When a king falls, much ado about it is made, there are events, there are promotions, there are Sunstones and fighting styles... except when it comes to Selene.
When Dragor burned down his own castle in a fit of Daemon inspired madness, we were all expecting DSS to continue immediately afterward, so yes, it made sense that there wasn’t an event tied to replacing the king, just a quick-fix auction.
That would have solved the problem, back then.
However… look where we are now, September, months after the original start, plenty of opportunity for SBS to come up with some kind of event or the like. Instead, we still have the auction.
Now this has, of course, lead to some consequences. Duchies affiliated with other kingdoms placing in Nirath and there is every indication that it will become the war zone of Selene, a free for all no man’s land, a mad maxian dystopia.
No wonder no one but someone with kingdom backing is placing there. Now, of course, you can argue that it’s more conflict, more story. That’s fine. It’s a legitimate argument, but the question is… does it actually help the server?
Servers thrive when there are healthy communities competing and offering players diverse choices in regard to playstyles, stability, themes and the like.
The Free Kingdom event on NAE created a community and that is precisely what is lacking in Nirath. A community. There is no support network for a king to work with. Only what many consider proxies for other kings. So anyone who buys it will face immense hurdles, ultra hardmode from the get-go.
It’s a problem of inaction. As soon as Dragor stepped down a power vacuum was created. This power vacuum would have been quickly filled with an auction, back then. Six months later though?
Too late, much too late.
A power vacuum does one thing above all others, it gives people ideas. Specifically that it’s free real estate. There was blood in the water, and the sharks thought about swarming. It was an opportunity for them. It’s a legitimate perception and anyone who did that did so fairly.
However it should never have come to that.
Now there is a general perception among many Selene players that EU always gets the short end of the stick. We’re usually not as vocal, usually not as spend-happy. Is it that? Is it because we did not shout and scream enough? Is it because we don’t open the purse strings as easily? Is it because we’re an ocean away?
It’s probably too late now for any event, the damage is done, the baby thrown out with the bath water and some of you might consider this whining about ‘losing’ because of political events.
That’s fine, you’re allowed.
I am still left wondering; why no love for Selene?
