[FrozenDeadGhost]

Event: Back to the Ruins - Summons of the Realms
Character: Bansai Talalt
Story: Very well done, super fun narrative. It's hard for me not to love seeing your events and the way you described some of the effects of the void were very chilling because they reflected some strange dysphoric or anxiety sensations people can have when things feel like they are falling apart. So beautifuuuuul! <3
Balance: There was some problems balance wise but I am not super upset with it (even though I nearly died). I don't know if it was originally in the plan to let so many people save others from death with -40s but if you had not allowed that it would have felt REALLY BAD to die from those fights. The first fight we did it was rough and very hard but I was accepting of it but in the second round some people experienced the gravity balls of hell which wiped them out (due to a lag spike on the EC's part unfortunately).

When we redid there was a lack of communication on that it was a redo only for the single round rather than the entire fight, perhaps it was just phrased poorly but most of the players present did believe it was a redo of the entire fight. There was also 1-2 players who were newer to events of this scale who did not properly understand when the final results were out why 3 rounds were counted (because the first fight started as a 3 rounder not a 5 rounder) and this really upset them until they were explained why it was that way and what had happened.

When the changes were made black hole was swapped out but with stardust explosion (which this part didn't affect me) but it seemed to cause lag to be even worse for certain players. More changes were made and Ice age was added also which caused an issue where ice age and bonezone were being stacked while it was also spammed making it impossible to see the bone zone ticks at all. This combination and the spam were totally fine for the difficulty of this fight (though it was SUPER HARD but it was reasonable for the risk of this event and the rewards it offered), however the issue was that the bone zone ticks not being visible did feel like an unfair situation that was due to mechanics rather than actual skill. It would have been better if it had been the blue ice spikes instead layered atop the ice age or even a different terrain limiting effect even.

I say all of this as feedback for the balance! I had a super fun time and I almost died and it caused a lot of chaos.

I am very grateful for the event you ran for us! <3

EDIT: Oh right, the fights I'm referencing are from the private portion strictly. The public portion fight was great!