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RE: [Official Event] Eroding the Arch - Barrier - 11-30-2024
With the upcoming sieges, I wanted to clarify the plan for using NPCs and balancing. Again, their main purpose is to balance fights, and also to spice up small-scale engagements in case of a lack of numbers for the siege.
- If enough players are logged in within one small area (e.g. around the Arch), NPCs simply will not be used, due to lag and dropped frames they cause even in small amounts.
- If NPCs are used, they will always join the side with the smaller numbers. I will try to take into account existing fights and feedback to define "smaller".
- Normal NPC spawns near the Arch are an intended defender's advantage. They are generally less dangerous than any custom-spawned NPCs, but they may prove to be a nuisance.
- Once NPC fleets are defeated, they will no longer be in-play.
If NPCs cannot be used for any reason, I will enforce the more standard form of balancing: switching to the opposing side. Anyone pming [Dev]Barrier can get a beam to either Heaven's Gate or Ryukyu Base after swapping characters for this purpose. Remember that your death timers are still in effect regardless of which side you died on.
RE: [Official Event] Eroding the Arch - Barrier - 12-01-2024
Rule Update: The respawn timer during sieges will be reduced to 30 minutes for event IDs.
This wording now includes all ship classes.
If people have feedback about the event thus far, post it in this thread or contact me over discord pm.
RE: [Official Event] Eroding the Arch - Barrier - 12-01-2024
Today's siege start is pushed back by an hour as we attempt to deploy a hotfix.
RE: [Official Event] Eroding the Arch - Barrier - 12-01-2024
The respawn timer for all event ids has been further reduced to 15 minutes to accommodate a reduced siege window in case the start is late.
RE: [Official Event] Eroding the Arch - Traxit - 12-01-2024
postpone to tommorow 19utc?
RE: [Official Event] Eroding the Arch - Emperor Tekagi - 12-01-2024
Yeah, got a good handful of people on both sides saying it's too late.
RE: [Official Event] Eroding the Arch - The_Godslayer - 12-01-2024
(12-01-2024, 09:57 PM)Traxit Wrote: postpone to tommorow 19utc?
(12-01-2024, 10:04 PM)Emperor Tekagi Wrote: Yeah, got a good handful of people on both sides saying it's too late.
If we move it to tomorrow, I cannot attend due to work.
RE: [Official Event] Eroding the Arch - MasterL410 - 12-01-2024
I'd also rather play it today.
RE: [Official Event] Eroding the Arch - Anguirus - 12-01-2024
I agree to play today, though a little late for those in UTC. This is the day we knew we were going to play out this event.
RE: [Official Event] Eroding the Arch - crushy - 12-01-2024
(12-01-2024, 10:08 PM)The_Godslayer Wrote:(12-01-2024, 09:57 PM)Traxit Wrote: postpone to tommorow 19utc?(12-01-2024, 10:04 PM)Emperor Tekagi Wrote: Yeah, got a good handful of people on both sides saying it's too late.
If we move it to tomorrow, I cannot attend due to work.
Goes both ways, i have to wake up in 6hours. and the event hasnt even started yet.