(05-11-2025, 09:10 AM)R.P.Curator Wrote: Here's something crazy:
- Restrict participation to Bombers and Above - that means no LF, HF, VHF shenanigans. I don't care for your "I want to fly that ship". I'm not spending 30 minutes chasing a LF. Go troll somewhere else or seek professional therapy. Fight is fight, Infinite Respawns + Points for everyone! Kill or Die! Not shenanigans. Do that in the rest of the time.
- DO NOT HAVE A PRE-DETERMINED OUTCOME! Nobody likes that. Its you organizing an event, working, having people log and give their time for something that you have already decided how its going to be. It a waste of resources.
- Entice the community to balance - skill and numbers (YES ACESTACKING IS STILL DISCO 101). "Entice" is a metaphor for "ask Haste to force push for skill / number balance."
- Entice the community to participate by:
> Molly Win: increase mining bonus for Molly on Gold in Dublin, Increase smelting bonus on PoB, Decrease Smelting resource cost, Decreased purchase price from Arranmore / PoBs; Increase Credit Gain for gold for Molly Allies (RH, Coalition, Rogues) on their sell points (If you buy from Dublin and sell on RH / Coalition / Rogues / etc. base, you get more Credits); Decrease in Gold cost of all PoB crafted equipment on Molly + Allies Bases (excluding Neutral factions)
> Same scenario for BMM / BMF
> For any neutral factions that want to be involved in this, PREREQUIREMENT of EXISTING RP + Approved Involvement based or RP and solid reasons. There's nothing more solid than a Gold Bar.
> Have other factions that have ZoI and Interest there involved (In this case, Corsairs; Outcasts; Core; Order), with same Bonuses in case of victory AND same requirements as "neutral" factions.
This all means more work but its doable and most of all feasible, code-wise.
This template can be used for future events.
You should also rework the crafting bonuses for various factions in PoBs, but I'll touch that later. I need to do some reading on this.
You should also make sure to check for people who run with old gunboat batt/bot counts.
Discovery Answer: That's not my problem. Talk to the Balance team.
Constructive answer: Thank you for notifying everyone that you're part of the LF Troll squad. Since that GB was notified of its extra bots / bats, I do recall it retreated to Arranmore and logged off. Something the LF didn't do until chased off. So the trolling continues.
Out of all the 40 players involved, 90% decided to play nice and bring ships that aren't troll ships.
10% decided to troll. In a community that struggles with toxicity, it wasn't some newbies or randos that trolled in a 40+ players event. It was veterans and aces.
That in itself speaks volumes. The staff and community are actively trying to stop toxicity and trolling of events so everyone can have fun. But Aces and Veterans decided against that.
The staff knows who you are. The staff can take action. Their refusal to do so only maintains the Toxic status quo and gives them more work and head aches, as well as a continual of negative impact on the community.
This is the constructive feedback.
