Hi there, I've been wanting to give a Warcraft RP another go(With the last two kind of failing not entirely my fault though) for a while now but I am stuck between two choices of the exact kind of game I want to play.
The choices in short are as follows-
A creative liscense re-enactment of the end of the Second Azeroth War in which the broken Dark Horde raids Azeroth for artifacts which Ner'zhul uses to open portals to different worlds but ultimately fails and destroys Draenor.
or
A story extension of the Battle for Undercity quest chain in which King Varian Wrynn of the humans breaks the 'peace' which the Horde, effectively starting the fourth war, which makes it the perfect time for the Scourge and the Black Dragonflight to start strirring shit up as well. Read: World War Azeroth
Play style-
The overall idea is to get people from different teams competing against each other in both of the choices but with some differences.
The Dark Portal story is for the most part a standard RP, the major battles are pre-decided so it's easy to just write about your characters involvement.
While World War Azeroth is alot more complex meshing pieces of traditional RP/ Army management and territory control. It'll also require alot more contact with me and your fellow players to the extent I'll probably need your MSN addresses and if you don't have one then prepare to love the PM system.
Number of players
Both will have a split of 6/6 between the Alliance and (Old) Horde,I'm consdiering a playable scourge faction for WWA so possibly 4/4/4. I understand 12 is a large amount of players but both these story lines are epic and require the attention.
How it'll work
Like I said with the past story it'll be a straight up RP, characters defending attacking settlements, out in the wilds,etc.
With the other it'll be about managing a smaller army of your respective faction. You'll still have character development and characterisation don't worry about that. The idea is that you conquer your enemies through whatever means- total annihilation, territory control, resource choke, force into peace. the groups will have a leader and by that I mean just the bloke who relays your movements and actions to me.
Characters themselves-
The fun of an old setting would be engaging with historical figures in their prime, ever wanted to see how long you could go one on one with Uther or Grom for? Here's your chance. The races are as follows- Dark Horde: Orc, Ogre, Amani Troll Alliance: Human, Dwarf, High Elf, Gnome. I will also ask you to choose which clan/kingdom you follow. Classes are basically anything from lore at the time (Orc Blademasters, Ogre Maulers, Troll Axethrowers etc.)
For WWA I'd prefer you find a way to weasel yourself into a military position, or if you want to be a rank and file soldier that's fine, there's a way to make everything work
.
Let's have a go at it!-
Yeah not quite, I still have a little bit of writing to do for both ideas so I've put this poll up to see if I can cut my work down a bit.
Final note-
I ask that for both you are a active player and have a decent-ish+ understanding of Warcraft lore. I will be in need of people who are able to co-ordinate well for both ideas so again it shows up.
If this thread flops I'll know there isn't a lot of interest.
So ideas,opinions, anything is welcomed please and thanks. (Sorry for making you read le wall du text aswell)
UPDATE: Ok new poll I'm starting within the text. How many people will be willing to actively play WWA? (It looks like it's going to win sorry to all those who were rooting for The Dark Portal story, maybe another time)
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The choices in short are as follows-
A creative liscense re-enactment of the end of the Second Azeroth War in which the broken Dark Horde raids Azeroth for artifacts which Ner'zhul uses to open portals to different worlds but ultimately fails and destroys Draenor.
or
A story extension of the Battle for Undercity quest chain in which King Varian Wrynn of the humans breaks the 'peace' which the Horde, effectively starting the fourth war, which makes it the perfect time for the Scourge and the Black Dragonflight to start strirring shit up as well. Read: World War Azeroth
Play style-
The overall idea is to get people from different teams competing against each other in both of the choices but with some differences.
The Dark Portal story is for the most part a standard RP, the major battles are pre-decided so it's easy to just write about your characters involvement.
While World War Azeroth is alot more complex meshing pieces of traditional RP/ Army management and territory control. It'll also require alot more contact with me and your fellow players to the extent I'll probably need your MSN addresses and if you don't have one then prepare to love the PM system.
Number of players
Both will have a split of 6/6 between the Alliance and (Old) Horde,I'm consdiering a playable scourge faction for WWA so possibly 4/4/4. I understand 12 is a large amount of players but both these story lines are epic and require the attention.
How it'll work
Like I said with the past story it'll be a straight up RP, characters defending attacking settlements, out in the wilds,etc.
With the other it'll be about managing a smaller army of your respective faction. You'll still have character development and characterisation don't worry about that. The idea is that you conquer your enemies through whatever means- total annihilation, territory control, resource choke, force into peace. the groups will have a leader and by that I mean just the bloke who relays your movements and actions to me.
Characters themselves-
The fun of an old setting would be engaging with historical figures in their prime, ever wanted to see how long you could go one on one with Uther or Grom for? Here's your chance. The races are as follows- Dark Horde: Orc, Ogre, Amani Troll Alliance: Human, Dwarf, High Elf, Gnome. I will also ask you to choose which clan/kingdom you follow. Classes are basically anything from lore at the time (Orc Blademasters, Ogre Maulers, Troll Axethrowers etc.)
For WWA I'd prefer you find a way to weasel yourself into a military position, or if you want to be a rank and file soldier that's fine, there's a way to make everything work
.Let's have a go at it!-
Yeah not quite, I still have a little bit of writing to do for both ideas so I've put this poll up to see if I can cut my work down a bit.
Final note-
I ask that for both you are a active player and have a decent-ish+ understanding of Warcraft lore. I will be in need of people who are able to co-ordinate well for both ideas so again it shows up.
If this thread flops I'll know there isn't a lot of interest.
So ideas,opinions, anything is welcomed please and thanks. (Sorry for making you read le wall du text aswell)
UPDATE: Ok new poll I'm starting within the text. How many people will be willing to actively play WWA? (It looks like it's going to win sorry to all those who were rooting for The Dark Portal story, maybe another time)
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