The figure wrapped in darkness of Zsadist says, "After having been in 2 Houses and a Rogue for quite
some time, I've not noticed much of a difference in themes or activity. With that being said and the
amount of players either dwindling, just not overly active, doing anything but botting or idling,
are there any plans to get rid of Houses entirely and make the Dominion encompass ALL of Bloodloch?
Or will there be more events and a more active Primus to make the Dominion actually mean something?"

You say, "There are no plans to get rid of houses, no. There will be more events with the Primus and
the Primus will be more active. We have several things in the works, but I cannot go into any
specifics as they would spoil all the fun."

The figure wrapped in darkness of Zsadist says, "That is actually really great to hear. Follow up
question in regards to the Bloodhunts that we all so love and enjoy. With the bloodhunts because
somewhat...boring? I feel that they are not overly beneficial in the long run if they are just mobs.
Are there any plans to be able to encompass the Bloodhunts to be active towards players instead of
just mobs? I love bashing and all, but we're vampires, we should be able to spread our wings and
intake our bloodlust and fight other people as well. Are there any incoming plans to make the
bloodhunts more... bloody, if you will?"

You say, "Bloodhunts are intended to allow you to go to an area and fight mobs, so you can include
non-PKers. Then, people are allowed to come attack you all so that PK can be involved. It's a mix."

Empress Sarita Bahir'an says, "I was wondering if there's any chance of having novices in the
Dominion looked at again. I know the intention was to have them be able to see lots of older players
immediately rather than join a House that may or may not have someone active at the time they get
out of the intro, But right now, we don't get any sort of notification that they've joined, there's
nothing that really supports getting them into Houses except possibly the chance that someone will
notice them and try to recruit them, and if they get any interaction from the Dominion at all, it
would probably be in the form of people ICly talking about things that don't make sense for
unaffiliated nightstalkers to be involved with in the first place."

You say, "That's something I'd have to ask a higher admin about, honestly. I will bring it up, but I
know we are re-evaluating a lot of things when it comes to the Dominion. So, I don't see why it
would be out of the question to review how nightstalkers join up. No specifics to provide, but I'll
make sure to bring it up."

Yarel Nebre'seir, the Spiteful says, "My question is about the Dominion rep spot on the Overlord
Council. There is, to my knowledge, nothing analogous in any of the other cities, and so far as I
can tell, there is no actual reason for Bloodloch to have one. If I'm not mistaken, every Overlord
is a member of one of the Houses, and it seems to just serve to remove one of the seats from being
available to the general citizenry. So, I guess my question is, do we really have to have the spot?"

You say, "The best way to answer that is to say that for right now, it is needed and will stay. We
are evaluating things with the Dominion, though, so you never know what might change in the future.
Lore-wise, though, we do feel it is needed at this point."

The cloaked figure of Canasius says, "I was wondering myself about novices, I have noticed that most
seem to feel being embraced and sired is something that they are going to get no matter what. Are we
trying to stop the old way of making it so people earn the right so to speak instead of just biting
everyone that moves?"

You say, "You have to remember that in the end, this is a game. People should expect, to some extent,
 to reasonably reach the point of getting a sire and getting embraced. It's just like any other
guild/class in this game. That's why house requirements should be matching up to guild ones. This
was advised to houses a while ago, so I don't feel there is much need to go into it further than
that."

Empress Sarita Bahir'an says, "When the Dominion first came out, we had some RP around writing and
signing a treaty between it and Bloodloch. We were also told that there would be a mechanic in place
for it to have formal treaties through the treaty system, but that never happened. Any chance it
could be looked into again?"

You say, "I can have that looked into, sure. I don't see why not. I don't know that it will
necessarily be needed at this point, but no harm in checking."

Yarel Nebre'seir, the Spiteful says, "My question is actually a continuation of my last question.
You said that the Dominion Rep was needed for Lore reasons. But couldn't the Lore issue be satisfied
by creating a Dominion Representative post within the Government? Perhaps something akin to, or
maybe instead of, the Divine Representative post? Then we are able to elect all of our Overlords,
and avoid all the associated issues with the current set up."

You say, "At this point, I cannot really comment on the plans for the Dominion in regards to this.
That's why I'm simply leaving it at the fact that, for now, it's a needed item."

The figure wrapped in darkness of Zsadist says, "In regards to Bloodhunts again, its quite griefy to
PK a non-PKer just because they are bashing in a certain area, and most PKers don't really care that
you are bashing a certain area. So, are there any plans to actually make Bloodhunts against certain
organizations instead of mobiles?"

You say, "At this point, not specifically. There is the place for it to happen, as there always has
been, but it's rarely used because it can be overused. We've seen that happen in the past. Now, to
touch on the griefy part, it'd be optional for the non-PKer to be involved in the bloodhunt. They'll
have ample warning and advisement that they can and will possibly be attacked, so it's not
necessarily griefy. It's an optional event for a reason so that people can opt in/out of it."

The figure wrapped in darkness of Zsadist says, "Again, I've been in 2 Houses and a Rogue and have
seen not much difference in anything, except more laws or rules to follow. Anyone in Bloodloch who
finds a Sire is USUALLY of someone who has or was in a House, and like all parentage is usually
traced back somewhere. Even if they aren't in a House now, they were, and as such, have the Primus'
blood going through them... in essence at least. Are there any plans to encompass Rogues to be part
of the Dominion as well, or will the Dominion be true to House vampires only?"

You say, "As far as I understand it, the Dominion will always be solely for housed vampires."

The cloaked figure of Canasius says, "I do not know if it is meant to be this way but to me
personally it feels like to really become anything in the dominion you have to be a PK'er is that
meant to be that way?"

You say, "No, it is not. There are plenty of people who get involved in the politics of the Dominion
that do not PK. Sarita is a good example of this, along with many of Bahir'an and D'baen. There are
definitely plenty of opportunities that involved PK alone, but it's definitely not the only option."

You say, "Look at the Gaes event, which involved solely a bashing-style event rather than one that
involved PK."

You say, "It's really all what you make of the Dominion for your character."

The figure wrapped in darkness of Zsadist says, "Speaking of the Gaes event.... that was a quite
interesting event that was implemented. However, it was monopolized by a single few people just
camping the area and rotating in a circle to kill the mobs that were there, thus granting them the
favor of the Primus. Is there anything that you, as admins, can do that will stop a single House or
person from completely monopolizing the entire bloodhunt event?"

You say, "It was actually fairly spread out between two houses, with the other two having very few
people that had time to get involved with it unfortunately. When you do any sort of bashing-style
event, however, it is difficult to not have it be monopolized unless the admin is active 24/7 while
the event is going on and can do small changes here and there to adjust for it."

You say, "Most of the time, if the event is large enough, we will definitely do our best to make
sure events are a little more spread out to give people a better to chance to get involved."

You say, "For example, the recent events with the Vortex - that was made so that plenty of people
could get involved because it was a much larger scale event."

You say, "So, it'll just vary really."

The cloaked figure of Canasius says, "Zsadist had a good point about the Gaes event, I will admit I
did camp in the area for a few hours to get try and get a good amount of kills to be added to my
house. My question though is why we do not do more RP based events more then bashing and PK filled
lack of better word promotions."

You say, "The Dominion has had RP-based events in the past. The most recent event was bashing-based
as it was intended to be a brief event. Events that are RP-based take a longer amount of time to
plan and setup. So, it's in an organization's best interests sometimes to try to come up with their
own RP-based events while we're trying to get some setup on our end. We have a lot on our plate as
admin, so we provide events as often and as fulfilling as we can. Sometimes, we just provide you all
with something short so there is something going on rather than you all having nothing at all."

Arch Duchess Asaraii D'baen says, "I like the roles that each House has, but I haven't really seen
much activity from any of the Houses in terms of using their roles. I know you said there are plans
in progress, I was just wondering if that included more of this, and interactions with one another
to work together? I guess I just don't see a lot of Dominion RP on a larger level, so I could just
very well be missing it. I haven't been around very long, so I have seen very small interactions
with Abhorash, but it'd be cool to have more in-depth interactions with him, or more npcs or
characters that have a role in the Dominion too."

You say, "To be honest? The roles and interaction should be up to you houses to make happen more. I
know that, say, Sarita worked with Ezalor from time to time to keep that tie between D'baen/Bahir'an
going. In previous days, house leaders/members would just get together and plan out things to do
together. A lot of these interactions tend to be left up for the houses to establish for themselves,
just like with events."

You say, "I'm sure that Abhorash will have more interactions, though, so there will be that. The NPC
interaction is usually fairly minor, however, save for when we run an actual event."

The cloaked figure of Canasius says, "To that statement you just gave Ve'kahi has been and probably
will always be the chastised house for our past and we do our best to be us, Even Abhorash has
complimented and insulted Ve'kahi in the same breath."

You say, "He'll do that with just about any house, really. Give praise and torment at any given time.
 He's a very odd man."

Empress Sarita Bahir'an says, "I actually have two quick questions that are closely related. For
things we notice like typos of bugs in Dominion related things like the Alcazar, should we fill
regular bug reports, or is it ok to talk directly to someone like BL's patron? Then for the other,
are we going to see anything come out of the minor mob interactions and quests in the Alcazar ever?"

You say, "The bugs, go ahead and submit them like usual. I'd say submit them to me directly, but I
may be out on maternity any day now. So, any of the team can get to them as they've got some spare
time on their hands."

You say, "Concerning the Alcazar quests, I can outright say nothing will come of any of it now. In
fact, all of the fancy changing of npcs/etc has been taken out. We have other plans for Alcazar to
come in time, but all of that has been nullified."

The cloaked figure of Canasius says, "I do have a question not of the dominion directly per say but
recently a member of a house was made an Elder, what are the unwritten requirements of becoming an
Elder of a house, is it because they are so ranked high in the experience chart?"

You say, "There are no real requirements. We'll evaluate the person based on suggestion or request
of suggestion and see if they have noticeably helped the house. It's definitely a case by case basis
sort of thing."

The cloaked figure of Canasius says, "So it is required to have a suggestion that it is give to them
not just something you throw out on your own?"

You say, "Usually. I mean, it all depends. Sometimes, we may find someone worthy of it if they have
suitable service and the person handling Abhorash or the admin team feel it is someone who deserves
it."

You say, "It's a very variable thing and it's just not handed out that often because of that fact."

The figure wrapped in darkness of Zsadist says, "I may be wrong, but in the past when Abhorash
becomes active again, we see more rules/laws/lore created as well as a new Emperor or Empress is
sired. With the returning of Abhorash (read as active once more) are we going to see more of this or
will we just see more events, both RP and PK based?"

You say, "We've already had a new set of laws put into place, so there are no planned changes beyond
that. There are likely to be more events, which I cannot touch on the specifics of. The
Emperor/Empress thing, though, is a heated topic and it something that is not taken likely. I do not
see any new ones being taken on at this point, but it all depends on what RP goes on."

You say, "It does not mean we won't take on any new ones at all, but just that we're not looking at
specifically doing events just for that."

The figure wrapped in darkness of Zsadist says, "This is a little less Dominion=related, but
speaking to my earlier question, much similar to Canasius', for those of us whose goal is to become
an Emperor or Empress, is there a sort of policy or guideline we need to follow? Or is it just one
of those things that is discussed on an admin level?"

You say, "It's something mostly discussed on the admin level, just like with Elders. There are no
specific policy or set of guidelines because that'd make it far too simple for people to attain."