Grand Acquistions Race Vs Rakghoul Plague

I'd agree that the Plague was more surprising - and thus more immersive in theory - but that's a double-edged sword. On one hand, yes, the surprise factor. On the other, by that time I didn't have the time to log in every day and when I did, I didn't bother to go to the fleet. The result? I found out about the Plague too late and barely had the time to get a few rewards. So, while the preemtive declaration of the Grand Goosechase Race mitigated the surprise factor, I was totally prepared for it.

I think that the gameplay mechanics of the events weren't that dissimiair. Both times you mainly had to walk around and click on objects. Well, the Plague did have world bosses and the crashed ship is still in the desert, and it's very cool to see how the planet changed (even if it was a tiny change).

The rewards for the Plague were much better. No, I'm not ranting about the bowcasters, I found use for them with my alts. But the Tuskan suit and the broken speeder were a joke, IMO. At least the Containment Officer suit had some pretty cool looking pieces (love the boots, they are gonna be perfect for my Bounty Hunter when they make Nautolans a playable race ) and the little Jawa swindler sold some unique companion customizations.

Next event can we get gaffi sticks. Thanks!

The last email I got made it sound like the GAR event isn't over....just waiting for the next part.

I really liked the forcejunkies.com analysis article of the latest event: http://www.forcejunkies.com/2012/08/...race-a-review/

Seems to me a fair review of the event.

They are indeed pointing at the good and "needs to be improved" elements.

Good read, thx.

Oh I nearly forgot, one part of the story that I really enjoyed in the Rakghoul event (though I can totally understand why other's didn't ) was how it felt more immersive, for example, if you travelled to the fleet via your ship rather than your fleet pass, when you arrived in your hangar there was containment crew waiting to scan you, if you were infected with the plague they would attack. The npc's were all regular mobs and easily defeated so they weren't an issue to deal with and they just made the story feel that little bit more realistic. The plague wasn't just something that Tatooine was worried about but something the entire fleet was concerned with. The story in the GAR event didn't offer any connection to me or anything I felt my characters would particularly care about.

I enjoyed both, for different reasons, and thought the plague parties during the Rakhgoul event were rather hilarious. But one of the many things I liked about the GAR was the mail I got after the communication ended, saying that the Gree are inbound.

Yes, some may see it as in-game advertising, but I thought using the event to actually herald changes in the game world was infinitely better than, say, rubbing the serial numbers off a Terran holiday and basing an event on that, like SOME mmorpgs I could name. Not that I'd object to a Life Day event if there was one ... no singing please .

Rather enjoyed the pleasantly Zen nature of the Box Hunt, myself, but I can see that if you were on a schedule it'd be very annoying indeed. 250 tokens for a pet is a serious investment of time.

rahkgoul -

was a blast, was everywhere, some good rewards for just about anyone
I really enjoyed this one.

aq race -

omg crates sucked hard - too slow respawn, too few
huge *** bug allowed most people to insta complete it
rewards very narrow
felt too short
I participated just enough to get the pet and bike

^This.

Plus if you remember the event started on a Tuesday when there was no maintenance and this this Tuesday there is no maintenance again!?

I think over all the Rakghoul event was a bit hard to fully participate in, but the GAR was a bit to easy.
I thought the weapon rewards for both events were limited, but I thought that's OK.
I can't understand peopel saying only a few classes could take advantage of the rewards, as I'm sure every class has a companion that uses Blaster Rifles. I played the event with a a class I wanted a bowcaster for my companion, Agent/Caliyo, and another one I just picked up the speeder. I think it would be great if the speeders could also be Bound to Legacy, but as the items just give you a travel power I guess that would be difficult.