Weapons of the Gods

[anarchy]

let's try a long term Event. I call Weapons of the Gods.

here are the rules:

can be any weapon (looted, crafted, and artie)
can not be a gm weapon or something weird like +Veritas's paladin sword (something everyone can have) that was on auction 6 months ago.
You have 12 months to complete it.
can have any mods starting, and no you don't need to register for this event.
i will give 2 month warnings and 1 month left warnings.
this is an end game weapon you are creating.

now some of you people are probably thinking, "i have a god weapon right now"; submit it when the time comes.
points will be determined as follows:

100 points are awarded for originality. (i'll make a poll *please this is not a popularity contest.*
100 points for effectiveness. (player decides on what mob he wants to test weapon. *please no 1-5 hit killed dead mobs*)



also i made it 12 months so people would use those level deeds. (normally takes 11 months for 1k eds *some peeps can get them faster* <----that's why i made it for 12 months. that way people who can't donate still has way enough time to complete this event. I haven't finished putting some more points in there. so am i missing anything? Rules are subject to change from day to day.

[Devlin]

So... Just make an awesome wep? do i get bonus points if i get stats in descending order, like
45% Fireball
46% Life Leech
47% Lightning
48% HLD
49% Mana Leech
50% Stam Leech
cause that would be fun.

[anarchy]

how would we balance it. or should i separate it into categories. Like crafted and then looted. we'll have to vote on the top 1 of each then put it to another vote as crafted vs looted.



see rules above. remember i don't care if your what monsters you want to demonstrate with (you get to demonstrate 1 video). i'll (if time permits) i'll video it and put them all on youtube

[Yoda]

love it.. . very original idea for an event

[Johnny Warren]

I think leave it one big open ended competition. Since you are judging it half on originality and half on effectiveness it will be fair no matter which way people choose to take it... Crafted could add a certain charm...

[Melkor]

How about weapons that are leveled? Should we take a screenshot of the unleveled weapon, or are fully leveled weapons going to be considered as well?

[Adrias]

How about weapons that are leveled? Should we take a screenshot of the unleveled weapon, or are fully leveled weapons going to be considered as well?

That's the entire point of the event

[Melkor]

How about weapons that are leveled? Should we take a screenshot of the unleveled weapon, or are fully leveled weapons going to be considered as well?

That's the entire point of the event

Meh, I think you can see the true glory of a weapon before its leveled at all. Leveling just adds 495 points to it, which alone won't win this contest, only the power of the weapon at its inception will.

But I'll take it that leveled weapons are accepted, thanks.

[Devlin]

yeah, a 5x46 or 4x58 would be glorious in and of itself, but how many people have you seen with completely botched weps. add 1% to random stuff, add regens to a +hit wep... its not exactly as simple as dropping 495 pts in, you gotta consider 1. Using all of the points. 2. Having even numbers ( a 6x50% looks much better than a 48/49/55%/50% wep ) 3. Determining the usefulness of the weapon for where it was designed; is it a WW, dbl strike wep or a yumi, does it have hit areas or hit spells, etc. Gotta know if its a champ wep, umbris wep, WW Wrong wep (with no AoE), etc.

could take a 5x58 and add 495 points of the most worthless crap in the world, effectively ruining" the true glory of a weapon before its leveled at all"

[Lust]

Just a quick suggestion for judging and submissions.

Trying to recall some of the difficulties the housing contest ran into. Sounds like judging will be based on player votes which can then just turn into a popularity contest. I know it'll be a huge hassle especially for the organizer, but would it be possible to standardize the submissions so you can't really tell who the participant is? Would require the organizer to submit all pictures and/or videos, while censoring anything would hint at the participant's name (possibly a dress code a la death robe). After votes are in revealing player names would be fine to give credit to all the participants.

Anyways just my 2 cents.

[Holypal]

if you decide to test on single mob, ok, yumi wins. Any melee weapon can't beat a normal good yumi on a single target.

But i prefer a good WW weapon than yumi.

[anarchy]

voting only counts as part of the points gained. other is originality, functionality, and other things i plan to throw in the mix. plus, this is going to take a year to do. that way everyone has a chance to submit something, not just the rich guys who can buy the deeds right away