Live Event Impressions
Posted by: Anromir
On: Apr 22, 2009 at 11:27am
Collecting crates seems to be a pretty innocuous activity. But when it's in the RvR lake, you're by yourself, and there's an entire warband from the opposing realm camping the crate spawns and gobbling them up, well, it's a nightmare.
I can see what Mythic's plan here is. Force people into RvR. That's what this game is about, right? Well, yes, it is. But the offshoot of this part of the Live Event is a lot of frustration. I don't know that I'll ever be able to collect the required crates on my T4 character or not. Especially since, in T4, the area where the crates spawn is closer to the Order warcamp. If I get ganked, it takes me twice as long as the Order people to come back if I don't have another healer handy to rez me.
I did manage to finish up that part of the quest in T2 with my Choppa. I only managed it because at the time I went, there were enough other Destruction around to help me clear out the two or three Order at the spawn point. We were also enough to defend it against other Order insurgents as we hunted for crates. We got a few RvR kills with small groups, so more renown each. We locked the zone, too, so I acquired a bunch of medallions as well. I'm sure that's what Mythic wanted from this.
I'm despairing about my Disciple of Khaine, though. The T4 crate spawn was swarmed by warbands from both realms. I was there for nearly an hour and only managed to get two crates. I'll have to try at a low population time. With a whole warband out there, the crates get snatched up pretty quickly. Best bet is to have a small group at off hours and hope we don't get rolled by an Order warband.
On the other hand, I do like how Mythic has turned this LE into something more of a story. The quests are set in a series of chapters that have continuity, and I think that draws people in. The journal entries in the Tome of Knowledge are a fun twist. It would have been neat if they could have tied this LE into the last one through the story a little more--since they are both Call to Arms events- but the fact that they've made LE more than a honey-do list is great.
And if you get a chance while you're hunting around for crates, take a look up in the sky now and then. The airship floating around up there is a treat.
--Anromir
I can see what Mythic's plan here is. Force people into RvR. That's what this game is about, right? Well, yes, it is. But the offshoot of this part of the Live Event is a lot of frustration. I don't know that I'll ever be able to collect the required crates on my T4 character or not. Especially since, in T4, the area where the crates spawn is closer to the Order warcamp. If I get ganked, it takes me twice as long as the Order people to come back if I don't have another healer handy to rez me.
I did manage to finish up that part of the quest in T2 with my Choppa. I only managed it because at the time I went, there were enough other Destruction around to help me clear out the two or three Order at the spawn point. We were also enough to defend it against other Order insurgents as we hunted for crates. We got a few RvR kills with small groups, so more renown each. We locked the zone, too, so I acquired a bunch of medallions as well. I'm sure that's what Mythic wanted from this.
I'm despairing about my Disciple of Khaine, though. The T4 crate spawn was swarmed by warbands from both realms. I was there for nearly an hour and only managed to get two crates. I'll have to try at a low population time. With a whole warband out there, the crates get snatched up pretty quickly. Best bet is to have a small group at off hours and hope we don't get rolled by an Order warband.
On the other hand, I do like how Mythic has turned this LE into something more of a story. The quests are set in a series of chapters that have continuity, and I think that draws people in. The journal entries in the Tome of Knowledge are a fun twist. It would have been neat if they could have tied this LE into the last one through the story a little more--since they are both Call to Arms events- but the fact that they've made LE more than a honey-do list is great.
And if you get a chance while you're hunting around for crates, take a look up in the sky now and then. The airship floating around up there is a treat.
--Anromir
