Orcs, let's talk. [Review/Feedback]

[Smaw 2376]

Orcs, let's talk.
 

 

 

 

As the thread suggests, this post is intended to open up some discussion regarding the Orcish Race and the culture and RP therein.

 

I've noticed that the community has been growing at an exponential rate these days, which pleases me a lot. In recognition of this, I want to get an idea of what the growing player-base thinks of our RP and our general stance in the world, so that we can progress together in a way which best reflects our combined interests.

 

As your supreme leader, I take on the responsibility of providing you all with whatever it is you need. And so, it is with this thread that I hope to get further insight into what you think is lacking from our community, what you currently would like to see more of, and where you want to see us heading.

 

Ultimately I'd like to keep this within the Orc RP community, but if anyone outside of our player-base has some valid insight, they are more than welcome to put it forward.

 

I ask for this to remain a calm and reasonable discussion, in which we can progress and not resort to petty insults and arguments. So, with that said I will pose a list of questions to get things stated. Please expand on these and contribute any additional concerns below.

 

Architecture:

What do you think of our current building style?

Are you happy with San'Thraka's general design, and would you like to see us follow a similar blueprint in 5.0?

 

What do you think of the walkway leading to the city? Is it too cluttered?

Likewise, is the general area lacking in notable RP hubs and sites?

 

Orcish Role-Play:

Are you happy with the direction I'm trying to push Orc RP toward?

Do you think our RP is lacking focus on anything in particular?

What would you like to see more of in terms of our RP?
 

Do you feel you have room for progression?

 

What do you think of Orc RP and where we're heading?


Events:

 

What kind of events would you like to see more of around the Uzg? Admittedly, they're lacking as a whole at the moment.

 

Would you be willing to run and organise small events if you were put in contact with the leadership?


Leadership:

 

Do you think the Orc Leadership is pro-active/active enough?

Is there anything you dislike about the current leadership?

What would you like to see more of from myself?

 

Shamanism:

Do you think Shamanism is accessible enough? Do bear in mind, it is supposed be difficult to become a Shaman.

 

Do you think the Shamans provide enough RP for the player-base?


Plague:

What do you think of the current Orcish Plague?

 

Bearing in mind that I've struggled to get events, do you think it has provided adequate RP to the community?

Would you like to get more involved? If so, how?

 

 

Community:

Are you happy with the way we conduct ourselves?

 

What do you think we could improve on in terms of our OOC attitude?

 

5.0

Are you happy with the drive to change to a Jungle Terrain in the next map?

What direction would you like to see the Orcs head in when we transition?

 

 

There are a lot of questions here. This is only because I seriously want to consider the feedback of you all, since you're what makes us who we are. If you can, try to respond to several of these questions at once, in order to save space on the thread. Also, if you have anything else to mention, fire away.

 

To those that decide to respond, thank you for your feedback.

[LatzMomo 2088]

Architecture:

What do you think of our current building style?
It's fine, I quite liked the tents in the old Goi, though the newer city looks like a cathedral, it's almost too fancy and ornate for the Orcs though. . .
Are you happy with San'Thraka's general design, and would you like to see us follow a similar blueprint in 5.0?

I think it needs to be more tribal, or primitive then it is currently.

What do you think of the walkway leading to the city? Is it too cluttered?
No, it's great! All the totems and RP signs and corpses paint a great picture of the Orcs before you reach the city!
Likewise, is the general area lacking in notable RP hubs and sites?

The RP hubs i've noticed is the bench in the swampy area in San'thraka and right outside the forge, or near the bounty board, that's where most of the RP happens.

Orcish Role-Play:

Are you happy with the direction I'm trying to push Orc RP toward?
Honestly? No, the Orgon corruption has had little impact on my character, and I haven't really gotten any events from it so far.
Do you think our RP is lacking focus on anything in particular?
We don't have anything to do besides raid, by this I mean we can't really have day to day RP, like just common slice of life stuff, so when we aren't raiding, there isn't much to do.
What would you like to see more of in terms of our RP?
Honestly, we need conflict to thrive, because we don't have much RP without it, we need to expand on our RP outside of conflict so we can sustain our playerbase after a conflict.

Do you feel you have room for progression?

Oh, definitely yes.

What do you think of Orc RP and where we're heading?
In the right direction certainly, but still far to go.

Events:

 

What kind of events would you like to see more of around the Uzg? Admittedly, they're lacking as a whole at the moment.

Beast attacks, Fallen beehives, and Dark shamans, we've got really interesting lore, and I'd love to see our beasts being used inside the desert.

Would you be willing to run and organise small events if you were put in contact with the leadership?
Maybe. . . really depends on how much effort i'd have to put forth.

Leadership:

 

Do you think the Orc Leadership is pro-active/active enough?
Smawton is pretty good, though I hardly see him, probably due to conflicting timezones, Hedgehug is around quite a bit, not sure if he's leadership though, I've never seen the motsham before, and i've only seen about three or four active shamans.
Is there anything you dislike about the current leadership?
Conflicting time zones, furthermore, sometimes they do not react to feedback well and can respond to things in a toxic and pretentious manner.
What would you like to see more of from myself?

To be honest Smawton, I'd just like to see more of you around the Uzg, you're the Rex, so you can most easily create roleplay in the Uzg, save maybe the Motsham.

Shamanism:

Do you think Shamanism is accessible enough? Do bear in mind, it is supposed be difficult to become a Shaman.

As of recent, I've noticed that shamanism is becoming very easy to learn, this is a good thing and a bad thing, because it's nice to share the RP with more active players, but at the same time, I feel as if Shamanism should be reserved for some of the best Roleplayers in the Uzg.

Do you think the Shamans provide enough RP for the player-base?
Nope, they nearly provide none.

Plague:

What do you think of the current Orcish Plague?

Don't like it that much, but at the same time, haven't done any events with it, I've also heard lots of complaints about it, but that can be chopped up to poor execution and communication and not the actual Plague itself.

Bearing in mind that I've struggled to get events, do you think it has provided adequate RP to the community?
No, There's not nearly enough RP in the Uzg, it's headed in the right direction, though still needs more.
Would you like to get more involved? If so, how?

I wouldn't mind helping out by giving ideas to event team members, or acting for an event, also would not mind other stuff, not exactly sure what the question means, but you can skype me and ask for help, I could probably do it.

 

Community:

Are you happy with the way we conduct ourselves?

To an extant, sometimes Ego's conflict and people act better than others which isn't acceptable for a healthy community.

What do you think we could improve on in terms of our OOC attitude?

Becoming more humble, maybe take a step back, light up a joint and try to get a fresh perspective.

5.0

Are you happy with the drive to change to a Jungle Terrain in the next map?
Not sure, I rather like the desert, though maybe it will help W/ RP, it may help us become more tribal as well, and we can build treehouses, so that's p Cool.
What direction would you like to see the Orcs head in when we transition?

Like I said, we should work on **** that we can do when we aren't raiding, doing Cactus green RP all the time isn't that fun.

 

Edit: I'd like to bring up Honor, I don't see many Orcs that actually RP it well, there should be steps taken to punish actively dishonorable Orcs with Pugging, this should be addressed Rp'ly though.

[Travista 1361]

29 minutes ago, Smaw said:

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Architecture:

What do you think of our current building style?
I'll elaborate at the end. Yes. No.

Are you happy with San'Thraka's general design, and would you like to see us follow a similar blueprint in 5.0?

Yes, it's fine. I'm quite a fan, actually.

 

What do you think of the walkway leading to the city? Is it too cluttered?
A few of the shrines I built look like ****. Most of the other **** along it looks like **** such as that one fire and the stuff leading up to the camp. Atleast there isn't some abrupt swamp somewhere...

Likewise, is the general area lacking in notable RP hubs and sites?

Ja, the ET need to have their way with the region

Orcish Role-Play:

Are you happy with the direction I'm trying to push Orc RP toward?
I'm content

Do you think our RP is lacking focus on anything in particular?

Laklul

What would you like to see more of in terms of our RP?
A less **** region which can foster RP. I do admit, this can be a difficult thing to do once you're dealing with a crammed, scarred region which itself is a bloody desert.

 

Do you feel you have room for progression?

Laklul has yet to be crowned protector of the realm and lord of the Andels; ja.

 

What do you think of Orc RP and where we're heading?

I'm content, could use more Laklul though  ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)


Events:

 

What kind of events would you like to see more of around the Uzg? Admittedly, they're lacking as a whole at the moment.

Anything.

 

Would you be willing to run and organise small events if you were put in contact with the leadership?
I already do on the occasion.

Leadership:

 

Do you think the Orc Leadership is pro-active/active enough?

T'is sufficient

Is there anything you dislike about the current leadership?

Smawton's lack of appreciation towards Laklul. It's fine.

What would you like to see more of from myself?

Submit to Laklul and his prophet, piss be upon him, Swampgoth Shreck'Lak. I'm pretty biased in regards to the shamanism, community and leadership sections due to various reasons.

Shamanism:

Do you think Shamanism is accessible enough? Do bear in mind, it is supposed be difficult to become a Shaman.

If Whimsycal can get shamanism there shouldn't be issues with getting it. COUGH COUGH IF SOMEONE RUNS A CLAN REVOLVING AROUND A FARSEER AND HAS BEEN PESTERING FOR IT FOR LITERALLY TWO YEARS THERSALTSALTSALTSALTSALTCOugHCOUGH

 

Do you think the Shamans provide enough RP for the player-base?

No, the only time I see shamanism is with HedgeHug or you during your swampbola events. Admittedly even elementalists such as myself could contribute such as when we need infrastructure created. 


Plague:

What do you think of the current Orcish Plague?

Ja

 

Bearing in mind that I've struggled to get events, do you think it has provided adequate RP to the community?

Ja. I think the rooted issue is, as you've said, our lack of ETs. If I'm correct Catarrh is our only one and he himself is mildly inactive. 

Would you like to get more involved? If so, how?

Sort of. I'm back from a string of inactivity so I imagine my contribution will meet such.

5.0

Are you happy with the drive to change to a Jungle Terrain in the next map?

Yes, my swamp might be able to be plausible next map.... There is a swamp, no?

What direction would you like to see the Orcs head in when we transition?

Stay relevant and don't adopt some isolationist approach as we have for a majority of the time since Arteh left.

 

 

Just a final note for 5.0. We need to have a severe regulation on building so that we don't end up with a scarred region as we have now. EVERYTHING should be either done by a renown builder or in single player first. I myself am guilty for this admittedly; the shrine of Theruz and a substantial amount of my older builds look like ****. 

 

There are a lot of questions here. This is only because I seriously want to consider the feedback of you all, since you're what makes us who we are. If you can, try to respond to several of these questions at once, in order to save space on the thread. Also, if you have anything else to mention, fire away.

 

To those that decide to respond, thank you for your feedback.

[Ever 2648]

I'm not currently an Orc player (but I'd love to bring my Orc back...) so I won't touch on any of the questions you're asking, but I do have one of my own: Is there a world cactus?

[Yankee 130]

Architecture:

What do you think of our current building style?  I quite like the current build style and find it much better than the previous.

Are you happy with San'Thraka's general design, and would you like to see us follow a similar blueprint in 5.0? I like how to rp is centralised but I think it would be interesting to bring clan activity into the Goi, possibly by clan areas and such.

 

What do you think of the walkway leading to the city? Is it too cluttered? The shrines should possibly be moved back slightly, opening the space up a little bit.

Likewise, is the general area lacking in notable RP hubs and sites? Mentioned just above about trying to bring clans into the Goi.

 

Orcish Role-Play:

Are you happy with the direction I'm trying to push Orc RP toward? I think that the direction the orcs are heading in right now is effecting the overall view of orc rp and (dare I say it) 'Orcish culture'. We are moving away from a pvp orientated group which me gusta.

Do you think our RP is lacking focus on anything in particular? The rp is interesting but I feel it should try and cater to the Uzg as a whole as opposed to more powerful figures, e.g with the whole plague, instead of just Shamans bring more orcs into the idea and introduce them to it whether it be through organised raids or showing them how the blight is spread. 

What would you like to see more of in terms of our RP? I think we need to get hunts back again, try to get ET to run something like that.
 

Do you feel you have room for progression? Yep, I feel my char has developed through the stages. 

 

What do you think of Orc RP and where we're heading? I think it is good as we are devolving from pvp orientated rp and focusing on better horizons. 


Events:

 

What kind of events would you like to see more of around the Uzg? Admittedly, they're lacking as a whole at the moment. Hunts, as previously mentioned. More spirit activity, other than Orgon. Random attacks from creatures /  other beings on the Goi, I feel this would help boost numbers. 

 

Would you be willing to run and organise small events if you were put in contact with the leadership? I could give it a go.


Leadership:

 

Do you think the Orc Leadership is pro-active/active enough? Being apart of orc leadership for a short while I feel we are all active.

Is there anything you dislike about the current leadership? Nope.

What would you like to see more of from myself? As our rp focus is changing, update traditions and such that follow suit. 

 

Shamanism:

Do you think Shamanism is accessible enough? Do bear in mind, it is supposed be difficult to become a Shaman.  Yes, the process requires you to prove yourself and prevents all orcs from becoming shamans.

 

Do you think the Shamans provide enough RP for the player-base? I feel not all shamans actively provide rp for the public, and it tends to be more behind the scenes action.


Plague:

What do you think of the current Orcish Plague? Good rp focus and goal.

 

Bearing in mind that I've struggled to get events, do you think it has provided adequate RP to the community? Yeah, it has been a key talking point and all orcs are aware of its existence. 

Would you like to get more involved? If so, how? I myself want to contact you and see how I can get involved and bring others into it, whether it be through raids or anything else.

 

 

Community:

Are you happy with the way we conduct ourselves? Yep, from time to time some of us have a spasm or so but we all get a long. 

 

What do you think we could improve on in terms of our OOC attitude? Aimed towards my self as well as others but just to clam toxicity at times, when things are heated just chill.

 

5.0

Are you happy with the drive to change to a Jungle Terrain in the next map? And swamp*

What direction would you like to see the Orcs head in when we transition? Remain as they are, pushing themselves to similar objectives and following the same ideology. 

[zaezae 1098]

I do not play an orc, but all I will say is that orc RP outside of the Uzg is still orcish RP. Please do not shout down that form of Feedback like last time. That's all I have to say.

[Smaw 2376]

3 minutes ago, Ever said:

I'm not currently an Orc player (but I'd love to bring my Orc back...) so I won't touch on any of the questions you're asking, but I do have one of my own: Is there a world cactus?

 

We're literally in the process of making one. Recognised it was missing a few days ago.

[LatzMomo 2088]

Just now, zaezae said:

I do not play an orc, but all I will say is that orc RP outside of the Uzg is still orcish RP. Please do not shout down that form of Feedback like last time. That's all I have to say.

It doesn't really concern the Uzg that much, so the feedback wouldn't be too relevant I'd assume, unless it was a Whitewash Orc commenting about the Uzg.

[zaezae 1098]

Just now, Bunny :) said:

It doesn't really concern the Uzg that much, so the feedback wouldn't be too relevant I'd assume, unless it was a Whitewash Orc commenting about the Uzg.

 

Well from that point of view I suppose that makes sense.

[Taketheshot 3834]

Architecture:

What do you think of our current building style?

Love it

Are you happy with San'Thraka's general design, and would you like to see us follow a similar blueprint in 5.0?

YES!!

What do you think of the walkway leading to the city? Is it too cluttered?
Not really
Likewise, is the general area lacking in notable RP hubs and sites?

Nope
 

Orcish Role-Play:

Are you happy with the direction I'm trying to push Orc RP toward?
Yes
Do you think our RP is lacking focus on anything in particular?
Could use more feasts
What would you like to see more of in terms of our RP?
hunts and raids

Do you feel you have room for progression?

yes i do

What do you think of Orc RP and where we're heading?
I like it alot its good to see us not relying on pvp buffs to become an active race

Events:

 

What kind of events would you like to see more of around the Uzg? Admittedly, they're lacking as a whole at the moment.

 

Would you be willing to run and organise small events if you were put in contact with the leadership?
Not really my thing

Leadership:

 

Do you think the Orc Leadership is pro-active/active enough?
Yes
Is there anything you dislike about the current leadership?
No
What would you like to see more of from myself?

more beatdowns of pinkkehs

Shamanism:

Do you think Shamanism is accessible enough? Do bear in mind, it is supposed be difficult to become a Shaman.

Yes I do

Do you think the Shamans provide enough RP for the player-base?
More than enough its awesome

Plague:

What do you think of the current Orcish Plague?  Ehhhh it seems like its just something in the backs of everyones minds.

 

Bearing in mind that I've struggled to get events, do you think it has provided adequate RP to the community?
yes
Would you like to get more involved? If so, how?

Not really my show but I support the bruddahs doin it

 

Community:

Are you happy with the way we conduct ourselves?

Yes

What do you think we could improve on in terms of our OOC attitude?

More memes pls

5.0

Are you happy with the drive to change to a Jungle Terrain in the next map?
Yes. Green orcs waiting to ambush pinkkehs stand out among sand. 
What direction would you like to see the Orcs head in when we transition?

Not sure

 

 

[Panashea 3323]

Architecture:

What do you think of our current building style?

The current building style is pretty good, though the randomness of some of the forts and placement of events makes it seem like it was built first, and then thought up where everything was after. 

Are you happy with San'Thraka's general design, and would you like to see us follow a similar blueprint in 5.0?

The hub of San'Thraka is wonderful. In almost every situation, the clans are super spread apart and isolated, and often the players are too scattered for good RP. Now, there is a hub where an orc,orcs,goblins and ologs will always be together. Some sort of hub equidistant from clan homes would definitely allow RP to still exist in clan homes and in the hub would be a perfect and similar path. 

 

What do you think of the walkway leading to the city? Is it too cluttered?
The walkway to the city is cluttered, and feels a little strange due to the lack of walls or orcish might when it's the front of our nation. Also, with the spirits altars scattered about everywhere seemed confusing and strange. Having either an area for shrines would be better, though having the massive totems to various spirits outside like Enrohk's is an amazing idea. More imposing structures and stuff like that would be better for the walkway. 

Likewise, is the general area lacking in notable RP hubs and sites?

RP hubs and sites are pretty vague in the orcish city, only the one central one in San'Thranka, though more spiritual or hunt stuff would be better for hubs, maybe a place to talk about spirits, or to feast. 

Orcish Role-Play:

Are you happy with the direction I'm trying to push Orc RP toward?

Somewhat, as a Rex, you've been the most involved and interested than any I've seen and handle the fucktons of work that need to be done as an orcish nation leader. Orc RP is interesting,  and doing all the badass events was amazing, but the day to day stuff is a nightmare. There's nothing to really work with. It's simply a do a cool thing for a day, and then walk around and do the same sacrifices everyday. It's the same issue that all orcs have had, but we need to find something to do on the day to day, or a way to make RP more interesting other than combat or sweeping other races.

Do you think our RP is lacking focus on anything in particular?

Orcs are also hunters and spirtualists, more events on these things would also be interesting. It's also super aggravating to see our interactions with those who want to enter our city or witness our culture. "Tribute or flat" Is a recent new thing I've witnessed, and I don't understand why. As orcs who are in fact more superior, we should be willing to allow others to enter and witness our culture, though restrict access to specific areas such as spiritual or culture areas should exist. Tribute should exist for trespassers and disobeyers though.  

What would you like to see more of in terms of our RP?
Feasts, hunts, Interaction with spirits, Spirit champions, spirit feasts and sacrifices

 

Do you feel you have room for progression?

Eh, I mean kinda. It feels like there are a few specific characters/higher ups that are always the main characters, so maybe giving younger/new orcs spirit blessing/special items/spirit champion status would help to make them feel more special.

What do you think of Orc RP and where we're heading?
The entire Orc RP together is headed in a wonderful direction. Superiority and Supremacy is a wonderful thing to witness. For once, Orc's just aren't a backup for PvP and we actually have a role and a goal on the server. Having goals other than just warring other races is a brilliant idea. Involvement with spirits is a genius idea, so more fighting with spirits, clan wars, working with spirits and completing goals would be better than just constant pvp. 

Events:

 

What kind of events would you like to see more of around the Uzg? Admittedly, they're lacking as a whole at the moment.

More hunts, feasts and global spirit worship. Even a simple event like discussing hunts and battles about our character's stories and idea would help to flesh out orcish pride more. 

 

Would you be willing to run and organise small events if you were put in contact with the leadership?
Yeah, I have a list of events already ready, I just have to talk with Spig and actually build the ****.

Leadership:

 

Do you think the Orc Leadership is pro-active/active enough?
Yeah, they're willing to listen and offer ideas, though sometimes it feels like there's a lack of transparency when waiting for stuff to happen.
Is there anything you dislike about the current leadership?
The Rex is pretty shitty, but in all seriousness maybe more transparency.
What would you like to see more of from myself?

You're doing the best you can, and it's wonderful, seeing something like this is already proof that you're doing all you can.

Shamanism:

Do you think Shamanism is accessible enough? Do bear in mind, it is supposed be difficult to become a Shaman.

Not really. It feels like  all the shamans are hand-picked way in advance rather than RP developing. It makes sense because there isn't a good way to see who's good or not, but maybe more events for players to prove themselves as candidates would be better than just asking in Skype.

Do you think the Shamans provide enough RP for the player-base?
Yes, but I wouldn't blame you or the orcish community. The shamans were eventually dying out, though picking more and introducing more into the community is a great idea.(Already being implemented).

Plague:

What do you think of the current Orcish Plague?

 

Bearing in mind that I've struggled to get events, do you think it has provided adequate RP to the community?

Would you like to get more involved? If so, how?

 

 

Community:

Are you happy with the way we conduct ourselves?

Yes

What do you think we could improve on in terms of our OOC attitude?

Less memes and banter when showing ourselves to other races, and being so aggressive with the newer players. At first it's okay if they don't pick up blah completely or act a bit whitewashy, but hunting them down wouldn't make them want to join. We have to  be more welcoming and providing for the new players.

5.0

Are you happy with the drive to change to a Jungle Terrain in the next map?
Not really, I feel like a Mesa or the Desert would have been better, but as long as there is something with elevation would prove to be more interesting than a flat jungle. Some orcish ruins or hidden history would also be interesting to see. 

What direction would you like to see the Orcs head in when we transition?

Heavy Spirit and Hunting and Feasting focus, with less war. We've been doing wars for too long now.

 

[Aesopian 1639]

Wait, then who will live in a desert environment? The Caliphate?

[Catarrh 720]

1 hour ago, Bunny :) said:

Architecture:

What do you think of our current building style?
It's fine, I quite liked the tents in the old Goi, though the newer city looks like a cathedral, it's almost too fancy and ornate for the Orcs though. . .
Are you happy with San'Thraka's general design, and would you like to see us follow a similar blueprint in 5.0?

I think it needs to be more tribal, or primitive then it is currently.

 

   In all fairness, the tent cities were a regression. Originally, orcs didn't live in tent cities. According to what I've been shown in old videos and told by old orc players, the orcs built actual cities in the early maps. So, the issue with tents is that it doesn't really make much sense for a culture to just suddenly devolve from building cities to just living in a cluster of tents. The current style is certainly more complex than the old cities in, say, Aegis, but that's because the Aegis builders didn't really have the same options at their disposal in the days before upside down stairs.

[LatzMomo 2088]

35 minutes ago, Catarrh said:

   In all fairness, the tent cities were a regression. Originally, orcs didn't live in tent cities. According to what I've been shown in old videos and told by old orc players, the orcs built actual cities in the early maps. So, the issue with tents is that it doesn't really make much sense for a culture to just suddenly devolve from building cities to just living in a cluster of tents. The current style is certainly more complex than the old cities in, say, Aegis, but that's because the Aegis builders didn't really have the same options at their disposal in the days before upside down stairs.

I liked it the way it was in Athera, though I wouldn't mind less sandstoney cathedral/palace builds.

[Samoblivion 532]

Architecture:

What do you think of our current building style?

I like it, very reminiscent of Aegis designs. I wasn't a fan of tents everywhere. I like the focus on monumental architecture and the like.

Are you happy with San'Thraka's general design, and would you like to see us follow a similar blueprint in 5.0?

San'Thraka is very well designed, I'm a fan. The only issue I see with it is that its verticality isn't fully utilised - the upper tiers rarely have any activity. Perhaps purposefully centralise RP areas to the lower floors in future. I like Hedgehug's initiative of creating spaces of RP near common thoroughfares on the ground floor.

 

What do you think of the walkway leading to the city? Is it too cluttered?

A little bit, but I like it. Maybe in future build more monumental temples around the desert/near the goi in place of so many shrines along the road.

Likewise, is the general area lacking in notable RP hubs and sites?

Not sure. Perhaps make the klomping arena more centralised next time, not off to the side? I mean, keep a big monumental arena somewhere for big ass tournaments and stuff but a smaller central arena can allow people to congregate to watch klomps, make klomps more of a regular thing.

Orcish Role-Play:

Are you happy with the direction I'm trying to push Orc RP toward?

I must say I have some doubts but I'm willing to go with it, see what happens. Cautiously optimistic.

Do you think our RP is lacking focus on anything in particular?
Lore-wise, Orcs are communal and family/clan focussed. We don't see much of this, but I'm not sure on how to solve the issue - if it is indeed an issue.

What would you like to see more of in terms of our RP?

Perhaps more cultural events? Our raiding and combat events are reasonably top notch so far, but our culture and general... I don't know, existence as a race outside of fighting is a bit lacking. Maybe more of a drive to improve that somehow? Again, not sure how it would be achieved.

 

Do you feel you have room for progression?

Yeah, definitely. In OOC command structure things are meritocratic and nowhere near as couched in cliqueness as Oren or the various Elven factions - if you can do the job well and aren't a **** you're rewarded. A great system. Same in terms of RP progression.

 

What do you think of Orc RP and where we're heading?
Like I said, cautiously optimistic but I'd rather we not get to the point where the leadership is trying to push Orcs as a player antagonist. Not saying that's what's happening but I'd like to make sure that the changes we're bringing about can be undone later if they prove detrimental.

Events:

 

What kind of events would you like to see more of around the Uzg? Admittedly, they're lacking as a whole at the moment.

 

Perhaps more interaction of spirits in daily life? Orgon's got quite a big focus at the moment but so far he's only talking with Kharak? Surely he'd want to interact with other Orcs, perhaps convince them to join his service like Kharak maybe. What about Enrohk though? For centuries he's been top dog in terms of Orc worship - I doubt he'd be happy with being sidelined and suddenly faced with an increasingly powerful rival in the spirit plane. And lesser spirits as well! Interacting with people in dreams, giving them little quests or nudges to shape their RP a little.

 

Perhaps in general allowing more spirit interaction that's player driven. Like, a player of their own volition deciding to incorporate a spirit communicating with them in their dreams, with that effecting their roleplay. Player driven events like that. Of course, there'd need to be some oversight to make sure people don't PG awesome OP gifts granted by a spirit for no reason other than "Ug kub, latz wunt tu ruul da Uzg ur wub?".

 

Would you be willing to run and organise small events if you were put in contact with the leadership?
Yep, hell yep, got an idea ready to go. Just need the motivation to write up some posts as build up then we can go ahead. Should be fun, it's basically a retread of the Festival of Enrohk sacrifice event from last year.

Leadership:

 

Do you think the Orc Leadership is pro-active/active enough?

Orc leadership right now is pretty active, although that varies per person. Wargoths should be encouraged to stay active and encourage activity amongst their clan members, but that's just common sense. Uzg level leadership (targoths etc.) could do with being a little tighter. Currently it's not hugely active, aside from the position of snagagoth which has worked really well with our new snaga policy.

Is there anything you dislike about the current leadership?

Nothing huge comes to mind.

What would you like to see more of from myself?

You're the most active Rex in a while - you're actually active in the community and getting **** done rather than spending your days doing OOC backroom stuff, which is damn good. Keep up the community interaction, but perhaps be a little bit more open to the concerns of other players aside from Orcs. I know, a lot of their complaints are just whinging, but there are some legitimate criticisms in and amongst all the crying about getting raided. The handling of the taint's spread and the ability to heal it has been a little bit wonky, perhaps do some more to ease their concerns.

Shamanism:

Do you think Shamanism is accessible enough? Do bear in mind, it is supposed be difficult to become a Shaman.

I've never tried to become a shaman so I can't rightly comment. I assume that the current system is fair and accessible. However, the disemination of Shamanism to the wider playerbase should continue to be curtailed as it always has done. I'd be loath to see Shamanism as just another thing an edgier character just does in a tavern. That being said, I was always open to the idea ancestor worshipping dark elves being introduced to Shamanic religion despite the disemination risks that entails.

 

Do you think the Shamans provide enough RP for the player-base?
In general yes, although more could always be done. Players should be encouraged to treat Shamans as go-to wisemen figures, and Shamans should also work toward encouraging domestic and cultural RP in peacetime.

Plague:

What do you think of the current Orcish Plague?

Like I've said before - cautiously optimistic. But in all honesty I'm not holding my breath, no offense. Disease and taint RP has proven completely fruitless countless times in the past - no-one wants or likes to RP being sick. You've done a great job on it though, above and beyond the call. It's just not how I personally would do things.

 

Bearing in mind that I've struggled to get events, do you think it has provided adequate RP to the community?

It could use a bit more work, a bit more nuance but I imagine that's hard to achieve on your own. You have been a bit shafted by the staff. In case they read this STOP IGNORING THE ORCS AS A COMMUNITY. Smawton's put on the biggest player-run event chain the server's seen in ages, the least you can do is devote a few resources to keeping it fun and running smoothly for everyone.

Would you like to get more involved? If so, how?

Perhaps incorporate a bit of anger from Orgon's rival spirits into the mix. For example, I'd think Enrohk would be very interested in curtailing Orgon's influence in the Uzg...

 

 

Community:

Are you happy with the way we conduct ourselves?

In general yes.

 

What do you think we could improve on in terms of our OOC attitude?

We're more accepting of the flaws of new players than we have been in the past, which has been great. Perhaps increase our outreach into the wider community? More Orc RP posts, more guides like your fantastic Orc RP: My Interpretation thread (perhaps cross posted to the application and RP guides subforums. More OOC stuff to encourage outside interest - encouraging clan leaders to post new Clan threads, our current ones are reasonably old and stale.

5.0

Are you happy with the drive to change to a Jungle Terrain in the next map?

Not particularly. The same thing was trialled in Anthos, it didn't really work - the clan who lived in the jungle was completely inactive. I mean, I wouldn't be against it but maybe have our region as half jungle/swamp and half desert. If one side fails to be productive, we fall back to the other one.

What direction would you like to see the Orcs head in when we transition?

Not sure if I'm totally honest.