Hey guys. I graded this event a C. Please understand I do not dislike parts of the weekend, but as a whole I found myself left with few memorable plot/story caused moments.
I had a good event because I got to enjoy my time with my friends and start a new character that I am having a good time playing. However, I really felt like there was an issue with the event from a presentation side. I felt like there were moments of battle with a lot of downtime in between. For me, the fight Friday was a cluster F*** on dangerous sections of the hill. I understand that it is dark and we all want to defend the town at bottlenecks, but we don't need to be piled ontop of each other so much that the NPC's are getting injured or that PC's are being stepped on.
Saturday morning...yelling at adventurers and expecting them to react like troops is a hard thing to swallow, (IG) we can understand you are emotional about maintaining the hold on your lands and preserving the life of your people but the majority of people in town qualify as mercenaries...don't expect them to react well to being scolded about being at ready for "missions". (OOG) if you tell me to be ready for missions, without delay to be ready - I will be ready and will wait to be called upon - The wording of that "order" should have been more clear. Perhaps we shouldnt have taken the Regent so seriously in her word. There were a number of us expecting to be called upon and did not want to be elsewhere when that moment occurred, yet there was no time period of readiness or indication of when we would be called on.
The lull of the day of Saturday was wonderful for roleplay...but it was boring. There were few engaging hooks and the people necessary for everything seemed to be nobility and their teams. The sequestered meeting of the nobles was necessary, I'm sure, but I had to chuckle at being looked at like we were doing something wrong when the "uninvited people" were laughing and joking to keep entertained. We left for dinner right before the Saturday fight so I have no opinion about that.
The singing trolls were funny Saturday night, so I thank the NPC's for standing in the rain and acting like goofballs.
Sunday's fights were wonderful, the holds not so much, but the action of the battles were important and I was involved even if my character had no idea who the gryphon with the crown was.
Honestly, this event had its up moments and it had down moments...my char is not a noble and is not a lowbie so I felt lost in limbo. I understand when there is understaffing or you need people - but I know help was offered from some PCs to jump the fence.
If you guys want to talk...please write or call me. I love our plot and staff tons and I know you guys are stressed and work your a**es off. Please know that this perspective is from someone who just wanted to be honest about what happened from my side. I see the other grades and I am happy that many others were happy and enjoyed the weekend. I am thrilled that the newbies, especially, loved the event and want to come back - cause that is spectacular and should be the opinion that matters.
This is just me stating what I felt.