08-29-2011, 07:39 PM
Yes, I got the idea from someone else.
Now, first and foremost: Argus Wake will be returning post restart. Cleanse what you will from the server; so long as there are players who want to wield their righteous fury against an encroaching evil/death machine/doom dragon of molten death than there will always be a need for not-so-good, dis-honest villains.
First and foremost: Argus Wake pre-restart is to be retconned. All activities done by its members under the auspices of AW or any character building received from AW must be ignored.
Some things that are to be changed…
1) Leadership. Yes, I had immense fun playing Marianna as a fel-sworn. Born as a comical relief villain for a guild’s event, she’s managed to crawl up from simply being the butt of attacks and jokes to actually possessing such human (or, in her specific case, inhuman) traits as a personality, drives and flaws. Yet, with the removal of the prestige system, Marianna will be retconned completely. Her name shall be scrubbed from history, as shall her assorted worldly possessions, activities and victims.
This is to be intended as a new beginning.
Post restart Marianna will be outfitted with a new class (Warrior), new armor (Literally kick-ass boots), a new history (Involving hay and a broken condom) and a new personality (More fitting that of a leader). She is designed to mesh nicely with the activities of Argus Wake and be more of a bonding force between members.
2) Membership. Ah, this topic. Argus Wake has always been rather selective in its invitations. We aren’t pompous. Far from it. We are simply being realistic: Members of Argus Wake are given resources and opportunities that, in the wrong hands, can easily be abused to the detriment of all who associate, both ICly and OOCly, with the group.
Post restart, however, we will be relaxing those restrictions. We will still be selective in who we hand out invites to. However, we will also begin to reach out to new players who have showed an interest or role-played with us on a semi-regular basis. We want to be a family, not a clique.
3) Recruitment. This is something I will personally enjoy. In the past recruitment was casual, where invitations were handed out OOCly to willing candidates and some contrived, often half-assed IC explanation was thusly dredged up. While it allowed us to swell our ranks quickly, few of these ‘quick pick’ members felt any real emotional attachment between their characters and the guild.
Post restart we will hold an event for each recruitment. Small and simple, these events will pit members against realistic challenges that are equal part combat and equal part problem solving. In the end each player or a small group of players will have their own events, specifically tailored to their characters and their soon-to-be roll in the guild.
4) Impact. Too often do I hear calls for ‘conquest’ role-play from the player base. The very word ‘conquest’ conjures up images of names etched in blood upon bleached bones, each letter earned only through destruction and carnage. It’s a shame, really, considering that most people want to simply feel as if they and their characters are making an impact on the world.
Thus comes the term ‘impact’ role-playing.
Argus Wake will, on a regular basis, undergo missions and events centered on spreading its influence. In-character these missions will involve, assassinations, subversions, kidnapping and other measures of ‘discord’. While designed to be on a small scale, such actions will leave small scars upon the world of Azeroth. Over time these marks will accumulate, creating the impact that so many people crave.
Sometimes these events will be against player characters and guilds. Other times they will be upon non-playable characters and areas. The main string of this all, however, is that members will have the chance to spread their names across the world if they so desire it.
5) Funding. We’re scrapping drugs. That’s first and foremost. While it was a pleasant side project, too few people wanted to play the addicts.
Slavery, on the otherh and.
Argus Wake will, post restart, accrue influence and resources through mini events based around…
I was curious on what you all thought of this. After all, these are just my suggestions. This guild is as much yours as it is mine. A little bit more so, in fact: I’m not the one out there every day risking my necks to pitch a bomb into a volcano!
Penned in a Loving Hand,
The Management
Now, first and foremost: Argus Wake will be returning post restart. Cleanse what you will from the server; so long as there are players who want to wield their righteous fury against an encroaching evil/death machine/doom dragon of molten death than there will always be a need for not-so-good, dis-honest villains.
First and foremost: Argus Wake pre-restart is to be retconned. All activities done by its members under the auspices of AW or any character building received from AW must be ignored.
Some things that are to be changed…
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1) Leadership. Yes, I had immense fun playing Marianna as a fel-sworn. Born as a comical relief villain for a guild’s event, she’s managed to crawl up from simply being the butt of attacks and jokes to actually possessing such human (or, in her specific case, inhuman) traits as a personality, drives and flaws. Yet, with the removal of the prestige system, Marianna will be retconned completely. Her name shall be scrubbed from history, as shall her assorted worldly possessions, activities and victims.
This is to be intended as a new beginning.
Post restart Marianna will be outfitted with a new class (Warrior), new armor (Literally kick-ass boots), a new history (Involving hay and a broken condom) and a new personality (More fitting that of a leader). She is designed to mesh nicely with the activities of Argus Wake and be more of a bonding force between members.
2) Membership. Ah, this topic. Argus Wake has always been rather selective in its invitations. We aren’t pompous. Far from it. We are simply being realistic: Members of Argus Wake are given resources and opportunities that, in the wrong hands, can easily be abused to the detriment of all who associate, both ICly and OOCly, with the group.
Post restart, however, we will be relaxing those restrictions. We will still be selective in who we hand out invites to. However, we will also begin to reach out to new players who have showed an interest or role-played with us on a semi-regular basis. We want to be a family, not a clique.
3) Recruitment. This is something I will personally enjoy. In the past recruitment was casual, where invitations were handed out OOCly to willing candidates and some contrived, often half-assed IC explanation was thusly dredged up. While it allowed us to swell our ranks quickly, few of these ‘quick pick’ members felt any real emotional attachment between their characters and the guild.
Post restart we will hold an event for each recruitment. Small and simple, these events will pit members against realistic challenges that are equal part combat and equal part problem solving. In the end each player or a small group of players will have their own events, specifically tailored to their characters and their soon-to-be roll in the guild.
4) Impact. Too often do I hear calls for ‘conquest’ role-play from the player base. The very word ‘conquest’ conjures up images of names etched in blood upon bleached bones, each letter earned only through destruction and carnage. It’s a shame, really, considering that most people want to simply feel as if they and their characters are making an impact on the world.
Thus comes the term ‘impact’ role-playing.
Argus Wake will, on a regular basis, undergo missions and events centered on spreading its influence. In-character these missions will involve, assassinations, subversions, kidnapping and other measures of ‘discord’. While designed to be on a small scale, such actions will leave small scars upon the world of Azeroth. Over time these marks will accumulate, creating the impact that so many people crave.
Sometimes these events will be against player characters and guilds. Other times they will be upon non-playable characters and areas. The main string of this all, however, is that members will have the chance to spread their names across the world if they so desire it.
5) Funding. We’re scrapping drugs. That’s first and foremost. While it was a pleasant side project, too few people wanted to play the addicts.
Slavery, on the otherh and.
Argus Wake will, post restart, accrue influence and resources through mini events based around…
- Kidnapping
- Blackmail
- Robbery
- Slave Trade
- Extortion
- Weapon Dealing
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I was curious on what you all thought of this. After all, these are just my suggestions. This guild is as much yours as it is mine. A little bit more so, in fact: I’m not the one out there every day risking my necks to pitch a bomb into a volcano!
Penned in a Loving Hand,
The Management