Hi everyone,
I played here about 10-15 years ago (*feels old*) when it was called "Escape from the Underdark". What I particularly liked about EfU philosophy is that they're willing to make massive overhauls to the server based on game events and not stay stagnant. Unfortunately I never got to be a part of a main event that changes the landscape of the server so I didn't get to experience what it's really like. The reason I'm exploring it now so many years later is because I have a small youtube channel (Larpushka) where I explore immersive escapism and I have a section dedicated to hardcore RP communities. EfU, or rather City of Rings, has been on my list for a while and in fact I already made a video about it but I eventually removed it since I didn't feel it was a detailed enough of an analysis. I also want to use City of Rings as an prime example of what NWN RP is like. Anyway, certainly servers that are willing to stay dynamic and change based on events and players action are a rare gem so I've been considering for a while redoing this video. With that said I want to understand 2 things:
1) Do players action change the landscape of the server or are these decisions pre-determined and the players just play it out? If it is not pre-determined, I would love to hear stories about it.
2) Do players get to play in key roles that affect serverwide events, like mayor/militia captain?
I will also explore this new PW with a new character of course, I gotta see and feel it for myself again :) but if anyone has stories about what makes EfU special and immersive please pile on.
-Larpushka
I played here about 10-15 years ago (*feels old*) when it was called "Escape from the Underdark". What I particularly liked about EfU philosophy is that they're willing to make massive overhauls to the server based on game events and not stay stagnant. Unfortunately I never got to be a part of a main event that changes the landscape of the server so I didn't get to experience what it's really like. The reason I'm exploring it now so many years later is because I have a small youtube channel (Larpushka) where I explore immersive escapism and I have a section dedicated to hardcore RP communities. EfU, or rather City of Rings, has been on my list for a while and in fact I already made a video about it but I eventually removed it since I didn't feel it was a detailed enough of an analysis. I also want to use City of Rings as an prime example of what NWN RP is like. Anyway, certainly servers that are willing to stay dynamic and change based on events and players action are a rare gem so I've been considering for a while redoing this video. With that said I want to understand 2 things:
1) Do players action change the landscape of the server or are these decisions pre-determined and the players just play it out? If it is not pre-determined, I would love to hear stories about it.
2) Do players get to play in key roles that affect serverwide events, like mayor/militia captain?
I will also explore this new PW with a new character of course, I gotta see and feel it for myself again :) but if anyone has stories about what makes EfU special and immersive please pile on.
-Larpushka