Next step of the plan.

[Jaqen H'ghar]

So, I've got the dark jedi reveal under way, and I think the thread has gone smashingly well if I do say so m'self. Got a few pm's and the like saying it was fun, amongst the various questions and what not I've had thrown at me during it.

I was just curious, however, after this as to what's next? Would there be any factions interested in possible alignments with the dark jedi, I'd obviously think it'd be more the hutt related factions, though having several senators in the republic fall under the sway of the dark side would be interesting.

At anyrate, this is just kind of for brainstorming purposes, in terms of why I made the thread. We've got several battles underway aside from mine with the jedi, I'm aware. How are those going and what not?

Note: Not saying this next step needs to be done soon or w/e just thought it'd be a good idea to get a skeleton laid out, we can work on fleshing it out more as time goes by.

 

[Brandon Rhea]

One thing I definitely think is important and should have an OOU emphasis from the DJ and Jedi leadership is encouraging people to have minor duels between DJs and Jedi outside of battles. One of the best ways to do this is to have Sheo and Ru work together in putting together faction missions that would require both Jedi and Dark Jedi to be involved, such as DJ seeking out Jedi or Jedi investigating something DJ related.

I think this is important because I've had a few people mention to me that the Jedi and Dark Jedi aren't doing anything. Putting aside the fact that these people are retarded, since they've been saying this as the assault on the Jedi Temple has been going on, it's basically saying that they want more stuff to do in this conflict (same goes for the Republic and Hutts, though that's a discussion for another time). If they had missions like this and opportunities to fight against the enemy faction, it'd be really beneficial.

Doing this keeps the plot of the war moving while also giving people the chance to develop and further their own personal character-driven stories. We really need to put an emphasis on personal character-driven stories. The thing that really irritates me about the members of this site sometimes, and it's been going on for years mind you, is that a lot of them insist on waiting for faction leaders (and admins, for that matter) to tell them to do something instead of just being bold and doing it. Faction leaders can only tell them to do faction things. They need to have personal character-driven stories if they expect to have something to do all the time.

 

[Jaqen H'ghar]

I agree very much on that, it'd be a good place to start, and who knows if someone ends up with some good plots it may even give a focal point for some minor events that trigger large scale battles.

And yeah, I've been getting those complaints too, about the DJ not doing anything, which is kinda silly, given the major thread that's happening -_-

 

[Brandon Rhea]

I agree very much on that, it'd be a good place to start, and who knows if someone ends up with some good plots it may even give a focal point for some minor events that trigger large scale battles.

That's one of the great things about that. Shit can start to go down, people start calling in reinforcements, etc. until you have an actual battle on your hands. That, to me, is even more effective than waiting for the faction leadership to plan a battle out.

And yeah, I've been getting those complaints too, about the DJ not doing anything, which is kinda silly, given the major thread that's happening -_-

Well for awhile, that was a legit complaint. From July until this battle they didn't really do anything involving the whole faction and its conflict with the JEdi. I was starting to get worried that it'd be a do-nothing group like the Ospion.

 

[Jaqen H'ghar]

Well for awhile, that was a legit complaint. From July until this battle they didn't really do anything involving the whole faction and its conflict with the JEdi. I was starting to get worried that it'd be a do-nothing group like the Ospion.

Oh no, I do get that, my thing is the complaints I started getting were after I started moving things around with the faction and organizing main thread(s) and the like. I really thought someone was putting them up to it as a joke or something for a bit...

 

[Ru the Boatswain]

Just jumping in to make sure you know I'm reading this. I get complaints too. I even send people on missions and they expect me to micromanage it for them.

Anyway, we should probably try and make it so the battle with Mandalore goes well enough. It seems like there should be balance in that sense of the story.

 

[Jaqen H'ghar]

I personally like the idea of the majority of the jedi getting wiped out with mandalore and the bogan. *nods* But that may be more because I want to see my faction flourish :CHappy:

 

[Ru the Boatswain]

I like to see the story flourish. It's too early in the storyline for the Jedi to be really down on their luck.

 

[Brandon Rhea]

I'm not suggesting you guys rig it or anything, but I think both of you really need to find a way to balance yourselves out and make sure that the conflict between the Jedi and Dark Jedi doesn't get one sided. The Jedi have always gotten boned up the ass early on when there's been an actual light vs. dark conflict, typically due to Jedi inaction and the dark sided peeps just walking all over them. That happened a lot in the first timeline, but more specifically that was basically how it happened in the second timeline (excluding the part where the Bendu also boned the Jedi up the ass).

The third timeline didn't have that, but there were no Dark Jedi so that's a moot point.

Basically, my point is that you guys need to try to maintain some sort of balance or else the conflict is just going to be the same as always.

 

[Ru the Boatswain]

I'm not suggesting you guys rig it or anything, but I think both of you really need to find a way to balance yourselves out and make sure that the conflict between the Jedi and Dark Jedi doesn't get one sided. The Jedi have always gotten boned up the ass early on when there's been an actual light vs. dark conflict, typically due to Jedi inaction and the dark sided peeps just walking all over them. That happened a lot in the first timeline, but more specifically that was basically how it happened in the second timeline (excluding the part where the Bendu also boned the Jedi up the ass).

The third timeline didn't have that, but there were no Dark Jedi so that's a moot point.

Basically, my point is that you guys need to try to maintain some sort of balance or else the conflict is just going to be the same as always.

I was thinking along a similar line. We do want a solid story line.

 

[Brandon Rhea]

Yeah, but like I said you don't want to rig it. If you basically control every aspect of it, then the whole thing falls apart once you choose to back away. That's what happened in the second timeline. I basically controlled the whole thing (what with being the Supreme Chancellor, the Bendu High Priest, and the Dark Lord of the Sith all at the same time...), and then when I stopped doing that everyone realized that no one was really doing anything. Story was emphasized over RPing, so once the controller(s) of the story stopped controlling it there was no RPing.

It was still a pretty ****ing awesome story, though.

 

[Jaqen H'ghar]

I was being sarcastic about the jedi getting demolished, just for reference there...o_o;