01-22-2009, 09:44 PM
Meh I didn't want to be the first staff to reply to this because I try not to get involved with pvp related discussions anymore. I guess I might as well post my views on this though, they were coming either way of course.
The first thing I want to comment on is ticket prices. The fact is, right now it seems like 10k is reasonable for a tourney ticket, however back when we had a larger pop there could be like 12 events a day sometimes. That means if you joined in all of them you would make 120k, granted you would need to win or be on the winning team. I cannot say why the price dropped on them but I can say it was a good call. Personally I think people should join for fun over reward... greedy kids these days.
As for more rewards with tickets, I am all for that. R/R items are fine with me, as long as they aren't newbied.
One thing that bothers me and I would personally change if it were up to me is the fact that the tickets and stones are assumed to revolve around pvp. I find it quite impossible to solely define the tickets and rewards as pvp related even though others do. Truth be told, some events do not require pvp skills to win and nobody gripes about them having tickets as rewards. For instance, CTF isn't just about pvp nor does it have to have anything to do with it if you don't want to. One player can just attempt to make runs for the flag without ever trying to fight, yet they will get a pvp reward if they win. Same goes with team pvp events. I have witnessed people get prizes after not doing a thing, like in 1v1 reps a players turn may never even come up and yet they will get a pvp reward. Then people have the nerve to gripe over a specific non-pvp event getting a ticket. Truth be told, tickets and the rewards should be renamed to Event tickets and Event rewards.
Of course if they have to be pvp rewards then I think it is only right that I make a similar reward system for non-pvp events. Since I know some people refuse to accept change or adapt to help better the shard, this might be the only way to do it. Events should simply be events, they should not separate players, nor exclude anyone in any way.
I would agree with the fact that some of the rewards on the stone aren't worth the price and need to be reconsidered. On the other hand, if we go back to having several events a day then they are pretty well priced. Well except that one reward for minus a kill.
As for scheduled events. I have tried this in the past as well as seen other staff do it and then things come up in rl where it delays us or makes us have to cancel. This really just gets players angry and can even make it seem like we lied about something or didn't care. When such a situation happens, its almost as if we need to spill our personal lives on the table and see if certain players accept it as a valid excuse. I personally try not to do this anymore because I don't want players logging off angry or disappointed plus I don't like hearing all the gripes about how an event should come before my life.
Anyways, theres a response for ya :p
The first thing I want to comment on is ticket prices. The fact is, right now it seems like 10k is reasonable for a tourney ticket, however back when we had a larger pop there could be like 12 events a day sometimes. That means if you joined in all of them you would make 120k, granted you would need to win or be on the winning team. I cannot say why the price dropped on them but I can say it was a good call. Personally I think people should join for fun over reward... greedy kids these days.
As for more rewards with tickets, I am all for that. R/R items are fine with me, as long as they aren't newbied.
One thing that bothers me and I would personally change if it were up to me is the fact that the tickets and stones are assumed to revolve around pvp. I find it quite impossible to solely define the tickets and rewards as pvp related even though others do. Truth be told, some events do not require pvp skills to win and nobody gripes about them having tickets as rewards. For instance, CTF isn't just about pvp nor does it have to have anything to do with it if you don't want to. One player can just attempt to make runs for the flag without ever trying to fight, yet they will get a pvp reward if they win. Same goes with team pvp events. I have witnessed people get prizes after not doing a thing, like in 1v1 reps a players turn may never even come up and yet they will get a pvp reward. Then people have the nerve to gripe over a specific non-pvp event getting a ticket. Truth be told, tickets and the rewards should be renamed to Event tickets and Event rewards.
Of course if they have to be pvp rewards then I think it is only right that I make a similar reward system for non-pvp events. Since I know some people refuse to accept change or adapt to help better the shard, this might be the only way to do it. Events should simply be events, they should not separate players, nor exclude anyone in any way.
I would agree with the fact that some of the rewards on the stone aren't worth the price and need to be reconsidered. On the other hand, if we go back to having several events a day then they are pretty well priced. Well except that one reward for minus a kill.
As for scheduled events. I have tried this in the past as well as seen other staff do it and then things come up in rl where it delays us or makes us have to cancel. This really just gets players angry and can even make it seem like we lied about something or didn't care. When such a situation happens, its almost as if we need to spill our personal lives on the table and see if certain players accept it as a valid excuse. I personally try not to do this anymore because I don't want players logging off angry or disappointed plus I don't like hearing all the gripes about how an event should come before my life.
Anyways, theres a response for ya :p