New Reward System for Events

[Coal]

I propose we have a new reward system for Events, both Epic and Normal, that will get people involved again in such things; as I’ve noticed a severe lack of interest in Events of all kinds/Events never being completed.

My proposition: Unique Rewards

You may be curious what I mean by a Unique Reward, so let me paint for you a picture, and keep in mind these unique rewards are not the same as Epic Quest rewards like Cursed Seal or BFS.


Unique Rewards are rewards tailored to a character based on their performance in an Event or Multi-part Mission, either Epic or Normal, that cannot be traded/destroyed/stolen/or otherwise removed from them until THAT SPECIFIC CHARACTER DIES/SCRAPS/OR VANISHES IN SOME FASHION (4 Months absence or more). This reward will be Unique in the fact that it cannot be created by PC or NPC. The GM/Mod running the Event will create the item/technique and submit it for review before the Event starts, but after the participants are identified. It will have to go through the same process as a Custom but will need anywhere from 4 to 6 Mod or higher Approvals after balancing, as well as a head nod from the Admin, which can be done during the Event. At the end of the Event, it will be subject to review by several mods and the participants graded based on their Style, Creativity, Flow, Entertainment Value etc. etc. (Minor prizes could be given for especially epic things players do, even if they aren’t the best, which will also be unique.)

I also propose that these Abilities/Items/Weapons/Armor have a turn/strike/condition limit imposed on them, that renews thread to thread, but hinders abuse of this Unique acquisition. Weapons/Items/Armor that have Techniques DO NOT GET ADDED TO YOUR TP POOL. They are automatic on that item and ONLY for that item (treat it as if the Item learned those techniques and allows the person to borrow it.) Techniques likewise do not get added to the TP pool.

Example: Bob Uchiha gains a special Technique pertaining to the Uchiha Clan that cannot be gained by normal means outside of an Event. We’ll say it’s Amaterasu or whatever. They can only use it One (1) Time a thread before it’s locked out for the remaining time in that thread, able to be used One (1) Time again in a new thread.

Example: Susan Airontoku gets a special blade that enhances Fire Techniques and is itself an Elemental Weapon, doing Fire Damage when swung without the need for techniques and comes with its own techniques. This blade is clearly very powerful, so powerful and unique that it can only be used for a short time (3 attacks) before it MUST be sheathed/is forcefully sheathed or vanishes until the next thread.

Basically, after the set turns, that item can be considered to NO LONGER EXIST IN THAT THREAD. It becomes merely cosmetic and cannot be used again. This is to mitigate abuse of these Unique Rewards. These items are considered Cursed Soul Bound items and the techs cannot be copied by ANY MEANS. NONE. However, if you are disarmed of an item, it vanishes from the thread to be used in the next thread where it reappears.

What do you think?

[Coal]

Epic Events get Epic Uniques while Normal/Mundane Events get Normal/Mundane Uniques.

Epic Uniques have a very short amount of times/turns it can be used. Normal/Mundane have a longer amount of time, but still an amount of time. Example: An Epic might have 3 uses before it can't be used anymore, where as a Normal/Mundane might have 6 - 8 uses before it can't be used anymore.

[j]

Honestly I like this and think it's a cool idea. I dunno if it meshes very well with what we have, but that's not up to me. Anyways as for my 2 cents, I think the biggest issue with events isn't that the reward is lacking, but rather because they don't want to rp with certain people. Having to rp with people or characters you don't like is inevitable in events, and people have suffered through to get their 5 events for as long as I can remember.

I suppose the only solution to that would be for gms to just... say no when certain people ask to join their events, which would be entirely wack.

[Coal]

I can see that being an issue, but that is easily solved as well, and by the players no less. Instead of dwelling on the OOC personal hate of so and so, they should play their character the way they designed them without bias, unless that bias was actually built IC.

[Starnaess]

i like coal's suggestion - i would like to see his idea in action

[Deleted]

I have always believed that Events should offer rewards that can't be gained through normal means. Support.

[👺 Usiel]

Sorry but no. Not doing this.

[Krissi — Inuzuka Yasei]

This system would've been good but there appear two questions: would the staff be the ones to decide what the reward technique would be or the player, and in the case of the latter, it would and could create too much of a power-creep, even with a seemingly simple technique - adding a custom aspect can do wonders towards one's combo. In the case that a staff creates the custom technique, then it would plain come down to people being dissatisfied with what they get, etc causing scraps and re-does until one gets satisfied with the results.

Plus that would provide too much of a balancing hassle for the staff members and too much to keep track of with how many times the tech was used, etc. Then comes the Hirashin teleportation that can move one from a thread to another in an instant. What stops the person from using their nuclear new technique worldwide, etc.

Events probably need some special sort of a reward, but things in the range of the custom cannot but hurt the balancing. One's customs would be fit to combat another and people who haven't gotten to that point would have no chance.

An alternative to this, I just though of, could be that events reward technique enhancements, rather than custom techniques. For an example: The completion of an event gives little Jimmy a Jutsu Enhancement he can place under ONE and ONE technique only, giving him a 1/2 Handseal and 1/2 Chakra Reduction of said technique once per I.C. day.

[Deleted]

I think this idea would be rad.

[Coal]

It's already stated that it would be GM/Mod made to be balanced, but catered toward the player who could potentially earn the reward (something matching one of the things they have learned like a Element or a Weapon Style). Second, there is the honor system. If you can't be honorable, you lose your special tech. Done and gone. But third and most important:

Heero already said no because...reasons.

[Deleted]

I mean...no one is really doing events anyway, so its not really that big a deal if nothing about them changes, to be fair. There's not actually any urgency to ammend stuff, because the people who needed to do events to get things already have enough participation credits, there aren't many new members, and the people who don't have enough event credits to do things don't want to suffer through the work of participating for what is essentially no benefit. I know i've completely given up on ever getting Epics, as well as uchiha, masamune, pulverem, venator, etc. because of the requirements being pretty impractical/arbitrary nowadays.

Loki can craft better stuff than any Epic weapon. Think maybe what...2 to 3 people have even used an Epic/Event Only technique/technique tree in any real rp (not versus weak NPC's or in NDE threads) capacity in like years. Can also easily combo stuff that is way more effective and diverse than anything exclusive to being earned in events.

What I'm gathering from accumulated experience with suggestions however; the community seldom receives tenable reasons, or receives reasons that cannot be intelligibly articulated, for why things are done or aren't allowed, nor does it seem we are encouraged to attempt to contribute meaningfully OOC to the way we experience IC rp activities. 'Doing new things' is generally discouraged, especially with regards to things like training, events, rewards, techniques, customizable anything, items, site mechanics, rules, or interaction types. It sorta makes me hate seeing any thread that attempts to suggest anything I would enjoy, because experience has taught me it will never go anywhere.

Should I lock this now?

[Deleted]

^

A good summation Shango. Lock it up.

[Coal]

Those points are too pointy and valid. Lock it I suppose. It got shot down anyhow. No idea why though...

[Shallistera]

Locked~