Plague rumors? Poison potions?

[Under the moon]

Heya folks. As I was walking around PS yesterday, some rumors came to mine little ears. It seems that the Dev/GMs/whoever have been using the plague thing in Oja as the base of a few RPs or Events in the last few days. By what I heard, it sounded like a bit of fun. But, another rumor I heard has me kinda disturbed.

A few Yellows were running all around the game yesterday, passing out potions, and telling folks not to worry about the plague, but to pass the potions out to people they hold dear as fast as they could. Now, if you ask me, this was aimed at causing a little panic. Also fun stuff. It was the second part of what I heard that disturbed me. It seems some players in Oja suddenly -decided- that the potions were not vaccines for the plague as the event was saying, but poison. So, they started /die-ing themselves off!

Now, if you ask me, that is a bit rude, and likely counter to what was being planned. If it was a poison, those folks would not have had to /die. GMs would have simply /kill <playerthattook the potion>. I know it was not poison, as many people took them over in Hydlaa as well, and no one /die-d there.

I like seeing events happen, but I would assume it discourages the folks doing them if players try to change the meaning of them. So, try to be more understanding. Don't override their RP. Accept what rewards are given, even if you think they should be more. And talk about the events to others IC, so everyone knows about them. That is one thing I don't like, is that once the events are over, most people just go back to what they were doing, and basically foget the event ever happened.

I did ask someone who is in the know, and no, the potions were not poison. In fact, they were not even cures. They were normal green/red/white potions with a bit of snake oil added to them (the explanation for the Q300, I guess), to avert any panic from the rumors of the plague spreading. In other words, they were sugar pills, and the event was designed to -start- panic.

Anyways. Have fun. Be creative. But don't step on any toes.

[bilbous]

I am glad to hear things keep happening, this particular event seems to have great portents. It would not surprise me that the next update will include the steel bazaar and the beginning of the alchemy trials. I get this because of the potions with quality and the plague theme from your description of the event but it is of course purest speculation on my part. 

[Noriin]

There was indeed some odd happenings going on with that event. However, everybody who killed their chars acted by their own will, maybe misguided by some heard words.

Just to clarify, I'm going to post up what happened on my side:
Velh and Noriin were sitting at Kada El's, a GM and a Dev stepped to them and handed them the potions, followed by the message UtM spoke about: Taking one of each potions for each of them and give the rest to the people they wanted to be safe.
Considering they have been running into troubles with the Octarchy, that they had only heard vague rumors about a plague before, and that those two menkis weren't identified, was quite obvious that neither Velh nor Noriin would drink the potions just for the sake of it, for they kept them and travelled to Ojaveda to meet Rell at once, who would probably be able to analyze them.
At that point I contacted one of the GMs who told me the potions "looked normal to me", which I assumed would do for an alchemist as well, yet later I got their confirmation (GMs one) that the potions were nothing but that, potions.
Meanwhile, Noriin and Velh had reached Ojaveda and met between others, Rell and Garile, who both had a chance to investigate on the flasks. BEFORE both could test the potions, some of the people surrounding us killed themselves (not sure if I gathered properly, but they seemed to be very drunken after a party at Brado's, so maybe you could assume it was something in the drinks what actually killed them). We kept going on as the potions were tested, and the whole group drunk them afterwards.

So that was it. As long as I know, none of the people who decided to kill themselves were actually informed at all. I only used /tells with Rell and Garile for they could RP what was in the pots.


As for what the event concerns, I'm sure this will do for some fine RP and good fun among the ones who are up to roleplay it. But you have also to consider not everybody will be as patient, or wishing to roleplay a plague, considering the consequences a long period of illness may bring, mostly boredom to the infected ones. One of my characters was already poisoned once, and had to stay for three days in a room at the tavern. Unless you are having many visits it's not the most entertaining thing to do ^_^'

[Duraza]

I was there listening to this whole thing about the potion and plague...I missed the gm's actual apperance and when the players died I actually thought it apart of the event. It never occured to me that the deaths were from the players free will. Thats something I'll need to keep in mind 

[Xordan]

If it had been a poison, the potion would have killed the player when drunk

[ThomPhoenix]

Real poisons exist, so the players wouldn't even need to /die themselves.

If it had been a poison, the potion would have killed the player when drunk

Ahaha! I just realised you said the same thing as me. I was already confused about this poison that only killed drunken players 

[Velh Krome]

If it had been a poison, the potion would have killed the player when drunk

Awesome! So not only my char but also me is immune against a plague now? Good work, devs!

[Erisnas]

One thing that surprised me is I was going to take a quest in Oja and the NPC I was in conversation with mentioned rumors of the plague, I then heard about this.  I am wondering if there is a connection?