Concerns regarding Underverse & the questline

[Violet]

Respectfully, I think we're getting off-track.

I don't think anyone's in disagreement that the Underverse is an unhappy place. But, given that the entire purpose of this site is to be a fun place to share stories with one another, the Underverse shouldn't be so restrictive that it's not fun anymore, because that defeats the purpose of this place.

Making something difficult to achieve/"tough" while still being fun is possible. I believe you want the player to feel like they've achieved something by getting out and I agree with that sentiment. These are all good things, and I don't believe that's what's at issue here.

In its current, somewhat severe punishment (and it is a 'punishment' in a way: either your personal story is on hold or you're 'out of the way' and cannot defend your friends/etc. It's a consequence), it only costs 250 OM and winning a fight (which can sometimes be seriously close - look at the Colosseum) to send someone away for probably a month or so of regular-ish writing, and that totally depends on how much time someone's willing/able to invest. Maybe if you can get rid of someone for an entire month or more, it should cost more to balance it and make it a less common weapon.

Or, maybe instead of raising the price, the 'penalty' is reduced to something a little less substantial - this might be a more elegant solution if the intention is for this to be a fairly likely threat/deterrent for the 'bad' people in the Omniverse.

I'm in favor of seeing a reduction in the level of difficulty getting out of the Underverse. I think it's something that might be conducive to prevent 'Underverse burnout' that seems to happen.

^ This, in addition to some kind of cooldown on banishment rings, such as 30 days or something between uses, and 30-60 days after a person gets out of Underverse before someone can use one on them again.