Known Darkfriend scalp awards trial.
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2022 4:11 pm
For the past few Known Darkfriends being active (Axxye, Cera, Lisennet, Meren, Nevaeh, Teveyl, Vannor, Xephiroth etc.) we have seen LS suffer. People huddle in clanrooms, they stop actively socializing on globals even more and group activities become less inclusive. Random encounters leading to small (RP) interactions are reduced. Aside from the game being a multi-user dungeon, so it becoming more single player mode when people clam up out of caution, the game only does well when LS does well, so you can see why these things are in conflict with one another.
At the same time, Known Darkfriend is supposed to show that you can kill more than you die. We see Known Darkfriends mostly pursuing the lesser threats. This week, an imm was snooping a guy who was trying to DRINK his FLUID as he was being pursued. Arguably, killing the new isn't really a demonstration of skill.
We've been discussing Known Darkfriends on and off upstairs and we have reached consensus on trying the following as a temporary trial:
Instead of auto-awarding, the mob who handles scalp turn ins for Known Darkfriends, now logs the entries. Imms will manually award based on the following criteria:
EDIT: there was a feature that allowed Known Darkfriends to lock in their achievements. Since you can now drop further if you die, this has been removed for the duration of the trial.
At the same time, Known Darkfriend is supposed to show that you can kill more than you die. We see Known Darkfriends mostly pursuing the lesser threats. This week, an imm was snooping a guy who was trying to DRINK his FLUID as he was being pursued. Arguably, killing the new isn't really a demonstration of skill.
We've been discussing Known Darkfriends on and off upstairs and we have reached consensus on trying the following as a temporary trial:
Instead of auto-awarding, the mob who handles scalp turn ins for Known Darkfriends, now logs the entries. Imms will manually award based on the following criteria:
- unclanned: 0 altqps
- clanned rank <5: 1 altqps
- clanned rank 5+6: 2 altqps
- clanned rank 7+8: 3 altqps
- Gaidin, Red Ajah, Wolfbrothers: 4 alt qps
- Other Known Darkfriend: 10 alt qps and 10 alt qps deducted from the one who died
EDIT: there was a feature that allowed Known Darkfriends to lock in their achievements. Since you can now drop further if you die, this has been removed for the duration of the trial.