This post is an OOC update and clarification of some points of how the future of the event is intended to run, and the status currently.
The entire premise of this event is based around two points for Sonder: expanding the playable world, and putting characters who would not normally have IC reason to interact into proximity together. It has always had the intended workflow of send a scout group, send a fortification group, send a research group, repeat, to give each niche a chance to really have a dedicated hand in reclaiming land and making discoveries.
Unfortunately, as of right now this event is shelved indefinitely.
When resumed, the following will still apply:
This is a long term event. what this means is that it will spread over many months of different groups leaving and returning. no one segment will last more than a few OOC days, 3 ideally, and at most a slightly bent IC time of a week or two. No one group is going to be stranded away from the rest of sanctuary longer than a few OOC days. For the duration of those off shore events, you will be RP locked on the character you take at whatever location is ventured to.
This is a long term event. what this means is that it will spread over many months of different groups leaving and returning. no one segment will last more than a few OOC days, 3 ideally, and at most a slightly bent IC time of a week or two. No one group is going to be stranded away from the rest of sanctuary longer than a few OOC days. For the duration of those off shore events, you will be RP locked on the character you take at whatever location is ventured to.
Some events are intended to happen on sanctuary, and inspire role play to happen in preparation, for those who are unable to make certain portions or who simply do not have characters they want to put in potentially high risk events. Meetings with and held by the Event NPC Noor are only meant to spark these parts and set things in motion for the off shore parts.
All events will happen midday EST, with start times between 12:00PM and 2:00PM, on as many weekend days as possible to allow for the most schedules to align with people who work and time zones. Exceptions will be considered and be made, but will be circumstantial, as it will also come down to who is available to DM each leg of the event line.
No one group is guaranteed to be a full stack of friends. You may end up paired with one or two of your preferred group or a whole group of characters you are not directly tied to, given one of the biggest points of this event line is mingling the player groups Sonder has. This is not a punishment, or intended to separate groups for the sake of separating groups.
All events will happen midday EST, with start times between 12:00PM and 2:00PM, on as many weekend days as possible to allow for the most schedules to align with people who work and time zones. Exceptions will be considered and be made, but will be circumstantial, as it will also come down to who is available to DM each leg of the event line.
No one group is guaranteed to be a full stack of friends. You may end up paired with one or two of your preferred group or a whole group of characters you are not directly tied to, given one of the biggest points of this event line is mingling the player groups Sonder has. This is not a punishment, or intended to separate groups for the sake of separating groups.
This is not a desirable outcome, to shelve the event, but as of right now it is what is going to happen.
The Story Teams are going to shift attention instead to getting out the community goal race that was reached some time ago,
which comes with an entire event line of its own.
The Story Teams are going to shift attention instead to getting out the community goal race that was reached some time ago,
which comes with an entire event line of its own.
Doing things this way means the following:
- Event and Lore members will not be spread thin and split between two major progressions.
- Players will not have to sacrifice partaking in one over the other.
- Everyone gets a fancy new race and an event line that is tied to the direct server arcing story.
Some of this event has already been teased, but an official kick off will be starting soon with the focus of the team shifting to it.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Below this line will be answers to any questions asked in this event thread.
Some that have already been asked:
What happens to the RP that has already taken place?
Any rp that has happened up until this point is still valid. nothing is being retconned or voided. (I, whimsy, have been keeping logs and notes of things to make sure nothing gets out of order or mixed up to thee best of my ability. So efforts and interactions will still be ready to pick up where they left off.)
What if the character I'm playing now isn't around anymore when this starts again?
There will always be points of re-entry to the event. since hardly anything got off the ground, it isn't that much of an advantage having a character that's older or new.
Are we supposed to just wait now to do anything off island?
No, you are welcome to try expeditions off island by IC means and make an event request ( here ). This has always been the case, and some have already done so.