Style of LARP
Ardent Spacers is a PvE camp-and-linear style camping LARP, where players join the spaceship AES Ardent in one of her four divisions, working together to explore our galaxy and research the emerging threats against the Alliance.
Combat balance
We are aiming for content to be evenly balanced between combat, science & medicine, engineering, and diplomacy. There will be two larger “battle” type missions during the weekend, one each morning, and a number of medium combat missions, all away from the player camp, in addition to many roleplay-heavy and non-combatant missions. Combat may occur directly outside of the player camp, but is not intended to enter it at any scale beyond a handful of infiltrators.
PvE
This is designed to be a PvE game. Players are working together to complete their overall mission, with each team’s actions adding to the total progress. The four Divisions – Mattock, Kenolab, Taskminders, Diplo – are designed to focus on one of the four gameplay areas of combat, science, engineering, and diplomacy, each with their own smaller tasks to complete. Some missions will be Division-only, forcing players to problem solve with limited tools, while others will be more balanced task forces put together from the entire playerbase. Social PvP may of course be present, and the origin planets are designed to ensure player characters have different opinions on how to address the problems faced during events, as well as there being competition for Division leadership.
Camping
Players have the option of bringing IC communal tents and camping tents to form the Ardent’s temporary mission base, or camping OC in a separate area. Most modern and historical tents are permitted, but some are definitely more preferred for certain planets than others, for example cream canvas bell tents are ideal for Sultonians! The player camp is split into six areas: the central Command Hub, four Division camps, and an Off-Duty camp to allow mixed-division social groups to camp together. The central Command Hub is provided by the game, giving an in character administration hub so you won’t need to leave the game at any point.