This is referring to my old post from around a year ago
Not going to restate everything I put there.
The player base 100% appreciates the GM's that put int the time and effort to entertain us but there are certain things that should try to be improved some stand outs are
1. Documentation
All events should have a somewhat detailed document (Examples: Operation: Broken Bark Operation: Sandy Wastes) which outlines the general flow of the event and what the progression of the event should be. For those that play D&D this should be pretty familiar.
This has a multitude of benefits firstly it lets you think through the lore of your event and ensures that you aren't making any rash decisions that undermine the characters in your event (IE: A General who is an asshole but has a heart of gold doing something out of his character) it also allows if YOU crash or have to leave mid event another GM helping with the event can pickup the document and be able to carry the event through without the players noticing a difference.
A clear example of this not being done was today when a GM crashed and instead we were originally going to just walk back to DB until the players voted to fight through some enemies first. While technical difficulties are infuriating they shouldn't be a problem if we prepare for events adequately.
These are the things as stated above that I would like to see: Operation: Broken Bark Operation: Sandy Wastes
Lack of story telling
This isn't always the GM's fault it is easy to throw together a (Go here -> shoot this -> get that -> RTB) type of event that's why most games have side quests that are all about this fetch quests. We however should strive to have most of our deployments or encounters contribute to an overarching story or sense of immersion. Think of long strings of missions that have reoccurring characters with clear motivations, and objectives.
Typically, this is a long process and is not always easy since most players prefer a style of run, and gun and not care so much about the why. You can improve this through interaction with average players have your character walk around the base and speak to troopers, or if you have a CIS aligned villain then have them leverage comms to communicate lore to players through DB or during an event.
Long term deployments
This is an exciting new opportunity due to the hard work of our map makers and developers whom provide maps for us to play on. This has been suggested before but I think it begs a reminder that we could have a unique CWRP experience through the use of extended deployments. Where we set up a campaign of events (lets call it 5 or so for the sake of this example) throughout the 5 events we spend time on a venator. This is because logically we would need to travel from planet, to planet. Upon arrival at the planet we deploy to the planet and conduct one of the events after which we would return to main and travel to the next planet. Finally when the campaign is completed we return to anaxes. Of course there can be other deployments spread throughout which can be role-played a few different ways. This could increase player immersion and interest in the story line being told. If you tell an engaging story the players WILL listen.
Remember at the end of the day GM's are STORYTELLERS It is the job of the GM to tell an entertaining story with the players being pawns and interactive participants in that story. With that comes some bumps if the story doesn't go as planned but we have an overarching document that allows us to have the whole story down so it can be followed and critiqued.
I hope current gamemasters take note of this and attempt to take parts of this advice and integrate it into their events.
