[RP & RVR EVENT] The High King versus The Warlord

[Natherul]

I participated in the event the first part and even tried my luck in Praag. Died quickly.

I liked the idea and the initiative; my only request would have been some more coherent RP at the beginning, while in the IC. Seemed a bit off, with a lot of people simply there for the fight/reward.

Perhaps in the future we could split the pre-fight groups into two, one to swarm around the Boss like angry hornets while another one sticks to the RP Boss. These two groups could then unite at the RvR WC before the fight.

Sadly I had very little to go on for the RP event in IC and was stalling for the time

I very much like the ideas about the split thing though and will probably think of something to use that for for upcoming events.

[DonCarlos]

Great event, epic fun. I would like to see more of these events for sure.
Thank you very much.

[Tamarlan]

Same

[Waaghaa]

I had great fun, it was actually quite epic, first rush towards MS where game crashed I actually could move for like 3 min or so, when people stood like statues before my game crashed.

Regarding the trophy, I am actually ok that I didnt get it, wasnt there for that - but I feel sorry for all great healers not having the chance for it tbh.

[spikespiegel84]

As we saw, a proper event brings loads of players. Beside the lag and ranged aoe fest, which is completely normal, the numbers were good.

A suggestion that can improve the experience: split the objectives.

Example.

High King and Warlord beat eachother on Ms, Gazbag runs a ritual which will aoe slaughter orders in MS unless stopped, a huge cannon butchers the backlines unless stealthies and mdps do a black op to stop the barrage.

That way you prevent lag, give different purposes to different careers, give strategy, avoid mass disconnecting.

We are on the good way. I personally love some spice. Great job, staffies

[Hogie]

First of all, thanks to the devs and people involved for taking the effort to organize such an event. It takes time and doesn’t get paid. So respect for that. And having that many people in a single RvR lake was surely an excellent test of what is currently possible.
Even though I might be one of the few and already looking forward to the flamers. I explicitly state it is as my opinion. I did not like/enjoy the event, especially the RP part in Altdorf (srry Thunderers). And since we should give constructive criticism, I will try to that here.
Point by point (including potential changes in brackets):
- The whole promotion stuff in first 30min of event. Honestly, would it have been clear from the forum post that it would be BT promotions part followed by a mini parade, I wouldn’t have taken the effort to go Altdorf. (If having the High King honoring players, it would have been nice to have other dwarf players honored too, ie., honoring the actual top 3 reknown ranking dwarf players of each class on the server, or something similar. Having this, the internal BT promotions performed by the High King would have been a fun side note of this part. I’m almost sure the players/tester(as it is what we actually are) in question would have cooperated with U to make this happen)
- On BT promotions part. Seeing a “RP”-guild officially promoting a player named after a well known real world rifle, not really RP to me, but that’s Ur own choice. Imo, the name would rather be suiting to a human from Kislev in RP sense. This is discussable though. (Imo, if promoting RP, the try to keep it as RP as possible, including chars used for parts in event.)
- About the RP-RvR-part. Having Praag as battlefield for a Dwarf vs Orc battle including their respective allies? (Some battlefield of dwarf/Orc pairing would have been a bit more RP.)
- The lag. Imo it was nice that there was another active zone (Caledor) when the actual RvR part in T4 started. I tried to move to Caledor in hope it would not be as laggy in Praag. Then the game crashed (at least mine), and when able to log in again Praag was the contested zone. After that I changed to a T1 char, which was a lot of fun and no lag. (Maybe it would be an option to make sure there is a 2nd contested zone in T4 next to the zone used for the event, thereby reducing the pressure on the event zone, thereby reducing lag. Another option would be to take the event to all tiers, this also potentially decentralizes the battle.)
- Last but not least, the overabundant use of the say channel for the event [also happening on other occasions in RvR lakes though by certain members of the community]. Sometime the say bubbles take up most of the screen. Remark: I haven’t found an option to switch off say bubbles on the screen. Except switching off /s-channel, and I don’t think that to be usefull. (Maybe move the whole story stuff to the ”/7”-RP channel, and give it bubbles. Then people who want to join event can switch to the RP channel (maybe even switch off /s-chat) and enjoy the whole thing.)
Again, even though not having enjoyed this event and sounding a tad negative , I have to repeat my respect for the effort to make this happen, and I hope that this post is understood as positive/constructive criticism. I cannot comment much on content of actual RvR battle at later stages since I was not present anymore due to lag issues.

[Mcgotrek]

Great work and good job to those invovled!

1) I'd think it fair to consider what Hogie said concerning the Bitterstone promotions. Perhaps, a lot of random talk and people walking into the stage could have been prevented, if it wasent only a Bitterstone promotion thing but a server.
But then again, my guess is that there's a fair share of people who actually enjoy seeing roleplaying without having to interact themselves? And wouldnt it be weird to have the high king roleplaying with a dude named Skankhunt666 who doesnt rp, in front of the entire Order side?

2) I think the lag in Praag was to be expected, and I think it's awesome that so many players ignored it and turned up.

3) Im gonna miss you Grufrip Blakflagg! And I hope that some Greenskin fella can and will take up the leading rp role which you have had.

Again, all the best to the gits who made it possible! I'll participate and help any time!

[Glorian]

Aye, McGotreck is right.
The idea of the event is something like a play at the theater.
You watch, you see, you enjoy.
We had a script and probed it several times before.

If you want to promote a "Best player of RoR" Event you are good to go. We wanted a show for the audience.

And our lads have the names they have. These were dwarfs who are fighting with us since the release of T2. I don't criticize the name of your guildmembers so please don't do it on ours.

@rvr: Sadly you missed there the fight of your life. It was very laggy but playable. And the ending was great with the Keep defence with the High King and the Prince.

[Haojin]

Thanks for the efforts.

[Hogie]

@Lesti: Im not critizising the name in itself. Im just questioning the use of the char by an RP-guild in an official RP-RvR event. =D

about rvr: Maybe U were able to enjoy it more, due to players like me moving away from zone, leading to reduced pressure on zone. I had lots of fun too, so don't tell me on battle of my life =D And again, for devs it was surely a good test how far it is possible to go now.