear]

While not a phobia of mine what gets me is feeling out of control so when I get blood drawn or give blood/plasma it's nerve-wracking.

[mystic gale]

I remember there was a big public fuss over hairy crazy ants like 10 years ago. I wonder what ever happened to them.

[vale spire]

I really hope we get to climb cliffs and have little jump puzzles and stuff. Like, not mandatory ones, but just for fun.

[lyric ether]

hair spray is my best friend in summer and fall. makes it easier to kill bees with.

[vale spire]

Poor bees...

[hearty spear]

Ack, my insides feel itchy. @vale spire I'm an explorer at heart so just going everywhere will be exciting.

[vale spire]

Same! I also tend to try to find every place in a game where one can get stuck or fall through the map!

[solemn bane]

Bees are one bug I have little problem with. 99% of the time if you ignore them, they ignore you. Killing them can actually cause problems because when a bee dies it releases a pheromone that draws more bees to it

[vale spire]

And I'm very very good at it. I did that a LOT during the beta in Wildstar way back

[lyric ether]

wildstar 😦 imissyou

[hearty spear]

RIP.

[vale spire]

Wildstar was such a fun game. I actually found out about Palia through a Wildstar RP server I'm in. They were like "LOOK. HOUSING!? Maybe a new home??" and I was just enchanted from the trailer. It won't be exactly the same, but nothing really can be. Wildstar was its own animal and it was a good one.

[mystic gale]

I will probably get excited about catching bugs in Palia, and my outlook on them will be basically the same as that of Blathers in Animal Crossing.

"Yes, ok, I'll take it, but ew."

[lyric ether]

i imagine if wildstar devs wasn't so headstrong about being hardcore type gaming. they would still be around

chased away the casuals lost the money train

[vale spire]

I also feel that if they had better advertisement and were hyped up in a better way than they were, they'd still be around. Because they didn't get the playerbase they were looking for, too.

[hearty spear]

Whatever happened to it anyway? I remember... was it Touielle? He was broadcasting it on Twitch back in the day.

[lyric ether]

Their advertisements leading up tot he game was amazing. What are you talking about.. Was the entire reason I played those little short story cinematics was the bomb

[vale spire]

I mean their spread. Their advertisements were great! But they didn't get picked up by algorithms well, or get the screen/air time/consumption they really deserved

[lyric ether]

ah yeah maybe, still think it was mostly due to it having a major casual game feel but then locked everything away behind hardcore gameplay. It just was counter intuative and they was headstrong about not changing it

[vale spire]

I completely agree with that.

[slim shard]

Good Morning Palians and a most Happy Timezone to you all! ❤️

[lyric ether]

happy timezone watershine

[vale spire]

Good morning!

[mystic gale]

Morning Watershine!

[hearty spear]

Is it just me or is there a healthy demand for meaningful playerhousing in an MMO environment?

[mystic gale]

Certainly not just you.

[vale spire]

Oh most certainly. A LOT of players love having a place that's just theirs, and especially the RP community. They love having places to be and to stage their story!

[celest ridge]

I go crazy over housing, hah.

[abstract tusk]

Good morning!

[lyric ether]

well World of Warcraft used to be where all the casual players went, well not all but ALOT. and they made a shift to being more raid focused again so there is a ton of people running around looking for a more casual gameplay enviroment. That plus yeah housing is cool.

[slim shard]

I think Player Housing is something Players actually kinda expect your MMO(RPG) to have these days.

[mystic gale]

Yup, absolutely. And it gets to be a major point of contention if it's done poorly.

[slim shard]

And if you don't have Playerhousing in your Game... you can expect your Playerbase to ask about it like every month. 😄

[vale spire]

Customization is KING.

[mystic gale]

Along with something called "butt sliders".

[abstract tusk]

Lol

[lyric ether]

but garrisons means housing is bad. /s

[vale spire]

People do love their character creation and feature sliders!

[celest ridge]

Wildstar had amazing housing. 😭

[hearty spear]

RIP, again.

[vale spire]

Wildstar's housing was unparalleled

[lyric ether]

Wildstar had a nice experience housing and special exploration quests but 😦 man

[hearty spear]

More so, SW:TOR. sigh

[vale spire]

I mourn that game to this day.

[mystic gale]

I never got to play Wildstar.

[hearty spear]

You get to miss all the sadness, then. Heh.

[rain carbon]

🐢 👀

[hearty spear]

SO WHAT FEATURES OF WILDSTAR WOULD YOU WANT TO SEE IN PALIA?

[lyric ether]

Palia prolly won't be the perfect game for me but it will do. I really want a place that has the social components and relaxing style that my brain says palia will be, but with some typical rpg stuff like dungeons in it on the side but only casually. -.- DO WANT a healthbar though. Some challenge would be nice.

[lime forge]

turtle

[abstract tusk]

Omg 😆

[vale spire]

Hello Turtle!

Tbh, that's one of the things I'm looking forward to, is the modular housing options that we were briefly told about, and the customization and placement of decor.

[hearty spear]

I am Redirect King. 😛

[lyric ether]

wait turtle is still around? I thought it was ducks shift

[celest ridge]

SWTOR has excellent housing, but in Wildstar you could actually build things like additional floors and make one large room into several, things like that.

[vale spire]

Perhaps there's some overlap?

[rain carbon]

Turtle is always 👀

[lyric ether]

It's zoo time both are here

[tidal bloom]

I hope we can design the walls and floors as well as furnish the house

[spring rivet]

we always

[crisp eagle]

Wildstar's housing was fantastic...
The plots got so insane!

[lyric ether]

turtle surfing on a duck.

[tidal bloom]

It'd be boring if everyone's house looked the same

[hearty spear]

OH, so the housing talk... I brought it up because I have never experienced it outside of Archeage where the housing actually had an impact (particularly because we had to purchase land deeds and then could resell them later on, so the good places went for premiums over time).

[vale spire]

I also hope we get like, outside building. Not just the internal stuff. Because I had some plots on WS that won community awards. It would be nice to have building contests in Palia, too.

[tidal bloom]

Mine would probably have drying vegetables hanging, a smoking rack and laundry on a line

[vale spire]

I really want some drying herb kibble to hang in my kitchens.

[hearty spear]

Mine will have a rusted out '73 Impala and a dryer in the front lawn.

[celest ridge]

Well I think the devs said there will be a crazy amount of options, so I’m excited.

[sweet sapphire]

oops sorry, my cat is a walking disaster

[tidal bloom]

No kitchen is complete without dangling food!

[waxen jay]

Archeage... the hunt for land...

[vale spire]

Mood. I understand that completely

[hearty spear]

I actually owned one of the castles in the Beta. I got it from Cohhcarnage. That was a trip and a half.

[wintry atlas]

Yeah housing details are going to be game defining for me. I have my views on how core i'd want something like that to be. Don't think we'll get anything in depth for a while yet though.

[mystic gale]

The homesteading is going to probably be the biggest factor for me, that and exploring the story and lore.

[vale spire]

I'm also really looking forward to the character interactions with the NPCs. I'm hoping that it effects how the characters act toward the PC.

[lyric ether]

Archeage.... that game.. it took my money all three times it had a launch

[abstract tusk]

I am so ready for some new lore. I really love it so much.

[hearty spear]

I want to fish off of a bridge near a waterfall, strip & clean the fishies, sell the bones, cook the meat that I then eat for a +fishing buff so that I can fish off a bridge...

[waxen jay]

Most I could ever get was medium size plots. The land mod hackers always seemed to get everything

[mystic gale]

Big same.

[vale spire]

Also, yes. I'm a lore-hound. I absorb lore like a sponge. I did in WoW, I did in WS, and I did in FFXIV too

[jagged pendant]

Imagine bone carving!

[deft sonnet]

Good timzones everyone

[vale spire]

Yessss

[tidal bloom]

I think that's been one of the concerns, how do you support an MMO population and strike a balance between them seeing some people, but not turning servers into overcrowded places

[hearty spear]

'lo, Fisherman.

[analog stratus]

Hello, someone know when the next wave of pre-alpha test access will be ?

[waxen jay]

I miss original SW: Galaxies, could build almost everywhere on every planet

[vale spire]

Unsure as of yet!

[analog stratus]

😢

[tidal bloom]

Especially for player housing, it's really the neighbourhood idea that works best, since otherwise you end up with massive congestion and all the desirable plots will be taken, so you're left with where you can, rather than where you'd like

[hearty spear]

All I wanted was to mine everything in that game.

[patent adder]

I'm not sure if I've seen you around, but I like your PFP 👀

[analog stratus]

aha thx, it's my cat

[abstract tusk]

Hi Milky

[patent adder]

Hey friend ☺️

[waxen jay]

I did that too but I also did the Bio Engineer/Handler. Had a lot of critters in my compound, lol

[lyric ether]

heya goat

[pulsar tulip]

🥳

[analog stratus]

I'm new i just heared about this game yersteday and now i just wanna play this and not another game

[hearty spear]

I think I quit before I got too into it. WoW probably happened. My original was Dark Age of Camelot, though. ,3

[crimson aspen]

Same, this game looks great. Honestly something a whole family could play together. Super chill

[deft sonnet]

Welcome to tge club

[lyric ether]

I remember my first WoW experience. Logging in with my undead felt like the night of the living dead with all the zombies running around. Totally hyped for another experience like that again. WoW was a bit of a fluke but would be amazing if Palia ended up with the magic formula and I get to experience that roller coaster again

[mystic gale]

I'm really hoping there's some kind of mechanical crafting element to Palia. Or at least the aesthetics for it.

[waxen jay]

I lost interest when they took out the Bio Engineer. Later they put in a standard lvling system. Went back and tried it then, was not impressed

[mystic gale]

I only ever played WoW for one month when my friend was bored and wanted to take a break from FFXIV. It didn't... wow me.

[hearty spear]

Since I'm going to have a rusted out '73 Impala on my front lawn, it'll give you something to wrench on. Heh.

[analog stratus]

i could sell my mom for play this

[lyric ether]

i did sell my mom she is in a happier place now. they take good care of her

[mystic gale]

Guessing you won't be welcomed into the Housing Association. XD

[vale spire]

I was honestly super enamoured of the puzzle-like quality of Wildstar's crafting, but not so much with the having to pay for the extra ingredients. IK the devs mentioned that you wouldn't have to pay to craft, so maybe we can still have like, a puzzle-y aspect, but without that barrier

[waxen jay]

I'm sorry I didn't even hear of this game till after they started the testing, damn late news feeds. I want to play... 😦

[hearty spear]

I will secretly own them so it's all good. laughs in Scorpio

[mystic gale]

Ey me too.

[analog stratus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IK39OJ7QOw <= me atm

[lyric ether]

Love that video lol

[deft sonnet]

Epic

[analog stratus]

I DON'T WANT TO WAIT !!

[vale spire]

Waiting is the hardest part. We're even waiting, too

[analog stratus]

I'm joking about the video

[hearty spear]

One of the most powerful skills a human can master is delaying gratification.

[mystic gale]

Good lord I hope that child's parents got him some help.

[small hinge]

How did i know the video just from what you said Eighty lol

[lyric ether]

I'm not, that's the way I am when I'm waiting. I can get a little impatient at times when there is something I want.

this is like my third keyboard in the past 2 months

I think I need a new one, F5 key seems to be busted

[mystic gale]

I've had the same mechanical keyboard for 6 years.

[abstract tusk]

Oof

[lyric ether]

I want a palia art keyboard

[wintry atlas]

Goddamn i knew it was the German keyboard video without opening it because of your comment ha. That video is old!

[lyric ether]

he should make another video at his current age doing that for another new game.

[vagrant mason]

Muu

[mystic gale]

There is a video showing the kid more grown up and talking about how the memes basically ruined his life.

[lyric ether]

lesson: Don't become a meme

[hearty spear]

Yet he could be rich if he capitalized. Double loss.

[mystic gale]

Easier said than done probably.

[hearty spear]

Aye.

[midnight oak]

Advertising mechanical keyboards. But enough talk. Have at Palia!

[lyric ether]

Duck Mount, or Turtle Mount which would be better?

[midnight oak]

Duck turtle?

[lyric ether]

would a turtle duck be like a turtle dove?

[midnight oak]

Duck wearing a turtle shell?

[hearty spear]

Duck for water, turtle for land.

[vale spire]

A turtle pigeon would be a turtle dove

[hearty spear]

And make the turtle a flying mount. HEH

[lyric ether]

ooo imagine if you could use your duck mount to dive into water and catch fish with it's bill lol.

[vale spire]

That would be great!

Oh. You changed colour again, my guy.

[lyric ether]

yeah 😦 I don't like any of the colors. I want more options

[vale spire]

I usually prefer having turquoise as my colour, but I'm generally okay with just having my roles is all!

[shrewd bronze]

Or perhaps you could say that your mount is ducking their head underwater

[vale spire]

Oh. That's much better! Ah-hah!

[lyric ether]

i like that color but i was worried i might offend someone

[woven estuary]

i mean if it was a turtle you could have a underwater mount that can stay under longer than a duck

[shrewd bronze]

...I'll see myself out lol

[analog stratus]

Hey devs, is it normal that we can subscribe to pre alpha more than 1 times with the same email ?

[zinc steeple]

Good Monday Palians

[vale spire]

I would just get confused as to your pronouns. But that's why I also have mine in my Discord Bio. Makes it easier for everyone if they know the ones I prefer and in like, descending order as to how I prefer them.

[lyric ether]

I was a she for awhile pronounes don't upset me.

i just like pretty colors

[rugged stratus]

Yas. They'll have a way of filtering the duplicate ones out.. so don't do it :p

[vale spire]

That's actually something I'm really looking forward to, in game, as well. Is just choosing and customizing a body type and not having to fuss with pronouns. I'm pretty flexible on pronouns, myself, but I know a lot of people who get super dysphoric about being misgendered. And that's something I'm really jazzed about

[lyric ether]

Yeah palia character creator sounds fun.

[vale spire]

I'm also just. enamoured of the art direction, so I'm just hoping for all that charm

[deft sonnet]

POGGIES

[lyric ether]

would sort of like more then 2 body types like the FAQ suggests but that's alright (would like fat, slim, average, tall, short, ect.)

[analog stratus]

Just in case i did it 3 times 😄

[rugged stratus]

Hah, I guess that's fine. 🙂

[lyric ether]

sometimes I like playing a short fat, or a tall muscle guy.

[vale spire]

Ik that to start we'll just have the two, but I remember the devs saying they want to give us a variety. I hope for the same stuff! And also maybe like, different age options. I know people are varied and some people want stuff that reflects them!

[lyric ether]

A tall slender old wizard looking guy would be great. I am hoping for 101 beard options

[shrewd bronze]

Yeah, same here - usually I can never find my facial hair in a game tbh

[lyric ether]

right? never enough facial hair options

[vale spire]

Oh yeah. Bring on the facial hair options! That was something I liked in Sea of Thieves. I wasn't jazzed about the creation options, but no matter what body type you have, you can have a glorious beard.

My pirate lady has a very fancy beard and I love the way she looks.

[rugged lily]

Hi there.Totally random but heartfelt question: does anyone know if there are any wildstar developers behind palia? ☺️

[lyric ether]

lady with a beard sounds pretty epic

[vale spire]

Let me fire it up and get a screenie. I'll stick it in other games.

[lyric ether]

I love myself some viking beard styles personally

[vale spire]

I'm not sure, sadly. I hope so, though!

[vale spire]

Same! And Viking hair styles. They have some for ARK that look pretty good, too.

[rugged lily]

I hope so too, these people have contributed a lot to my MMO experience.

[midnight oak]

I like your name Faceless. Afraid I don't know. It doesn't seem easy to google the staff list.

[rugged lily]

Thx ☺️

[vale spire]

We were actually just talking WS earlier in relation to our hopes for the game

[midnight oak]

Linkedin has a list, but you need an account to view deeper.

[rugged lily]

I've been in a lot of relationships, but the closing of wildstar hurt me more than all my breakups 😂 😭

stalker 4 ever ❤️

[tidal bloom]

for me it was Black Desert when I realised how reliant it is on microtransactions 😔

[hearty spear]

nn ❤️

[tidal bloom]

Games that expect you to play it like a job or spend your money aren't that way imo

[patent adder]

So fun on release 🥺 I loved it on release.

[tidal bloom]

I played it just for the horse taming

[lyric ether]

fishing and horse taming was nice, stopped playing about the time i got the level for pvp