I'm just gonna drop my quick opinion on apps: I think if we can routinely expect only a small number of slots opening up rolling apps would be best. Mod choice reduces the issue of the initial hunger games rush but it does seem inherently discouraging for new players to still be having to fight fresh for a very limited slot count every few months in cases where they were only rejected for space.
From an OC standpoint I don't think the rush to claim aions is tenable with only a handful to fight over anyway, because that's going to require a lot more picking and choosing which tag-ins are canon, or just a lot more players sitting out the TDM event anyway because there isn't enough aions for everyone to be involved. I'm reluctant to anticipate existing players apping seconds as a way to fill out the character count each round since it's a lot more demanding to balance two in a plot-driven game.
I do think there should still be regularly refreshed TDMs for players to tag into so existing players can onboard them. And people could still individually plot out claim fights similar to the previous TDM where people could post their toplevel to request collection.
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I'm just gonna drop my quick opinion on apps: I think if we can routinely expect only a small number of slots opening up rolling apps would be best. Mod choice reduces the issue of the initial hunger games rush but it does seem inherently discouraging for new players to still be having to fight fresh for a very limited slot count every few months in cases where they were only rejected for space.
From an OC standpoint I don't think the rush to claim aions is tenable with only a handful to fight over anyway, because that's going to require a lot more picking and choosing which tag-ins are canon, or just a lot more players sitting out the TDM event anyway because there isn't enough aions for everyone to be involved. I'm reluctant to anticipate existing players apping seconds as a way to fill out the character count each round since it's a lot more demanding to balance two in a plot-driven game.
I do think there should still be regularly refreshed TDMs for players to tag into so existing players can onboard them. And people could still individually plot out claim fights similar to the previous TDM where people could post their toplevel to request collection.