[Official Event] - The Red Spring [Sat. Mar. 23rd 1800-2100]

[R.P.Curator]

Kudos to the event staff, plot and organisation.
How it was executed, is a different topic.
Kudos:
- event plan, plot, content and organisation:
- Great Star Wars Rogue One theme with the Vierlande shield, shield generator, gateway access
- Excellent objective driven event
- Staff event presence
- Plot twist
What went wrongEvent Execution:
- I DO NOT KNOW IF: the RM were aware that they had to defend the shield generator construct, as in if they were informed, seeing as they shot it down themselves - this i suppose because i was that hessian ship flying through the shield generator construct and seeing its HP drop without me shooting it, while having the RM shoot at me (and hitting the construct; this also needs validation from an event staff that was watching)
- Numbers and balance, the thorn. Well, have to break it to you ladies & gents, but this was an open event, it was the organizers decision to do it so - Kudos to that, and i'll tell you why too - and it reflected the player base Faction preference.
Kudos on open event (as in no number limit / balance before start): in light of the story evolution, the Aland Shipyard fiasco and the Bretonian Mary Sue(or should Disco have its own name for this?), all the players that spent hours defending that shipyard were frustrated and needed to vent. This event has given them the perfect opportunity, KUDOS to that.
-Faction preference by players: to each its own according to preferences, but: a faction that is active, has good leadership, RP, events and in game interaction, is a faction that attracts players. Numbers speak volumes and it was shown.
-Wedel needed to let Unioners restock

Improvements:
- players on both parties communicating with the staff in case of disruptive players present ( i saw 2 freelancer ID flying and pewing around, but i did not notify the staff, my mistake)
- notifying certain factions of their objectives and provide details via PM to faction leader- in this case, the RM should have clearly known to defend the shield generator and the small entrance (if they were informed but failed to do so, the Event Staff is asked to ignore this line, as they already know to do it). The fact that the RHA, UN and SCRA were not informed of this, is excellent. The prisons defense mechanism should not be made public. There is a clear distinction here between the shield generator as a defense mechanism and the rest of the Cruisers / BCruiser - these were objectives, call them defenders if you like.
- for open numbers events without a respawn timer: Bases where the players can restock and spawn that are defended by invulnerable weapons platforms with a 2-3K range. It balances the overall game, in case of overwhelming numbers, the spawn kill would be limited or even restricted, and it would give the guys spawning time to coordinate. These bases should be at least 2K distance from the Objective/s, to prevent dock-spam - guys sitting on the bases or within turret range and spamming long range weps, basically turtling
- more open number events - this can be a test run, to see if the server fills again. With enough events, if the server is full at each one, the server capacity can be increased.
2 Cents opinion