So I thought of something regarding the Ogre event idea I had in mind, and that was regarding passing out reflecting prisms to those interested in joining the march as an Ogre.
The idea was to have both people in Ogre form and also people as themselves if they want to. Weād likely get people there who donāt come to the forums, seeing the event, and wanting to be in Ogre form as well. I had originally planned to pass them out before the event for those interested when weād announce the event starting in a bit.
There is a difference between those who help plan and organize it and those who just see the event going on in-game and want to join it. The latter is what Iām more concerned on, as I want people to have fun as opposed to having something go wrong and feel that theyāre being ignored or something.
In that regard, I see a few problems rising from it:
First, the big problem is that you canāt pass out items unless youāre either on the same realm or a realm connected to another playerās realm.
Second, youād have to group in order to copy the appearance. It lasts 10 minutes I think, and obviously the event would be a bit more than that when it begins. People that come up to get an Ogre illusion would need to regroup to reapply it to stay as an Ogre the entire event which could cause some issues.
Third, point two occurring during the march. It might be hard to get those who would want to be part of the event to stop during the march, invite people, get them buffed, and keep an eye out for others to repeat the process to.
Something like the Vulpera Foxtober worked because the whole event was passing out reflecting prisms and getting as many people to turn into Vulpera as possible to run around Orgrimmar specifically to take screenshots. This could work if this was the whole event, and is something I likely will consider doing in the future for both OGres and Saurok.
Mainly, I was thinking of the little RP event I mentioned. Much as I want random people to join in and become an Ogre during the event, it seems like there could be a few hiccups along the way doing it.
I suppose the March event could just utilize Ogre illusions for just for those of us organizing the event and those in general from the forums, with maybe handing out reflecting prisms to random people afterwards for a photoshoot event, though as I said, I donāt want people to feel left out if they come across it and want to become an Ogre during the event.
As such, I could use some opinions here. The march in or itself takes roughly 8 minutes to get from the Gates to the Embassy at walk speed on the route I have, then itāll likely be 2 or 3 minutes just to go through the script I have there. Itās not expected to be a long event, but Iām not sure of the practicality of getting random people in the event that just come across it right before and during the event set up as Ogres.
I want people to have fun and join in, of course. Iām just trying to figure out the best way of going about doing this. As such, opinions would be appreciated!
Dream big, Ogre fans!