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An important update:

Due to a specific person being a complete child, comments are going to be screened by default.

This is only temporary, and I apologize for the inconvenience- this is going to be a pain in the ass for me, too, but multiple people have come forward about fears of doxxing, and this is the only way to make sure any doxxing is contained.

(This basically will force the doxxer to make a DW account to post any doxxing attempts unscreened, and will let me more reliably report them to DW staff/authorities.)

Again, I apologize, and will be working to unscreen comments as fast as possible, but I'm only one person.

(Vasemod has had some personal issues come up, so I am the only mod atm. Please bear with me until this bit of annoyance has passed.)

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To be fair, I’ve played FR for 10 years now, but if I saw a sheet full of sensitive dom information I probably 1. wouldn’t know what it was and 2. wouldn’t know I was supposed to keep it secret. Dom stuff is a whole different language to me. I’d assume it really was a mistake, but I don’t doubt that it sucks to have it leaked. (Obligatory “I’m not an SMR mod”)

from what im hearing its discouraging/can lead to complacency in battles? personally i feel like it would be more fun if we got to see number go up but eh i can see it getting tiresome quick

Arcane is being backed by very rich players rn and are ordering a ton of mercs. they get light's numbers, they know exactly how many of those mercs + exalts they need in order to flip light. it gives them a tangible goal instead of just exalting and mercing and hoping they catch up.

Light had an earlier leak during the prep process where we were all specifically told to not share dom info. So while SMR may not have none (which is fair, not everyone knows), the person who leaked the numbers *definitely* should have known better.

the only difference between light and arcane is that in light the dom bank goes broke and in arcane you personally go broke. lmfao at not allowing banks to buy mercs. oh how the turntables.

ayrt gonna be so real, arcane does your dom team even like you. blocked out of your foddart, sets a term to drain your personal banks, what's going on

The saltminerising tumblr blog. Basically dramarising 2.0 but worse if you ask me.

I miss TalaTari, their works were so unique and I was sad when people drove them from the site.

As frustrating as it can be, there is no denying that the "staff faves" are skilled and produce amazing work, all I can suggest is be the change you want to be. Become better and more amazing so people can whinge about you as well.

We should all be adults here, can't we just enjoy our pixel dragons without hating on each other?

It changed. Likes are gone.

Wait is THAT why they're inactive???? I didn't know they'd been driven off- their accents were SO COOL.

What is the dom scene like in your flight? Do you like it? Is it active? Is it organized? Every flight is different, so I am curious what other's thoughts and experiences are.

Shadow - it's reasonably active (we have both conquest and profit pushes, place a few times a year), it's organized (never seen significant or long-term organizational problems). Worst thing is everyone else thinking that dom in Shadow doesn't exist or it's "bad", and sending everyone who isn't into dom here, so it's not as active as I'd expect from our size and it's a bit same-y at times as it sometimes feel that the same people with same likes and dislikes are everywhere.

I miss TalaTari too but she wasn't driven off the site, she took great pride in her art and enjoyed sharing it but real life just happened and I can only ever hope she's okay wherever she is in the world

Water: Highly organized. I adore my dom leads, and feel we are lucky to have them all. We battle hard, but if anyone wants help, they just need to ask. Everything is decided by vote as well.

Light - very very organized, people are helpful and encouraging. This year we conquested less and profit pushed more since, well, dom battle, but usually conquests a few times an year and ends up passively in top 3 11-12 times a year. Dom team is very professional and transparency is very high. There’s also a number of dom-adjacent programs to help newer players get started and get resources they need.

Casual Nature DOM participant: seems pretty ok? I've never been in any other flights but theres lots of programs to help people get started. I'd say its organized well enough. I like it here. I only wish things were a bit more exciting at times.

Echoing this. We might not be a dom powerhouse but I feel like we're pretty organized and tackle things well when we're pushing. Also we have some very solid snipers who keep a decent amount of fodder supply for trainers going.

I'm in Light and it's very organized, our leads are very professional while also listening to people who haven't been in dom before. I've seen several people who've never run an event be encouraged to try, and both times I've seen it it's become a big success. Our Merc ordering is also much more streamlined than other flights + our spreadsheet is better.
Infinite sugar to Lightdom!

My experience with Nature Dom is that it's friendly and reliable, but set in its ways and somewhat risk-averse—both from the leadership side of things and in the general community.
(E.g. The leadership wants massive amounts of lead-time for even solo conquest pushes; the general community wants to do "more" for dom but can be a bit naive about the increased level of effort required to make it happen. I suspect the latter is kind of a widespread problem, though, rather than just being a Nature thing, lmao.)

On the positive side, the overall Nature community is welcoming and encouraging, which makes it very easy to get involved as a newcomer, and that's great! Maybe it would help if there was more of an effort to specifically funnel people towards Dom activities, rather than simply having the resources waiting for them passively??

I'd say overall, it's a good flight for "medium" Dom energy, great for dipping your toes in the water with its many programs and slow but steady pacing.

It lowkey drives me nuts when people say "we're organized and friendly to newbies and we push hard when we want to!" because it's the equivalent of putting "I love travel, music, and reading" in your Tinder profile.

For anyone who cares about dom in Flight Rising, I HIGHLY recommend doing a flight vacation, even if you're in what is currently considered a strong dom flight. I have a strong feeling that part of the reason a lot of people say bland things about their flight's dom scene is because they don't know what it's like elsewhere... and given how people protect the secrecy of dom programs and the exclusivity of dom discords, how would you? Getting to see how different flights operate is one of the best things I did to learn more about dom and finally figure out where I want to be.

At this point, especially now that it's been a few years for the impact of hibdens to be felt, the dom scene has matured enough and there's been enough cross pollination that there's essentially a well established method of doing dom and certain things you just have to have to be competitive. In order to identify which flights are doing BEST at dom, you have to look beyond the basics.

These are things I would expect EVERY competent dom team to have. If a flight doesn't have even one of these things, I would question what their deal is.

1) Well-developed and clear resources which explain the dom mechanic as well as how that flight's dom programs work. The resources should be up to date and be organized in such a way they are easy to make sense of and peruse. Thought should be put towards graphic design (no walls of text please) and how things are explained because there are a lot of concepts to explain. No part of the resources should be exclusive to Discord. It should be extremely clear where people should ask if they have any questions. The resources should be revised regularly for accuracy and clarity.

3) At least two non-festival first placements. It costs less than 20 million treasure to "buy" first place for a flight with a public buy. This is frankly a pittance in the scale dom banks operate in so unless a dom team is particularly disorganized this should happen regularly. Dom benefits aren't particularly great but it can sting when you get the lair discount only a couple times a year. If a dom team cannot (or won't) organize regular PBs (or otherwise secure first placements for their flight) there is a problem as this should be something relatively easy to pull off.

4) Regular non-conquest pushes or other pushes (eg: joint pushes, team vs team pushes, etc). One of the main reasons profit pushes are important in the grand scheme of things is because they provide the support for less frequent conquest pushes and even less frequent battles. They help the flight raise money and keep up the morale of the dom community, and give opportunities for the community to come together regularly so connections can be made. It's hard to get a sense for what a flight's rhythm is like without actually being there, which is why it's important to experience different flights.

5) New programs developed and executed on a regular basis. The dom scene is completely player driven, which means it will stagnate unless new things happen. New things almost never come from staff (last was the hibden mechanic) so it is up to us to come up with new ways to have fun with dom. It is challenging, given the constraints, but doable. Ice (the IvS star badge program), Water, Wind (the W/W team vs team push), and Plague (double dom) immediately come to mind as innovative flights that seem to keep trying different things and most importantly have orgs that seem to want to try different things. Ice and Water in particular have multiple orgs between them who are interested in data analysis and making decisions based on that, which I think is important as it keeps the game interesting.

6) Letting the flight lead dom decision making and aiming to increase transparency whenever possible. Dom orgs do not actually have authority over their flight, they are merely stewards of communal resources. Therefore, they should get flight input as much as possible when making decisions about what to do with those resources. In my flight, I get the sense that the orgs have a good pulse on what the flight members want to do. I've never seen anyone complain that we push too little, and there haven't been any pushes with lackluster participation rates, so it seems like there's a good balance. This isn't something that's easy to determine unless you have experience with at least a couple flights.

7) Easy of entry to dom responsibilities. It should not be difficult for a competent person who's been around for a while to execute their own dom program with org/bank support. If the current team has a tight grip on who is allowed to do dom programs, it's a bad sign. It means that new blood can't change anything about how the team does things. Most flights are pretty good about letting people jump in and contribute, and take on responsibility (within reason, obviously some level of screening is appropriate) but if you really want to get involved and keep finding yourself shut out, or if you don't see any variation in who runs fundraisers, festival events, etc. you might try a different flight.

Hope this is helpful in evaluating your flight and whether you're happy there. It's always okay to take a vacation and see how things are different elsewhere. Maybe you can even bring new ideas back to your home flight and make things better! Cross pollination is good!

Also Nature, the casualness of it is a good fit for me, but I also feel like it's too relaxed for other types of players.

https://www.tumblr.com/saltminerising/735421868927074304/ap-from-arcane-was-banned-then-hopped-on-their-alt?

https://www.tumblr.com/saltminerising/735409191407288320/wtf-n888-from-arcane-thats-a-disgusting-way-of

buddy got so mad about being banned that they made an alt to drop the n-word in FRD, according to these SMR anons anyway lmaao

This is why we allow name dropping here, because i tried finding this alt account and the "names" people posted don't come up with anything, so it can't be archived.

hoo boy, this is the most passive aggressive / entitled karen post I've seen this week.

"Hope this is helpful in evaluating your flight and whether you're happy there" - do you think that people are incapable of realizing whether they are happy themselves?

"Maybe you can even bring new ideas back to your home flight and make things better!" - assumes that there's only one good way to do things, which is a straight way to stagnation and same-mess.

You question others what their "deal" is? Frankly, I question what is your deal if you think those are normal things to say even on anon. Tell me what flight you're from as this kind of way too serious behaviour is what makes dom unfun for me and I wouldn't want to touch it - and you personally - with a twenty foot pole.

the name was namnogard888 and it was the n-word and a gif of a cosplay of the joker doing a nazi salute

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