The funny thing is, I was thinking that the Sharpshooting Contest (which I've taken to calling it the "Quillion" just because it sounds cool and it puts a name to the concept) would follow a more simple, regimented concept like normal marksmanship challenges.
I mentioned it in the Gun thread, but I was thinking simply along the lines of having a line of targets (training dummies on a plot would be great for this or maybe the line of them just outside Ul'dah's western gate) for the participants to shoot at. These bodies would be "marked" not unlike a darts target and people would /random for their shots - with that number serving as their actual score.
There would be different variations to what is done, of course. A close-ranged shot, a mid-ranged shot, a far shot; moving shots, and perhaps even a free-form final bit where a person just makes up a neat-sounding performance through /em as a trick shot. Points would be added up and then the person with the highest score wins.
Such a template would both be simple - no need for volunteers that could possibly be hurt - and allow for all sorts of ranged folks to try their hands at the Quillion. Not just Machinists and ARC/BRDs, but you'd have event mages could enter too! You could have a Conjurer casting a well-aimed Stone I, a Thaum showing off a "trick shot" of hitting several tossed stones with differently-colored Fire spells, or an Arcanist hitting discuses blindfolded with only their ears and a few quickly made calculations based off where the sound came from.
Of course, more "live" stuff could be added as well... but I think a simple variation on the basic archery contest would be the way to go. At least at the start, anyway. Spicing it up could always come later.
I mentioned it in the Gun thread, but I was thinking simply along the lines of having a line of targets (training dummies on a plot would be great for this or maybe the line of them just outside Ul'dah's western gate) for the participants to shoot at. These bodies would be "marked" not unlike a darts target and people would /random for their shots - with that number serving as their actual score.
There would be different variations to what is done, of course. A close-ranged shot, a mid-ranged shot, a far shot; moving shots, and perhaps even a free-form final bit where a person just makes up a neat-sounding performance through /em as a trick shot. Points would be added up and then the person with the highest score wins.
Such a template would both be simple - no need for volunteers that could possibly be hurt - and allow for all sorts of ranged folks to try their hands at the Quillion. Not just Machinists and ARC/BRDs, but you'd have event mages could enter too! You could have a Conjurer casting a well-aimed Stone I, a Thaum showing off a "trick shot" of hitting several tossed stones with differently-colored Fire spells, or an Arcanist hitting discuses blindfolded with only their ears and a few quickly made calculations based off where the sound came from.
Of course, more "live" stuff could be added as well... but I think a simple variation on the basic archery contest would be the way to go. At least at the start, anyway. Spicing it up could always come later.
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