[7.1.2] The black box is secure - Vector - 3/15/07

Little ones,

The General will have to be a little more careful where he flies his big black birds. Fortunately, thanks to operative Tseng, the Machines did not retrieve anything useful from the downed craft. I won't say it was "quick work," though, operatives; you left them with a little more time to try for it than was really necessary.

Flood
The Chateau
Fifteenth of March

((Those've gotta be some of the most awesome screenshots I've seen from this game :shock: ))

Stack wrote:

((Those've gotta be some of the most awesome screenshots I've seen from this game ))

The bonfires around the heli weren't actually visible to other players--I found that out after I spawned them; apparently they're client-side-only objects. Just as well, I suppose, since framerate and lag was pretty hefty as it was. :p At least they make for good screenshots.

This looks cool. The plot thickens between exile forces.

Couple questions on this event. 

1) Was it possible for any org to get the black box or was this a story driven incident where the Mervs would have to get the black box?

2) If anyone was able to get the black box why were the Merv's the only org that got a system message telling them exactly what to do?

There were numerous Zion and I'm sure Machine's there who tried all kinds of /emotes, /t's, trade sessions, etc. to try and get the black box.  I know I tried all of the above including trading lock picks, prop keys, etc. but all trades were cancelled by the copter.   Now if the system message that the Merv's got was the same one given to each org then it would've been clear that a "key" and more specifically "one of our keys," meaning an org key was to be used to get to the black box. 

I think the idea for the event was great.  It was awesome to see a downed copter sitting there with all the commandos about it.  I just think the implementation of the event lead to alot of players becoming frustrated.  The system chat from Tyndall and or Gray (I'm sure) kept urging us on to get to that black box.  If it was a moot point, where only the Mervs were suppoused to get the black box then it becomes a struggle of futility, and it would've been better for Tyndall to tell us to hold off the Merv's and keep them away from the black box.  

I'm just saying it'd be a better experience for all if every player and org was to be on the same footing, as far as event knowledge goes, when special one of a kind in game items are up for grab.  The specificty of Flood's system chat to the Mervs basically allowed them to win the day with ease and leave Zion and Machines out in the cold, as far as having a chance to get the black box or win an event item.