Broadsword Dark Age of Camelot 5v5 Mordred Tournament (incomplete draft)Tournament Plan and Design Document

The goal of this document is to specifically outline and explain in detail the rules, regulations, and overall goals of the 5v5 tournament.

Tournament ScheduleNo date and time is set yet, but it will be held on a Saturday afternoon to allow players from all regions to compete. A specific time will be given to each team on the day of the tournament. Teams have 5 minutes to reach their designated location (which will be specifically outlined on available maps). Failure for all members to reach the location after the 5 minute timer will result in immediate disqualification (teams with less than 5 can NOT compete). The entire tournament bracket and schedule of all teams will be made public for viewing purposes. The tournament will also be hosted on DAoCs Official Twitch channel.Summary of wants/needs: Tournament to be held on a single Saturday afternoon to include availability for DAoCs varied time zones. Streamed by dev. Schedule viewable at least one month in advance by everyone.RegistrationTBDSummary of wants/needs: There will be an end date of all teams wishing to participate to register by. A registered team can contain up to 6 members, with the sixth member acting as a bench player to be subbed in at the teams convenience (between fights). Team members and their classes must be registered at the register date and are afterwards unchangeable. If a team ends up with less than 5 members by tournament day, they are disqualified.

Characters and MigrationCharacters will need to be migrated from Ywain to Pendragon for the tournament. Templates are up to the players. You will need to create your template on Ywain and migrate it with your character for the event. This means cross-realm templates will be unavailable, although most items now are available to all realms. Any item or template available on Ywain (including RoGs) are valid for the tournament.For the tournament, all characters on Pendragon will be set to Realm Rank 11L0 regardless of their rank when transferred. Skill, realm, Master Level, and Champion Level respecs will be freely available.

Summary of wants/needs: Character transfers from Ywain to Pendragon. Any working template from Ywain is accepted for the event. Including any RoG items. The tournament to be held with all participating characters boosted to Realm Rank 11. Pendragon to give transferred characters easy access to Realm Rank 11.Victory and Disqualification ConditionsThe event will be a single-elimination bracket tournament. Two teams will face off against one another, with the winning team moving on while the losing team is disqualified. Summary of wants/needs: Single-elimination, unless signups are so small that double elimination is more realistic.Group Setups and Class AvailabilityAll classes and setups will be available with no restrictions. Some classes are glaringly stronger than others, while some can fill a creative niche role. Limiting any one class suppresses player and setup creativity. Due to a FFA ruleset tournament, no classes will be excluded, leaving teams free to form what they think may be the most powerful or most fun group of five. Groups with multiples of the same class are acceptable. Additionally, all specs, Master Levels, and Champion Abilities for each class are acceptable.Summary of wants/needs: No class restrictions in any team of 5. Multiples of the same class in a single team allowed. Any spec, ML abilities, CL abilities allowed.Buffs, buff bots, pots, and buff chargesIdeally, the Realm Enhancement NPC would give players capped (shearable) buffs for the event (excluding magic resist buffs, endurance buffs, power regen buffs, health regen buffs). In-group magic resists are limited to the groups makeup and Champion Abilities. If a capped NPC buffer is unavailable, then buff bots will be allowed. Buff charges (from items), celerity charges, endurance pots (up to Strong Invigs), and heal pots are allowed. Additionally, heroism pots are also allowed, although Supremacy and Comprehension pots are banned.

Summary of wants/needs: An NPC buffer at the rally points of each arena that provides capped, shearable base buffs and spec buffs (Str/Con & Dex/Qui). Unshearable buffs like Spec AF or Haste can only be received by in group classes with these abilities or charges. Supremacy pots banned. Comprehension pots banned. All other pots and charges allowed.

Arenas

Agramon. Group A starts at the northwest Midgard gate. Group B starts at the southwest Albion gate. Groups then head towards Decayed Lands to engage. Once the engagement begins, there is free roam within the red borders.

Typhons Reach. Group A starts just near the Shades of Mist encounter. Group B starts near the edge of the lava near the first southeastern bridge. Once the engagement begins, there is free roam within the red borders.

Mordreds Hib Loop. Group A starts just outside of Druim Ligen. Group B starts just outside of Tir Na Nogs North Gate. Once the engagement begins, there is free roam within the red borders.Summary of wants/needs: Multiple arenas. Adds variety and allowed the environment to factor into battles. Remove all mobs from all zones. Place pet mobs at each teams rally point that are obtainable before teams leave the rally point. Simultaneous battles. 3 or more at once depending on the number of participants. Will need additional Knight help in supervision.

Champions and RewardsThe below are ideas for rewards:First Place First Place House Trophy A trophy to place in your house (for each member) 1-month subscription timecard (for each member) 200 plat (for the entire team) Tournament Champion title (for each member) Unique mount with a new design (Tournament Champions Steed) (for each member) Unique weapon for the players character of choice, unobtainable elsewhere (Tournament Champions Weapon) (for each member)Second Place Second Place House Trophy A trophy to place in your house (for each member) 1-month subscription timecard (for each member) 100 plat (for the entire team) Tournament Runner-up title (for each member) Unique mount with a new design (Tournament Champions Steed) (for each member)Third Place Third Place House Trophy A trophy to place in your house (for each member) 1-month subscription timecard (for each member) 50 plat (for the entire team)Summary of wants/needs: A spectacular in game reward to kick the tournament off would be a great way to make this a big community event, which is why special weapons are the top prize. Weapons would not be so extremely powerful that they would be unfair, but just a slight improvement based on the chosen players class. These weapons could be overshadowed by future content releases and/or replaced by the next tournaments weapons if successful. All in all, only 5 players total will have these 5v5-tailored event weapons. Mounts and titles to show off that you fought hard in the tournament and achieved a high rank!