New Event: Ring Race

Interesting ... it might look easy, but against other players try to be the fastest racer is challenging!

It's really easy to miss some of those rings, But I've been considering suggesting racing around Triangulum in Utopia. It would be cool, but more spotters would be needed. So if this works maybe this can be another track

Nice idea, but group of 2 is time consuming thing if u have more than 10 ppl participating in.

p.s.

I can help if i am on line!
I have /CoP\Race Guardian char, specially created for this purpose.

Hmm sounds great!

Maybe some extra tracks can be created and added with the launcher .
That way there could be an entire leage of racers in diferent classes and trakcs
It would be a great test of skill of player vs player

But what about all the diferent ship classes?
it would be no fair if an light fighter would have to run agianst an heavy fighter since the light fighter is more agile.

Hope this will run soon, i will be shure a part of it

Great thinking . friendly greets from,
Jack-Freeway

can be done, but, it's a bit hard to watch every ring to be stricken, 1 person would need to follow 1 racer to be sure...

Moved to the right section.

All ships competing in 1 round should be of teh same type... you can'y compare a light fighter with a heavy one, or frieghters... etc.

Like, 1 round for VHFighters, one for Light Fighters(if people vote for it), or even other types if there are enough who want it

It'd be a total mess mixing freighters( they can block the entire ring when passing by) with lightfighters (would just pass by other ships), and people motivate to take down both of those flies and those gate blockers But I guess... no weapons allowed, right ?

We had such a race in the past and players were forced to keep an eye on each other on the track. Normally its more important for the first few - as its not really important if one of the last did fail a ring. Well fair play i would suggest - for a change not the worst idea

Entering formation with one of the first racers, will allow the "helper" watch over all of the event(or at least the first half, which is what matters when countign the top 3 winners) , as he'll only have to move the turret view, not concentrating on following up others.

It's not that everyone will be up to cheat and skip a ring, but there will be situations(which I already experienced in this same event which I did in the past) where the engines or hitbox will push another out of the course/ring, or people accidentally hitting a ring (especially due to inertia now) or other accidents, and noone will want to simply circle arround to enter the ring he just missed without being (totally) his fault.

It's easier when they are 3 racers, or 2...
If they are more than 5, there won't even be space in the course, Actually 4 is already hard, 1 will get behind since the first ring.

You can make the event in parts if there are more participants. Going 1 by 1 and timing them is just boring, no action. It only works with the people who love playing

Don't worry so much about the event, it's not that complicated or hard:

If somebody does anything else except passing by all the rings by onnly moving their ships, is out of the race.
Accidents will happen, even if the damaged ones will complain for "purposedly being kicked out", that kicking out only happens when you are behind(due to FL physics and ping), the one in front can't see it. So you don't have to judge accidents, simply, bad luck btu they are out, that's when it's not their own fault for pushing over the guy in front.
Top 1, 2 and 3, or simply top 1 or 1 and 2, that's up to you. You can make it sound tough, as saying "There is no 2nd place in here, if you're not the first, you're out in shame ! " heh