Praetorian Invasion: War Council ((FAQ + OOC Discussion))

They really hate roleplayers, don't they?

Well, seeing as it's now going to be a 1 day only thing, is a "Council of War" even going to be needed?

I dunno... Give everyone the impression that we've got the best part of a month of invasion events, then take that away and tell us its one day only... Fer WHY!?

I guess all the BAF and Lam runs have depleted Cole's army so much he only has enough troops for a one day war ..

Good grief. There are times I dispair, I really do.

Don't they realize a one day only event will grieve a lot of players who might not be able to make that one day?!

Talk about a stress test! Surely it would be more sensible to hand out the badge for each server as the event happens?

Also:

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Originally Posted by Liz Bathory Don't they realize a one day only event will grieve a lot of players who might not be able to make that one day?!

Absolutely my thoughts too. I know I'm not the only one who has rather iffy opportunities to log in these days!

It's not even one day though, is it? It's a THREE HOUR war...

Well, lets just hope that they come up with a more sensible suggestion after the internal discussions. Personally I think it would be a shame if they stuck with the 3 hour war idea - It's kind of hard to believe that Cole would go to all the effort of starting an official war for that length of time. To me, that's more like an unofficial skirmish or short incursion before the main attack.

Indeed FF.
From what it seemed so far was a 3 hour invasion on each server... and maybe something (most likely) the 27'th as the protection is at its lowest.
Now though it was retracted (back to the drawing board).

I guess the best way is to make an ingame apperance where we do all up to the point of the invasion. Talking (I expect Vanguard have gotten the news from Posi) we do a council of how to best prepare or what-not) put a summary of it on a thread so that we have our background and then when we get more info about the invasion we can jump into action (if its a set date etc for union).

(And no they do not hate roleplayers However badge related wise this would be an unoptainable badge that if you where not present during the 3 hours then you could not get the badge. - Meaning ARRRGH! So i'm glad they are relooking at it)

edit: Yes I agree Fea. I suspect skirmishes etc up to the date of where the wards are the weakest.
It would have been great though that on the invasion, it would happen like normal war. They spawn in one zone and begin to take it over. Marching in the streets, fliers popping up for bombardment etc.
(The weak bit of the invasion is that Emperor Cole with his one city empire (as far as we know) makes an army to fight at one city and one island... What about the rest of our world? From what I understood of the Rikti the Rikti made a full blown invasion all over the world)

Not sure if I really want the badge anyway:


OVERLOADER

Despite overwhelming odds, you managed to log onto Freedom on the 27th May 2011. The server crashed five seconds later but you got the badge making you a real overloader!


Hmmm....

Why dont they just make it a server stability test day... Completely unrelated to the War!??

Wednesday is my busy night. I don't get time for play until shortly before 9...

Cool. Glad we're still on for it anyway. At this rate, with all the different characters, their alignments and their perspectives, the RP and fiction pieces might actually be way more exciting than the 3-hour scuffle or it's incredibly lame badge.

3 hours is not an invasion, most sight seeing trips last longer, it also points to something that is not going to change anything much, more like some payback for the BAF / Lam raids.

..and given its short duration i dont see much Pro-Cole, Paragon based, faction activity as they are not going to break cover for such a short term raid, but save themselves for a proper invasion, maybe a few spies trying to access the VG meeting to see what perp is made.

That made me giggle on a boring afternoon at work.

So, I've been giving it some thought. This ain't gonna be a war, as we've seen. So, this is just a proposal for how we should handle it, and I'm interested to see what people think:

We have the meeting where the groups + individuals are given the info dossiers. We have the RP done, the back and forth, the various views and opinions and plans. We get the fiction thread started for prep fiction in the run up for Wednesday. Maybe with Vanguard covert operatives getting the time for the invasion.

On the day of the invasion, we do our stuff in game, we have fun, get some RP done in little groups, whatever. We enjoy ourselves and see what the invasion is like.

We then put info in this thread for people who couldn't be there so they know what to work with in terms of forces/attack, and begin the fictionalization of the 1st Primal/Praetorian Battle for Paragon City. We get some really good stories, character pieces, collabs and RP out of it using the prior RP/Fiction/game invasion as groundwork.

This leaves us with one little thing, that -could- be waved away with a bit of fudge, which is that it goes on for more than just one day.

Losses. The scale of losses prevents another attack of that magnitude and we go back to the status quo of little skirmishes and so forth.

Thoughts, opinions?

Gets my vote.