Event lessons - Phoenix Freeshard

Hello,

What I learnt from the event :
- Map area smaller size leads to much more encounter while leaving reasonable possibility to run away. Leading to intense, interesting, fun fights.
- Informal solo area to allow for convenient alternative play style or enable quick 20 min play without having to build a group.
- Reduced group size leading to shorter build time and more frequent mix up of players.
- Porting randomly into fighting area enabling very quick action and making death less punitive/frustrating.

It was non-stop action and this looked like a really healthy server pvp.

Being here since the beta, I realize that times I enjoyed the most were Cathal and FFA events. Simply because it is more casual and providing good opportunities to non-elite players. (which I am)

Yes, high skill / coordinated groups will still be farming casuals. But wiping against them and casuals don't need to rebuild 8 man or cross half a realm to get back into the fight.

Porting is an easy way to create quick action and not so hard to implement. For the rest, I think we should consider our options.

Hed.

Mon 27 Aug 2018 1:22 PM by Chaskha

I will go with one criticism although I fully agree with the OP:
- I tried several time to get a group to no luck because it was not the class expected and it did felt like I was loosing play time for the first time on Phoenix

And a positive comment:
- The fact that you can adjust on the fly the group size for a region is an insane progress and it looks good for the future of the server that you can pull off making such an event, I'm impressed!

Mon 27 Aug 2018 1:30 PM by heardstheword

Chaskha wrote: ↑
Mon 27 Aug 2018 1:22 PM
- I tried several time to get a group to no luck because it was not the class expected and it did felt like I was loosing play time for the first time on Phoenix

It did seem like you were either one of the pre-determined optimal classes and found a group or you sat LFG for ever.

Mon 27 Aug 2018 1:35 PM by Chaskha

heardstheword wrote: ↑
Mon 27 Aug 2018 1:30 PM
Chaskha wrote: ↑
Mon 27 Aug 2018 1:22 PM
- I tried several time to get a group to no luck because it was not the class expected and it did felt like I was loosing play time for the first time on Phoenix

It did seem like you were either one of the pre-determined optimal classes and found a group or you sat LFG for ever.

I was with my runemaster hoping to fill a DPS slot but no I did not sat lfg forever, I did lfg for like 10 min and switched back to caledonia toon and retried later.
I do agree though that I should have built a group to fix the problem

Mon 27 Aug 2018 7:02 PM by Frigzy

This is why I think we should consider porting to keeps in the Frontiers as well, based on certain factors of course.

Tue 28 Aug 2018 9:54 PM by relvinian

I think the event and the bg caldedonia thing is fun. I think most people agree and I think also that the frontier is TOO BIG.

Anything that shrinks the frontier is good in my opinion.

Even to go so far as to create no go zones or to shrink the map.

Or to focus players in an area.