Maelstrom event 2
Back on April 26th I posted http://oldnick.livejournal.com/206717.html a brief and slightly cryptic report on the first event on the year, fully expecting that today I would be posting a more complete report, now that everything had crept out of the woodwork. Well, the woodwork is fully occupied, my missing character is being court-martialled (in absentia) for desertion and dereliction of duty, and while the players involved are still having so much fun with the bit of story I've generated I'm keeping absolutely quiet over what actually happened.
Suffice it to say, I spent this event playing a Mokosh Builder from Lyzanium, playing as a solo character with none of the support of a group - a major departure having played the same character in the same group since the first event of the system. It was also a masked event for me - and having only ordered the mask a very short time before the event I am very happy with it - but had to make various adjustments to make it comfortable over glasses. The good news was that I managed to wear it all of the time I was in an IC area, apart or briefly raising it occasionally to add/remove my glasses before I had completed the adjustments.
Playing solo was harder work. I had deliberately picked the colony with the fewest players that I knew of, in a crafting part of the game I knew nothing of. I based myself from the bar - spending a good part of the Friday & Saturday sitting outside with a pathetic hand-written notice advertising my skills. Even in game, it was interesting watching the responses to this - especially from behind a very concealing mask. As I started making contacts I managed to get into my game, and by the end of the event had enough work to keep me busy through this downtime.
I'm not sure however how long I will be able to keep it up. Solo play in that system is hard work, and although a group has offered to take me in, it is not a bunch I know. I'll keep it up while the story that my old character's disappearance has generated plays out, then review the situation. Working from the bar too was hard work after a while - while food and drink are right to hand, that can be just too tempting to enjoy.
So, an odd Maelstrom in some respects - very satisfying in part, very hard work in others, and not really s long term option in its current form.
Suffice it to say, I spent this event playing a Mokosh Builder from Lyzanium, playing as a solo character with none of the support of a group - a major departure having played the same character in the same group since the first event of the system. It was also a masked event for me - and having only ordered the mask a very short time before the event I am very happy with it - but had to make various adjustments to make it comfortable over glasses. The good news was that I managed to wear it all of the time I was in an IC area, apart or briefly raising it occasionally to add/remove my glasses before I had completed the adjustments.
Playing solo was harder work. I had deliberately picked the colony with the fewest players that I knew of, in a crafting part of the game I knew nothing of. I based myself from the bar - spending a good part of the Friday & Saturday sitting outside with a pathetic hand-written notice advertising my skills. Even in game, it was interesting watching the responses to this - especially from behind a very concealing mask. As I started making contacts I managed to get into my game, and by the end of the event had enough work to keep me busy through this downtime.
I'm not sure however how long I will be able to keep it up. Solo play in that system is hard work, and although a group has offered to take me in, it is not a bunch I know. I'll keep it up while the story that my old character's disappearance has generated plays out, then review the situation. Working from the bar too was hard work after a while - while food and drink are right to hand, that can be just too tempting to enjoy.
So, an odd Maelstrom in some respects - very satisfying in part, very hard work in others, and not really s long term option in its current form.