Level Playing Field Event Frequency Needs to be Lowered

Hi,

I want to start off by saying I think you all have done a wonderful job creating an evolving server that keeps a playerbase due to meaningful changes and I appreciate the work you do.

I would like to suggest that we keep the contribution idea in, but we reduce the frequency at which the event can happen to at least every 2 months, if not even less frequent. I think that the event is a great refresh for the game, but with it happening every 3 weeks, for people who grow tired of running in the event for whatever reason (for me, I dont really have any toons I want to create and as much as I loved the previous 3 events, I have grown tired of forming discord premades and just want to chill, etc) there are literally no other options. Everything else is dead and it sucks that the game I want to play doesn't have any other options for anywhere from 3 days to a whole week depending on contribution. I think the event is really really good for bringing people back to the server, etc, but I think it needs to happen at a less frequent rate.

On a separate note, it feels a little cheap that I could spend a month getting a toon to RR5L5, but someone who can devote the weekend to the event can grab that in a matter of hours. I think the beauty of this server is that you've captured the perfect amount of time for leveling and templating such that it feels like an accomplishment, while making it not so painstaking that adults can't afford the time. This event, to some degree, detracts from the character pride that has kept this server popular, at least if it continues to happen every 3 weeks.

Thank you for your consideration.

Mon 8 Feb 2021 6:54 AM by ExcretusMaximus

Agreed.

If they don't want to do that, I'd suggest at least doubling the requirements to extend it, and tripling them for a second extension.

Mon 8 Feb 2021 7:52 AM by Lasastard

Well, @OP - technically, you have countered both your points while you made them.

1) The event is too frequent, people grow tired of it. Yet you also acknowledge that everything else is "dead" when the event runs, including this time.
2) The event cheapens an otherwise perfect "balance" of time required to get into RvR. Yet the event is easily the most popular, most participated in activity on the server.

So basically, your complaints are not general, but specific to you. Which is fine, don't get me wrong. But maybe you can then have others have a little fun for a few days every few weeks? Because your opinion is clearly in the minority, at the moment (well, I am assuming, of course, I don't have any actual numbers).

That said, I would suggest to take out the possibility for extension, and have the event overlap a weekend. I think that might be a better compromise overall.

Mon 8 Feb 2021 9:24 AM by kiectred

I imagine it's too early for us as players to tell if this is too frequent or not, although maybe GMs know given they have more data. The amount of supplies needed to contribute to opening the event is quite large, and prior to this it has not been done before, so it was relatively "easy" to get the extension due to stockpiles of supplies and eager players. In the future, stockpiles won't exist to the extent they did before this event (my guess, GMs likely have some numbers on before vs. after). Thus not only will extensions be less common, but the event may not even occur every 3 weeks. It's obviously great for us but it's also clearly a (very good) strategy to introduce a gold sink, and I'd bet a balance was sought with regards to depletion of money and recurrence of the event. We'll just have to see still if things are balanced well.

I do tend to think 3 weeks is too often if it actually manages to occur at this rate. Fun as it is, if it happens too frequently it will kill normal XPing and make leveling and PvE a deadzone the majority of the time. I'd tend to think of that as a bad thing for a number of reasons.

Mon 8 Feb 2021 12:12 PM by poplik

I agree that having the event every 3 weeks would lessen the impact of it, but I also think the way it is triggered with the contribution should balance it out. Once people get tired of it, they will be less inclined to contribute and it won't happen as often.

Wed 10 Feb 2021 2:40 AM by Papabear

The Events are frustrating for me. I have 20 Mid 50s and not looking to make any new toons. As a result, when events occur, I am not joining as I have enough mid toons even though my toons all less than RR5. I play from 7pm pst to midnight pst. I just went through entire week of no action due to the event. I understand new players like it, but I believe most are existing players trying to lvl toons in other realms and it kills action for most of us in my situation. I would like to see more events to dbl/triple rps for all players or allow 50s to enter special event zone where premade is not allowed. This could allow many low RR 50s a chance to make some rps without xp event.

After event the action is so unbalanced. Mids have been ravaged the past few days following event and I come on at night mids cant take the realm back although they tried past few nights.

Wed 10 Feb 2021 3:16 AM by xbich

I love the event .

for those of us who normally play alone, it's a lot of fun. I don't really like playing in zerg and 8v8 without a guild is hard to find.

A 3 day event every 3 weeks, I think for 95% of the server, it is attractive

Wed 10 Feb 2021 6:12 AM by gotwqqd

Papabear wrote: ↑
Wed 10 Feb 2021 2:40 AM
The Events are frustrating for me. I have 20 Mid 50s and not looking to make any new toons. As a result, when events occur, I am not joining as I have enough mid toons even though my toons all less than RR5. I play from 7pm pst to midnight pst. I just went through entire week of no action due to the event. I understand new players like it, but I believe most are existing players trying to lvl toons in other realms and it kills action for most of us in my situation. I would like to see more events to dbl/triple rps for all players or allow 50s to enter special event zone where premade is not allowed. This could allow many low RR 50s a chance to make some rps without xp event.

After event the action is so unbalanced. Mids have been ravaged the past few days following event and I come on at night mids cant take the realm back although they tried past few nights.

Delete your low RR 50’s and recreate them on the event come out with a higher RR than you deleted....save its gear for the new character

Wed 10 Feb 2021 11:50 AM by borodino1812

That is of course the logical and rational thing to do, but I think a more elegant solution would be to allow any sub 5L5 character to join the event, in the appropriate level bracket of course.

Wed 10 Feb 2021 1:37 PM by Lollie

Interesting idea but your then playing against characters that are fully templated, and a i guarantee there will be people out there that must win so bad that they would grind to 50, get templated then join the event just so they can wtfpwn.

Wed 10 Feb 2021 2:08 PM by borodino1812

Lollie wrote: ↑
Wed 10 Feb 2021 1:37 PM
Interesting idea but your then playing against characters that are fully templated, and a i guarantee there will be people out there that must win so bad that they would grind to 50, get templated then join the event just so they can wtfpwn.

That is a good argument against, I agree.

Wed 10 Feb 2021 3:58 PM by gotwqqd

borodino1812 wrote: ↑
Wed 10 Feb 2021 2:08 PM
Lollie wrote: ↑
Wed 10 Feb 2021 1:37 PM
Interesting idea but your then playing against characters that are fully templated, and a i guarantee there will be people out there that must win so bad that they would grind to 50, get templated then join the event just so they can wtfpwn.

That is a good argument against, I agree.

It’s garbage... because what is asked is if you DO NOT LEAVE the event(sign in the character) until the next event is ACTIVE you can continue on.
Sign in to the event when not active your character is now NOT level 1 so cannot join event again.

Wed 10 Feb 2021 11:11 PM by Papabear

So event for 50's less than RR5, I read there concerns with templated toons taking advantage. Well then have the toons strip all items off inventory then enter event and all given set gear for their class that they can play with so all on even level?

Thu 11 Feb 2021 12:10 AM by gotwqqd

Papabear wrote: ↑
Wed 10 Feb 2021 11:11 PM
So event for 50's less than RR5, I read there concerns with templated toons taking advantage. Well then have the toons strip all items off inventory then enter event and all given set gear for their class that they can play with so all on even level?

People are asking for character that started in the event and never leave....event ends, and they don’t log in that character until the next event.

Thu 11 Feb 2021 3:18 AM by Takii

Which is a bit of a weird request if the intent is to lessen the impact of the event on the rest of the server... what exactly is that character contributing to the server by not being played between events?

Thu 11 Feb 2021 7:06 AM by Sepplord

gotwqqd wrote: ↑
Thu 11 Feb 2021 12:10 AM
Papabear wrote: ↑
Wed 10 Feb 2021 11:11 PM
So event for 50's less than RR5, I read there concerns with templated toons taking advantage. Well then have the toons strip all items off inventory then enter event and all given set gear for their class that they can play with so all on even level?
People are asking for character that started in the event and never leave....event ends, and they don’t log in that character until the next event.

The last proposal that was made, was to allow other non RR5L5+ characters to join the event, which triggered the templated toons answer. You must have skipped a page or two and then joined with "It's garbage" because you weren't following the discussion

Thu 11 Feb 2021 7:55 AM by gotwqqd

Sepplord wrote: ↑
Thu 11 Feb 2021 7:06 AM
gotwqqd wrote: ↑
Thu 11 Feb 2021 12:10 AM
Papabear wrote: ↑
Wed 10 Feb 2021 11:11 PM
So event for 50's less than RR5, I read there concerns with templated toons taking advantage. Well then have the toons strip all items off inventory then enter event and all given set gear for their class that they can play with so all on even level?
People are asking for character that started in the event and never leave....event ends, and they don’t log in that character until the next event.
The last proposal that was made, was to allow other non RR5L5+ characters to join the event, which triggered the templated toons answer. You must have skipped a page or two and then joined with "It's garbage" because you weren't following the discussion

thanks
I must have

I wish the go to first unread thread worked as it is supposed to instead of going to top of last page