@Lion is there an update coming to this, the X version, and will this new version be within HERO? Asking because I’m debating which 1 to go for.
There will surely be an update but when I wouldn’t know.
Regardless it is still a powerful title so you don’t need to wait for the update to run it.
That I don’t know.
Run the title that is closest to help achieving your goals is my advice. Regardless of the update.
I decided on a custom with SI and CFW. For me that seemed to be a magical combo for anxiety. Also the bonus of leadership, mental fortitude, toxic people protection/removal. It was also a combo where I had a few instances of just random people who I saw in passing, they’d noticeably let go of their stress and tension in my presence. Probably because I was feeling safe, and so I’m looking forward to being back on SI.
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That’s good to hear!
I’ve been looking at this title recently; it looks fantastic.
Really hoping it gets a makeover at some point too!
My vision is for it to be folded into the Spartan line, something like Spartan: Survival of the Fittest (SF lol).
Maybe even as a 4-stager, incorporating most of Paragon Complete and Paragon Sleep, along with scripting in the style of Sanguine: The Elixir and the new Godlike Masculinity.
Survival has a strong mental/mindset component, alongside the skills and physical toughness and fitness required. Positivity and optimism, growth mindset, resilience, willpower, never-give-up attitude etc 
I say a 4-stager because I feel there’s great scope to make a single Sub that combines the effects of several others (in a synergistic way) with the view that these should all be essential components of the Survival title.
Thorough healing of pre-existing injuries and conditions, along with healing of new injuries, illnesses and medical conditions (including Epigenetic & DNA Modulator scripting for all of these). Optimisation of sleep, both in a Paragon Sleep sense for lifetime health, healing and longevity, but also in the ability to be able to get restorative sleep in any circumstances (as per Special Forces operators, where you might need to grab 5 hours of restorative sleep in the middle of a war zone, in a ditch).
It should also have even more scripting for fighting, along the lines of Krav Maga (and Systema would be great too!). Focused on ‘what works in a real fight in the real world’ and covering the ranges of combat as well as the psychology, handing fear and adrenaline dumps, intuitive reading of opponents etc.
Reading of other people, intuition. I mean there’s so much that could be added, hence my idea for a 4 stager
Yea it’s almost like the direction they headed with the elements stuff.
With survival it could be people skills bartering, making deals, calming situations down etc., the physical fitness/health stuff, even some spiritual protection etc. Even for general survival, money comes into play, I mean like daily survival. The inner game of survival of course, courage, awareness, leadership etc. Maybe even aura of safety and protection and invisibility, all kinds of ideas.
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Totally! My feeling is that this could be a really foundational sub, given the right treatment. There’s just so much in it (and that can be added to it) that just ticks all the boxes for life generally
Much of Survival Instinct is included in Hero Origins. We may think of SI as the foundational sub of the Hero line.
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I’m hoping for the same SI just better. The courageous, calm, cool under pressure and stress, immune to it and the fortress against toxic people and environments stuff for sure I wanna see remain. I’m not too interested in a fighting title, but definitely in developing those physical attributes along with the health.
From my first 30 second loop in after a year off SI.
I think I’ve already taken on a new mentality with working out. I feel more motivated, from the idea that I’m preparing my body to be ready for the unknown. That seems to be fueling me more than when it’s about looking good. Being healthy, pain free, and ready for anything. That seems to be a much more useful place and will definitely help me get those workouts in.
I’m thinking I’m open to meeting new people. Not in the sense that I’m going to go out and try to meet people. Just the general idea. Since the people I “know” don’t seem to have time or interest for me, I can only speculate since they’re not replying to me. But I can also see how the mind wants to come up with stories and they don’t feel good. Yet I can’t change them, I can only work with myself on it. So that’s also good because that’s all I’ve ever done anyway. It just means I have stuff to work on. The more free I get the better things go; those chance encounters or lucky breaks, or even opportunities which might involve really hard work, but the choice is mine. To me it’s all action. This just came up, there is no such thing as non-action. Yet there’s also no doer, in the sense of a “me.” The me is only what I think I am and the beliefs I subscribe to, and yet depending on the “other” they may have a completely different view of me but none of it has anything to do with me! Everything is in action. The only constant is change…