Is This Trust Relationship Even Working?
[Eyeball monster gentleman screaming "you are idiot"]
Tried to get friendly with the monsters, so right from the start I went grrraaargh-doodah-grrraaargh making monster noises at them—
and this so-called Intelligent Terminal Entity hits me with "why are you making such a disgusting sound," slaps me with Trust −10 off the bat. Why is it like this.
What an idiot…
Watching a post that was already screwing over monster-faction players from the jump, I felt my sanity quietly packing its bags. The one silver lining was that, judging by the other "trust relationship" threads, the monster users weren't the only ones doing stupid shit.
[Screenshot of Earth Federation Trust −30 notification]
ah fuck
A one-man xeno-hater filming his own private production of Mein Kampf—the chaotic, flailing Earth Federation Trust-Destruction Grand Strategy, starring himself.
[Profile verification of getting roasted by a disgusted Western elf]
My custom character looks a little like Ax*oni, right?
And this cheekbone-jutting praying-mantis bastard just calls me disgusting-looking and slaps me with Trust −10 out of nowhere.
How am I supposed to deal with this.
Players who'd rolled bizarre veteran custom characters, only to get thoroughly dunked on by elves—for whom "the more beautiful, the more you gain"—and who now found themselves stuck building cooperation and goodwill between one unfair screwjob and the next.
[Event message: Ship Seized]
Fuck. I gave him ore, rare resources, a whole pirate crew, even a destroyer—
and he backstabs me like this.
I'm going to crack this bastard's skull open, fuck.
There was even a user posting chase updates after the pirate captain he'd spent a fortune recruiting stole his ship and fled. All across the board, players were getting screwed by the factions, and the crowd calling for the faction update to be condemned was growing—but as with all things in life, when someone gets screwed, someone else is always there to exploit it or look even better doing so.
[Zenobia Empire Trust 50 verification]
Yep.
100 is the next goal.
A rotten old veteran dropping a Trust 50 verification shot before a week had even passed.
[Two characters, male and female, with pretty horns and tails attached]
Kept at it and the enhancement succeeded.
No dumb front-tails or horn-nipples spawned, thankfully.
I did kind of want to give the male character a front-tail, but that felt a little too grotesque, so I held off.
Anyway, in the spirit of hoping more demonkin enthusiasts show up, sharing the preset that lets you run this enhancement.
[Preset Blueprint]
A custom-character veteran grinding body mods until he produced a "charming" preset that didn't tank combat performance—and then just went and distributed it.
[An elf wearing a gentle smile]
I was stumbling around not really knowing what I was doing, and she kindly walked me through everything.
And building elf trust doesn't seem that hard?
Just listen when they talk, react properly, and do what they ask—trust shoots up just like that.
Oh, and for reference, I didn't even put any real work into my custom character. Looking at that, all the people on the board calling elves trash are probably just the ones who screwed themselves over with dumb plays.
[Trust +40 verification]