or the fact an unnamed staff member in this very OP was doing dodgy shit with permits and SCs passing them off to himself and buddies. Oh hey look one of the lads who disagreed with me are the ones who investigated it! Yo what’s up turtle man.
The only sniper rifles spawned was used by an event character made by @Xanthum the Mighty. He, and every other gamemaster, has since been informed to avoid using high-end weaponry for their characters. The Uzi, indeed, was spawned as a reward for a rather risky event. The staff member that did this, however, was in his trial period, and the act itself was not malicious in any way or shape. He has since been made clear on why that sort of stuff is not allowed, and our GM guide has been updated to reflect that.
I've already explained this countless of times before, but I will do so again since literacy seems to be in short supply these days. The Duchy, at the time, was set up by an event character who supplied them with nothing. They started off as a rather large group who quickly figured out how the scavenging system worked. That, and considering they had contacts in the Union, is the reason for their great success, not admin intervention. They were given no supplies or weaponry. Everything they had, at that point, was crafted themselves.
My personal take is...well, probably yes.
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Here's a suggestion in the event that we do temporarily close to fix stuff >Create a google form and put it in Announcements >The google form would be a simple "What should we change?" or "What issues did you encounter?" style thing >Someone will then take these results and put them into a...
The Duchy didn't receive free items aside from occasionally a guy bringing down food, I'm just a loser who had a long Christmas break and sat up late at night grinding trash nodes. I literally brought in like 90% of the materials they had before they got nuked by an admin event (They really weren't biased for the Styx) the staff were just trying to give engagement to the literal largest rebel group we had like 18 members.Despite spending little time in the rebel system, I can say I've been there for the recent crucial events and spoken to a majority of the rebel population and civilian for that matter OOCly and ICly, so I consider myself alright to speak on this topic.
There's a clear disconnect between the resistance and the staff team, all encompassing, including the GMs and the Moderation team.
The Problems Between Rebels and Admins/Elements in the Server From Inside Perspective
- GMs take time to set up events, behind the scenes. What they fail to realize is whilst they are drawing attention away from the server and towards their well constructed events, many things are taking place within IC. The resistance are collecting supplies, constantly shifting their plans, and in some cases even with admins. When they finally attempt to put something towards all the work they have built up, they are stopped by some random GM event. The most recent example is the GMs closing off the entire sewers and quite literately saying "Fuck You" to the underground community, all while the Rebels were coordinating a massive evacuation from within the sewers and constantly gathering up materials to ensure their safety. They work for weeks, they have too because...
- The RPG elements are broken. It takes too long to level up and gather equipment, and the method of grinding is so fucking tedious. What you are going to encourage by remaining to keep it like this is script-grinding which is both detrimental to IC and OOC. Why you ask? Well, when it takes a person weeks to grind, set up IC connections, and gather up their skills to make even a dent in the rebel community, when you put in that type of time, you become subconsciously or consciously protective of the things you've worked towards. This will affect how your character may act, will cause drama and separation between those who have it all and those who have very little. Which brings us to our third problem...
- The admins recently inflated the rebel community with items, yet not through events, by a literal "friendly NPC" who handed them shit on a platter. The drama that ensued from this was clear. The admins supplied the "Dutchy of Styx" group with extra supplies and left those who were constantly grinding in the dirt. To them they were most likely providing the rebels with valuable supplies, but what they did in reality is only thicken the line between rich and poor.
The Solutions
- GMs pay attention to the IC environment and carefully center their events around what the players intend for. For example, if the players set up multiple weeks planning to escape to the Canals, you set up events that could help guide them towards that goal. That is not to say that their plans will always go.. according to plan, but the mentality of making Rebel life a living hell is only going to encourage your playerbase to drop further. I don't mean to alarm anyone, but I've personally spoken to many people and found that 60% people in active rebels in the Rebel community already say that they'd leave the server if they found somewhere else to play.
- Fix the RPG elements. It's that simple. Make it easier to level up, specialize in a specific skill upon character creation (why does my Civic Engineer who went to Harvard not know how to break down a keyboard), and to get equipment. This will naturally break the strain between the Overwatch and Rebel communities as they enter equal fighting ground.
whaddaya mean no? I got told soon as I made my character "sink or swim no training." I've played civil protection before but the new guys no wonder they dont know what to do.
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