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An Arx Peeve Thread
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@Rucket said in An Arx Peeve Thread:
So there’s like 3 Thrax war events all lined up next week. Not that I have any desire to participate in 2 of the 3 but one does wonder 3 in a 7 day period might be a bit much.
I’m having to pull out support for one group of people because I have to see to my own area, and that kinda feels like I’m leaving people hangin’ but it’s not like I really have much of a choice either.
There’s a lot of people on the game so I kind of feel like the idea that people will probably need to pick 1 of 3 to participate in is probably by design/part of the point. The IC reality is that characters would have to choose their battles.
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That is exactly the point. Going forward, a lot more of the story on Arx is going to be about what your character chooses since we are making it impossible to do everything by design. Those choices, to me, are the interesting part of the story.
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@Rucket said in An Arx Peeve Thread:
So there’s like 3 Thrax war events all lined up next week. Not that I have any desire to participate in 2 of the 3 but one does wonder 3 in a 7 day period might be a bit much.
I’m having to pull out support for one group of people because I have to see to my own area, and that kinda feels like I’m leaving people hangin’ but it’s not like I really have much of a choice either.
Two of the three are player STed plots, so they schedule pretty much whenever the STs are able to do so. And yeah, it’s generally to give people a wide variety of plot to jump into and to also create scenarios where you’re choosing.
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I mean, I don’t have the desire to participate in every one of the scenes that get pulled up, but I guess it would be nice to feel like things can be mentally digested/RPd about as well.
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There will be plenty of downtime after if things follow along previous patterns. It is good to have these bursts imo because it does make people have to prioritize and choose. A lot of the pivotal story event bursts are like that in my observation. But the RP fodder is present now, and will be for quite some time after, even after the spotlight turns elsewhere, at least in my experience.
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If multiple battles are happening in a short period of time off in Thrax somewhere (Idk I assume, I haven’t been paying attention), people in Arx wouldn’t hear about them until all of them were over, anyway.
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As already mentioned, we do want to get folks to have to make choices on where and what they throw their efforts behind. That’s going to be an adjustment (and a big adjustment in some cases), because I think until recently a lot of people have felt obligated - either because their PC holds certain leadership positions, or just because they don’t want to miss out - to try to get in on and keep up with everything going on. This hasn’t ever really been possible, but I think it’s much more noticeable now.
The staff GM’d war scenes are being fairly spaced out, what you’re seeing is a plethora of PRPs related to it, which is a continuation of what was largely started with Bastion, where various player STs take on chunks of the plot itself with staff oversight. By design, this allows for more scenes, but it can feel pretty overwhelming if you’re approaching it from the angle of ‘I’ve got to keep up with all of this or else I’ll miss out/not know things my PC needs to know’.
I know going all Hakuna Matata with my advice is probably not very helpful, but I do think it will shake out and feel a bit more manageable as things go on.
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I hope everyone has fun with the Mourning Isles events! I just wish I could go to one.
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@Evilgrayson Nothing has popped up in your time zone?
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@crawfish Nothing I can see.
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@crawfish Being in the same timezone as them, sadly not.
8pm server = 1am UK
There may be others that are private that start earlier, but looking over the events calendar those are the ones that I found.
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Before the civil war, events specific to the isles were incredibly sparse. A few STs ran events now and again, but unless you were part of their core group or had connections to other fealties, you were stuck with parties on the grid.
The civil war is an incredible opportunity for a metric ton of roleplay. That is good. Full stop. Not seizing this opportunity is a crazy concept to me.
Realistically, the civil war STs have deadlines. Some stories are going to require multiple events. Those events need to be done within a specific period of time. STs are coordinating dates and times to prevent significant overlap.
I am also 100% with staff on this one. War requires commitments. You can’t be everywhere at once. You are going to win and lose. You could potentially strain some IC relationships based upon the decisions you make for your house. But that’s okay! It’s good roleplay.
This is easily the most fun I’ve had in Arx in 2 years.
Source, for the sake of disclosure and potential bias: am Mourning Isles ST.
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@Anhedonia said in An Arx Peeve Thread:
Before the civil war, events specific to the isles were incredibly sparse. A few STs ran events now and again, but unless you were part of their core group or had connections to other fealties, you were stuck with parties on the grid.
My best suggestion is if you want a story in the Mourning Isles, and aren’t sure how to get started, is to ask for a player storyteller on the PRP board, or straight up ask a player storyteller if they have time (stlist/st), especially if you have an idea of what it is you want to do. That last part is key as it helps us as GMs build stories for you. Hunting pirates? Awesome! Discovering some new island? Great! Wanting to fight evil forces? You got it!
Some of us might be a bit overwhelmed, but we’re happy to help find someone who can help you. You do not need an org’s permission to have a story in that area. You can just run with it. Right now we’re waiting for the new PRP submission guidelines, but you could start talking to STs to get things lined up for when those become open.
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Right. I have written plots for the Mourning Isles before, and am doing so currently.
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Alright, so.
I’m just sitting here feeling like I’ve had people ascribe motivations to me that I didn’t have (and this is probably my own fault for not being more clear to begin with and why tossing a throwaway peeve may not have been the best of ideas), and I also feel like a bunch of people rushed in to just pave over me with stuff. I mean, I get it, I’m probably an odd duck and an odd one out in this situation.
I think I’ve found something that isn’t quite for me. If other people are having fun, that’s good!
But I’ll also say that I’ve kinda felt like my own island within the Mourning Isles these past couple of months. I’ve had more connections with the Oathlands and Lyceum. It is what it is though, and I definitely put fault on myself as well.
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@Rucket I’m honestly not trying to ascribe motivations or anything, I’m just really unsure what the crux of your peeve is, I think. You said that three events in a 7 day period is maybe too much, and I think indicated that you were hoping for time to digest and RP about stuff, but my impression is that stuff is going to come in waves week by week. I’m assuming that the upcoming GMed stuff is probably going to be happening around the same time periods IC, like these are all in different areas but kind of independent conflicts, so stuff happening around the same time that will then impact future stuff down the line. So I think there’ll be plenty of time to digest and RP as each wave of stuff comes and goes. It sounds like there’s stuff planned all the way through September, so it’s more of a marathon; there’s gonna be a lot more to come!
But if I’m not getting what your concern is, please let me know. I promise I’m not trying to be a jerk.
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@Roz Nah you’re good. It’s more about feeling hurried or rushed along at a faster pace by a lot of things more than I’d like.
I guess the crux of all of it is that my brain just doesn’t work the way it did 10 or 20 years ago. S’what happens when you are about to turn 40 in a couple of weeks I guess, LOL.
Over the past few years especially, I’ve become more of a slow and methodical type, like give me Final Fantasy XI or Everquest over ESO / WoW / Guild Wars 2, or I play Wrath of the Righteous or Pillars of Eternity 2 Deadfire on turnbased mode type of deal, lol.
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@Rucket It looks like the latest event up is at the end of September, which may or may not be intended as a final climax of sorts, so it may be that your brain is thinking of all the GMed scenes in one week as sequential, when it’s probably more like they’re parallel. Different threads in the same overall plot. So someone could pick a particular thread, and then that one thread might not feel so much like stuff moving really quickly?
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@Rucket I feel you here with regards to things needing to move a bit slower or needing time to mentally plan/plot things out. For me, I get very easily overwhelmed and when I am overwhelmed I cannot think clearly, my reading comprehension goes down, everything feels urgent and everything out of my control.
We went from not having a lot of story happening all at once to having all the story all at once and that seems overwhelming. I think you’re doing a great job with everything that’s come your way. I’m happy to help however I can, too.
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