Onisxi's Guide to GCW PvP Events

Hello, my name is Onisxi. I have already hosted four Galactic Civil War Player vs. Player events in my city and I want to share my knowledge with the rest of the events community. First off, you need to know that PvP event needs to be properly planned with the right players, storyteller items, and location. You wouldn't have a PvP battle inside the Kunga cave on Dantooine, but you would have one in the outskirts of Tatooine, the outskirts of Naboo, a player city, or an area where there is lots of swamp and trees like Rori. Dathomir and Endor make nice locations.

Here are some tips getting you started.

Selecting a Location

Decide whether you want to have an all-out battle in the outskirts, battle to take control of a place of interest like the Tusken Fortress, or to take control of a player city. Once decided, plan a date for the event (a day like Friday or weekends when everyone is on) and spread the word!

How to Spread the Word

There are many ways to spread the word for your event:

• Guild chat (make sure it's okay with the guild leader)
• In-game /yells or /shouts
• Tells
• Mail
• Ventrilo/Teamspeak
• Your server forums

Once you have spread the word, you should get some people participating in your event. You need to balance out both factions for the event.

How to Balance Factions for Your Event

I balance factions for my PvP events by making a sign up sheet for one Imperial and Rebellion group. They can only bring a few friends for back up. Make sure each faction has its own troops. Give each faction a starting point for each faction (like bases you can infiltrate).

Storyteller Troops

I buy about 20 Rebel commandos, 20 Imperial stormtroopers, 5 Wookiee freedom fighters, and 5 dark troopers for my events. Each side has 20 regular troops and 5 special troops. To make things interesting, I buy 10 super battle droids, 3 Acklays, and 5 Black Suns. I spread them out throughout the city. Next, you need storyteller props.

Storyteller Props

I give storyteller props for each faction. For Imperials, I buy AT-AT's, AT-ST's, Lambada Shuttle, and Imperial guard flavor NPC's. For Rebels, I buy X-wing props, destroyed transports, and communication antennas. I set up each prop by the base of the faction it's for. Next, you have to set up your event.

Requesting Event Support

SOE Online Events Manager Pex can help you with your event. He can turn into a character and play with him for your event (i.e Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, The Emperor, Chewbacca) but he can only be one! Pex can also spawn NPCs like Dark/Light Jedi sentinels, grauls, rancors, anything that's in the game. Pex can also make an Imperial/Rebel raid on your event. To see what days Pex has available for event support, go to the web site.

Communication

It's important for an event to have its own chat channel when needed. Here is a little something I found from the SWG website:

Communication - For all events we highly recommend using the global chat channels to keep everyone informed. Not everyone is used to using these, but they can be a HUGE help. For a list of chatroom commands type "/help chatroom". All commands listed begin with /chatroom.

At the very least, event organizers should be on a shared chatroom, and possibly have a moderated chatroom for announcements to all the players. This will help you get information across when things get furious.

To create a chat channel:

1. Right-click on one of your chat tabs (we recommend creating a new blank tab) and choose "Join Chat Channel."
2. Double click on your galaxy.
3. Double click "Chat."
4. Select "Create Channel."
5. Input a chatroom name and title. The name should be short as you will use / to type into the chatroom. The title is a longer description of the room's purpose.
6. Select "Moderated" if you want to use the room only for announcements. This will allow only moderators to speak.
7. If you select "Private," only those you invite (/chatroom invite will be able to access the room.
8. Click "Done".

Setting Up Your Event

Take a look at the peaceful player city of Babylon. Its location makes it a nice place to hold a PvP event.

Step 1: Place your props.

Step 2: Gather your group.

Step 3: Set up troops.

Step 4: Fight!

After Your Event

You should do something after your event to make people want to come back. Like with my event, I usually host a Dark Jedi bash with Pex's event support.

After your event, post about it on the forums. Include screenshots and videos if you can in your post. I usually make Youtube videos for my event.

Credits

Thanks to Lona Valamari for her Player events for Dummies guide.
Thanks to Pex for communication tips and providing this great event content to the game.
Thanks to everyone who hosts and participates in player events to keep them running.

Hope to see everyone making their own events soon,

/tip hat

Onisxi
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