Utopia Atheras
Powder and Ball Alchemists Union
The Predictables
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Posted - 2013.11.08 07:42:00 -
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If I were the CCP [hope they're reading,] this is what I would have done. Very simple, step-by-step:
1. Announce the event
2. Have as many staging areas as needed [maybe one in each of the empires] a system w/o stations where a CONCORD/Navy Titan would magically appear
3. Form fleets under CCP command [thereby assuming responsibility]
4. Bridge all highsec folks to the destination system using CONCORD/Navy Titans
5. Have CONCORD/Navy Titans on field for the battle [this would have exposed peopel to supercap fights]
6. Fight at the destination, tip the odds in favor of empire, to give players a sense of accomplishment
7. Escalate the situation by adding endless streams of pirates
8. CONCORD/Navy would announce their Titans are in danger
9. Evacuate all CONCORD/Navy ships leaving the players to die [including their CCP FCs] making it clear that CONCORD/Navy can't be trusted
10. CCP FCs would then try to evacuate fleets and get everyone back to highsec [or fight until the bitter end, maybe ask the people what would they prefer, therfore passing some of the responsibility over to each individual]
11. Most would likely die to gate camps on the way home anyway as all the nullsec blocks would be chasing them.
This would have achieved several things. CCP would have had control over the event [at least in terms of organizing and leading it.] People who participated would have felt safe with CONCORD/Navy in a CCP led fleet. Using Titan bridges would have eliminated the long travel time, gate camps [at least one way] and they could have bridged everyone to an already reinforced node, not to mention that taking a Titan bridge would have been a new experience to many players.
During the actual fight, players would have had a sense of accomplishment, trust CONCORD/Navy and be part of a Supercap fleet. When CONCORD/Navy would evacuate their own assets, leaving all the players [as well as CCP] to die on the field, the players would have felt betrayed, but their anger would have been directed towards CONCORD/Navy, rather than CCP. The CONCORD/Navy Titans leaving would have also introduced the element of chaos.
If CCP then decided to make a run for it and take the fleets home, they would have likely died on the way home to gatecamps, which would have been another dimension of the game, exposing people to real life nullsec play style. People would have likely enjoyed the aspect, maybe even thank the FCs for taking them home [or at least making an attempt.]
I know hindsight is 20/20, but it honestly took me longer to type all this than to come up with the concept... |