RP/PvP Event discussion

[VADM pRett]

Rather than derail the other thread any further (sorry!), I'm creating this thread to discuss a possible RP/PvP event at some point in the future (no sooner than October). Based on when it was originally run, perhaps we could do it in November?

I would like to run/officiate/administer the event; whether I'm selected or not, I think there should be two assistants to aid with evaluating the forum RP portion.

For those that were with us - wow, three years ago, almost - this event was the brainchild of Cdr Hunter. The pertinent rules for that event can be found in this post.

Whoever winds up being in charge would need to look over the ruleset he had drafted and see if there are any changes needed/desired.

If you have any suggestions or other input, please feel free to contribute.

[VADM pRett]

So you don't have to dig through the other thread or forums, here are the links to the relevant RP threads from that event, to give you an idea of what can be expected:

Fed

KDF

[VADM pRett]

Something that's occurred to me that wasn't a real issue for the original event - non-faction ships. How do people feel about allowing or disallowing ships that aren't specific to the faction you're fighting for?

In other words, the various Temporal and Mirror Universe ships would be fine, as they are specific to each faction. Romulan ships (the Dread and the Tal Shiar Battlecruiser) would be allowed for any Romulan character, regardless of the faction they are allied with and fighting for.

That raises another question, how do folks feel about Romulan characters being allowed, since this is (currently) touted as Fed vs KDF?

[CAPT Huckabee]

I'm fine with it being a three way. Fed, Klinks, and Rommies are fine by me.

I for one say no to non-faction ships, after all it's an RP/PvP event. And actually I would include the Rommie and Temp ones in that as well. If we prevent non-faction ships might as well exclude the other over-powered lockbox ships. The bug and temporal destroyer are well known in the PvP community as P2W ships due to being overbalanced. Tourny should be done on skill, not how big your wallet is.

Also another thing to look at making the thing more balanced 1 vs 1 is possibly banning the Technician that me and G has shared with a few. In a group it's not so bad, but you put those things 1 vs 1 and it's going to win almost every time no matter what. It's probably the deadliest build 1 vs 1 and almost always ends in stalemate when against itself. It's what I used to send Shack in total rage one night. Just food for thought on how much you want to try and balance the tourny.

However banning certain builds is same as someone like Shack or Jason saying ban me completely to make it balanced. Which would suck for me.

[VADM pRett]

Surprisingly little traffic on this subject.

[VADM pRett]

Not sure if there's much interest in this, but I will agree that I think the "Technician" build needs to be disallowed for this. For one, anyone not fielding it is at a disadvantage. For two, if both players are using it, the battles will most likely be a stalemate or just take too long.

[CAPT Huckabee]

I think if we just set the event up people would come. Like you thought there would be more input on it as well

[Runaz]

at the moment i'm in the midst of writing a general RP storyline for a new forum RP similar in organisation to the resistance is futile event but obviously different topic and characters would be in the "primary" (i say this cause there does need to be some direction to any story no matter how many tangents we create in it is up to the RP'ers but there still needs direction)

i'll be in contact with some select individuals on this as i want most of it to unveil itself.

if it would suit the fleet this rp/pvp event could be tied into it bringing the Klingon side into the story as well.