Does this event really excite you apart from the fact that you get double valour?
I have been in 6-7 fights during this event and i tried 3 times and i got the negative effects all the 3 times. After that i do not dare to go even near to that bloody sword.
The first fight, i saw about 80% of the players with the effect and gradually it reduced and in the last one, which just completed had just 3 person with it. 2 with -33% max life points and the other one with -50% healing effect.
I am sure, the next event onwards, nobody will touch it. So, it will just become a double valour event.
Why is this event just a failure, because of the mechanism. Either you get a bless or a curse. In the battlefield, who wants to take a risk? Players will prefer not to touch that bloody thing and enjoy what they have witth them. According to me, either this effect should be mandatory like other battlefields. so you do not have an option. Either you get bless or curse. leave with it. But there is a risk of players not joining at all for the fight. The best way is to make it a combination of bless and curse. If a player gets the -33% Max life, it should be compensated either with +will/+strength/+wisdom/+healing/+valour. Like that, for each curse, there should be a compensating bless. If it is a bless, the players may get a corresponding curse, but not necessary as they will not have any complaint.
Thanks....RR