Hi, mods. Thank you for taking the time to write this feedback post!
I think slowing down would definitely help a lot. A lot of players in the game tend to be on the slower side, and it takes time to understand, organise, plot out and then thread out plot-relevant threads where information might be shared between characters. My memory is really bad but the general feeling in this game has been a log/EMBER/tdm/something every 1-2 weeks, which is a decent time ICly, but in that amount of time most people probably get maybe 4-5 tags into each thread they've had. If we move to 1 big log per month, of course we also run into the risk of people feeling like there isn't much to do in between ... I think it's worth trying to see what happens?
I also enjoyed what you mods had done back in the tower log to choose players to be involved in plot, and I feel like this should be employed again. It would give everyone a fair chance to be involved. You opened up sign ups, had people make a case for why their character would be useful and why the faction leader should choose them, and then RNG'd to pick who gets chosen. Additional chances (+1/+2 etc) can be given to ranked characters, and people who can provide evidence that their characters have been investigating or involved in the lead up to the plot (e.g. had discussions with other characters to form theories and mentioned providing this info to the faction leader, or going out to do some snooping around themselves).
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I think slowing down would definitely help a lot. A lot of players in the game tend to be on the slower side, and it takes time to understand, organise, plot out and then thread out plot-relevant threads where information might be shared between characters. My memory is really bad but the general feeling in this game has been a log/EMBER/tdm/something every 1-2 weeks, which is a decent time ICly, but in that amount of time most people probably get maybe 4-5 tags into each thread they've had. If we move to 1 big log per month, of course we also run into the risk of people feeling like there isn't much to do in between ... I think it's worth trying to see what happens?
I also enjoyed what you mods had done back in the tower log to choose players to be involved in plot, and I feel like this should be employed again. It would give everyone a fair chance to be involved. You opened up sign ups, had people make a case for why their character would be useful and why the faction leader should choose them, and then RNG'd to pick who gets chosen. Additional chances (+1/+2 etc) can be given to ranked characters, and people who can provide evidence that their characters have been investigating or involved in the lead up to the plot (e.g. had discussions with other characters to form theories and mentioned providing this info to the faction leader, or going out to do some snooping around themselves).