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Adding game play elements

Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 10:41 pm
by rhaenaan
I'll get the ball rolling by suggesting that they add some sort of a "capture the flag" element to the game. Right now, there's no value to killing or even confronting other players/guilds. There's no scoring system and no "win" condition. Everyone simply rezzes and the game moves on. It's pretty pointless.

If we had the ability to have visible special items (flags, banners, balls, whatever) that could be dropped by a player when they died, we could at least have the ability to prove that we won a battle and provide an incentive for the losing guild/team to try to get it back. Adding personal, Guild and team items would allow for maximum flexibility.

I would certainly find it more entertaining to engage in guild battles if we could go marching through Yrkanis with the losing teams pennant in hand.

If implemented, an additional ability to record the wins/losses and maybe issue stars, stripes, guild logos, etc. to be included in the player info or on the in-scene display. I know that it would be tough, if not impossible, to have it worn on the character itself. But having it recorded and viewable would certainly be a nice incentive to earn stripes.

It would also be a nice feature to be able to mount captured items on the guild wall or otherwise record it somewhere in the guild. (like a trophy case)

Anyways....I'd appreciate additional comments or suggestions. With any luck, we can flesh it out enough to get it on the Developers' radar.

Re: Adding game play elements

Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 11:09 pm
by vaquero1
Like that idea great one. CTF was a big part of my last game i think it would be a great idea for this game. Maybe a place just for pvp. Or like 2 outpost with flags to take. It would be fun times.

Re: Adding game play elements

Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 11:21 pm
by josephm
I think it already is. It's just a large complicated system involving the war of nations and not the war of guilds.

Anyways here's to dreams:
A ravaging of nations and their shinys and the ability to capture NPC's as slaves. Continued fronts against the kitin similiar to the last event (totally can't wait to see what's up with the new event) where we get outposts, NPC or our own, supplies etc. to spawn raids and bosses. Done somewhat at the player's pace, meaning Kitin won't devastate a camp until to little has been done for the upkeep of an outpost.

The guilds to be united as border guards and homeland protectors and politicians in all lands of Atys, for myself to be granted the title 'EXCELSIOR' and given lightning enchanted Yubo-chucks so that I might decide on a whim, how gravity works, and how well.

Plunder and Trophies sound like fine ideas to me! I think it should be associated in PvP somehow. Maybe not per person, but per outpost.

Re: Adding game play elements

Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 11:52 pm
by caitiff
that would be good. Never really thought of it as capture the flag though ;P the last game that I played in beta had something like that. The guild system was set up differently though where there was only 4 guilds in the whole game and to become a guild leader you and some other ppl basically had to overthrow the guild :P As a guild you could go in and take the 'flag' from the other guild and claim it as yours placing it in your base (guild hall). These 'flags' also gave the guild str. So if you had 2 you had a bonus to str by 5% and if you have all 4 then by 7 % and your hp regen was quicker, that kinda stuff. I thought it was nice that way :)

Because just anyone can start a clan in this game something like that could be setup cept the guild has to complete a bunch of stuff before gaining one of their own. Once you gain it then other guilds can steal it away. If bonuses are incorporated then it may have to be one per land or something. I dont know ;P

Re: Adding game play elements

Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:20 am
by jackmor
I think the out posts are saposed to be like that. Lets hope they do somthing soon.

ALL HAIL RHAENAAN! QUEEN OF FRYOS! :D

Re: Adding game play elements

Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:23 am
by caitiff
jackmor wrote:I think the out posts are saposed to be like that. Lets hope they do somthing soon.

ALL HAIL RHAENAAN! QUEEN OF FRYOS! :D
eh, true :P probably should wait till outposts get up (hopefully soon :D ) cause that would be nice