Invasions skewing the rankings?

[Tuefenhandel]

Maybe I just drank a little too much of the 'Be Happy' flavored Kool-Aide this morning, but shouldn't the point be that invasions are fun? Which, they totally are.

First time I stared down the barrell of my pistol at none other than Jolly Roger himself I thought "this is awesome".

If players are having fun, and generating enough excitement to have people putting out a call and flocking to the game then I say - good job devs.

[Basil Dreadflint]

I'm not saying that they aren't fun.
I'm not claiming that the invasions are bad.
I'm not telling people that they shouldn't fight JR.
I'm not against calling in a lot of your friends to join in.

I'm just saying that there can be "too much of a good thing". That the players should be aware that they can do their pirate development some serious damage if they just rely on the rep from invasions as a way to increase their notoriety. If they don't continue to follow some of the basic balanced development processes, and at least try to keep their weapons and skills up to par with their notoriety, they will have a hard time catching up later.

[JM Ohara]

Originally Posted by Basil Dreadflint

I'm just saying that there can be "too much of a good thing". That the players should be aware that they can do their pirate development some serious damage if they just rely on the rep from invasions as a way to increase their notoriety. If they don't continue to follow some of the basic balanced development processes, and at least try to keep their weapons and skills up to par with their notoriety, they will have a hard time catching up later.

Exactly. Even the GMs, Walter and Soot especially when you can catch them, say over and over, level your weapons. I think, seeing as GMs love to be cryptic, this is their way of saying yes, the invasions give skewed rep, don't forget your weapons.