Play by Play (Landrush updates)

[named Greg]

And after you've chosen your settlement, consider joining The Named Company and fighting banditry in the river kingdoms.

[Bitter Thorn]

<Kabal> Sunnfire wrote:

I'm here for you!

LOL!

What a guy! :)

[<Tavernhold> Locke]

Caldeathe Baequiannia wrote:

Forgeholm is lawful neutral.

Although they have a heavy dwarven contingent, I think they get along with anyone.

Those dwarves in holes do not travel. They do not value worshippers of a CG goddess, butterflies!

Yet others travel roads, yet deny her.

[<Tavernhold> Locke]

And what about the grey Dwarves those NG host among them.

[Bitter Thorn]

Vogas wrote:

I have 5 or 6 votes to spend and am undecided as to where to spend them. They would need to be accepted once I vote. I assume the voting ends midnight on the pacific coast.

Lawful Neutral mercenary, contract work, bounty hunting, etc.

Suggestions?

How goes it?

[Caldeathe Baequiannia]

Yay! We're back!

[KotC Carbon D. Metric]

And the speculations begins!

[TEO Cheatle]

OOooohhhhhhh

[Bluddwolf]

I'm wondering if the numbers are up to date. If so Four Rivers Mercenary Co. Lost out because their leader left two pending vote there all day.

[Guurzak]

"Ah, I don't have anything important to do this morning.... may as well sleep in and then head into the office after lunch." -Lee Hammock

[Wexel Daventry, The Veiled, T7V]

Those votes I'm told have been there for a long time. Like maybe weeks. being only 9 members though still isn't large enough to really hold a settlement so hopefully they will sign on at another settlement once the final LR numbers are tallied.

[Shaibes]

Kind of regretting hitting the refresh button until three in the morning now. I am way too tired for there not to be massive upheaval and gnashing and wailing over the same this morning. But who knows? The day is still young.

[Bringslite of Fidelis]

So many questions about the WoT, Companies, and player population are unanswered. Certain of those answers could make very different approaches to how the WoT is played and what smaller groups really might have to face.

Or not....

[Guurzak]

Worst case, a small group always has the option to simply walk away from their settlement and join up with someone bigger, leaving a ghost town behind.

[Bluddwolf]

Bringslite of Fidelis wrote:

So many questions about the WoT, Companies, and player population are unanswered. Certain of those answers could make very different approaches to how the WoT is played and what smaller groups really might have to face.

Or not....

Well if only 25% actually participated that would give credence to the assumption that many backers were just in it for the PDFs.

It may also point to the possibility that their lack of interest might continue, even after EE begins or they will give a few months try and leave.

What GW should do at this time, is begin to specifically court the MMO player demographic.

Create a new EE Package (month 3) for $50.00 that does not include the PDFs. With that comes two months of free play.

Edit: I just realized: The $100 package no longer includes the PDFs. They get 3 months and maybe another $25 worth of add-ons.

[Bluddwolf]

Guurzak wrote:

Worst case, a small group always has the option to simply walk away from their settlement and join up with someone bigger, leaving a ghost town behind.

I wouldn't say worse case, perhaps it is best case. It will leave a vulnerable settlement for other groups to fight over.

The more opportunities for consequence free PVP the better!

[Hogar, Freevale]

Bluddwolf wrote:

Bringslite of Fidelis wrote:

So many questions about the WoT, Companies, and player population are unanswered. Certain of those answers could make very different approaches to how the WoT is played and what smaller groups really might have to face.

Or not....

Well if only 25% actually participated that would give credence to the assumption that many backers were just in it for the PDFs.

It may also point to the possibility that their lack of interest might continue, even after EE begins or they will give a few months try and leave.

What GW should do at this time, is begin to specifically court the MMO player demographic.

Create a new EE Package (month 3) for $50.00 that does not include the PDFs. With that comes two months of free play.

Sorry Bluddwolf, what PDFs? I am pretty sure i am into EE month 2, and i haven't got any PDFs. GW shop says 100 bucks and no PDFs for EE...

[Bluddwolf]

Hogar, Freevale wrote:

Sorry Bluddwolf, what PDFs? I am pretty sure i am into EE month 2, and i haven't got any PDFs. GW shop says 100 bucks and no PDFs for EE...

Yeah I just noticed that and edited my original. I'm not sure $100 is a good price point. They should drop the add-ons and make it $50 buy in for Month 3 access.

[Caldeathe Baequiannia]

Bluddwolf wrote:

Hogar, Freevale wrote:

Sorry Bluddwolf, what PDFs? I am pretty sure i am into EE month 2, and i haven't got any PDFs. GW shop says 100 bucks and no PDFs for EE...

Yeah I just noticed that and edited my original. I'm not sure $100 is a good price point. They should drop the add-ons and make it $50 buy in for Month 3 access.

Considering the only addon they're offering for the 100 is a consumables pack you can buy for $15.00, I think they'd be unlikely to drop it to fifty.

edit: Maybe month 3 access, consumables, and only 1 month paid for $50

[Vogas]

@Bitter Thorn

We ended up going with Hope's End. Their description might not have seemed like a match for us and how we described ourselves but in talking with them we found enough in common to work together.

Thanks to all who offered suggestions and help. It was not an easy decision and several settlements and organizations presented very tempting possibilities.

[Caldeathe Baequiannia]

Congratulations, Vogas. I hope you have an excellent time.

[EoX Hobs]

Caldeathe Baequiannia wrote:

Congratulations, Vogas. I hope you have an excellent time.

Seconded.

[Vogas]

Thanks!

I also want to say that I had intended to wrap up all of the PM conversations and thank everyone for their time and consideration, but the site went down and that stopped that.

[TEO Cheatle]

This is my prediction....

My Guess is this....

Kabal takes L
Tavernhold takes F
Dagedai Alliance takes M
The Gauntlet takes C
Hammerfist Clan takes N
The Guardians take D
vVv Gaming ends up at G

Everyone else stays the same.

[Lam]

Did the tsunami alert happen?

[<kabal> Bunibuni]

TEO Cheatle wrote:

This is my prediction....

My Guess is this....

Kabal takes L
Tavernhold takes F
Dagedai Alliance takes M
The Gauntlet takes C
Hammerfist Clan takes N
The Guardians take D
vVv Gaming ends up at G

Everyone else stays the same.

Tell you what, since it is too late to change anything. Any interested party reveal your top ten choices and Kabal will reveal theirs. Any takers?

[FMS Quietus]

Best of luck Vogas. Wish you guys plenty of great times in PFO.

[Duffy]

S,Z,M,N,L,AD,A,B,K,J

...not particularly interesting.

[Lifedragn]

Well, I would be a taker, but our #1 isn't really any secret. And we only had two backup choices, but here we go... our #2 spot was where KotC ended up, and our #3 spot was K where Talonguard set up shop.

[T7V Jazzlvraz]

Congratulations, Duffy, on holding onto your first choice!

[Duffy]

Thank you! I would have been content with our backup, which was actually N, but keeping S means I don't have to revise any of my current diplomatic talks, which is nice.

Everything after my first pick was really based upon crazy 'what if' scenarios if some groups started forcing a cascade of bumps.

[<kabal> Bunibuni]

Anything below our 13th choice was pretty much "Damn! Stuck there choices." :-)

Settlement F
Settlement E
Settlement K
Settlement C
Settlement G
Settlement D
Settlement I
Settlement Z
Settlement B
Settlement A

[T7V Jazzlvraz]

Some wrap-up statistics, not of much use, but what the hell:

Settlements or Companies Keeping One Site All Ten Weeks
Aragon
Blackwood Glade
Dagedai Alliance
Emerald Lodge
Forgeholm
Freevale
Golgotha
Hammerfall
Keepers of the Circle
Kreuz Bernstein
Les Compagnons
Ozem's Vigil
Sunholm
Talonguard

Record Number of Sites Held (6)
Kabal
The Bastard Sons of Daggermark

Record Number of Holders (7)
Site T

Holding A Different Site Each Time They Had One
The Bastard Sons of Daggermark

Latest Group Formed Which Got a Settlement
Hope's End (Guild Number 193)

Earliest Group Formed Which Didn't Get a Settlement (excluding disbanded)
Knights of Andor (Guild Number 26)

[<kabal> Bunibuni]

Wow! Cool statistics. Yay Kabal! We got a record!

[<Tavernhold>Malrunwa Soves]

you tied....

[<Kabal> Sunnfire]

I knew we should have moved out of Q!

[Nihimon]

T7V Jazzlvraz wrote:

Record Number of Sites Held (6)

Kabal
The Bastard Sons of Daggermark

Holding A Different Site Each Time They Had One
The Bastard Sons of Daggermark

Anybody else feel like sending every member of The Bastard Sons of Daggermark a tub of Rocky Road ice cream to help them "celebrate"?

[<Tavernhold> Locke]

I think they deserve tankards of IPA instead of tame ice cream. I get the rocky road, but they not had enough of that? Time to put feet up and savor.

[Gol Tink]

Quote:

Record Number of Holders (7)

Site T

Nobody wants to be my neighbour D:

[Thod]

Gol Tink wrote:

Quote:

Record Number of Holders (7)

Site T

Nobody wants to be my neighbour D:

Hey - that's not a fair statement. We are camping out at the bottom of your cliffs since the beginning.

[KarlBob]

They won't be,
No, they won't be,
Nobody wants to be,
Your neighbor.

With apologies to Mr. Rogers.

[Lifedragn]

Gol Tink wrote:

Quote:

Record Number of Holders (7)

Site T

Nobody wants to be my neighbour D:

Perhaps there is a healthy concern about glorious marches starting close to home?

Gol Tink wrote:

Golgotha is the military center of PFO's only declared nation. You could be a part of our glorious march to outright domination.

[Gol Phyllain]

I have no idea what you could be talking about Life.

[FMS Quietus]

Gol Tink wrote:

Quote:

Record Number of Holders (7)

Site T

Nobody wants to be my neighbour D:

Well one of T's towers is trapped behind your settlement. ;)

[Kobold Catgirl]

T7V Jazzlvraz wrote:

Some wrap-up statistics, not of much use, but what the hell:

Settlements or Companies Keeping One Site All Ten Weeks
Aragon
Blackwood Glade
Dagedai Alliance
Emerald Lodge
Forgeholm
Freevale
Golgotha
Hammerfall
Keepers of the Circle
Kreuz Bernstein
Les Compagnons
Ozem's Vigil
Sunholm
Talonguard

Nice! We (29 guys), Sunholm (33), Hammerfall (35), Blackwood Glade (36), Kreuz Bernstein (30), and Les Compagnons (22) were the only ones on that list who didn't get on the Top Ten! Hooray for Hunker Down bonuses!

[Kadere]

Kobold Cleaver wrote:

T7V Jazzlvraz wrote:

Some wrap-up statistics, not of much use, but what the hell:

Settlements or Companies Keeping One Site All Ten Weeks
Aragon
Blackwood Glade
Dagedai Alliance
Emerald Lodge
Forgeholm
Freevale
Golgotha
Hammerfall
Keepers of the Circle
Kreuz Bernstein
Les Compagnons
Ozem's Vigil
Sunholm
Talonguard

Nice! We (29 guys), Sunholm (33), Hammerfall (35), Blackwood Glade (36), Kreuz Bernstein (30), and Les Compagnons (22) were the only ones on that list who didn't get on the Top Ten! Hooray for Hunker Down bonuses!

I'm pretty glad to see Sunholm on that list. Such fine company. O wasn't out first choice in week 1 - fifth pick, I think, but once we got it we decided that we liked it well enough to slot it as our first pick.

After that we only adjusted our order once - Tavernhold made us aware that they were planning to move, and that O was in their top 5. We adjusted our order to put all picks held by guilds larger than us to the end of the list. Big shout out to Tavernhold for that, by the way, the chance to safeguard our future was greatly appreciated.

[Bitter Thorn]

The map on GW is finalized now, right?

[Guurzak]

yes.

[Lord Regent: Deacon Wulf]

Congratulations to everyone involved. Special congratulations to everyone that won a settlement,

[Gol Caliphis]

Woo-Hoo that is over. Now let LR3 begin.

New alliances. Back alley deals. Secret non-aggression and mutual protection treaties. It will be like 1914 all over again.