User blog comment:Krazar77/The state of MIW3/@comment-24277243-20161230040611

The idea of an event this big being planned from top-to-bottom is a very difficult task, and I have yet to see it be pulled off without it feeling like a clusterfuck. At least, that's how it feels to me whenever I participate. Characters who would otherwise serve a big role in another RP feel pointless because they're defeating the same type of pathetic mook as another important character.

Imagine a MMRPG where the story is about you, the main character, are the one and only hope for the world (the chosen one); only to immediately throw you into a world where every other character is "the chosen one". Wouldn't that be silly? You, 'nor the other people around you, would feel special.

Don't get me wrong, the idea of a planned RP isn't a bad one. If it's much smaller, with only one or two users being involved, it can be used to progress character development or establish a threat without having to worry about an unrelated character coming in and stealing the show, as well as setting a goal that needs to be reached. However, when you have one as aimless as a full-on war, where progress only occurs when a random boss character shows up after a huge battle with an unknown number of mooks, it feels very, like I said, aimless.

Sometimes, the RP might end up progressing in a way that wasn't planned, which is especially common when a bunch of users are contributing to a battle. Think about it:  the big bad of an RP shows up and is supposed to have a long, drawn-out battle with a character; that battle can't happen when seven other characters are pouncing on them. And having the boss character lash out and pwn all the other characters around him makes the boss look overpowered and mary-suish, which further reenforces the whole "otherwise important character feeling pointless" thing I mentioned earlier, as their power means nothing when they're fighting a foe with plot armor.

I dunno. My thoughts might not make a lot of sense, but either way I don't really care for these kind of RP's anymore. The idea was novel to me once, but I dislike it when