Hi mods! Most of the other players have already laid out a lot of the thoughts I had, but I wanted to chime in anyway to piggyback off somethings and try to stay involved.
I want to open by saying that I am intensely grateful for how accessible you guys have made yourselves. I can't speak for other people, but since I play a character on the extremist/reactionary spectrum, there is nothing better than a mod team willing to roll with the punches even in small ways. I was absolutely not expecting to get to cause as much trouble ICly as I did (for fear of derailment) -- so thank you! This is the most fun I've had playing a villain in a very long time.
I really enjoyed the EXPLORATION system. I didn't make much use of the Search system in season one because Kylo was less accessible as a character, and I never really felt like I knew where to start, so I don't think it is fair for me to compare the two. I agree with Tifa about the deadlines/rush point, though I unfortunately also don't have a great solution for that, but it made it easy to stay involved so I really hope it sticks around!
I didn't make use of the BOUNTY BOARD this mission because the rewards didn't appeal to me, but after seeing how it ended up tying in passive rep gain with the Hanabirans, I kind of regret it! But that is ok -- I don't think I am required to know the passive effects of everything up front, and I think its a great idea and keeps the spontaneity of things alive. :) I think your instincts are correct and it might be wise to reduce the comment count for the smaller rewards. I tagged around a LOT this mission and I can still think of some of my more involved threads that never reached that comment count for one reason or another.
I think the SOLUTIONS system is excellent, and would like to give it another chance next mission. You are correct that it felt good to see character's IC work factor into success. I agree with everyone else that the system felt coerced into marriage (from an IC perspective, if the political aspect had not factored in, Kylo would not have gone for it and I think I might have been more frustrated OOCly), but I am also willing to give it the benefit of the doubt and attribute that to trying out a new system.
I see that you are considering adding more to the DOSSIERS in terms of locations and that would have honestly been my only suggestion regarding those. Thank you!
OOC NOTES are always helpful. More information is always better.
As for FUTURE MISSIONS, I am all about conflict and peril, so I am gonna +1 dystopia, and also +1 dinosaurs because dinosaurs.
For context, Zeta-12 and Perdition's Rest were my favorite missions from Season 1, especially since Zeta-12 really forced my character out of their comfort zone because they had to care for something other than themselves in order to succeed. Perdition's Rest was great because it involved a lot of deception and second-guessing moral quandaries ICly.
I think that's all I had to contribute...if I think of more, I'll add a subcomment!
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I want to open by saying that I am intensely grateful for how accessible you guys have made yourselves. I can't speak for other people, but since I play a character on the extremist/reactionary spectrum, there is nothing better than a mod team willing to roll with the punches even in small ways. I was absolutely not expecting to get to cause as much trouble ICly as I did (for fear of derailment) -- so thank you! This is the most fun I've had playing a villain in a very long time.
I really enjoyed the EXPLORATION system. I didn't make much use of the Search system in season one because Kylo was less accessible as a character, and I never really felt like I knew where to start, so I don't think it is fair for me to compare the two. I agree with Tifa about the deadlines/rush point, though I unfortunately also don't have a great solution for that, but it made it easy to stay involved so I really hope it sticks around!
I didn't make use of the BOUNTY BOARD this mission because the rewards didn't appeal to me, but after seeing how it ended up tying in passive rep gain with the Hanabirans, I kind of regret it! But that is ok -- I don't think I am required to know the passive effects of everything up front, and I think its a great idea and keeps the spontaneity of things alive. :) I think your instincts are correct and it might be wise to reduce the comment count for the smaller rewards. I tagged around a LOT this mission and I can still think of some of my more involved threads that never reached that comment count for one reason or another.
I think the SOLUTIONS system is excellent, and would like to give it another chance next mission. You are correct that it felt good to see character's IC work factor into success. I agree with everyone else that the system felt coerced into marriage (from an IC perspective, if the political aspect had not factored in, Kylo would not have gone for it and I think I might have been more frustrated OOCly), but I am also willing to give it the benefit of the doubt and attribute that to trying out a new system.
I see that you are considering adding more to the DOSSIERS in terms of locations and that would have honestly been my only suggestion regarding those. Thank you!
OOC NOTES are always helpful. More information is always better.
As for FUTURE MISSIONS, I am all about conflict and peril, so I am gonna +1 dystopia, and also +1 dinosaurs because dinosaurs.
For context, Zeta-12 and Perdition's Rest were my favorite missions from Season 1, especially since Zeta-12 really forced my character out of their comfort zone because they had to care for something other than themselves in order to succeed. Perdition's Rest was great because it involved a lot of deception and second-guessing moral quandaries ICly.
I think that's all I had to contribute...if I think of more, I'll add a subcomment!