I'll be honest and say that because of Asgard's large size, as mods you need to consider what would work best overall. As the headmod when Promenade was open, I can relate that it takes a lot of work, and there's a lot of decisions to think over. I'm really not that big on the limitations, thought I do understand them- but there's a bunch of things to be considered that revolve around each other and I think you guys need to look into them.
Most importantly, I think you guys should really try and get helper mods and things before changing your whole app schedule. I'm glad you put up applications for it, that tells a lot of people you're trying to pick up the pace. Still, a two month wait is really not a good idea, in my opinion. It's not fair to have potential castmates and muns look at the game, only to find that everything won't open for seven to eight weeks, once apps close. In general, it can be really frustrating to both players in and out of the game to have to wait that long- because let's be honest, not many people will be willing to wait 49-54 days to play a muse in a game, if they're accepted. And even if they do wait, by the time they app, there's still no promise that their app will be accepted right away. They have to wait along with everyone else and that can range anywhere from one day to ten. That really doesn't sound fun, or favorable.
It's like seeing the latest movie/video game/whatever coming out in a few weeks, pre-ordering, getting a number to be one of the first few, and waiting that long- only when you do come back to get it, you find out it's been pushed back by another month and you're no longer the first one waiting for it anymore. It sucks.
Like Watson-mun also said, events are important, but if you give us too much at once, we won't be able to keep up and do our own little things at the same time. Not everyone has a lot of internet time, and for those who have real life to attend to, it can be very discouraging if we have to hiatus and come back not only to the middle of an event we had no idea was happening, but have to try and think of what our characters have been doing in that time. We feel jipped, to put it simply. Slowing events down (possibly to a bi-monthly process?) will help a lot in both doing NPC posts (because they always get flooded), as well as people who want to get their bearings. A lot of people end up dropping because if a game has an event every month (I've dropped several games that were so much fun, but too fast because of this), they can't get their feet in the water before being whisked away to do something else.
However if you do decide something, placing a cap on how many people can app muses per round will probably be your best option. I have a warning with that: The thing is, if you limit the number in one way, it's going to come back in another. So you may have people only apping one muse per round, but there's a lot more people apping this round then last, because they realize that "omg I can only app one fffffffff must get app in before anyone else ahhhh challenges ahhhh." It's a cause and effect cycle, and it happens everywhere.
I know you guys work hard, and I'm so glad you put so much effort into this game. I can see it in everything you do, so I don't want this to sound discouraging! ♥ I just really think you should consider all options before just limiting yourselves to one specific thing.
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Most importantly, I think you guys should really try and get helper mods and things before changing your whole app schedule. I'm glad you put up applications for it, that tells a lot of people you're trying to pick up the pace. Still, a two month wait is really not a good idea, in my opinion. It's not fair to have potential castmates and muns look at the game, only to find that everything won't open for seven to eight weeks, once apps close. In general, it can be really frustrating to both players in and out of the game to have to wait that long- because let's be honest, not many people will be willing to wait 49-54 days to play a muse in a game, if they're accepted. And even if they do wait, by the time they app, there's still no promise that their app will be accepted right away. They have to wait along with everyone else and that can range anywhere from one day to ten. That really doesn't sound fun, or favorable.
It's like seeing the latest movie/video game/whatever coming out in a few weeks, pre-ordering, getting a number to be one of the first few, and waiting that long- only when you do come back to get it, you find out it's been pushed back by another month and you're no longer the first one waiting for it anymore. It sucks.
Like Watson-mun also said, events are important, but if you give us too much at once, we won't be able to keep up and do our own little things at the same time. Not everyone has a lot of internet time, and for those who have real life to attend to, it can be very discouraging if we have to hiatus and come back not only to the middle of an event we had no idea was happening, but have to try and think of what our characters have been doing in that time. We feel jipped, to put it simply. Slowing events down (possibly to a bi-monthly process?) will help a lot in both doing NPC posts (because they always get flooded), as well as people who want to get their bearings. A lot of people end up dropping because if a game has an event every month (I've dropped several games that were so much fun, but too fast because of this), they can't get their feet in the water before being whisked away to do something else.
However if you do decide something, placing a cap on how many people can app muses per round will probably be your best option. I have a warning with that: The thing is, if you limit the number in one way, it's going to come back in another. So you may have people only apping one muse per round, but there's a lot more people apping this round then last, because they realize that "omg I can only app one fffffffff must get app in before anyone else ahhhh challenges ahhhh." It's a cause and effect cycle, and it happens everywhere.
I know you guys work hard, and I'm so glad you put so much effort into this game. I can see it in everything you do, so I don't want this to sound discouraging! ♥ I just really think you should consider all options before just limiting yourselves to one specific thing.