Day Before: Liason tells favorites that an event will happen the next day. Smaller factions and those the liason does not like are not informed. Liason informs his/her org of the event's details.
Day of (morning): Liason says something to the effect of "I need Machs on NOW." People contact eachother, eagerly anticipating what they hope will be a fun event.
Four hours later, when everyone has gotten annoyed and jacked out: Liason whispers>That's not enough people. We need more operatives. (Yeah, well I bet the Liason has no idea how few Machines are actually left...)
Six Hours Later: whisper to liason>Anything ever happening or are you just wasting our time?
Liason whispers>Stand by *cryptic RP mumbo jumbo avoids the subject*
A few more hours Later: Liason tells his/her favorites where the "event" is happening, and completely ignores his/her list of Mach leadership that he/she asked for earlier. People show up, but many are left out. For those who do manage to find the location, there are already reds there waiting, and ganking Machs as they come out of the Hardline, because someone in LESIG told their buddies insider info.
Finally, the "event" has begun. Everyone stands out in the open, doing nothing. There's some brief remarks from a Liason, then the event is handed over to PET players - lowbies who already have the hardlines and are in the area. And so is their non-Mach affiliated factions! Coincidence? I think not. There's some talking, nothing happens at all, more stalling. The liasons disappear, and reply to questions with "Stand by," "Unknown," or "We are unable to discern that at this time."
LOCross and Systematica tell one of my faction members to eliminate Lucite, as she's hindering progress in the operation of deleting Azul. After that happens, all the Machs get upset, and the PET complains.. So now the LESIG and PET are fighting for control of the storyline. Wonderful.
Reds show up, gank people in RP clothing so they can add one CQ and increase their *CENSORED*, not caring that they're ruining the only real "content" left in this game for the other orgs, even if it's pretty bad.
Update: An hour later, still absolutely nothing has happened in terms of the event.
Tell me, what is worth paying for in this game? Mach events feel like an afterthought - Mervs get dev meetings in Org barrier clubs and cake vendors, Zion gets Kid and Shimada and all that.. the Architect has only been on once. EVER. Liason officers aren't ever on, when they are on they play favorites and sell out secrets to other orgs. LESIG isn't trustworthy. PVP isn't fun anymore... it's all Zergs or Mergs, instant call-backup or Hyperjump if you try to 1v1 somone, and when the Merg or Zerg arrives, Neuro Dart ALWAYS hits, then stacks and stacks and stacks and you're dead. There's more trash talking than ever.. you get 6v1'ed and then "owned noob," or even worse, "gf." Heh. Many people in my faction are saying multiple times a day that they hate this game, and a lot of the time I agree with them. Many lowbie mach operatives in other factions tell me every week that they're going Merv or Zion because there's not enough Machs...
So.. does any Mach still actually enjoy this game? If you took PVP out of the equation, is there anything in this game that you'd actually pay for?
Day of (morning): Liason says something to the effect of "I need Machs on NOW." People contact eachother, eagerly anticipating what they hope will be a fun event.
Four hours later, when everyone has gotten annoyed and jacked out: Liason whispers>That's not enough people. We need more operatives. (Yeah, well I bet the Liason has no idea how few Machines are actually left...)
Six Hours Later: whisper to liason>Anything ever happening or are you just wasting our time?
Liason whispers>Stand by *cryptic RP mumbo jumbo avoids the subject*
A few more hours Later: Liason tells his/her favorites where the "event" is happening, and completely ignores his/her list of Mach leadership that he/she asked for earlier. People show up, but many are left out. For those who do manage to find the location, there are already reds there waiting, and ganking Machs as they come out of the Hardline, because someone in LESIG told their buddies insider info.
Finally, the "event" has begun. Everyone stands out in the open, doing nothing. There's some brief remarks from a Liason, then the event is handed over to PET players - lowbies who already have the hardlines and are in the area. And so is their non-Mach affiliated factions! Coincidence? I think not. There's some talking, nothing happens at all, more stalling. The liasons disappear, and reply to questions with "Stand by," "Unknown," or "We are unable to discern that at this time."
LOCross and Systematica tell one of my faction members to eliminate Lucite, as she's hindering progress in the operation of deleting Azul. After that happens, all the Machs get upset, and the PET complains.. So now the LESIG and PET are fighting for control of the storyline. Wonderful.
Reds show up, gank people in RP clothing so they can add one CQ and increase their *CENSORED*, not caring that they're ruining the only real "content" left in this game for the other orgs, even if it's pretty bad.
Update: An hour later, still absolutely nothing has happened in terms of the event.
Tell me, what is worth paying for in this game? Mach events feel like an afterthought - Mervs get dev meetings in Org barrier clubs and cake vendors, Zion gets Kid and Shimada and all that.. the Architect has only been on once. EVER. Liason officers aren't ever on, when they are on they play favorites and sell out secrets to other orgs. LESIG isn't trustworthy. PVP isn't fun anymore... it's all Zergs or Mergs, instant call-backup or Hyperjump if you try to 1v1 somone, and when the Merg or Zerg arrives, Neuro Dart ALWAYS hits, then stacks and stacks and stacks and you're dead. There's more trash talking than ever.. you get 6v1'ed and then "owned noob," or even worse, "gf." Heh. Many people in my faction are saying multiple times a day that they hate this game, and a lot of the time I agree with them. Many lowbie mach operatives in other factions tell me every week that they're going Merv or Zion because there's not enough Machs...
So.. does any Mach still actually enjoy this game? If you took PVP out of the equation, is there anything in this game that you'd actually pay for?
