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[fairyfoes]

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[orcsurfing]

NAME: Blanche
GAMEPLAY SUGGESTION(S):
Currently the restrictions on the characters who lose their shards are very strict and, in a way, can make it difficult to play in the game at all if a person decides to go through with it.

I realise the consequences of killing off a character should be severe, that it should not be an easy thing to do at all, but as things are they seem might be putting people off and likely not many might be willing to go through with it (which is a shame, considering this is a war game and... well, deaths should happen! Since May when the game opened we've had only one PC death) since they cut off 2 out of 3 avenues of upholding or gaining new CR.

First: the character will not be able to attend the feast when new arrivals show up, second: the character is entirely cut off from the "network" except for people they already know (because how could they figure out who else they could contact if they don't know they're even there). The third is, of course, meeting face to face, except with the size of the map and the travel times for the shardless (since fairy rings don't work for them) that further makes any CR and any activity difficult unless the character stays at the Station all the time or travels in a large group.

Additionally, lack of the "network" access cuts off one avenue of submitting activity check, since characters can't post to it. And character inbox threads don't count towards AC... and making only filtered posts to the network comm (if it'd be allowed at all?) kind of are at odds with the idea of panfandom games.

My only suggestion is to perhaps rethink this approach? Maybe posts that are "open," as in not filtered to either court, could still be visible for them? Maybe the posts made by the shardless would always show up as open as well, unless they "select" every single person from the court they want to filter to? I don't mean to get rid of the mechanic entirely, since I wholly understand why it's implemented ICly, but perhaps just to loosen it a bit?

[fairyfoes]

Thank you for this review! We're under the process of a reviewing a system by which ALL drops will become IC deaths, which would help to mitigate the death count.

Secondly, we are in the process of also reviewing an announcement for release within the next month which will:

1) Revoke boons for characters who fraternize between courts
2) Revoke locket access for characters who fraternize between courts
3) Make lockets court-specific communication devices only!

This is a war game, and we did not expect droves of individuals to be signing up to kill their characters: it's more meaningful if each death becomes a blow.

Instead, we'd rather design these mechanics to encourage groups of characters to collaborate together to overcome common problems! For example, we would fully expect characters to reach out to others given any change in locket status, and develop new, non-court-specific methods of communication!

The war aspect of the game is something which will only heat up, presenting new and complex challenges to characters and their players!

[orcsurfing]

Then I have a question with regards to the alternate methods of communication if I can ask! Just to make sure, I understand things right: it'd be allowed to use the main comm for posting from such methods, correct? With the posts marked appropriately to any in possession of such alternate device.

AND ALSO SINCE I FORGOT TO ADD: thank you for the response!

[fairyfoes]

Oh, the main comm is always open for posting through such means! Just note them in the header post! IC contacts should just be used primarily for single-person-contacts. c:

Please, don't worry about timelines about any of the announcements mentioned above! The changes themselves will be forward-dated well from the announcement, allowing us to answer a bevvy of questions, thoughts, crit, etc., before the changes themselves go down!