09-19-2022, 03:53 PM
Key/Character: Catalyst
Which Event: https://chronicles-of-eternia.com/forum/...?tid=12619
Responsiveness (Were their narrations posted within a reasonable time-frame and were they quick to respond?):
Absolutely no complaints here. Very reasonable, occasional delay but nothing thst shattered the event.
Balance (How entertaining were the battles, and any obstacles/traps?):
Maybe I'm a minority but I'm not a fan of these style of RPBs/injury risk. The first EC wasn't as bad, though their gimmick of 'you can't touch me' for half the rpb isn't engaging at all to fight.
The second activated my almonds. Sitting in one half of the rpb box with fifty scorches up is a bruh moment. Throwing SFWs that deal 15k is a bruh moment. Flameslide spam that takes you from 90% to 40% is a bruh moment. Doing it all very intentionally in a tiny arena smaller than the RPB box? I felt griefed.
Literally watched someone get rooted and spam flamethrowered until they were dead. A literal 100-0 with no counterplay.
That isn't fun EC design in my opinion, but maybe I'm a minority. Unironically felt as though I'd just pulled the lever on a slot machine and prayed to god I didn't roll a 1, since each round you went down was a roll, take worst result. Down once and roll a 1? Perm. Down thrice and roll 6s? Healthy.
Storytelling (Did it feel like an adventure, did the content of the narrations meet your expectations?):
Story was good, though it feels awkward hard tailoring a floor to a specific faction when other people can come here later? Overall I liked the illusory beach that hid a nightmare of corpses. Very cool setting, no complaints here.
Fairness (Were the punishments justified and earned, was the risk to reward ratio good?):
Ehh... Maybe I was expecting something different from what I heard of the first floor? Half the loot was an item for some ele def. No cool dev mats otherwise, a bunch of high end ore but it had to be split among ten people. Couple of really cool uniques but I just wanted a cool dev mat man.
Overall: 6.5/10
Story and writing were absolutely fantastic but the EC balancing made me pinch my nose in exasperation.
Which Event: https://chronicles-of-eternia.com/forum/...?tid=12619
Responsiveness (Were their narrations posted within a reasonable time-frame and were they quick to respond?):
Absolutely no complaints here. Very reasonable, occasional delay but nothing thst shattered the event.
Balance (How entertaining were the battles, and any obstacles/traps?):
Maybe I'm a minority but I'm not a fan of these style of RPBs/injury risk. The first EC wasn't as bad, though their gimmick of 'you can't touch me' for half the rpb isn't engaging at all to fight.
The second activated my almonds. Sitting in one half of the rpb box with fifty scorches up is a bruh moment. Throwing SFWs that deal 15k is a bruh moment. Flameslide spam that takes you from 90% to 40% is a bruh moment. Doing it all very intentionally in a tiny arena smaller than the RPB box? I felt griefed.
Literally watched someone get rooted and spam flamethrowered until they were dead. A literal 100-0 with no counterplay.
That isn't fun EC design in my opinion, but maybe I'm a minority. Unironically felt as though I'd just pulled the lever on a slot machine and prayed to god I didn't roll a 1, since each round you went down was a roll, take worst result. Down once and roll a 1? Perm. Down thrice and roll 6s? Healthy.
Storytelling (Did it feel like an adventure, did the content of the narrations meet your expectations?):
Story was good, though it feels awkward hard tailoring a floor to a specific faction when other people can come here later? Overall I liked the illusory beach that hid a nightmare of corpses. Very cool setting, no complaints here.
Fairness (Were the punishments justified and earned, was the risk to reward ratio good?):
Ehh... Maybe I was expecting something different from what I heard of the first floor? Half the loot was an item for some ele def. No cool dev mats otherwise, a bunch of high end ore but it had to be split among ten people. Couple of really cool uniques but I just wanted a cool dev mat man.
Overall: 6.5/10
Story and writing were absolutely fantastic but the EC balancing made me pinch my nose in exasperation.