Shattered Kingdoms

Why is this an idea? I already do this.







JOKING.

Not really man. I like sk a lot but I think people get carried away with pk and it would be nice to just test out alot of other classes pvp style. No harm no foul it was just an idea anyway

People get carried away with pk so let's dispense with the rest of the game altogether? No thanks, lass.

Isn't that the problem with sk now? Why on earth would you want to encourage in any way, shape or form the exact problem with the mud today? I mean you do have a brain, perhap it might be time to start using it.

I am looking at it from a pure testing prospective. If you did this like one a year, then people could get a feel for a class they have never played before and then maybe get some character ideas from that.

I'd rather have a weekend where PVP is disabled and everyone is forced to fountain RP.

But not by much..

So twinks could get twinkier? No

If you are going to let the bottom of the barrel determine how you paint the top of the barrel, that is your problem, but don't force your
"philosophy" of fear on others.

I am not in favour of this idea because it pretty much takes away what I really like about SK, the atmosphere. Making it into a pk only day where you can pk with impunity would turn the game in a direction I dont like. However, having that kind of SK on, say a different port, would be nice since it could draw away all the people who only play it for the pk aspect of the game.

I don't understand why everyone had such a strong negative reaction to this idea.

From a branding perspective, you could call it something else, like "SK-blade" or just "Blade" and make it clear that what one is participating in was test environment that in no way, shape, or form was connected from an IC perspective to the SK regular world.

In terms of player retention/reattraction, it might help people who are shy about PK, overly attached to their loot, slow to type, etc. etc. to get more comfortable with the fast-paced PK aspect of SK and give others an interesting departure from the regular SK for a while (I mean hells, people are STILL talking about when they got to play on that test server one Thanksgiving years ago). I'm guessing some oldbies might come back just to check it out if they knew they didn't have to level something and could play for a weekend also. It would have got ME back in for a day.

From the perspective of attracting new players, you have something different to advertise once in a while (like the Bonanzas). You paint it as an opportunity to come and see what the PK aspect of SK is like and try out the different classes/races.



There already ARE RP only events. They're called Bonanza weekends during which PK is pretty much disabled for 1/3 of the time. I honestly think this idea could be an interesting way to break things up once in a while without damaging the SK brand.

Cheers,
pudgy