I was tagged somewhere in here, cbb to find it. Anyway, I like the RP how it is currently. It is way easier to get into than when I started. Like, way... Anyway, I feel like the only things that need to be done is maybe and a big maybe, at that, is some minor balance adjustments, maybe add a few more customization options, and for every ability that is locked behind a test, make one equally as versatile and fun that is purchasable with kumi. Because realistically, you all fucked up pretty bad locking so much behind tests when kumi inherently took over tests. You guys literally said "here you go, this won't be as harsh as waiting literal months for tests you'll never pass and you can control when you get money and how fast so, makes sense. Enjoy.", to just be like "here are the tests again so you'll have to wait months for it to get graded only to fail, what are the odds, but you can definitely go buy some cool ink ninjutsu in the meantime to hold you over." I don't care. I was fortunate enough to get my tenseigan before then. However from the outside looking in, I can see why a lot of people are pissed. But to ensure things are being used and done properly, I kinda get it, but give people something to play with in the meantime. You all locked like 10+ abilities and bios behind tests and I think maybe only the Shinkaigan was released since then. Not to be rude, but that is a shitty trade-off lol (not the Shinkaigan itself, that ability looks hella cool, but the idea of only one thing getting released and multiple things essentially getting taken away). Logically, on paper, that is garbage. Again, I do not care as I have most of what I want. Just from the outside looking in.
On a personal note, I feel like some people get way better treatment than others. It happened to me back then and I see it happening to others now. And also me now. For example, I made a whip that fired shuriken covered in S rank elements. I was told that was OP and the damage would be equally split between the shuriken, basically making them weak as hell. And the whip itself had no other properties (plus I think it was only able to fire like wind, water and lightning, not even earth or fire...). So the whole CW was literal garbage. Meanwhile, we literally have sentient weapons, that word exactly, that have been allowed in the RP. The damn thing could talk to the user and my whip couldn't fire off more than like 10 damage at a time. And its not because of the "times have changed", its because of either favoritism or things being overlooked. And there is nothing wrong with favoritism. Its a natural thing in life. But there is no need to not be fair. Alright a jutsu is beautifully written out and that's your boy, but that shit is hella broken. Okay bet. Allow it. But allow someone else to be just as nice with it with something you know isn't even that powerful but equally as beautifully written and well thought-out. Stop being so limiting... We allow Otsutsuki in the RP that can destroy planets but won't allow a CJ like that, why? Naruto talks to frogs all day but other people can't have sentient weapons. Hell, Enma literally turns into a weapon. He's a monkey. A fucking monkey. Some things you guys really need to unclench your butt cheeks about and let people use their imagination as intended. I'm not saying let people summon the ghost of the U.S.S.R into the RP and start taking over landmarks with tank summons and nuke SNTs, but damn. Let us be creative. Its literally a word-based RP. It's literally the embodiment of using your imagination. We literally made this from our imagination as was the show we based this off of. No reason to limit our imagination on the scale I have personally seen.
If you guys are going to apply something to one person, it needs to be applied to all. The RP isn't even close to too big for you guys not to be able to keep up with stuff like that. Although needing to be done moderately, I think everyone should get OP stuff to an extent. Not everything, but damn. Give the new guy an S rank weapon that transforms into Godzilla. Give the RPer that has been loyal to the RP for a decade MS in one eye and Shinkaigan in the other. I think things like these need to be looked upon to keep everyone fresh and interested. The more options people have and the more they have to choose from, the more fun it would be. Also, the prices of some of the stuff is very off-putting even to most old members so image how it feels to look at those prices as a newcomer. That stuff needs to get toned down a bit. Yin, Yang or Sage (which isn't even full sage if you purchase it), is 25,000 kumi. You would roughly have to do 17 S rank missions to achieve one of those in which you would fail an S rank or get it lowered 90% of the time. Even myself, which I consider myself one of the better story-tellers here, have gotten ranks lowered even if they were well-written because the mission didn't fit the criteria of the rank which is solely in the hands of the mod that checks it so it is actually quite subjective in reality. So we are leaving that up to someone's opinion, basically. Which isn't a problem. Goetia, in my eyes, is pretty fair with his passes, fails and lowering rates but I'm just saying in general the idea of it all is mad sketchy, yo. Also to a new comer, your first purchase of yin or yang actually costs 30,500, since you need fuuin first. So chalk that up to 21 S ranks which, after doing calculations of pass rates and percentages of which RPers passed what and how many times, how long it took, how much was typed and how frequent S ranks are done, should take around 1 years and 3 and a half months. That's if they don't quit before then, which they will. They all do. Also not considering breaks. Something like that shouldn't take a year... In no game ever does any item, armor or weapon take a year and 3 months to get. That is quite possibly the most dumb thing I've ever heard of. Imagine end-game items taking that long to get lol. Absolutely not...
I feel like you guys' first priority is making the game more fun and visually appealing to newcomers which is essentially would I based this all of of, then everything else second. Namely, taking care of RPers like myself who have been here for a long time and cater to what we want/need. But most of us have what we want and need, so cater to the new guys and get the RP growing. Customs is a whole 'notha deal...
And no, I was not joking in my custom doujutsu submission. The drawbacks could literally kill my bio or usable literally twice a battle and mostly likely would never even land to begin with, besides the spear which kills me as I use it so no. I think they were fine. But alas, I'll probably never post in that thread again, considering other people can summon demons from other dimensions that can't be destroyed by even the likes of Anutu. Which is literally a god-power. Think about it. I submitted a fishing rod that attaches to your head and makes you see purgatory that will probably never land, but something like that other thing I mentioned got approved (idc how or why, it's quite irrelevant). But see? That is the kind of stuff I am talking about. You guys need to take these things into consideration when checking. Half that stuff I created wouldn't even land in a battle.
However, as it is, stats, battling, how jutsu and clashes work, the amount of stuff usable and how fluid combat is, I think is beautiful and beautifully thought out and the new system that actually gauges these things should not be changed or altered in any way. It is great, easy to get used to because of its clarity, and it should stay as such. Jutsu speed was a nice touch, the clarity on speed and tracking, what abilities give you what boosts or tracking perception, etc. All amazing and should not change. That's as clear-cut and defined as it gets. The battle rules and how battling works is fine, again, just some minor adjustments to what is already in place would do but these are so abysmal they are not worth mentioning, so I won't. I think the staff, as a whole, are doing amazing. Drackos is running the NW smoothly now, LoK is updating us like any fit leader would, bios are being checked in a timely manner which is usually a big issue at any given time, idk about missions but I assume Goetia is on his stuff, idk what Daemon does but shout outs Daemon, I also don't know what Rexi does but shout outs Rexi, other than that, job well done. Keep doing what you guys are doing, just improve where you guys are lacking and make the RP more fun to new comers. I have suggestions that I won't state in this thread as I feel like it would be lost into nothingness just like that mention I received so if any mods, or LoK in particular wants to holla, slide in my DMs and we will discuss. I have very good ideas that probably won't get implemented because depending on the mod group, things are always stuck in their ways (which sometimes is good, but often bad, given the history of the mods and the RP) so it probably won't matter. But yeah. Other than that, solid as an erect pp. Rock on. When can I apply for sage?