[Precursor Event] - The Cardiff Crisis

[pulha]

i have to admit that the cries of people dying to the dual novas were hilarious

[TheSauron]

- Slots are infinite but will only be filled evenly. If there is an overabundance of players for one side they will not be slotted in.

it did not happen

It happened. What did not happen was on-site balance. The refusal of the event staff to balance on site baffles me a little, as it is pretty much bread-and-butter of any slot-based event.

EDIT: Actually, you are right. I was convinced we had two more gunboats signed up. My bad. My point still stands though, both with the gunboats, and with other signed up people plain not attending.

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One MD Admiral

[casero]

- Slots are infinite but will only be filled evenly. If there is an overabundance of players for one side they will not be slotted in.

it did not happen

It happened. What did not happen was on-site balance. The refusal of the event staff to balance on site baffles me a little, as it is pretty much bread-and-butter of any slot-based event.

There was 1 GB listed on bret side, and 3 on the other side. It was not balanced since the beginning.

EDIT: Posted on the same time you edited.

[Pepe]

Looking at this from BAF side, no one expected to win. Some of us even had some fun. But we hoped for at least some equality.

Having three GBs on one was really one sided and influenced event quality a lot, even more than 2xNovas. That's not up to players. Players play, or even gank (me too). We had event masters present and with all the respect, overwhelming GB power was their fault.

After noticing this flaw they even said two BAF snubs should switch to GBs. Ok, but that's something we'd do before event, if was possible.

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[Durandal]

There's not a lot I can say here as a guy on a transport who wasn't running the show, but yeah, there needed to be an effort made to balance things on site.

[Zeb]

Personally I didn't have any issues with the dual nova bomber (I only saw one, maybe there were more) since it was a respawn enabled event

[diamond1]

The dual novas had a severely negative impact on the enjoyability of the event to the point I have just left early. I think they should be disallowed in future events of this nature.

lol

Novas don't need fixing. Just need to learn to move. I have a poor aim when it comes to slight strafing, Considering i fired probbably well over 80+ Dual novas and only successfully killed 8-9 people. 334 ping isn't exactly helpful when guns are around, So what better way to try and hurt them, than with others.

I will say i appreciate to the baf that stayed alongside despite getting hammered. After all, it was all for fun, or should've been since we're going to lose the base anyhow. Especially the lone Gunboat and the Rescue ship that was getting beaten on all the time.

And as for the engine health, yeah... It needs a little tweaking since the base was far too close for us to really do any sucess in stopping the rescue ships.

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[Blodwyn O'Driscoll]

sorry gents couldn't take part.

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That is the crux of the matter.
If you aid us, and you aid them, you are the enemy.
If you do not aid them, you are worthless outside of extortion potential.
If you aid us, you will be treated with respect.

Colin H. Breen, of the Molly Republic

[Querious]

Nice event, though the GBs were certainly unbalanced. Also, thanks to the devs for including The Mollys in an actual event! Kudos to everyone involved, including that dual nova BAF bomber. While it was a troll loadout, dual novas are more acceptable in respawn-enabled events.

What I would recommend next time is for the respawn points to be a bit farther off, so it isn't so awkward typing in local with your enemies nearby. Forced balance is a controversial topic, but part of this battle was made sub-par by a lack of oversight regarding that.