I'd like to start doing events regularly each week to try to get us back in order. More people online at once, means more fun! To try to help this along, I'd like to see what types of events you're all interested in. Use the poll to let me know what you'd like to see more of.
Reward System:
Typically, I like to scale the reward system based on difficulty. The harder the event for a person to win, the greater the potential rewards. PvP events can net you the new, non-purchasable FA medium fighter variant to pilot, for example.
Cross-System Races:
Cross-System races are there for those of you who have a need for speed. The objectives are simple: start at one location and end at another location. Easy-peasy, right? A cross-system death race is essentially the same thing, but racers can attack each other. The rules can vary from no re-entry after death to a free-for-all until someone makes it to the correct destination.
Cargo Races:
Grab a commodity from one location and deliver it to another location. Prizes are awarded to the first people to complete the objective. Again, this can be PvP or non-PvP.
Standing Bounties:
Bounties on particular players are posted up on the forums. The tougher the target, the higher the bounty will be. A confirmed kill and posted screenshot of said kill will net you the reward for taking down that target.
Random Encounters:
While I can't be ingame all the time, I can still do random encounters through TekagisBot remotely. As you play, I can suddenly put up bounties on people, call out races from one location to another, and do some trivia for prizes. This can happen at any point through the day.
Team Battles:
Two or more teams meet in the field of battle, with one side emerging victorious. The winners each get special prizes (billions of credits, armor, or special weapons). This is a team-based PvP challenge.
Free-For-Alls:
Pretty much self-explanatory. A group of players meet in a system and duke it out to come out as the man (or woman) on top. The last surviving player wins the prize.
Combat Tournaments:
One-on-one combat, featuring players fighting others in pairs on their way to the top. Can have first, second, and third place winners.
Tug-of-War:
One player carries a certain commodity or weapon and other players fight to take them out and get their loot!