06-22-2020, 12:20 PM
I made my favorite character in all of E1 after the Spires announcement was made. Honestly, the game was still very active at the time, and everything felt like it was thriving.
It was only after we started getting within the 1-2 weeks from Spires release that players started becoming inactive, especially if they had died at the time. I witnessed the rise and fall of Cinderfall firsthand as the #1 battlecuck of Alanai's little good boy village. I had even made it a point to become highly risk-taking on said character because there was a time limit to garner my 'Achievements' to be locked into E1's history. Issue was, further progress for me at that point required events, which we had no time to do.
If anything, I'd just keep in mind that per what Tattles recommends, arcs/episodes would take place 10-20 years away from the existing timeline. In doing so, generations could still exist, continuity wouldn't become an issue, and if anything, it would only mean that old 30-40 age characters would likely be retired or killed off.
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I'm still of the mindset that just having an ongoing World Arc present in the form of a world event chain or just things going on in general, is usually the best way to continue to stir up player interest when IC politics and drama have run their course. The response to the Mimic Meteor and to the Barsburg events has shown that quite well.
And remember, for the people playing, the best way to continue to grow interest in the community, is to leave a mark on the world that doesn't affect just you, but everyone.
I.e: In E1, Seraphiel began the long lineage of Melyms by conquering Valmasia, displaying himself as a noble king, despite literally raising two artificial Kaors. He was the first to become the 'King of Valmasia', unless we count Ro'tro.
More recently, in E3, Nebula just brought down a meteor and brought Mimics to Esshar, scarring the land and also giving many players a new way to RP on their next character.
It was only after we started getting within the 1-2 weeks from Spires release that players started becoming inactive, especially if they had died at the time. I witnessed the rise and fall of Cinderfall firsthand as the #1 battlecuck of Alanai's little good boy village. I had even made it a point to become highly risk-taking on said character because there was a time limit to garner my 'Achievements' to be locked into E1's history. Issue was, further progress for me at that point required events, which we had no time to do.
If anything, I'd just keep in mind that per what Tattles recommends, arcs/episodes would take place 10-20 years away from the existing timeline. In doing so, generations could still exist, continuity wouldn't become an issue, and if anything, it would only mean that old 30-40 age characters would likely be retired or killed off.
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I'm still of the mindset that just having an ongoing World Arc present in the form of a world event chain or just things going on in general, is usually the best way to continue to stir up player interest when IC politics and drama have run their course. The response to the Mimic Meteor and to the Barsburg events has shown that quite well.
And remember, for the people playing, the best way to continue to grow interest in the community, is to leave a mark on the world that doesn't affect just you, but everyone.
I.e: In E1, Seraphiel began the long lineage of Melyms by conquering Valmasia, displaying himself as a noble king, despite literally raising two artificial Kaors. He was the first to become the 'King of Valmasia', unless we count Ro'tro.
More recently, in E3, Nebula just brought down a meteor and brought Mimics to Esshar, scarring the land and also giving many players a new way to RP on their next character.