I think maybe we're not quite understanding each other? I know I personally tend to jumble lots of thoughts together and think it's clear, but it isn't always. ^^; So . . . let me try to get clearer/more specific!
No, I totally understand why you don't lay out every possibility, and I would agree that's not conducive to sanity. But I think it would be helpful to generate something like a more specific city map with landmarks -- perhaps something that players could contribute to? It might give things a sense of continuity and place.
I understand that the turtle sickness is an ongoing event now; I guess I didn't at the beginning. Is everything still exactly the way it was, though? Can we notice any changes due to cleanup efforts? I know that I had asked if Amelia could help with healing at all, but you indicated she would be shooed away by the kedan. Frustrated, she's been doing some testing in the Water Sector by trying to de-poison the water, though I've only had it having minimal effect. (I'd love to have her do more!) Are other people's efforts working? It might be nice to get a sense of all that in an update with an ongoing event. Maybe something weekly with just a blurb about what's happening on the island?
I personally might also love some random events now and again, like . . . kedan gang war in metal sector, or pipes burst in earth sector. Something, again, for people to rally around and plan rp around . . . or completely ignore, if that's their preference. I know that would at least help someone like me, who feels lost and isn't very good at starting up random conversation, to feel more grounded and have things to get fired up about.
. . . This is not to say that turtle sickness or Atem landing doesn't cause firing up at all, just . . . the events are so big and everyone goes off with their own plans that they never rally around a more focused common cause. And in the case of the stockade . . . for some reason, it got completely lost in the shuffle for me, and I never saw it. I guess I'd love to see a few more focused events here and there.
I'm honestly not trying to complain, and I hope that you don't see it that way! I don't expect anyone to read my mind, and expect someone to hand everything to me on a platter even less. But since you asked . . . I thought I would talk about some of the challenges I'm currently running into. Hopefully I've done better this time. ^^;; It's highly possible that maybe you've already done some of these things and I just haven't been around long enough to observe the patterns.
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No, I totally understand why you don't lay out every possibility, and I would agree that's not conducive to sanity. But I think it would be helpful to generate something like a more specific city map with landmarks -- perhaps something that players could contribute to? It might give things a sense of continuity and place.
I understand that the turtle sickness is an ongoing event now; I guess I didn't at the beginning. Is everything still exactly the way it was, though? Can we notice any changes due to cleanup efforts? I know that I had asked if Amelia could help with healing at all, but you indicated she would be shooed away by the kedan. Frustrated, she's been doing some testing in the Water Sector by trying to de-poison the water, though I've only had it having minimal effect. (I'd love to have her do more!) Are other people's efforts working? It might be nice to get a sense of all that in an update with an ongoing event. Maybe something weekly with just a blurb about what's happening on the island?
I personally might also love some random events now and again, like . . . kedan gang war in metal sector, or pipes burst in earth sector. Something, again, for people to rally around and plan rp around . . . or completely ignore, if that's their preference. I know that would at least help someone like me, who feels lost and isn't very good at starting up random conversation, to feel more grounded and have things to get fired up about.
. . . This is not to say that turtle sickness or Atem landing doesn't cause firing up at all, just . . . the events are so big and everyone goes off with their own plans that they never rally around a more focused common cause. And in the case of the stockade . . . for some reason, it got completely lost in the shuffle for me, and I never saw it. I guess I'd love to see a few more focused events here and there.
I'm honestly not trying to complain, and I hope that you don't see it that way! I don't expect anyone to read my mind, and expect someone to hand everything to me on a platter even less. But since you asked . . . I thought I would talk about some of the challenges I'm currently running into. Hopefully I've done better this time. ^^;; It's highly possible that maybe you've already done some of these things and I just haven't been around long enough to observe the patterns.
I appreciate you listening. <3