Berek's Grand PVP Tour - Community Manager's PVP Event for PVP Solidarity

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Should Berek flag for Open World PVP?

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  1. nonaware

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    I can pretty much guaranty that the only way you shall maintain any sanity is to revel in the chaos and abandon all hope of orderly behavior...
     
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    So this is now player vs dev? Or can we choose sides?
     
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    Things I am worried about is the defenders, if we have 2 or more parties, how can I prevent my chain lightnings from hitting other defenders? Can we get 2 bomb healers in each group? Can we get a defenders channel in discord for this event? We might have to talk tactics :).
     
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    Let's consider two phases for this perhaps... kick it off with a tight community vs dev match or two, and then open it up afterward. However you guys think that makes most sense. Since @Duke Avery posted the idea, it might make sense for him to help lead this effort on your side.

    Also, consider the time we have for this event... 4:30-5pm CST... 30 minutes. Maybe a few minutes more if we're all having fun and it's going well. We will also want to ensure the community is ready a few minutes before, say 4pm...
     
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    Darn! I'll be working during this. Can't wait to watch the carnage on Twitch afterwards. :D
     
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    How's this sound:

    Objective: Post an item of your choosing for sale on a Public Vendor in Blood Bay

    4:15 PM Official Party (devs + security detail) meet on overworld map outside Serpent's Spine
    4:30 PM Zone into Blood Bay, Isle of Bones
    - Form up and assault the Clockwork Dragon
    - Once the dragon has been defeated, regroup and make your way to a vendor
    - Route A: Go LEFT and make your way to the town for virtuous players
    - Route B: Go RIGHT and make your way to the town for anti-virtuous players
    - Seek out a Public Vendor and post an item of your choosing for sale

    5:00 PM Berek's Grand PVP Tour complete

    @Berek - your mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to place an item of your choosing for sale on a Public Vendor in Blood Bay. If you can do this - the players that embody Virtue win the day. Should you fail, it will be the Anti-Virtuous players that will claim Blood Bay!
     
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    Sounds fun, but all things being equal, wouldn't the killing team have a big advantage in that game?
     
  8. Gideon Thrax

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    I don't think the killers will have an overall advantage... but it will ultimately come down to how well organized the security detail is and how they prioritize the objective. The anti-virtue elements will be powerful and lurking - but they won't be organized en masse. Both routes to the Public Vendors have choke points and hazards that will have to be skillfully navigated if the official party intends to keep to the timeline. Should anyone fall along the way, resurrecting on a Chaos Ankh will introduce new challenges for either faction. And once in a town, Berek still has to make it to a Public Vendor and successfully post an item for sale... sounds easy enough. :D

    Or, they could all throw caution to the wind - jump in game and go full on team deathmatch and just get bloody. Although, if this happens it'll be a clear victory for anti-virtue and Berek will have to wear his defeat forever.
     
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    Don't be so sure. The Learned Society (Societas Eruditorum) collects dev body parts, and we hunt with Owls...
     
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    This is happening in two days!!!

    Gotta get my new deck build ready to go - breaking out some new armor and a few artifacts for this event.
     
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    I'm on the virtue side, even it seems to be the easiest way, this time :D (*taunt*).

    My bow is yours, @Berek
     
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    Ahhh I see you all will be invading my island this Friday, sounds like a perfect time for fun!
     
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    What's all this non-virtuous/virtuous talk, some of us are just chaotic and choose the funnest looking side to fight for :p
     
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    I am going to have to withdraw, I am moving into a house and finishing up some work on it before the move in.
     
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    Four guilds have already declared Berek a skull donor; there's no shame in bailing. :D
     
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    @Berek and Security; if you so choose, you are welcome to meet/organize yourselves in Knightmare Falls prior to official meetup, ( two steps from Serpents Spine.)

    I offer the use of the tower/basement atop Sorrow Hill
    (Will grant Berek Co-ownership so he may add/remove those of his party from access. A safe haven for meeting, and close to a town exit)
     
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    Berek's Grand PVP Tour is Today!!!
     
  20. Berek

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    Hey community! I'm afraid I have some bad news :(. With this week's release, a LOT of things are happening, including final planning for the telethon in just two weeks. We're going to have to cancel this one :(. Apologies about the late response here.

    On a good note, we've got over an hour and half during the next livestream, the telethon, dedicated for community discussions and some combat in-game, to which I will be a part of :). We should also reschedule this for sometime after the telethon when more of the dev team is available.

    In the meantime, if you do happen to see me in game for any of my casual wandering adventures, feel free to demand a duel :).
     
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