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Berrod Armstrong · **12-05-2014, 02:01 PM**

(12-05-2014, 01:45 PM)Aldotsk Wrote: Again, I have not said people cannot be involved. And yes, if I target lore based areas for the FC plot, it does involve everyone and many people will not like it. I just wanted to keep everyone notified that I don't want them to be annoyed or upset like what happened in askier's event. No matter what people say about his event, there were those who liked it, and you can't satisfy everyone in something. I am only giving the idea that I'd want to let people know that is is FC focused but because of what's happening here, it'll affect everyone. If you are affected and you want to be involved, don't hesitate to jump in and talk to me.

I liked world events sometimes that have these kind of crisis because I don't always see happy world events that happen all the time. And don't get me wrong. I find jancis's and oscare's events from past few weeks to be amazing and also the ball dances and etc. but why not also have despairing events too?

I feel the need here to point out the major difference between what you have planned, and what Askier, Oscare and Jancis' events involved.

The latter events were designed specifically to treat to the community -- that is, everyone was invited to allow those events to be a part of their characters' canon, and for the events that took place to leave a permanent impression on their character histories -- as well as open up avenues for future action taken by any community members who were interested to pursue. One event was uplifting and cool, and the other was one full of danger and tragedy.Â

Askier's event had the SLIGHT hiccup of people basically being unaware or non-participating in the very world-changing aspects of it (world as in the general surroundings in which the characters interact). Therefore, the canon existed for some people, and it didn't for others. Still, everyone was more or less agreed on it being a fun idea for the community. I was one of the people who didn't wish to have the poison thing in my canon (for story reasons), but I did enjoy the fact that the community was invited to participate on a lasting basis -- and followed the events avidly!

What you have planned is something for your free company. If it is FC focused, then your FC will basically be attempting to place a canon onto the wider community for its own sake. If it was for the community's sake, if the entire community was invited to this plot, it would have been a lot less contentious. As it stands, it is not.

After Pearl Lane and the Sultanshack get kerbloozled and your Free Company returns to the arc in it's own halls, what becomes of the outside community characters who have been affected? How will Berrod avenge his Pearl Lane buddies? How will Crofte handle the aftermath of what happened in the Sultanshack? How can one assume that the players of these characters would put themselves in this situation for the sake of an event not made for the community, but specifically tailored to a Free Company?

One does not just get to say 'It's FC focused, but it'll affect everyone'. That's basically declaring that your FC plot has a hold on every single character who uses Ul'Dah as a setting. It is not so. Therefore, the solution lies within either opening the event to the community, or keeping it within your FC canon. The latter is a bit safer, because it means that the plot will be a bit easier to control.Â

This isn't a matter of satisfying everyone. It's a matter of keeping things where they belong, and not forcing people to have to deal with making a choice because of one Free Company plot.

[Balmung] Need people's cooperation in FC event in cities being terrorized.

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