Realm Invasion Events - Phoenix Freeshard

Occasional events where border keep guards are weakened or disabled would probably be a lot of fun.

Thu 2 Aug 2018 8:16 PM by Magesty

bjc121 wrote: ↑
Thu 2 Aug 2018 7:58 PM
Occasional events where border keep guards are weakened or disabled would probably be a lot of fun.

You’re a casual player who doesn’t have often to play. It’s the weekend, your wife has taken the kids to their grandparents. You finally log into your level 32 Fire Wizard after an entire week of not being able to play. “What fun this is going to be,” you think to yourself, “I can finally get some levels in my favorite zone, Lyonesse!”

You watch the loading screen with anticipation... the bar finally reaches the end, and the Cotswold music begins to play. Swap! Your charcter disappears briefly before going through a death animation. Before you stands a Raven Ardent Lurikeen Nightshade spamming /rofl and /Monty. A sad looking grey box with unformatted text pops up slightly off-center on your screen.

It reads: “realm invasion event this weekend”

As you stand up to go mow the lawn a single tear rolls down your cheek.

Thu 2 Aug 2018 8:19 PM by Rabbitstew

Sounds like a grey-ganker's wet dream.

I support DAOC in it having multiple modes of gameplay that cater to all sorts of people, including the PvE-only people (no matter how baffled I am that they find it fun). Forcing RvR onto them while they are in normally PvE-only zones tramples all over that. It could result in people quitting or simply not playing the game for the duration of the event, which is the direct opposite of an event's purpose.

Thu 2 Aug 2018 10:25 PM by bjc121

Magesty wrote: ↑
Thu 2 Aug 2018 8:16 PM
bjc121 wrote: ↑
Thu 2 Aug 2018 7:58 PM
Occasional events where border keep guards are weakened or disabled would probably be a lot of fun.

You’re a casual player who doesn’t have often to play. It’s the weekend, your wife has taken the kids to their grandparents. You finally log into your level 32 Fire Wizard after an entire week of not being able to play. “What fun this is going to be,” you think to yourself, “I can finally get some levels in my favorite zone, Lyonesse!”

You watch the loading screen with anticipation... the bar finally reaches the end, and the Cotswold music begins to play. Swap! Your charcter disappears briefly before going through a death animation. Before you stands a Raven Ardent Lurikeen Nightshade spamming /rofl and /Monty. A sad looking grey box with unformatted text pops up slightly off-center on your screen.

It reads: “realm invasion event this weekend”

As you stand up to go mow the lawn a single tear rolls down your cheek.

I'd assume it'd happen at the earliest after most are 50 in a few weeks.

Thu 2 Aug 2018 10:26 PM by bjc121

Rabbitstew wrote: ↑
Thu 2 Aug 2018 8:19 PM
Sounds like a grey-ganker's wet dream.

I support DAOC in it having multiple modes of gameplay that cater to all sorts of people, including the PvE-only people (no matter how baffled I am that they find it fun). Forcing RvR onto them while they are in normally PvE-only zones tramples all over that. It could result in people quitting or simply not playing the game for the duration of the event, which is the direct opposite of an event's purpose.

There's still SI zones.

Thu 2 Aug 2018 10:41 PM by Armsmancer

bjc121 wrote: ↑
Thu 2 Aug 2018 10:26 PM
Rabbitstew wrote: ↑
Thu 2 Aug 2018 8:19 PM
Sounds like a grey-ganker's wet dream.

I support DAOC in it having multiple modes of gameplay that cater to all sorts of people, including the PvE-only people (no matter how baffled I am that they find it fun). Forcing RvR onto them while they are in normally PvE-only zones tramples all over that. It could result in people quitting or simply not playing the game for the duration of the event, which is the direct opposite of an event's purpose.

There's still SI zones.

Not worth the detriment to the lowbie's experience. We need more getting to 50, not finding more ways for 50s to kill grays.

This happened once on Igraine I remember some hibs, just a small few, made it through sausage castle and down to prydwen bridge, a lot of 50s were nearby in cots and just killed them, never heard of it happening again, this is back near launch before SI, etc.

A better idea would be some custom pve battleground that is like a zombie invasion with pathing to a lord

Thu 2 Aug 2018 11:08 PM by Rabbitstew

bjc121 wrote: ↑
Thu 2 Aug 2018 10:25 PM
I'd assume it'd happen at the earliest after most are 50 in a few weeks.

"I'd assume it'd happen at the earliest after some are 50 in a few weeks."

There, I fixed it for you. Will there be 50s a few weeks into live? Yes. Will it be most people? No.

Even then, having 50s exist won't stop such grey-ganking sprees. New players arrive and players make alts - greys will be plentiful.

This kind of event has a long list of obvious cons, and very few pros. I think, if the Devs are going to make events, they should work on ones where at least the pros outweigh the cons.

Thu 2 Aug 2018 11:16 PM by Armsmancer

How about 1 event, when the beta ends, to remove realm guards for 48hrs before they drop beta? Then everyone can be happy. And dead.