(09-20-2018, 09:15 PM)Karst Wrote: Big kudos for the Cultist action in Lost. I'm sure a lot of people have appreciated the chance to use their caps against targets requiring unconventional tactics.
However, I wish there were a bit more....fairplay from them Cultist side. There's a general principle of roleplaying that the DM and the players should never be enemies.
Overpowered ships, that's fine, that's part of the event and the challenge. But when a nearly-dead overpowered ship starts basehugging, that just seems like bad sportsmanship. It's already a situation in which players are at a severe disadvantage, and may only be motivated by the hope for rewards, rather than gameplay enjoyment.
If a super-OP ship is about to die, just let it. The players have earned it, don't make it any more difficult for them when they're struggling and dying anyway.
That's not the only situation, either. I heard from a player that was being CD'd constantly and prevented from joining the fight, and there were other situations that seemed more like players trying to work against other players, rather than gamemasters trying to make a fun experience.

This is very cool type of event overall, but you were being entirely too harsh on the playerbase. Please keep that in mind and concede a little bit more next time.

(09-20-2018, 09:44 PM)Flame-Touched Wrote: We learnt a few things from the whole event ourselves.

1. More people logged than I expected, and less did as well.
2. While we need the powerful ships to handle the sheer weight of people that are directed our way, it's hard to strike the correct balance with this style of thing, due to the unique nature of the event.

It's the first time we've had so many Cultists, and the first time they've been respawning in such numbers as well. Balance was probably off for most people, and while I can freely admit to feeling overwhelmed by the tactics that came for us, I know that most of you did as well when we focused on one of you.

The Corona ships, while fun, will definitely be much less frequently appearing, their potential for damage completely excessive when coupled with the survivability the ships have.

All the above said. This was intended to be hard. It was meant for players to have to break conventional friendships and work together to overcome a larger threat. There were undertones of story, implied by the Mako and Osiris. I do agree that we were too harsh this time, but we hope you can understand that it was not meant to be as such, more that we are attempting to do something new, and have to fine tune while we do.

If it is any reassurance to those of you who felt it was unfair, you have struck a major blow against the cultists, and even as we attempt to fine tune our approach to them, future cultist events will reflect the significant injuries they took today.