'Player freedom'

[M3ntal]

This event was supposed to have player freedom as one of the key elements, but, my character, who is a rebel, was forced to go into the city. I am not sure how else I am supposed to roleplay my character other than as a rebel, when the city holds pretty much the same level of monotony, and any sort of interesting aspect is one *we* cannot partake in.

Rather disappointed. And additionally, the solution to prevent us from RPing with fellow rebels is to just block off the lower levels of the sewers? How is that fair?


TL;DR : Why the fuck would my character go to the city as a rebel?

 

[Kamilisha Haijulikani]

*you want to go to the city. you want to do it now... you start heading towards the city

 

[The Milkman]

You WILL go into the city and you WILL like it!

 

[Rabid]

Idk how to put this any other way but this is a consequence of the main server's dynamic being entirely out of whack and being heavily rebel-centic.

You cannot run a main server event where the majority of the population cannot or will not interact with it, and while this goes both ways the unfortunate truth is you cater to far more of the server if you push Rebels to interact with the city than you do catering to RebelRP and leaving the city as a repeat of what it is on V3.

tl;dr; Necessary sacrifice to make the event for the majority of people and not just the people who live in the sewers.

 

[verTix]

if you're a sewer-dwelling rebel then you don't contribute much to the server and you need to understand that you shouldn't be catered to.

the main server made the mistake of catering to rebels and now the problems are virtually irreversible.

 

[Kamilisha Haijulikani]

if you're a sewer-dwelling rebel then you don't contribute much to the server and you need to understand that you shouldn't be catered to.

the main server made the mistake of catering to rebels and now the problems are virtually irreversible.

literally my exact opinion lol.

 

[Cloudbucket]

everyone spread out = hard to cater all people with events

together = more interaction and events

 

[Imperator RAD-X]

Why the fuck would my character go to the city as a rebel?

Hi dude, have you seen everything that's been happening in the city?

Physically it is a hot-tub right now and rebels have also been making their appearances numerous times, successfully and unsuccessfully. We've had CPs being cut up by knife-wielding Asians and a some whacko-Japanese-woman appeared with a literal katana and slashed a CP in the back, got practically skull-screwed and was fighting P2L with a CP carrying a riot-shield.

There's mafias and gangs forming which have done some sneaky-sneaky stuff with other Combine characters as well. There is active espionage.

We can't cater to the entire rebel playerbase (as much as we want to, we had a full discussion about this) since there are different plans noted for the wasteland in the future - but can't disclose anything at this time.

If you sit in the sewers all the time, you're making the conscious decision to interact in that small area where people visit momentarily.
It is OK to ditch the armaments and see what's happening so you can plan a next move.

Look forward to seeing you on the server again with the rest of you.

 

[BUSH WOOKIE]

What is this... Unusual concept of 'Player Freedom' are you referring to?

 

[Noh]

 

[RealGamer]

How were you forced into the city as a rebel? Could you not choose to avoid the event and stay in the slums?