Strange things are afoot in Chronicles of Elyria. For starters, there is a single throne available on a North American server that’s up for grabs. Instead of simply selling it outright, the team has decided to raffle it off in a convoluted format.
Basically, fans will have to buy $10 tokens to gift to players that each one feels is the best to lead this kingdom. These tokens do convey 100 EP to the purchaser and 50 EP to the receiver on top of being part of this raffle. At the end of the year, the most popular recipient will be given the throne.
Not all players are delighted with this decision. As one poster pointed out in the forum, this is a glorified (and paid) popularity contest, ignores open monarch spots on an Oceanic server, and excludes fans of other regions and servers from taking part.
Meanwhile, it sounds as though Chronicles of Elyria’s recent conquest event was a mixed bag. While it ultimately wrapped up with participants getting prizes, the studio took drastic action in the middle of the weekend to counter what it perceived as fans manipulating and exploiting the format (when they all joined the same side to eliminate competition).
