Ranger Archive

Ok I was thinking the other day of having a ranger hunt off on my server. Here is what I came up with.

The basics is to hunt for two hours on a specific planet for a specific resource (example: Dantooine Bone or Lok Leather Hide). The person with the most at the end of two hours would win the match.

Problem 1) How to keep people from hunting early? The solution is to not announce the resource or planet til the last minute. Any more ideas on this?

Problem 2) People might get scout friends to be there and hunt with them while I am not watching then share the resource. First solution is to have them grouped with me. But they can still have their friends hunting in other areas then meet them and trade before coming to me. Any ideas on this?

Problem 3) What kind of prize should I offer? Every contest offers money. There has to be something else. What can you suggest?

Can you see any other problems with this and how I can keep it fair?

Tyranus

Yoda: "When I die, the last of the Jedi, you will be!"
Luke: "Really? what about those 50,000 Jedi Masters outside comparing Saber Size?"
Yoda: "Sorry I am, My Bad it is"

Unless you are willing to accept a player'r word of honor, I think you are basically hosed on policing the event.

A possible solution, and this is manpower intensive, is to have a monitor with each and every contestant. Some sporting events do this, BASSMASTERS and NASCAR to name two. Monitor will be grouped with the contestant and stand by, unarmed and out of weapon range, observing.

Also, you could tell them it is not timed, but that at a certain point determined by you, you will "blow the whistle" and the first (pick a number) of contestants to your grid coordinates will be the only ones eligible for the prize. Catch is, your coords will be unknown until you send the email to the contestants. Sure, Joe may have Sam helping, but stopping to trade is gonna slow him up.

I agree with not announcing what you will be hunting for until the last moment.

Hope some of this helps.

JB

just a thought - and I don't even know it is possible or not .....

but - Pex does get involved in player events if given enough warning and is able to help, so it might be possible to have a spawn change as the hunt starts.

Say - Dant Avian is the target resource, then get the spawn changed to a new name for that resource only as the hunt starts.

But - this kind of intervention may not be possible - was just a thought .....

Tony Weyland - semi retired