Kudos to all who were able to have fun.... And Kudos to seeing 100+ players on the server just like the old days...
But the outcome felt predetermined,... With how LNS-Alma got beamed away just when it was about to die and how a few of the transports deliberately got themselves yeeted...
(05-28-2023, 12:42 AM)Haste Wrote: One of the weak points of the event from our side was definitely not making it clear that the "Titans" were there, essentially, as scenery and a minor way to even the player number odds slightly if needed.
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The Alma going down for what was effectively a Zoner Carrier that was "made up on the spot" was not something we were intending on doing here.
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Full disclosure: the Alma versus Zoner Carrier portion was most definitely rigged. The Alma originally was planned to be the Zoners' "doomsday timer", slowly creeping up on Erie to blow up the Zoner Carrier and do Alma things. Clearly didn't quite play out that way as the ship got involved in some Q-Ship cleanup action early on.
So the big Titan armored vessels with OP guns and stats were sceneries and not like final bosses or something..? Aaah...What ? Please don't have such ideas for future events. If you're gonna put Big OP ships, People see it as a challenge. There's nothing people want more than gathering up to kill it. Putting them as "sceneries" doing stuff in the background trying to look pretty is going to be a buzzkill.
And Pinnacle was "made up on the spot" and Alma can't lose to that.? It didn't feel that way gameplay wise did it. both the ships had Titan armour. Am I missing something? Could have made the Pinnacle have less armour to reflect that it's a weaker ship then. Funny thing is, the Alma still would have died considering how many people logged zoners. Overwhelmingly high numbers of Zoner players is a vote count of which side the community wanted to see winning. So many people spent hours to build Zoner Cruisers solely for this event. It feels like a waste of time where all people thought,:- hey.. may be our actions matter.. may be we can shape the story.. But nope... Liberty can't lose.
If you can't see a Liberty OP Titan ship be destroyed in an event, then why put it there in the middile of battle in the first place.
If you can't see the all powerful liberty losing, then why suggest people that their actions may have effect on the story narrative.
If player's actions only have minor consequences, then thats pointless and feels like waste of time and effort. Where's the reward?
I understand organizing things on this scale must be heard but, Why not organize something where you can actually see any of the side winning and then take the story in that direction. If you are going to organize open events like this, please have Player actions shape the outcome so that the community actually feels rewarded for their participation.
That's my honest feedback, My apologies that I ranted. I mean no offence to anyone.
