02-08-2023, 06:46 AM
Key/Character: Camino de Caewynn
Which Event: Rally the Realm
Responsiveness (Were their narrations posted within a reasonable time-frame and were they quick to respond?): Very prompt!
Balance (How entertaining were the battles, and any obstacles/traps?): I enjoyed the battles a lot, the wider spaces used kept the sheer volume of AoEs fun to work around rather than miserably oppressive, while the Strobe Bear Technique kept that particular boss hard to pin down. At no point did my health suddenly disappear, leaving me to wonder where it all went and what I could have done to avoid it. Rather, I knew exactly where my health was going, and that it was usually my fault for losing it. Tense, but fair. If there were any balance concerns, it would be towards the server, all the spells coming out did make things pretty laggy.
Storytelling (Did it feel like an adventure, did the content of the narrations meet your expectations?): Quite pleased, the cute frog and sad tree were excellent conduits of guilt. Felt thematic to the various aspects of Nemea, felt appropriately referential to Delphina/Dal'Thala's history, felt like a proper trial with answers besides just fighting the thing in front of us, and it even felt just a tiny bit like A Christmas Carol (just a bit, and this is not a bad thing). All the interactions I threw out felt responded to.
Fairness (Were the punishments justified and earned, was the risk to reward ratio good?): The reward for me was the IC behind redeeming the city of Dal'Thala and restoring the state of Delphina, and in that regard I am fully content. The punishments seemed fair, for as much as that matters from the mouth of someone who managed to evade being downed, and I appreciate that tables for them were listed out before the beginning of the event. Taking a thoughtful approach to things felt rewarded, with usage of unique abilities given their fair shake at yielding results and a potential fight even being evaded by, believe it or not, doing the right thing.
Overall: I'm quite grateful this was picked up, being an event of big consequences and more laboriously, big participant size. I had a lot of fun in the battles and RP, and I'm very content with what it spells in terms of IC.
Any other comments: I really liked that frog sprite, the animations were superb.
Which Event: Rally the Realm
Responsiveness (Were their narrations posted within a reasonable time-frame and were they quick to respond?): Very prompt!
Balance (How entertaining were the battles, and any obstacles/traps?): I enjoyed the battles a lot, the wider spaces used kept the sheer volume of AoEs fun to work around rather than miserably oppressive, while the Strobe Bear Technique kept that particular boss hard to pin down. At no point did my health suddenly disappear, leaving me to wonder where it all went and what I could have done to avoid it. Rather, I knew exactly where my health was going, and that it was usually my fault for losing it. Tense, but fair. If there were any balance concerns, it would be towards the server, all the spells coming out did make things pretty laggy.
Storytelling (Did it feel like an adventure, did the content of the narrations meet your expectations?): Quite pleased, the cute frog and sad tree were excellent conduits of guilt. Felt thematic to the various aspects of Nemea, felt appropriately referential to Delphina/Dal'Thala's history, felt like a proper trial with answers besides just fighting the thing in front of us, and it even felt just a tiny bit like A Christmas Carol (just a bit, and this is not a bad thing). All the interactions I threw out felt responded to.
Fairness (Were the punishments justified and earned, was the risk to reward ratio good?): The reward for me was the IC behind redeeming the city of Dal'Thala and restoring the state of Delphina, and in that regard I am fully content. The punishments seemed fair, for as much as that matters from the mouth of someone who managed to evade being downed, and I appreciate that tables for them were listed out before the beginning of the event. Taking a thoughtful approach to things felt rewarded, with usage of unique abilities given their fair shake at yielding results and a potential fight even being evaded by, believe it or not, doing the right thing.
Overall: I'm quite grateful this was picked up, being an event of big consequences and more laboriously, big participant size. I had a lot of fun in the battles and RP, and I'm very content with what it spells in terms of IC.
Any other comments: I really liked that frog sprite, the animations were superb.