Game Of Crowns

[King Oguk]

3 months was most likely so there can be 4 GoC wars per year aka 8 battles!
Maybe be ruler for 4 months and have 3 GoC in a year?

 

[Legion]

@nightshade the more complicated this is made, the slower it will happen and the more rp will spill into OOC.

This repeats every 3 months. (might lower it to two imo)
The rewards are significant.
Its important enough.

 

[King Oguk]

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@nightshade the more complicated this is made, the slower it will happen and the more rp will spill into OOC.

This repeats every 3 months. (might lower it to two imo)
The rewards are significant.
Its important enough.

If it was 2 months all the preparation/fees/fights/recruiting would overload. Noble district being changed all the time!
Think it's best it it was kept at 3 of raised to 4

 

[Legion]

2 months is a long time my friend. Longer than u expect.
There is not nearly as much preparation scramble in GoC 2.0
2 months is more than sufficient for anything that needs to be done between GoCs

 

[Rygan]

Personally I think the king should only be replaced if there is a legitimate RP reason

 

[Legion]

bah thats silly. Gotta have a way for revolutions and changes of hand.
Would be very disappointing if GoC was a one off

 

[Lord_Sinclair]

Assassinations are legitimate RP reasons, right? Those could happen in even less time than two months, so I fully support letting the king rule until RP dictates otherwise.

 

[Valonyx]

Assassinations are a legitimate RP reason, right? Those could happen in even less time than two months, so I fully support letting the king rule until RP dictates otherwise.

Yeah, its not an elective system, its a monarchy!

 

[Rygan]

Revolutions are better if they happen because of actual RP reasons and not because "Two months have passed. All houses, ready your pitchforks and torches!"

 

[WildWyvern]

I honestly think three months is a suitable duration, two months seems hardly a fair amount of time for something you to have to fight for. The kings or queens also have construct a temple during this time, and these temple should grand and well thought out, thus I can see the need for three months. Plus time will be needed to gather the materials needed and hired the builders. I believe this is one of the many purposes behind building the temples is to help boost the economy for the player base, which is never a bad thing.

 

[Backstay]

Viva la revolution!

*runs off and gets run over by a wagon*

 

[frank frappuccino]

This might come around as a tiny bit negative.

1. The GoC simply lacks immersion. This is a long-anticipated, large event, but it feels like it will just pass by like a regular battle. And especially shortly before the event they participating houses should put some extra effort into the GoC, even if they already worked hard for it,

This is already being done by some houses, and the GoC is more than just war(s).

a.) Host an event or open a special discussion thread in which the heads of the houses make their point why he/she should have the crown. I personally would favour a thread on the forums, so other players will have the possibility to read it up later. Some form of additional questions from a host would make it even more interesting.
b.) Allow the houses to host military parades on the main plaza to demonstrate their power or celebrations to show their wealth. This would make it far more immersive and important-looking(can also be made a requirement).

A) I personally see no reason why this should be, since it's not a democracy but a "battle" for the crown -> Monarchy.
B) This would bee cool, but within the boundaries of MC it's very hard to walk in a formation. I would love to be sitting in the auction house and then all of the sudden this:

For earning such an important title there are merely two battles, one in some city and another one in the SW. Both are planned ahead and would most likely be over in about an hour. This prohibits all possibilities of tactical maneuvres. Like pointed out before, this would just end in who is the longest on the server and who has the best internet connection. Furthermore all of the diplomatic features are removed as well.

But are all the diplomatic features removed? I mean what if I was a small house, and I wanted to beat a larger house lets say Lonmar. Would I then not have to go and seek out allies willing to fight with me? Yes the diplomatic features is removed in the way you become king, but there are more than one way to get soldiers for an army.

a.) Instead of just planning two fights ahead, a possibility would be an open war. All houses that participate in the GoC automatically consent to war with all the other houses according to the war rules in the NK. The faction that conquered most of the cities controlled by opposing factions during a set time period is the winner(they would be of course returned after the GoC), allowing more tactical maneuvres and short-termed alliances while adding some thrill to the event as well. The current one is too controlled, this is basically all about being better in bashing someone elses head in.
b.) Allow the participating houses to take up to two smaller houses(something like 5-7 people) with them to the battlefield. This way the diplomatical effort other houses have put into diplomacy would not go to waste as well as make it more immersive and real.

A) This then introduces the problem with time zones. What would you do if the members of a house is primarily based in Europe, while another house is mainly based in the states? or in Aussieland? Then you could just invade the city while no one is online.
B) *Points at Legion's post about allies*

I admit I might just have too high expectations, but from my point of view the GoC was shamelessly overhyped. The winner of the GoC would be ruler over the realm for a long time, not just three months, while the current minimalistic approach would be acceptable in the three-months case. Otherwise it would require too much effort into planning and organizing it. Well, this is not the case here. I am aware that it would requires more work to organize and oversee the event if you would follow my suggestions, but this is not just any event. This is the long-awaited GoC.

As far as I'm aware the winner was always planned to "only" rule for 3 months.
Has this been overhyped? Maybe
Is this a thing that is long awaited by most of the player base? Oh yeah
Now have me excused and I will go take my GCSEs

 

[Tomahawk777]

Also the GoC system will not stay the same forever.
But now its important, to make this event, even if its not that exicting...
After the GoC happend we surely can discuss the problems and negatives and make it better in the next game.
For example with an plugin for it, to conquer Altera in an open war. I don't know, but surely the event will improve everytime.

 

[Spark]

Exactly, it doesn't matter how simple the first one is, it gets the ball rolling. After this one it will be easier to improve because we will know what works well and what doesn't.

 

[SallyPirate]

Yeah for example, the first hosting of the Fairgrounds went.. well awful . It's getting better organised with every run and hopefully the GoC will be the same (to be honest I hope we get a really good king, I don't wanna do this again for ages lol)

 

[Tomahawk777]

Draco is a good king, even if he will be afk often in ceremonies and courts

 

[Camicaxe]

I support every word what Nightshade said in message #410. (excluding edits >.>)

Yes I understand you (staff) want to start this event quickly and "get the ball rolling" but basicly what this means is

- First GoC will be easy and short
> winner gets the crown.

- Next GoC's will be improved. AKA making it more complicated and difficult, aswell as more realistic and better.
> Better event but also more difficult. Winner gets the crown

Now what this means is that even if the event gets better, it also gets much more difficult to win, yet still the reward will always be the crown for 3 months. Might aswell say the first crown is being given for free for the largest or luckiest house.

 

[rauyran]

I support every word what Nightshade said in message #410. (excluding edits >.>)

Yes I understand you (staff) want to start this event quickly and "get the ball rolling" but basicly what this means is

- First GoC will be easy and short
> winner gets the crown.

- Next GoC's will be improved. AKA making it more complicated and difficult, aswell as more realistic and better.
> Better event but also more difficult. Winner gets the crown

Now what this means is that even if the event gets better, it also gets much more difficult to win, yet still the reward will always be the crown for 3 months. Might aswell say the first crown is being given for free for the largest or luckiest house.

Not only will the process for winning the crown be improved, the benefits of winning it will be too.

 

[Camicaxe]

Not only will the process for winning the crown be improved, the benefits of winning it will be too.

This is good news and I appreciate everything you (and staff) do, but this event seems to be slightly rushed.

 

[Camicaxe]

[In response to my previous message, #419]

I don't even understand why to release the event in a hurry.*
I think it is a mistake to rush with the GoC, it shouldn't be pre-released if it is unfinished.

*Maybe it is because you want to test how it would work to set one as a king in RP? in this case, I might slightly understand...

...But I'd still disagree.