keep in mind it was never confirmed that "Reach Glory" = "Become a god/Hour".
Life isn't a zero sum game. If anything is aware of that I would expect it to be harmony.
To be fair 99% of the players here ALSO would rather not have the wolfs around either, as long as we can accomplish that without sacrificing Velvet for it!
maybe, maybe not. Harmony might be able to compromise, or not. In canon it DID somewhat seem to make peace with Discord...
eh, to be fair if we had failed the scrying roll even once that's likely something like 3 turns worth of delay, with an unknown amount of actions lost for unclear returns.
I agree. To be honest, while we might be closer to winning, I kind of wish that we were having more trouble with reaching Glory. I want to explore more of the world and see what Bird fused MLP and CS into. That was one of my favorite parts of the early quest, when we didn't know anything and we were still uncovering this grand mystery.
I see what you mean, but I'm not trying to say we should try to sit still on the slide once we've already started moving, just that it would be cool to have a more scenic path down, maybe a spiral or something. The worldbuilding is a bigger draw for me than the idea of 'winning'.
One cool thing about moving deeper into the story is that we're finally getting answers! The knowledge of what the Forge did, who the Master was, probably info on Luna from her awakening… This route will have info on outsiders and on Discord, finding the Frangiclave would probably reveal what happened to the DoA, healing our scar (…eventually…) will provide Velvet backstory.
You have a good point here. I don't know if I'm putting it very well, but it just feels like we're getting closer to the end. And, for all that the end is beautiful, I don't want to experience it yet.
Because we actually didn't know about it. Not in character anyways. And Bird didn't even really mention it OOC until the not-quite-canon omake with Pinkie and the bird Hours about halfway through turn 14 IIRC. Which means turn 15 was the first chance to act on it. Like I said, we would have had to go through the whole book-searching process to even have it available. It's still not an actual option yet.
Turn 2-3 we found a map that would have given the expedition in the local library, we did not buy it.
True, but IIRC we didn't actually know what it would be until way later. Just that it was some kind of expedition.
Would be nice to make some kind of Danger Map like the one that Harmony provided in later seasons. The one that found Starlight cult town I mean.
Also keep in mind that any hypothetical cultist kill-squad wouldn't just have "some Edge", it'd probably have Windigos. Four of which managed to wipe out the entire Changeling hive. They're Edge 5 and they have escalating bonuses to combat the more there are and they immediately regenerate to full health the moment they disengage from combat. Yeah they'll probably break free of control if the number hits seven (I assume), but that still means you can have up to six combatants who are rolling a minimum of +55 vs. ponies, plus the Windigo herd bonus.
It might matter, actually. We don't really know yet.
The problem w/ that is that the Wolf Divided is still around, the living personification of the SiS's wound. If the Second Dawn came about as intended, I wouldn't expect the Wolf to still be around and kicking.
Especially if we want to go through on that whole "killing Mareinette" plan.
The Prophecy for the journey only mentions the fact that his 4 kids would be eaten, doesn't say anything about the Wolf-Divided so it's entirely possible it sticks around. Also, the SiS doesn't come back right. There is definitely something Wolfy going on with him.
Yeah, the Meniscate, the Madrugad, the Sun-in-Rags, and the Wolf-Divided. That's four.
That's a good point. Baldomare is cautious, she's in a way edging her bets.
hey, we actually did THREE expeditions!Shame we lost our best chance to go on all those expeditions in Tartarus and other similarly nice places. No one dodges expedition opportunities as effectively as Velvet. Her only excuse that she is mother and does not have time for these ventures until all her daughters grow up.
Plus Selena being reward for our first and only expedition kind of makes sure that all follow up rewards are downgrade, which is just wrong mechanically wise. Bird please reconsider reward tables. Velvet clearly is not interested in treasures that are not filly shaped.
On the other hand if we go by MLP canon timeline Crystal Empire should be right after Cadence wedding, so here is hoping that Sombra will still make an appearance. Grogar is likely lost cause cause he is season nine villain, and wedding is only season two ending.
