Post by Bartolomeo on Jul 11, 2015 23:55:05 GMT
I have played on several HCRP servers. I have watched their birth, life and eventual death and I have no intention on watching this one die prematurely. As for the dead servers, the fault with was not with the server's quality, admin team, community or any of the like. The problem was the lack of people online, and the admins and owners waiting too long to attempt to bring people back, almost always with (crappy) events.
I propose a event list to bolster the server population, should it ever fall. The following is my (short but ever growing) list of events I find suitable. I am open to taking suggestion from the community and adding them should. Remember, this is a list based upon my ideals on what is "enjoyable", please post your ideas and add some opinion to it. Be warned this is a list of all my ideas, even some of the less-than-good ones.
1. Bounty: Pretty self-explanatory; there is an admin with a price on his head/s. You may be thinking, "Hey! This has been done before and it sucked!". Well, that may be true, but the problem was that the admins would run around spamming their great sword and murdering everything in their path. If the bandit RP'd properly, hid in fear and didn't turn Rambo, I believe it would encourage groups of armed and armored lawmen to search for him. They would have to find him , arrest him, then properly RP and drag him back to town for punishment. It could make for some pretty interesting scenarios. And besides, what peasant doesn't like a good execution to break up the monotony?
2. Pirates!: Again, this is a straight forward event. There is a small band of pirates patrolling the seas in search of booty, harassing villagers and stealing their goods. It is the job of the various factions to put an end to their scallywaggery. I believe this would encourage actual naval battles as I find that ships are a under-appreciated part of the PW mod. The opportunities are not limited to just sea battles, it could also prompt an enjoyable villager rebellion scenario. Again, the pirates do not simply run into the village or castle and kill everyone, they must first demand a certain quantity of goods or gold be given, THEN, if the village fails to deliver, they may kill anyone who opposes them and take slaves. There is no preset prize as I find that no pirate would sail into uncharted territory with a chest full of gold, instead I would presents a dilemma for the lord who captures (or sinks) the ship: return the goods to the villagers or keep the spoils for himself.
3. Tournament: The lord of a randomly selected castle has declared there be a day of jousting, melee and archery take place, either for a specific reason of for none at all. The tournament will be fairly standard, knock your opponent off his horse, beat him till he submits, or shoot better than him. There are certain rules as to who can compete, there will be no naked men running around with great swords, only well armed and armored knights and men at arms. The prize will be determined by the admin, but I recommend it be something well below 10,000 or a suit of fine armor. To the victor goes the spoils!