In general on Ryzom, official events take precedence over player events unless the event team in contact with the players decides otherwise, in which case a player initiated event may become an official one. Official events also take precedence over OP wars.
The reason is obvious: Official events usually require more or less programming and scripting effort and bind the limited ressources of the event team, and not seldom of the developers in addition.
And as long as I can recall (having been participating in NPC boss hunts already on Leanon) the boss hunts never claimed precedence over anything. I recall some boss hunts rescheduled due to official events. Much more frequently, reschedulings occured due to OP wars.
There is a simple reason for: It can never be guaranteed that a scheduled boss hunt will take place at all, and if so, whether it extends to all four bosses. The bosses fought are not reserved to the boss hunt party. In times when different parties competed for the bosses regularly, gentlemen agreements between the parties concerned were frequent, but it could happen anytime that the bosses were not present. Also, it may happen that the damage available is unsufficient to kill all of the bosses (e.g. Lixie or Pei as the most susceptible ones to lack of firepower).
As to the event in question, it is a multipart event, and the event at that time was part 5 of it. Those who had followed the course of the event were able to appraise whether or not they risked to miss a lot when coming later.
The reason is obvious: Official events usually require more or less programming and scripting effort and bind the limited ressources of the event team, and not seldom of the developers in addition.
And as long as I can recall (having been participating in NPC boss hunts already on Leanon) the boss hunts never claimed precedence over anything. I recall some boss hunts rescheduled due to official events. Much more frequently, reschedulings occured due to OP wars.
There is a simple reason for: It can never be guaranteed that a scheduled boss hunt will take place at all, and if so, whether it extends to all four bosses. The bosses fought are not reserved to the boss hunt party. In times when different parties competed for the bosses regularly, gentlemen agreements between the parties concerned were frequent, but it could happen anytime that the bosses were not present. Also, it may happen that the damage available is unsufficient to kill all of the bosses (e.g. Lixie or Pei as the most susceptible ones to lack of firepower).
As to the event in question, it is a multipart event, and the event at that time was part 5 of it. Those who had followed the course of the event were able to appraise whether or not they risked to miss a lot when coming later.
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