(02-05-2015, 12:10 PM)Gegenji Wrote: 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 think this is a cool idea, but I still think there should be a roll system involved to account for the shooters score.
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.
That or have judges who give 1-10 scores based on their overall opinion of the shot.
