Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-9154802-20160506142210

Ways to fix the United arc:

1. Do not make the Kastair United Co. such a push over. The mere idea that they could be taken down so easily takes away any sort of urgency or despair the (unofficial)NLC would face in such a conflict completely vanish. Every arc, every story, even the first, should be a challenge, and a hard one at that. We aren't noobs anymore, we can focus on more complex narratives now. (Which means week long arcs at minimum, this arc though has more than enough potential content to last at least a month)

2. This arc concept had a lot going for it, one of these was the longevity it could have. Creative slump or not, this is the exact kind of arc that's pre-built to go on for a while. Because, for one, KU is an inter-galactic organization. There is no way in hell that it's being taken down in only two days. No, this is practically a war and will last at least a month (month long time skips included) in RP time. (This is not a war arc though, and do not take it as such)

3. This company took control right after the Civil War. With so many characters that have lived long enough to have been through it, this arc provides the BEST and ONLY opporitunity for users to develop their characters on the subject. Those characters would have the best acknowledgement of how bad the situation is, and would most likely displeased with what their efforts brought upon Earthian population. They would be the ones most onboard with stopping Kastair, unlike some of the other characters that got involved for no good reason. "It's bad to live here, we should do something" This is not a good reason by a long shot. No one rebels for such reasoning, and it's nothing more than a complaint.

4. For characters that have not lived long enough to have been through the war, this would be the best time to show how Kastair has made living on Earth for them a hell hole. Their lives are terrible. They've lost loved ones, or just can't seem to get by. For characters like Neki and Leo, the way to get them involved would to have Kastair be a factor in a tragic event in their life, even if they themselves do not know of the connection. Such connection can be formed from hints and/or suggestions made by the guilty party. Whether or not they act upon them is up to the character.

5. As an organization, KU WILL have tiers of authority. This is structured in the sense of a military in terms of strength, with each enemy being stronger than the last. Albeit a bit formulaic, with a company this big, it's inevitable. To mix things up, the fights could vary from strategic to a classic beat'm up. Secondly, the idea that NO ONE has challenged them in centuries is ludicrous. A company like this does not stay in power without such conflict to prove it's might. THE KU IS GOING TO BE SEVERAL TIMES STRONGER THAN THE NLC FROM THE GET GO.

Now, to sum up my feelings about this. This arc was a complete waste of potential and time on your part if you weren't going to make it what it could have been. The amount of opportunities for plot and character development from such an arc being wasted is absolutely disgusting to think about, let alone witness. I refuse to see such half-assed arcs done ever again. No more simple one shots. Everything must have a beginning, middle, end, epilogue, with each ending containing the beginning sparks of the next arc. And don't get me start on how little Narrative and Logical sense this page makes. Honestly if you lost the drive to make a proper "NLC forming arc" then you really should have stopped while you were ahead. You must take into account the way characters interact, as well as have knowledge of what characters will be most intersted in. Do not hype up something only for it to come across as extremely rushed and a complete waste of time. This arc didn't feel as though it moved the plot along at all, and you want to call it acceptable? I will not have it. You could have done better, even when the Rev arc was dragging on and you made shit up on the fly, it was better than this. You have no excuse. No one has an excuse. Elcid, Zion, Kuzon. Neither of you have an excuse for making such half-assed failures of "NLC Forming arcs" As a writer I would have completely written off the Taze and Tuffle arcs as mindless story telling. And the one arc that actually had something going for it failed because everyone was too impatient. Jesus Christ we've been on this wiki for four years now, at least learn to step it up. If this is what to expect from arcs now, then I'd have to say everything is going backwards. Rev was a step in the right direction with how arcs should be structured, do not use "This is what the beginning of L1 was" as a fucking excuse. That is not valid and will never be valid. This is not L1. Things WILL be done differently. I don't fucking care how long it takes for an arc to be planned anymore as long as you produce something worthwhile. Hell, at this point we might as well restart L2. Nothing has been going as it should, and everything we've tried to do has been an utter failure because we can't seem to separate ourselves from L1. We even try to do something with any semblance of PLOT and everyone goes fucking nuts.

This has been a rant by, Alissa the Wise Wolf.

Thank you for your time. Have a wonderful day :)  