Welcome to the Dark

[bombayduck]

After 3 days of heavy antibiotics and 1 day of consuming grapefruit extract, for the first time in over 2 weeks I see a bit of fading in the biggest sores. This is an incredible moment for me, feels like a huge relief. Finally, there’s some progress.

From everything I’ve heard online and with speaking with friday (who has been helping a lot with providing resources and ideas for treatment), this is an extremely stubborn illness that I have to be careful of. Even if it goes away, it can easily comeback afterwards so it’s very important for me to continue to monitor my symptoms and continuously treat the issue even after the antibiotics have worn out.

[RVconsultant]

I hope you feel better soon.

[bombayduck]

Thank you @RVconsultant.

The sores are beginning to fade, which is a great sign. I don’t want to get ahead of myself and/or jinx anything, but I’m thinking of making plans to begin my cycle again starting next Monday. Perhaps a washout until Monday could be a good ahead, and then I can finally try out my Muay Thai custom that I’ve been waiting to use. Get back to QL Stage 1 for one more cycle, and I’ll either run Sanguine or Stark as well.

Since I haven’t ran the stack I wanted to for awhile, it’s made me want to return to the good vibes of Stark. Emperor can wait. Depending on how I feel about my Muay Thai custom, I think a Stark-based custom could be something interesting to look into. Since physical shifting would be covered with my Muay Thai custom, I could try something like Inner Circle, Daredevil or PCC with Stark.

[bombayduck]

Saint Sovereign's Journal (The Way of Nature, Sage Immortal, Mind's Eye)

The Way of Nature may take Sanguine’s position as most peaceful, calming title ever. The sense of inner peace and calmness in the production version is incredible, although, I can sense a bit of “fear” recon lingering beneath / behind the feeling of peacefulness. It also feels incredibly smooth (at least at three minutes – but @bujin and @Avengers68 seem to be doing well at 15) and easy to run. We still need more information, but this indicates that the new [redacted] scripting method is workin…

The beginning of this post is an interesting bit I must say. Wondering whether I should try out The Way of Nature instead of Sanguine just for comparison’s sake.

Then again, I expect to be back to my regular stack for Monday. If that isn’t the case, I’ll definitely try out WON with Paragon instead for my physical healing stack.

[bombayduck]

Spent 9 hours on a computer today trying to get WDS to work on a domain, fucking kill me. Can’t wait to punch and kick shit at the gym tomorrow.

[bombayduck]

Main Disc. Thread - Zero Point Customs NOW LIVE

Holy shit, I finally got around to running my custom for the first time. Heart immediately started racing, I began to visualize so clearly and sure enough, on my first day back at the gym in 3 weeks I felt way better than I had the last time I was there. My cardio wasn’t there but my technique felt way better than it had since March (pre-foot fracture). Also decided that I wanted to sign up to a regular weightlifting gym (right beside my house) for some reason, which is very odd for me as I d…

[bombayduck]

Kinda want to start planning a Stark custom. Thinking about pairing Stark with PCC.

With 18 modules remaining, I can split the focus up between productivity, “alpha” character, a bit of physical shifting, socializing, romance and some boosters. Should be able to include 3 of each.

[bombayduck]

Gonna do some Stark custom brainstorming here.

Cores:
Stark
Power Can Corrupt

Potential Modules:

Modules recommended by Support:
Dragon Tongue
Invincible Presence
Entranced

Temptation (to combine with Entranced)
Emperor’s Voice (to combine with Dragon Tongue)
Direct Influencing Aura (to combine with Dragon Tongue)

Stop Porn and Masturbation
Inner Gasoline
Fusion Optimized (to combine with Inner Gasoline)

Natural Winner
Joie de Vivre
Carpe Diem Ascended
Lion IV

Physical Shifting:
Alpha Body Language (to complement Lion IV)
Facial Morphing
Apollon or Physicality Shifter – Sexiness (leaning towards the latter)
Epigenetics & DNA modulator

Booster:
Deus

Possible options:
Aura of Craving
Ethereal Presence
Fenrir
Furious Ascent
The Wonder
Inner Voice

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These are my ideas that I’m looking at so far. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

[RVconsultant]

What do you want to accomplish with this custom?

@bombayduck

I can split the focus up between productivity, “alpha” character, a bit of physical shifting, socializing, romance and some boosters.

Anything else or more specific?

[bombayduck]

Well my goal with the custom is to just create a more tailored experience of StarkZP for myself. My favorite aspects of Stark are the nonchalant vibe, the fame aura and the ease of socializing, so these are the aspects I’d like to focus on the most. I also think that some modules focused on ‘cultivating energy’ would allow for those aspects of Stark to shine brighter.

As Stark itself is a broad sub that tackles a lot, I’d want to focus on the aspects of Stark that I enjoy the most.

[RVconsultant]

Your subliminal looks like it’s on the right track. Now how to get it down to 20 modules?

[bombayduck]

Just a question of making the right decision on where to trim the fat.

I do have 20 modules picked out as per the post but I’m wondering whether I should trade one out for Ethereal Presence. Also wondering if I can figure out how to add Health Codex as well.

Maybe Epigenetics & DNA modulator and/or Physicality Shifter - Sexiness can be replaced.

[RVconsultant]

Is there anything we can do to help you narrow it down?

[bombayduck]

Do you have any recommendations/ideas on what to cut out? Do you have any experience with any of the modules included and feel that they are redundant/unnecessary? Do you have any thoughts on modules that you enjoyed a lot? Are there other similar customs on the forum that could be worth comparing with?

[RVconsultant]

These are good questions.

In 100 words or less, what are you wanting to have happen with your custom within 90 days?

[bombayduck]

I’d like to experience the social benefits of Stark to an even greater degree. The fame aura and the ease of interacting with others are the most important goals.

[RVconsultant]

@bombayduck

I’d like to experience the social benefits of Stark to an even greater degree. The fame aura and the ease of interacting with others are the most important goals.

Stark Core
Chosen Core

Gloryseeker
Dragon Tongue
Entranced
Temptation (to combine with Entranced)
Emperor’s Voice (to combine with Dragon Tongue)
Direct Influencing Aura (to combine with Dragon Tongue)
Natural Winner
Lion IV
Deus
Aura of Craving
Ethereal Presence
Inner Voice
Yggdrasil

[bombayduck]

Gloryseeker is something that I didn’t find in my research, good call.

Also thinking that I should make space for Inner Voice, I think some of the physical shifting could be replaced.

[bombayduck]

Cores:
Stark
Power Can Corrupt

Potential Modules:

Modules recommended by Support:
Dragon Tongue
Invincible Presence
Entranced

Temptation (to combine with Entranced)
Emperor’s Voice (to combine with Dragon Tongue)
Direct Influencing Aura (to combine with Dragon Tongue)

Stop Porn and Masturbation
Inner Gasoline
Fusion Optimized (to combine with Inner Gasoline)

Joie de Vivre
Carpe Diem Ascended
Lion IV

Alpha Body Language (to complement Lion IV)
Facial Morphing

Deus

Ethereal Presence
Inner Voice
Gloryseeker
Auric Overdriver

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This is what I’ve thought up of so far. Still thinking about it, but I do want to buy this fairly soon (in about a month’s time). Decided to take off Natural Winner as it is expendable, but something else has to go.

[Billions]

@bombayduck

something else has to go.

Exactly 21 modules…

@bombayduck

I’d like to experience the social benefits of Stark to an even greater degree. The fame aura and the ease of interacting with others are the most important goals.

I would say that Fusion Optimized is cool and all, but Inner Gasoline will do everything it needs to do on it’s own. If you’re using Fusion Optimized as a booster to Inner Gasoline, just remove Fusion Optimized, and your custom will meet all the goals you were looking for, no sacrifice necessary. Different story if you really liked what Fusion Optimized had to offer.

Invincible Presence and Direct Influencing Aura are both aura modules, according to @friday. And I will let him comment on this to be certain, but I believe that Ethereal Presence is an aura as well. You could remove 1 or even 2 of those to make the remaining aura module more effective. Too many auras (More than 2) is a major no no, and in Friday’s case, he chose to be cautious and not add in multiple aura modules even if they weren’t officially considered auras in the q store. Again, if you remove one of these, it’ll probably increase the quality of your custom - so no sacrifice necessary!