Well, this was boring...

[Scissoro]

Seriously, I think this was just boring. Everyone did pro-cure. The one time of year when NS has a chance to do something different, and the vast majority of people spend their time trying to make it normal again. Where is the fun in that? Where is the adventure? Next year folks, if there is a next year for the Zombie Apocalypse, can we please get a few more pro zombie folks... if for no better reason than to do something different and step outside our shells for a day or so?

I had fun, a lot of it, but so so many people had no fun at all because there was so few zombies out there to infect and horde. Avakael, was listed as a Pro ZOmbie person, yet had not one single attack from anyone. How boring to him. And his experience was not alone. Thousands of people had no change what so ever, no challenge, and most importantly, no fun.

Next year, lets dare to step outside the box for a couple days and make it an apocalypse to remember.

Signed,
Butthurt.

[The Isle of Berk]

Psst, just a suggestion, but maybe an opt-out would mean the people who want things to stay the same won't ruin it for everyone else because they no longer have to choose cure

EDIT: Wtf I'm logged in as Quilavaland why's it saying Isle of Berk?

[Torisakia]

But muh stats.

Until the vast majority of NS gets bored with it, this event will keep happening year-round. So, I guess, get used to it.

[Enslaved Humans]

Seriously, I think this was just boring. Everyone did pro-cure. The one time of year when NS has a chance to do something different, and the vast majority of people spend their time trying to make it normal again. Where is the fun in that? Where is the adventure? Next year folks, if there is a next year for the Zombie Apocalypse, can we please get a few more pro zombie folks... if for no better reason than to do something different and step outside our shells for a day or so?

I had fun, a lot of it, but so so many people had no fun at all because there was so few zombies out there to infect and horde. Avakael, was listed as a Pro ZOmbie person, yet had not one single attack from anyone. How boring to him. And his experience was not alone. Thousands of people had no change what so ever, no challenge, and most importantly, no fun.

Next year, lets dare to step outside the box for a couple days and make it an apocalypse to remember.

Signed,
Butthurt.

Yup, it is boring, and I want to opt out of the Halloween zombie thing.

But you have a point about making it interesting.

Here's how.

1. Let people that don't want to play opt out.
2. Make the casualties real.

That way, I can not be involved with cure missiles and stuff - and people who do want to take time and go zombie or fight zombie have some real risk and reward.

If a region decides that it's going to annihilate (decimates is reducing it to just ten percent if you pay attention to latin) their population - good for them! If someone in a large region decides to not exclude themselves and fight - then it's up to them to stop the annihilation.

[Infected Mushroom]

Seriously, I think this was just boring. Everyone did pro-cure. The one time of year when NS has a chance to do something different, and the vast majority of people spend their time trying to make it normal again. Where is the fun in that? Where is the adventure? Next year folks, if there is a next year for the Zombie Apocalypse, can we please get a few more pro zombie folks... if for no better reason than to do something different and step outside our shells for a day or so?

I had fun, a lot of it, but so so many people had no fun at all because there was so few zombies out there to infect and horde. Avakael, was listed as a Pro ZOmbie person, yet had not one single attack from anyone. How boring to him. And his experience was not alone. Thousands of people had no change what so ever, no challenge, and most importantly, no fun.

Next year, lets dare to step outside the box for a couple days and make it an apocalypse to remember.

Signed,
Butthurt.

Yup, it is boring, and I want to opt out of the Halloween zombie thing.

But you have a point about making it interesting.

Here's how.

1. Let people that don't want to play opt out.
2. Make the casualties real.

That way, I can not be involved with cure missiles and stuff - and people who do want to take time and go zombie or fight zombie have some real risk and reward.

If a region decides that it's going to annihilate (decimates is reducing it to just ten percent if you pay attention to latin) their population - good for them! If someone in a large region decides to not exclude themselves and fight - then it's up to them to stop the annihilation.

what's the reward though?

if you're going to lose population for real, there should be something lasting to gain too?

[Mesrane]

Who cares? It lasts 1 day and has no lasting consequences whatsoever. People make a huge fuss out of something that I (along with most people I know) checked maybe twice and gave zero shits about. Everybody needs to calm down about . . Nothing. Because that's what this really is. Nothing.

[Empire of Narnia]

I had fun. I liked how my region worked together like a team to stop the infection. The hard work our delegate did to keep things running is commendable.

[Saarth]

Psst, just a suggestion, but maybe an opt-out would mean the people who want things to stay the same won't ruin it for everyone else because they no longer have to choose cure

EDIT: Wtf I'm logged in as Quilavaland why's it saying Isle of Berk?

I guarantee you far more people would complain if they did that.

[Infected Mushroom]

Who cares? It lasts 1 day and has no lasting consequences whatsoever. People make a huge fuss out of something that I (along with most people I know) checked maybe twice and gave zero shits about. Everybody needs to calm down about . . Nothing. Because that's what this really is. Nothing.

I just logged in around 10 minutes into Z day and began researching Cure Missiles while most of my puppets were set on military mode. I used four of my strongest nations to go for the Cure, they would spearhead the Counter.

Then I used four browsers and fired the Cure Missiles away for several hours straight (Infected Mushroom, -Tyrion Lannister-, -Littlefinger-, and -Lord Varys-/-Margaery Tyrell-).

Within a few hours (maybe 4 hours, Mount Olympus is not too large of a region) the zombie crisis in my region was defused. The Westerosi Lords prevailed over the White Walkers.

I don't know... I had lots of fun, it was over really fast but I had fun.

[Ever-Wandering Souls]

Perhaps we kill the border control. THere's no magic barriers in the apocalypse Then, we can have really organized zombie raiding teams, and people have to work much harder to stay safe!

Or interregional zombie bleed. Regions bleed zombies into regions nearest to them in the update or something.

[Infected Mushroom]

Perhaps we kill the border control. THere's no magic barriers in the apocalypse Then, we can have really organized zombie raiding teams, and people have to work much harder to stay safe!

Or interregional zombie bleed. Regions bleed zombies into regions nearest to them in the update or something.

wouldn't that make it like The Purge?

It could set the way for long-standing vendettas...

I expect the unpopular posters could be overflooded with zombie hordes...

[Mesrane]

Who cares? It lasts 1 day and has no lasting consequences whatsoever. People make a huge fuss out of something that I (along with most people I know) checked maybe twice and gave zero shits about. Everybody needs to calm down about . . Nothing. Because that's what this really is. Nothing.

I just logged in around 10 minutes into Z day and began researching Cure Missiles while most of my puppets were set on military mode.

Then I used four browsers and fired the Cure Missiles away (a Trinity of my main nation Infected Mushroom, -Tyrion Lannister-, -Littlefinger-, and -Lord Varys-/-Margaery Tyrell-).

Within a few hours the zombie crisis in my region was defused. The Westerosi Lords prevailed over the White Walkers.

I don't know... I had lots of fun, it was over really fast but I had fun.

If people did enjoy themselves, I think that's great. I guess I just have a very difficult time forming an opinion that had absolutely no effect on me or anyone else. Sure it provides something different, but that's nullified (for me at least) entirely by the knowledge of nothing really happening.

[Wisconsin9]

My experience was completely different. I spent a fair chunk of the apocalypse in Balder, waging war on pro-zombie nations. It was really very fun and challenging, coordinating strikes on Zack to suppress the hordes and buy time to purge my allies.

[Rabotnikisoyedinennyye]

I wouldn't mind doing something completely different next year.

[Novus Niciae]

From the way you ran your region and had all the pro-cure nations leave it is hardly surprising that there was little to no excitement , conflict breeds interest .

Perhaps we kill the border control. THere's no magic barriers in the apocalypse Then, we can have really organized zombie raiding teams, and people have to work much harder to stay safe!

Or interregional zombie bleed. Regions bleed zombies into regions nearest to them in the update or something.

This would be a terrible idea since it would inevitably be exploited in the r/d game after the event.

[Empire of Narnia]

Remember that the mods and admins put a lot of work into coding this and until recently we didn't even have Halloween events. I think the Zombie thing is a fun, simple thing to launch every year. I had a lot of fun fighting off the hordes with my region-mates.

[Enslaved Humans]

what's the reward though?

if you're going to lose population for real, there should be something lasting to gain too?

Obviously the gain is the fun you have fighting off the zombie hordes and gaining population supremacy in your region since the people you were fighting decided to throw it away.


Or you could just opt out. I think the majority would. Then maybe we wouldn't have this zombie thing show up anymore. That would be my preference.

[Ever-Wandering Souls]

From the way you ran your region and had all the pro-cure nations leave it is hardly surprising that there was little to no excitement , conflict breeds interest .

Perhaps we kill the border control. THere's no magic barriers in the apocalypse Then, we can have really organized zombie raiding teams, and people have to work much harder to stay safe!

Or interregional zombie bleed. Regions bleed zombies into regions nearest to them in the update or something.

This would be a terrible idea since it would inevitably be exploited in the r/d game after the event.

How so? If anything, we abused the current system Two major raider ops began immediately before the event, and got a free 36 hours of lock!

[Empire of Narnia]

If I actually lost population permanently from the zombie thing I would just give up (ragequit) after loosing so much progress in the game. Zombies should be what it is now-a fun event to do on Halloween that gets players working together.

[Kelinfort]

Seems as those that "MKII" things don't really do much to change their abilities or effectiveness. This is my suggestion.

Add mutations for the zombies to increase horde power and make a cure ineffective, while the cure people can deploy preparations for healthcare workers and isolation, and extermination people can develop new weaponry to aid their attack power and boost strength.

Regional modifiers make mutations readily available and make zombies faster and stronger over time, while more resistant. The cure modifier would boost the amount cured by missiles and ease the burden of infection rates. The extermination modifier would allow more precise kill squads and boost defence against hordes.

Also, you choose the benefits you receive. So whichever side you're on, you get "research" points to mutate, expand your horde's size, and scope, cure preparation, cure missile strength, extermination squad effectiveness, and extermination squad size.

[Luziyca]

It was fun and a bit addictive. So much so that I actually missed the bus to go to drama class so I had to walk.

[Empire of Narnia]

It was fun and a bit addictive. So much so that I actually missed the bus to go to drama class so I had to walk.

Yeah, it's funny how much NS Zombies entertained me. Sometimes the simple things are the most fun.

[Hobbiest Republic]

Alien invasion suggestion box. HAve all of NS fight a common and incredibly numerous foe. Cue Tyranids or Zerg, or some other alien horde.

[Kelinfort]

Alien invasion suggestion box. HAve all of NS fight a common and incredibly numerous foe. Cue Tyranids or Zerg, or some other alien horde.

Yuuzhan Vong pls.

[Empire of Narnia]

Alien invasion suggestion box. HAve all of NS fight a common and incredibly numerous foe. Cue Tyranids or Zerg, or some other alien horde.

Yuuzhan Vong pls.

Wouldn't that be a copyright violation?