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Survey-Based Updates
Recently we created a survey to gain a greater understanding of the opinions of the member-base as a whole on a whole host of subject across the site. You surpassed our expectations and replied in your droves within the first few hours!
We want you to know that we heard you loud and clear, and below are the updates we're rolling out at once!
Bounties have seen some love and some grumbling as we know and we are wanting to change them up to keep them from getting too stale. For one thing, more NPC bounties will be coming in the future and we encourage players to send NPC bounty ideas to @Nefieslab and other members of the Plot Team ( @Raydo @Darasuum @Painus ) but the most immediate change to them is rather simple but very important;
- Bounties can only be placed for Main Faction characters that are Council Level and above. This also changes what you need in order to place a bounty
- You have to be a Main Faction Council level and above
- OR conduct a well crafted espionage plot to connect with the wealth and means of placing a bounty
- You have to be a Main Faction Council level and above
- Indie faction leaders and councils can’t have bounties placed on them unless they become a main faction status
Monthly Events
This update you have already seen something of already - the Emperor's dating life laid bare and opened up to the Galaxy as a whole to both attempt to engage with and also the Randon event, which features some prompts and cross-faction play that we hope you are enjoying.
Every month we will have an event that is put together based on random generators from a pool of planets that will impact main factions and other critical planets. These will be tied to events. Every month we will launch that particular event/scenario that players will need to resolve for that month.
These will be staff NPCed and DMed and will be death disabled, however, they will play big impacts in the story and for the characters participating.
Faction leadership is a vital part of keeping the story of the site as a whole fresh but it can be both hard to break into and hard on players to keep up for any extended period of time. We have consistently seen burnout from Faction Leaders around the 4-6 month time frame, and this will hopefully address that.
- Faction Leadership is now term based
- Each term will last 4 months
- Faction Leaders can ONLY serve one term of 4 months. They may NOT be re-elected consecutively but may be eligible again after a 4 month gap
- At the end of the term, the faction votes for a new Faction Leader
- When a faction leader is forced to resign, they may decide how they would like to resign their character. Options include but are not limited to;
- Leaving the faction
- Moving to a different position within the faction
- Killing the character off and transferring credits equivalent to one (1) level below the level of the character killed
NPC Organization Tracker
From the survey we gathered that there was a desire to see more of the 'world' being explored and utilized outside of the main factions, in particular there was a call for more NPC-led organizations and jobs. We now have the beginnings of a Staff NPC List and NPC Organization Tracker, and these will be updated periodically by @Aberforth and other members of staff.
Watch this space, this will become something you can really sink your teeth into before you know it. Coming soon!
Archiving Characters
A brief but perhaps welcome update to archiving character;
Members are permitted to do a one time credit transfer for archiving a character. You may transfer all credits to a new character, or you may transfer half credits to an existing character.
Characters who are already dead or archived for other reasons will not be eligible for this credit shift - only currently unarchived characters may make this transfer.
After being absent from SWRP for some time, Character Plots have returned with some changes. They were removed from the Plot section previously due to fears of them being misused, farmed, for credits with large plots with simple goals including many times more people than were actually required.
However, the survey showed that there is still a demand for plots of an entirely personal, character-driven, nature so we are more than happy to bring them back with the following guidelines;
- Character Plots are limited to being a maximum of 3 threads long
- Character Plots must have a stated goal - rambling plots will be rejected
- Retroactive Character Plots are acceptable but cannot be from threads done before this update
Cross-Faction Plots
Faction plots are still a big part of the site but we are looking to try and see more mixing between the factions - characters should interact in ways aside from just killing each other you know? We as the staff, and you yourselves from the survey, want to see some cross-faction relationship forming; rivalries, bromances, romances, vitriolic best buds, whatever you want.
And we think that such instances and plots that include this should be rewarded so there is a change to faction plot;
- Story-Driven Cross Faction Plots are rewarded higher upon completion than regular faction plots
There has been an increase in the number of threads being rejected due to bad dice discipline recently, resulting in more rejected plots. Contrary to popular opinion, the Plot Staff do not enjoy rejecting plots - shocking I know.
While there is already a guide on How To Roll Dice and a brief guide on the cardinal sins of dice rolling, this hasn’t had the desired effect. Speaking to members, some additional information was found to be desired so here is some extra information about what we're looking for in a Dice thread upon completion;
- Always make a dedicated Dice Roll Thread for each plot thread dice are used in
- Do not make a Plot Dice Roll Thread for all threads as this causes confusion upon review
- Always link your roll in your in-character post for ease of review
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- Always have a copy of the D100 results table in your Dice Roll Thread for quick access
- Alert your thread partners to dice rolls they have done that are against the rules/guides and ask them to re-do as soon as possible
- You will all miss out if this causes the plot to be rejected
- Never roll to undo the effects of your own failed roll within the same post
- This is “Roll Until You Win” and will result in a rejected thread
- Feel free to roll in your next IC post to mitigate the effects of the failed roll but remember not to fall into the same trap and roll repeatedly to fix it
- Roll once for your attack/action
- No matter how many individual attacks you do - rolls should tell you how successful your action is overall so you can have more freedom on how it actually plays out
- The same goes for non-combat rolls as well - if you attempt to hack a terminal, for example, then roll once for the attempt. If that fails, try a different approach next post
- Recommended Dice to use and when;
- D100 for determining success of an action
- Attacking the enemy, hacking a terminal etc
- D20 for establishing difficulty
- What level of weapons the enemy have, if there will be a second wave of reinforcements etc
- D6 for establishing numbers
- Roll one D6 for every player in the thread (a thread with three people would then have 3D6 rolled to establish how many enemy guards there are, for example)
- D100 for determining success of an action
- Read and understand the guide on how to roll
- Thread found HERE
- Read and understand the guide on rolling 'sins'
- Thread found HERE
- Remember to apply for in-thread outcomes when you roll a natural 100
- Thread found HERE
