Discussion: Captain Mako Week Events!

The main problem we had on Defiant was excess popularity. We were asked to split up with 40 and below in Talos, and the level 50s in PI, and then some zone on redside that I forget, sorry. We still ended up with two instances of both blueside zones, so the Community guys were run ragged trying to keep up with spawning mobs and making Mako apperances in the zones. Fun idea, though!

Reading through the posts here, and checking the schedule, I have the following to say:

- It seems the Villain side of things isn't getting anywhere near the amount of fun as the Hero side. C'mon Mako, you are a Villain Patron! At least make sure the red side gets an organized, fun event?
- My characters are on North American servers. I am in Europe. Why do I have characters on NA servers? Because that is where my friends play! As a result, the planned whole 3 hours on a strict schedule (if they don't quit early) is in the dead of night for me.

Since most of my characters are Villains and there doesn't seem to be an reasonable time for me to say Hi to the fluffy shark bunny Mako, it looks like this event will completely pass me by. It's been said before, but it would have been better if there were more attack events throughout the day - Mako was mighty pissed at the newscast, you don't think he'd send riled up minions to the shores even when he's not around in person?...

So let me get this straight - a player suggests that the developers do an event for Shark Week, and then they actually PUT AN EVENT TOGETHER on the heels of not one - but THREE OTHER SUMMER EVENTS and people are actually carping that it wasn't GOOD ENOUGH?!

And did I actually read that someone PREFERRED the Nemesis invasion - where Nemesis troops - apparently using Rikti technology - just pop out of thin air to gank anyone loading out of missions ad nauseum for weeks on end? Seriously. After the badge was awarded on the first day to nearly everyone in the server no one actually showed up to fight them anyway. It became an annoyance. I'll take this event ANY DAY.

Bah! You people just want to complain.

And for my part, the event on Liberty Blueside was EPIC.

It started out with very little fanfare. A league had formed at the ferry, and everyone was waiting for.... something?

Then over broadcast: When did Lusca start spawning in PI?

The response: What? Where?

It was on. Lusca and a whole herd of Coralax were sitting right off shore. A few adventurous heroes swam out to meet them, but were quickly driven back ashore. At last the leagues got gathered (there was more than one) and we all went in.

In broadcast: A giant monster? That's it? This event is a phail!

We killed Lusca and the Coralax and gathered on the beach. Some started looking around the island.

Two or four Arachnos Fliers dropped a herd of Coralax on top of us on the beach. All incarnate level. Halfway through the battle two Luscas come up from the depths.

Then over broadcast: Coralax now? ROFL PHAIL!

Two Luscas were followed by five. Things start to get sketchy here because I was in the thick of it. I have no idea where the third wave of Coralax came from, but I do know they came.

And the same guy over broadcast: LAME. It's shark week, not squid week. Where are the sharks? This event is stupid.

We were still swatting Lusca heads when the next wave of Lusca/Coralax hit us. More tentacles than you could wave a sucker at. People were going down, and just as quicklly rezzed by league members. Broadcast was filled with people shouting for Mako and generally getting into the spirit.

Then over broadcast: red type. It's Mako.

NO ONE EXPECTS A SHARK ATTACK!

There was much rejoicing. And then the mass-o-tentacles spawned. No Lusca head, just tentacles. And tentacles. And tentacles. Holy carp the tentacles! Coralax swam among them - I know, a large member of the Coral species pwned me rather harshly.

More taunting between the players and Mako over broadcast (I never saw Mako), and the announcement that we should go to Pocket D after the event.

Then more tentacles and Coralax. By this time it was 10 pm.

And the same guy over broadcast: A shark week event with no sharks? This event was epic PHAIL.

Dark matter auras were given away in Pocket D (and 100 sided dice were rolled) and one Retro Scifi code.

So shove your complaints. This event rocked.

EDIT - and my level 48 blaster came out of it with two additional bars of XP and around 20 extra reward merits. Not too shabby for two hours' work.

There were no badges associated with the event correct?


I missed last night on Liberty so....my OCD badge completionist has kicked in and wanted to verify if I have to swap to another server or not

Oh man, didn't realize the Liberty event was the same night as the Exalted one! Should have read the schedule...but my little shark will have to live without the awesome title even if she's likely one of the VERY few who has school of sharks (and uses it) in her build. That's an embarrassing oversight on my part. *blushes*

Anyways, I'd like to thank the devs for the event. In spite of Lusca's head not taking damage, then oh my word, 8 more spawning in a stack briefly redside I personally enjoyed all the Coral enemies. My poor daughter gets stuck listening to me excitedly telling her "Oh my gosh Coral there's a whole enemy group named after you!!!" the duration of the battle while she's trying to ignore me playing Minecraft and hoping her friends can't hear her lame mom on her headset. I'd love to see the screenshot if it can get posted that one of the other villians took of the stacked Lusca by the way, too.

Also, a very big thank you to the devs for the water blast code!!!! Completely unexpected and cannot wait to come up with a theme now to put it to use. Usually do not win anything so talk about having my cake and eating it too! I look forward to playing the event more this week, it's a nice change of pace and (for me personally) blows the Nemesis stuff out the window. Love, love, love the theme of it all!

is the dark matter aura account wide or specific to one character?

Sweet pirhana pieces on the market

TYVM

Fom what I'm reading I'm sad I won't be able to attend any of these. It's too bad people are grouchy about it, but I'd rather have a limited event that has the Devs actually RPing than a code scripted random re-touched rikti invasion. So, glad it was done this way, hope the kinks get worked out, hope everyone who can make the listed times enjoys it, and thanks for giving this a shot devs.

Got the dark matter aura tonight! It's fantastic! It managed breathe new life into a few of my characters that had grown a little stale and its something I was hoping they would create for the game. It looks like one of those Jack Kirby auras with all the different sizes spheres generating from the character and even looks okay dark and bright.

Last night on Pinnacle, we wiped Zwil's (coughMakocough) invasion so hard it crashed his computer, so he had the gall to stand on top of the hill in Talos doing the MJ dance while he spawned like 100 level 54 Arachnos bosses.

Epic fun had by all!

Quote:

Originally Posted by EarthWyrm But I do understand that there is an internet rule that any bad idea must be presented by someone at least twice a year to remind everyone who hasn't already read every previous thread on the topic precisely why the idea is bad.

i would give this event a 1 out of 10. would have much preferred a retooling of any of the scripted events.
One thing that was funny, running into 2 dozen or so left over warders standing around in talos this morning with my low level stalker.

You do realize Zwilinger was actually playing the PC Captain Mako, right? It wasn't an NPC, it was just him, spawning things, and taunting and trashtalking the players.

Quote:

Originally Posted by EarthWyrm But I do understand that there is an internet rule that any bad idea must be presented by someone at least twice a year to remind everyone who hasn't already read every previous thread on the topic precisely why the idea is bad.