Character: Eivor Ualdirsson
Which Event: The Folhammar
Responsiveness (Were their narrations posted within a reasonable time-frame and were they quick to respond?): Fairly quick, yet allowed us moments to breathe and RP amongst ourselves when needed. No complaints; great stuff.
Balance (How entertaining were the battles, and any obstacles/traps?): This is what heavily stood out to me. Arguably, if not definitely the best experience I've ever had in an event when it comes to battles. They were hard, harsh, and befitting the risk, but more importantly, the ECs seemed to follow patterns for most parts. It felt like a proper game boss battle where I can come out almost unscathed if I pay attention and play perfectly, but would get straight up wrecked for even smallest misstep (and I did get wrecked). Good stuff, amazing.
Storytelling (Did it feel like an adventure, did the content of the narrations meet your expectations?): The overall plot was good, I liked the trials, characters introduced were very charming, and the plot twist at the end was amazing. Yet, I also had one major gripe; certain things were taken far too lightly. The intentions were to play some aspects off as jokes, which is usually fine, yet sometimes they don't work out and end up making things very awkward. Here, few characters were killed off by the party due to relatively light actions (such as grabbing, pulling, slapping, etc, with no intentions to cause any real harm. Mages should be able to control their strength!), without giving us any opportunity to save them while they bled out or to linger on the consequence. Now, killing some innocent kid can be a huge, pretty traumatizing deal ICly for certain PCs, so it becomes quite awkward to ICly continue afterward, specially without dwelling on that narrative in the aftermath, even if surrounding OOC can be made funny. It later became a running gag, and was treated as such, which is fine. But the first time around was eh.
Fairness (Were the punishments justified and earned, was the risk to reward ratio good?): Perfect. I was permed, yet no complaints whatsoever. It was worth it and more, and the rewards were narratively amazing. Also quite significant to several ongoing plot-lines, despite that not being an ask. Very considerate.
Overall: Very solid on many aspects, despite the select few gripes I had.
Which Event: The Folhammar
Responsiveness (Were their narrations posted within a reasonable time-frame and were they quick to respond?): Fairly quick, yet allowed us moments to breathe and RP amongst ourselves when needed. No complaints; great stuff.
Balance (How entertaining were the battles, and any obstacles/traps?): This is what heavily stood out to me. Arguably, if not definitely the best experience I've ever had in an event when it comes to battles. They were hard, harsh, and befitting the risk, but more importantly, the ECs seemed to follow patterns for most parts. It felt like a proper game boss battle where I can come out almost unscathed if I pay attention and play perfectly, but would get straight up wrecked for even smallest misstep (and I did get wrecked). Good stuff, amazing.
Storytelling (Did it feel like an adventure, did the content of the narrations meet your expectations?): The overall plot was good, I liked the trials, characters introduced were very charming, and the plot twist at the end was amazing. Yet, I also had one major gripe; certain things were taken far too lightly. The intentions were to play some aspects off as jokes, which is usually fine, yet sometimes they don't work out and end up making things very awkward. Here, few characters were killed off by the party due to relatively light actions (such as grabbing, pulling, slapping, etc, with no intentions to cause any real harm. Mages should be able to control their strength!), without giving us any opportunity to save them while they bled out or to linger on the consequence. Now, killing some innocent kid can be a huge, pretty traumatizing deal ICly for certain PCs, so it becomes quite awkward to ICly continue afterward, specially without dwelling on that narrative in the aftermath, even if surrounding OOC can be made funny. It later became a running gag, and was treated as such, which is fine. But the first time around was eh.
Fairness (Were the punishments justified and earned, was the risk to reward ratio good?): Perfect. I was permed, yet no complaints whatsoever. It was worth it and more, and the rewards were narratively amazing. Also quite significant to several ongoing plot-lines, despite that not being an ask. Very considerate.
Overall: Very solid on many aspects, despite the select few gripes I had.