King of the World/Invasion feedback thread

[Sparky_hotdog]

As someone who played Act 0, then the final Act, with life getting in the way in-between, there was something quite refreshing about the arc.

The news articles felt like they were brought to a whole new level, as there were several plot threads being mixed together. I know that this is likely due to it being such a large event arc, and that with the normal arcs it's a bit much to ask, but looking at the news as it rolled in felt organic, and it was something I could be interested in, despite being unable to play any rounds.

The mini-event style of both the prologue/buildup and the invasion week we're one of my favourite parts. For once it felt like Aurora wasn't the centre of the Spur, but rather a small part of the events. Things were happening, the station was tense, but it wasn't the epicenter of the drama like tends to happen with these events.

I do feel, and this may be entirely my fault for not reading properly, that the invasion week being the finale wasn't publicised enough. I found myself contemplating whether to play rounds, especially low-pop ones, and would probably have jumped in more if I knew this was it. The invasion could have been longer in my eyes too, mostly out of preference, and, while I do get why the finale proper was ditched, a better climax on the end of this would have been nice. Woke up this morning and was kinda surprised to see "Invasion Over" on the discord.

Overall, I like the different direction KotW took. It took me from being skeptical as to how an arc could be this long as stay interesting, to now wishing that every arc could be.

[Happy_Fox]

On 01/12/2020 at 08:45, Sparky_hotdog said:

As someone who played Act 0, then the final Act, with life getting in the way in-between, there was something quite refreshing about the arc.

The news articles felt like they were brought to a whole new level, as there were several plot threads being mixed together. I know that this is likely due to it being such a large event arc, and that with the normal arcs it's a bit much to ask, but looking at the news as it rolled in felt organic, and it was something I could be interested in, despite being unable to play any rounds.

The mini-event style of both the prologue/buildup and the invasion week we're one of my favourite parts. For once it felt like Aurora wasn't the centre of the Spur, but rather a small part of the events. Things were happening, the station was tense, but it wasn't the epicenter of the drama like tends to happen with these events.

I do feel, and this may be entirely my fault for not reading properly, that the invasion week being the finale wasn't publicised enough. I found myself contemplating whether to play rounds, especially low-pop ones, and would probably have jumped in more if I knew this was it. The invasion could have been longer in my eyes too, mostly out of preference, and, while I do get why the finale proper was ditched, a better climax on the end of this would have been nice. Woke up this morning and was kinda surprised to see "Invasion Over" on the discord.

Overall, I like the different direction KotW took. It took me from being skeptical as to how an arc could be this long as stay interesting, to now wishing that every arc could be.

I'm going to be extremely lazy and quote you because everything you've said I agree with. I very much hope for more long term events like this in future and enjoyed watching the crew react to the situation and how it affected their work. People adding poses that they looked really tired, uniform regs slipping because they're "working from home", people getting fed up and angry. There was a lot of background RP from the arc that gave it a nice depth for a lot of people.