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Implement in Future Plan To Incentivize Conquest

jakeman5

jakeman5

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Balak and Continental PvP have gotten so stale. I think it is time to rethink how these are approached as far as rewards for competing in them.

Balak Buff Issues:
Balak buffs need to be refreshed, the current buffs are extremely stale with only 2 of them really being helpful in neutral mobs and 1 ancient ingot repair. The fact that there haven't been any new interesting buffs that have been introduced is surprising to me as it is a way to generate new interest in competing in Balak.

World Cap Issues:
World cap in general needs to be worth much more than it currently is. Whoever should have world cap should have a large influence on the server. Changing world capital policies to make them more about changing the ways in which conquest functions as opposed to buffing something for solely just that alliance. I.e. You can shorten vulns for all towns on your continent for the month or possibly other small changes to how conquest functions. These would be to spice things up, give the capital the power to change something meaningful, and make conquest differ from month to month. In my opinion a policy hall that you can't build in and an achievement for one person is cool and all but it really doesn't really incentivize many people.

Continental Issues:
The whole notion of getting rid of fast travel as a buff is just disincentivising the only reason someone would attempt to go for continental capital. There needs to be new policies, it is time to move forward with the policy points as Foxy mentioned the last time I brought this up.
FoxyBearGames said:
In the past I pushed the idea of having capitals get "policy points" which they could spend on policies, with things like swift sailing costing very little, and things like taxes being much more expensive. I think this could be interesting if sort of "super" policies were added that took all your points but gave you something pretty powerful, with you having to choose to balance out or spend them all.
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PS. PLEASE BRING BACK AIRSHIPS FOR EVERYONE AND BAN SIGMAFLASH
 
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These are all things we have discussed with LCRs and plan to switch up at some point. As always it is a case of priorities and up to this point, other features on the server have been more desired. We plan to do the following in the future:

Balak Buffs:
These will be removed entirely from Balak and put on their own separate islands (around an existing landmass like the nether) that anybody can attack. The fights themselves will likely be capped at 20 or 25 a side (in a similar fashion to Rivina) so those who enjoy this size of a fight will have a place to reliably get those numbers. The intent is to have multiple ways to play conquest so there is something for everyone, and if one of these ways becomes stale for a few months because of the current political landscape, others should be popping. The buffs themselves will be switched up and made stronger.

World Cap:
We plan to revamp most of the cap policies, generally making them stronger. There is a balance here where we cannot make them too strong or you end up with a snowballing mechanic where the rich get richer and harder to topple. Equally, they need to be desirable enough to be worth going for. They will NEVER directly impact conquest as this will cause a stagnant landscape where one side gets on top and cannot be removed. The way we plan to balance policies themselves is to assign them different point values and provide capitals with 'x' number of points to spend. This will make balancing them much easier as they do not have to be at the same power level.

In terms of changing up conquest from month to month, we will use a mutator style system where there is a percent chance each fight will have a unique rule set or hazards on the battlefield etc. This could be things like areas of the battlefield that damage both sides, a blizzard that gives everyone slowness, walls that come up splitting the battlefield in two, aggressive mobs spawning, axes dealing more damage etc. This should also have the added effect of making modules stronger or weaker based on the mutator which would mean sides would be incentivized to switch up their strategy.

Continental Cap:
This is similar to World Cap, where we will revamp the policies and switch to a points system.

If these are things people think we should be working on above all else, let the LCRs know and they can pass this on to us. There are other things we are working on that are on the immediate horizon but if enough of the player base wants these features we can prioritize them as much as possible.
 
Magpieman said:
In terms of changing up conquest from month to month, we will use a mutator style system where there is a percent chance each fight will have a unique rule set or hazards on the battlefield etc. This could be things like areas of the battlefield that damage both sides, a blizzard that gives everyone slowness, walls that come up splitting the battlefield in two, aggressive mobs spawning, axes dealing more damage etc.
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That's pretty damn cool.
 
jakeman5 said:
The whole notion of getting rid of fast travel as a buff is just disincentivising the only reason someone would attempt to go for continental capital
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If it's the only reason people go for cap that's obviously a big issue. the plan is to make it be a globally available feature to anyone willing to simply pay some shards to fast travel.
 
Cryptite said:
If it's the only reason people go for cap that's obviously a big issue. the plan is to make it be a globally available feature to anyone willing to simply pay some shards to fast travel.
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I agree it is a big issue. I know it is essentially the main reason most people care about continental PvP. Doing away with it would only make Continental PvP become less important than it already is. I think if you want to make it accessible to everyone don't make it a shard sink, just change the boats to fast travel. Get rid of the NPCs, make it so there is no fast travel and jumping on the boat instantly teleports you or make the boats come and go every 20 seconds or so. Then look into other better policies for continental capitals. I am a large proponent of making Loka more accessible in general so I think doing away with fast travel or keeping it like it currently is takes away from a large part of the servers experience which is essentially discouraging players to explore all that Loka offers. This is why I think reintroducing Airships as a permanent piece of the Loka experience could be really beneficial as far as encouraging players to build up their capitals to hold markets and casinos (once again encouraging those not to move and chase PvP).

To add onto the Continental PvP Incentivization I also really like the idea that Zach brought up which is:
Zachary_N_Kaleno said:
Level 25 towns should get the one policy thing, not every town in general
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I think this would level the playing field and make things more interesting if you were to stay on your home continent rather than travel to the PvP.
 
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It's alright, I know what you want
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Lurnn said:
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Don't be shy, take control of me
Get the vibe, it's gonna be lit tonight
Baby girl, yuh a carry ten ton a phatness, gimme some a' dat
Pink sweetie badness, look how she hot
She a black like goddess, but a nah jus dat
It's a good piece 'a mentals under di cap
Hot piece of gear mami love how yuh chat
Watching every step 'a di pepper deh whe yuh got
Stayin' in ma brain, memberin' all the touch
Mainly my aim is to give you this love
Hypnotic, the way you move
Let me acknowledge the way you do
And I would not lie, baby you
Beam me up like Scotty (Baby gal)
It's so hypnotic, the way you move
That's why I wanted to get to you
And I would not lie, baby you
Move so hypnotic
No lie (Gyal we never miss)
Feel your eyes, they're all over me
Don't be shy, take control of me
Get the vibe, it's gonna be lit tonight
(Gyal we never miss, gyal we never miss) No lie
Hypnotized, pull another one
It's alright, I know what you want
Get the vibe, it's gonna be lit tonight
(Gyal we never miss, gyal we never miss) No lie
Feels how we do it (No lie)
It's always how we do it (No lie)
Feels how we do it
It's gonna be lit tonight
No lie
Feels how we do it (No lie)
It's always how we do it (No lie)
Feels how we do it
It's gonna be lit tonight
No lie
I'm so lit, so lit, my girl
Suh lemme see you roll it, roll it, my girl
Mi love it when yuh bend and fold it
Now let mi bone it
And let mi own it, my girl
Give yuh all the styles dat I have mastered
Hoist you up, baby girl, that's my word
Give you the good lovin' that is preferred
You deserve it, so don't be scared
It hypnotic, the way you move
Let me acknowledge the way you do
And I would not lie, baby you
Beam me up like Scotty (Baby gal)
It's so hypnotic, the way you move
That's why I wanted to get to you
And I would not lie, baby you
Move so hypnotic
No lie (Gyal we never miss)
Feel your eyes, they all over me
Don't be shy, take control of me
Get the vibe, it's gonna be lit tonight
(Gyal we never miss, gyal we never miss) No lie
Hypnotized, pull another one
It's alright, I know what you want
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It's gonna be lit tonight
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It's always how we do it (No lie)
Feels how we do it
It's gonna be lit tonight
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Shake dat body, lemme see you just do it
Give dem hundred percent (No lie)
Move dat body, lemme see you just do it
Gyal gwah represent (No lie)
Shake dat body, lemme see you just do it
To the fullest extent (No lie)
Move dat body, lemme see you just do it
Gyal you're magnificent (No lie)
Feel your eyes, they're all over me
Don't be shy, take control of me
Get the vibe, it's gonna be lit tonight
(Gyal we never miss, gyal we never miss) No lie
Hypnotized, pull another one
It's alright, I know what you want
Get the vibe, it's gonna be lit tonight
(Gyal we never miss, gyal we never miss) No lie
Feels how we do it (No lie)
It's always how we do it (No lie)
Feels how we do it
It's gonna be lit tonight
No lie
Feels how we do it (No lie)
It's always how we do it (No lie)
Feels how we do it
It's gonna be lit tonight
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No lie :p
 
Cryptite said:
If it's the only reason people go for cap that's obviously a big issue. the plan is to make it be a globally available feature to anyone willing to simply pay some shards to fast travel.
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its not the only reason people go for cap. My alliance went for capital because its a challenge and was fun policies are an added bonus (a very nice bonus)
 
Magpieman said:
In terms of changing up conquest from month to month, we will use a mutator style system where there is a percent chance each fight will have a unique rule set or hazards on the battlefield etc. This could be things like areas of the battlefield that damage both sides, a blizzard that gives everyone slowness, walls that come up splitting the battlefield in two, aggressive mobs spawning, axes dealing more damage etc. This should also have the added effect of making modules stronger or weaker based on the mutator which would mean sides would be incentivized to switch up their strategy.
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no pls
 
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