World effecting Events.

So I was thinking what does everyone think of world affecting events but not like the others {well Rising tides: the only event I've seen}. Rather like events that would affect almost everyone. Say a invading army or a chain of abnormal weather. I saw in another post about like a more difficult Boss that would roam about for story reasons and would sometimes get in the way of jobs. That would be pretty awesome. Or say a NPC guild Causing trouble in a specific location that would interfere with everything happening in that place.

Anyways just thought I'd share, I think this might be kinda cool but others may not. I don't want to start a post war or anything, just wondering if anyone else thinks this might be cool too.

Era was entirely devastated. It was fixed practically overnight to be exactly the same as it was before.

Locations never change, and there is no cross-thread continuity except by those who were within the thread mentioning it elsewhere. Everyone might as well be in their own individual universes except on the occasions where those universes rub up against each other through direct interaction.

To answer your question it's a matter of choice. People on here can choose who to rp with and between those they rp with decide their own story. It's because of this it's why we can have one thread talking about the destruction of era while in another thread after it can be as good as new. So it's because of a choice to rp is why we have that difference eris brought up.

Now the site wide events(like the rising tides) are the attempt to join together multiple members in interaction with each other in the world. But again it only works for those who want to join it.

Though now that you brought it up maybe we can have it so that after each site-wide event it leaves the place it took place at forever changed or an introduction of a new NPC group maybe?

A part of the problem is that there is NO consistency between locations themselves. There is no information to be had other than the super generic blurbs next to the location banners. Two people may well have entirely different ideas as to what a place looks like, even though it's the same place.

Even when there IS information topics, such as for guild halls, they tend to go ignored a lot.

Well, we don't want to word for word describe an area. After all, these are pretty big locations. You could be going to completely different parts of town and it could be completely different.

I for one would be happy if we had some events where things get wrecked and stay wrecked. Heck, for 'Era' we should of introduced some jobs or something with a limited amount of time it could be taken (by the site as a whole) to 'repair' Era. Until, it was repaired every thread taken place there would have to be in 'destroyed Era'

I'd say the big issue though is jobs that should wreck a place, but don't. There are jobs where dragons attack cities and the like yet no continuity on that.

What about Hargeon Town? I was told it was going to be changed after the Rising Tide event and it never did. Nothing happened. There weren't any consequences to someone trying to kill all the civilians in a 3 mile radius, or the giant tidal waves caused by Gargamel. It should be completely flattened and devoid of most life...

Well, site events are technically site canon. However, I do agree that what happened in Hargeon should reflect it's forum.

The event kind of died and i'm pretty sure someone said they were just going to magically undo it or something *shrugs*

Phenomenal :/

Ehh... I feel like we should at least have an event that affects something. Like seriously, at the moment, the site's plot is so incredibly nonexistent, it's pretty frustrating.

If people don't remember, their is no main story to the site at all. This is why we have so much variance in topics on the same threads and why the descriptions are vague in those topics. I believe the intention was to allow everyone on here to tell their own story in a FT themed universe, and allow for others to join in on it.

But I do like the idea of after a event is done, to be some sort of change. So perhaps for the next site wide event can the idea be brought up that it would have changed the location in one way or another after? Below are some examples that could be changed to clover town after the events of rising tides(If rising tides did not take place in clover town then replace the name with whatever town it took place in instead).

(Example: After the events of clover town was rebuilt but now has a river running through the whole city. This in turn has lead it's inhabitants to adapt to a lifestyle similar to the people of venice in some areas of the city, in which they have to travel by boat in some cases.

Example 2: After the events of rising tides in clover town, a few areas of it has gave away to mini lakes fed water by underground passages. After cleaning up the rubble and containing the water this has lead to natural ponds which are dotted throughout the city and the surrounding outer limits.)

I could...um....fix this. We used to have a thick site plot. We don't have a Site Timeline....which is problem #1 for what's canon and what's not.

- Blue Pegasus is destroyed by Savage Skull, particularly a Dark Wizard named Frederik. (7 years ago)

- Shuhei is made 1st Master of Blue Pegasus, and with his bare hands, brick by brick. Rebuilds the Guild from it's literal ashes and dust. Many Guilds including Sabertooth, and Fairy Tail flock to Shuhei's side in Clover to assist with the reconstruction. (6 Years Ago)

- Savage Skull invades Magnolia with an airfleet, and their entire Guild, launching an attack on Fairy Tail. Secretly, Yugi Sparrow uses this opportunity to gather the Blood of Dragon Slayers for a ritual he's planning.

- Lichborne, 1st Master of Savage Skull is killed in the Battle of Magnolia by Heero (6 Years Ago)

- Acnologia is revived in Era and levels the entire city, 3 Magic Council Members are killed during the attack by Tartarus and the Black Dragon. Some areas of Era are still rebuilding to this day. The city is very vast. At least the size of NYC.

- Lamia Scale is hit by some kind of nuclear blast, and Hargeon Town is almost leveled. The town is uninhabitable for an entire year. But eventually, the Guild and the town are rebuilt.

- The Annual Guildmaster's meeting happens, and Nox Animus is uncovered as not an independant Guild, but a Dark Guild; after they launched a missile attack from their airship upon the northernmost city in Fiore, Rose Garden; attempting to destroy the city. Fortunately, the plot is foiled before too much damage could be done.

- Hargeon once again falls under immediate threat, due to Rising Tides.

(Present Day)

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I've seen many RP sites effectively use a timeline to inform players with world plot. If records are more firmly kept I feel players will be encouraged to mention or stay aware of the status of an area. This thing that things poof back to normal after tragedy sucks... should dark guild attacks arise (even if defeated) further precautions should be taken place regarding developing the words the law (Government establishing citizen curfew, or new continental weapons, a growth of militarism within Fiore could even cause conflict with the other nations, ect. ect.)

An event should not be 'temporary' or be treated like it never happened it's the fictional history here after all.

I agree wholeheartedly. It would be useful to keep a timeline and I believe Heero tried to do so except his went back to the beginning of time and focused too much on single mages (plus the beginning of time thing kinda screwed over a ton of people's characters). So if we had a timeline of purely site events...that would be fine.

Mhmmm It only came out that way because certain players insert themselves into plot more ya know? @Zack

I could do a more loosely based one, but it would be silly to leave names out. Like Famine said it could provide some recognition for a complete noob.

"Hey that's Zack, the timeline said he Headbutted Acnologia."

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What I would do is this. Create a Thread and it would say.

- 31 Years Ago (Harrigan is Born)

- 24 Years Ago (Alye is Born)

-21 Years Ago (Heero is Born)

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After this, the thread would be able to be posted within by people.

"Add Eris is born, 400 years ago."

Which would go at the top of the Timeline due to it's position. It would be a constantly ever expanding Timeline of events that not only have already happened, but (are) happening. Major events only will make it up on the timeline, like a birth or a death, or the birth of your child. Or you joining a Guild. Or perhaps a Guild being founded.

- 1 Year Ago, Sleeping Forest is founded by Daemon Spade under it's maiden name. Cor Draco.

See? It tells you 3 things at once. How old Sleeping Forest is, who the master is, and what it's name used to be. Anyway, I'd be down to run this Timeline in a Thread. Or for the idea to be used to make a fluid one with major events only that can be added by the members / staff for new members to look at. Cheers~~~

I'd be good for it being in a thread.

I never thought this would get so many replies thanks to Ya'll. Also I think a time line would be a neat addition.

I don't know who said that Hargeon wasn't going to be affected but I was planning to do so when I was finished with school. I am taking it up with the admins in rewriting a description for Hargeon. As for a time line. I think that it is a good idea. But rather than putting dates for births, just the events that had influenced the site be put down.

Goddess Alyia wrote:I don't know who said that Hargeon wasn't going to be affected but I was planning to do so when I was finished with school. I am taking it up with the admins in rewriting a description for Hargeon. As for a time line. I think that it is a good idea. But rather than putting dates for births, just the events that had influenced the site be put down.

Except me. My birthday had better be on there.