Nodes

Node-ok are pre-set locations, wrapped in a zone of influence (ZOI).

Encompassing each server are carefully placed points of development called Node-ok. Every node is given purview over a predefined A befolyási övezet (ZOI).

Node citizenship

Node citizenship.

Citizenship is, aside from nodes existing, one of the most important parts. So you as a player will get to become a citizen of these nodes: you're going to need to acquire some form of housing to be able to do that within that node's jurisdiction, it's zone of influence. – Chris Justo

Player housing grants the ability to claim citizenship of a Village (színpad 3) node or higher. Gaining citizenship through player housing is not automatic. It must be claimed.

• There is not a hard cap to node citizenship, but there is a soft cap. Citizens pay dues and property taxes based on the stage of the node when the player became a citizen.

When you become a citizen you enter in at a certain citizenship due structure; and citizens pay taxes to their node in the form of both property taxes based on what type housing as well as citizenship dues, which are necessary. And as you enter later into the stage of a node's development, you will pay a higher value on the citizenship dues or vice-versa: if you own a property later, you will be entered into a property tax that is higher based on where you enter that property ownership within the node's history. So those help to form a soft cap. Now, if payers are willing to pay more to be a citizen of a particular node, they have that option, but at some point it becomes restrictive.

• A player can only claim citizenship to one node at a time.

You can declare citizenship to only one node and when you declare that citizenship. Let's say for example, one guild perhaps wanting to take all their members and have them all declare the same citizenship to a location. The longer a node exists the higher the prize it is to take and some systems with regards to crafting progression and/or rewards and bonuses or the reliquary that we haven't really touched on a lot, those systems are going to be so enticing that from an incentive standpoint it will compel other groups to either potentially break alliances or siege the city in order to take the goods that are potentially in it. So, from an incentive standpoint we have that at play. Additionally, we don't have a cap per-se that we've announced yet on the citizenship aspect of being in a node, but we do have soft caps. It becomes costlier the higher number of citizens each time one new person wants to join to be part of a node. So, there is sort of a soft cap on how many citizens one node can have and it might be that not all in the guild can participate in that area. So, there's a natural divide: A pseudo faction, so to speak between who is a part of that node and who is not. – Steven Sharif

• Only one citizenship may be declared per account, per server.

Your account is bound to one declared citizenship per server, which means that if you have two alts and your main character on one server you may only be a citizen of one node between those three... If you have an alt on a different server, it could be a citizen of a node as well. – Steven Sharif

• Players lose their node citizenship after their node is destroyed in a node siege without entering into a cooldown period.
  • Apart from node destruction, there is no player driven system that can strip another player of their node citizenship.
• Node citizenship is not tied to membership of a guild. Guilds don't "own" nodes.
• Players can interact with the node board to get a list of citizens of the node. Clicking on a citizen will reveal information about their guild, society, religion, and property ownership.

Az alábbi információk némelyikét a közelmúltban nem erősítették meg a fejlesztők, és előfordulhat, hogy nem szerepelnek a jelenlegi fejlesztési ütemtervben.

• Citizenship tickets may also grant citizenship to certain node stages. This mechanic will be decided based on testing.
• A player does not need to declare citizenship of any node. These players won't need to pay taxes but will miss out on benefits of citizenship.

Node benefits

Kaelar node concept art.

Each node type has a superpower (ultimate ability) that becomes unlocked when the node reaches Metropolis (színpad 6).

Zónák fejlődése

Dungeon-ök, Raid-ek, Világ-boss-ok, Mob-ok, Küldetések, Események, Nyersanyagok, Narratívák és további tartalmak A Node ZOI-jában sok ízben lesznek elérhetőek; de a Node fejlettsége és rassz befolyása korlátain belül.

We don’t have a strictly level 25 zone. Instead, that zone might have some level 10 creatures near the road, some level 20 creatures deep in the forest, and some level 30 creatures up the mountain. These ratios will change based on the Nodes that inform them, becoming generally more dangerous as the Node grows. All this civilization attracts the attention of Things-That-Should-Not-Be. This does not mean that wilderness areas are safe, by any means. Some may be safe-er, but all will have dangers that even the most experienced traveler needs to watch out for. – Steven Sharif

Node fejlődés

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Node fejlődés animáció, a Vadontól (0.fázis) a Metropoliszig (6.fázis).

Nodes advance by collecting experience from the actions of players nearby. As players complete content inside of a Node’s Zone of Influence (the area around the node), they contribute that experience toward the Node’s development. The experience given to the Node may then be modified based on certain Events and Accomplishments. When a Node reaches the experience required, it undergoes the process of advancing to the next stage. There are a few exceptions where a Node cannot advance even though it has the required experience - most commonly, a Node can not advance if a Node is a Vassal of another Node and would advance to the same stage as its Parent Node. – Margaret Krohn

A lakosok, és nem lakosok aktivitása (küldetések, gyűjtögetés, Raid-elés, stb.) a Node ZOI-ján belül annak a Node-nak a fejlesztését gyarapítja (fejlődés). A Node-ok hét (7) fejlődési fázissal rendelkeznek, melyek mindegyikéhez hozzá van rendelve egy elérendő tapasztalatküszöb, a fejlesztéshez.

	Node fázis.	Alternatív név.	Fejlesztéshez szükséges idő.	Játékos lakások.
0.	Vadon			-
1.	Expedíció	Kereszteződés	Pár óra	-
2.	Táborhely	Tábor	Órák	-
3.	Falu	-	Pár nap	Kis házak
4.	Kis város	-	Napok	Közepes házak
5.	Város	-	Pár hét	Nagy házak
6.	Metropolisz	Nagyváros	Hetek	Kastélyok

The Development Area of a Node is where civilization will appear as the Node advances. As the Node Stage increases, different buildings, NPCs, and services will become available in the Development Area. The higher the Node Stage, the more complex and populated the Development Area becomes. Development Areas will also vary depending on the Node Type - Economic, Military, Scientific, or Divine; we’ll go into further details on each of those Node Types in future posts in this series. – Margaret Krohn

Elméleti rajz. A Node-ok amik egy fejlettebb Node ZOI-ján belül vannak, nem fejlődhetnek annak szintjére. A ZOI-k a játékon belül irreguláris alakzatúak lesznek, az itt látható körök csak ábrázatot szolgálják.

Beginning at Node Stage 3, when a Node advances, it enslaves nearby Nodes and makes them into its Vassals. Vassal Nodes are owned by a Parent Node and must always be at least one Node Stage below the Parent Node. This means that the Vassal Node cannot grow until the Parent Node advances in stage. Vassal Nodes give excess experience to their Parent Node, and are able to have their own Vassals, as long as they fit within the Parent Node’s Zone of Influence. They are subject to the government, alliances, wars, taxes, and trade of their Parent Node, and are able to receive federal aid from them. A Vassal Node cannot declare war on their Parent Node or any of its Vassals. Citizens of Vassals are bound by the diplomatic states of the Parent Node. – Margaret Krohn

Egy Node fejlesztése elérhetővé teszi az egyedi tartalmát, amivel egyidejűleg egyre nagyobb körzetben akadályozza meg a szomszédos Node-ok fejlődését.

• A Node-ok gyorsan érik el az első szintet. Ez elérhetővé teszi az NPC szolgáltatásokat, mint a bolt, vagy tárgyak eltárolása.
• Minél fejlettebb egy Node, annál nagyobb a hozzá tartozó ZOI.
• Kevésbé fejlett Node-ok (avagy vazallus Node-ok) amik fejlettebb Node ZOI-ján belül vannak, szerezhetnek további tapasztalatot, de nem fejlődhetnek a domináns Node szintjére.
  • A vazallus rendszer akkor lép életbe, ha egy Node eléri a 3.fázist (Falu), de a szomszédos, hármasnál kisebb Node-ok is megakadályozzák a közvetlen szomszédaik fejlődését.
• A terület kiterjesztő algoritmus figyelembe veszi a legközelebbi tengerpartot, a szomszédos Node-okat és a környezetében lévő területek játékos-sűrűségét az elmúlt hetekben.
  • Azon okból, ahogy a kiterjeszkedést számító algoritmus kiszámolja egy növekedő Node ZOI-ját, előfordulhat, hogy két azonos szintű Node egymáshoz közel esik.

The way that the algorithm expands the territories takes into account a few things: One it takes into account the coast like where's the closest coast. Two it takes into account the neighboring nodes so it can take over and essentially vassal state those nodes, but what's more important is essentially the initial population based on like how players choose their races. Because we have nine different races and four different starting points that branch out, each server's population density is going to dictate essentially the first few nodes that are that are highly populated and then that initial seed is what's going to determine the node structure as it moves inland into the into the world essentially; and based on the performance and successes of different sieges will determine which nodes that got locked out from the previous the initial advancements what nodes can now be available to advance further. So I really think that with so many variables that are present in the equation of how nodes advance and stay existing with the more variables you have, the higher likelihood there is for there to be a significant diversion in world progression. – Steven Sharif

Normally the algorithm that's applied to the node territorial expansion will prevent significant nodes from being in close proximity to each other... There could be a perfect storm where all of the algorithmic progression of territory leads to having these nodes very close to each other because there's certain requirements that should that need to be available to satisfy node vassal takeovers; and it's possible that two nodes would never take each other over as vassals and end up close together and spanning their territories in opposite directions: The Tale of Two Cities thing. – Steven Sharif

• A domináns Node nem kap tapasztalatot a vazallus Node-ok területén szerzet tapasztalatból, amíg azok el nem érik a számukra elérhető legnagyobb szintet.
• A játékosok mozgatva(elteleportálva) lesznek, ha a fejlődés közben egy megjelenni készülő épület útjában vannak.
• Egy Node lakosai gyarapíthatják egy eltérő Node fejlesztését.
• A fejlődés konkrét tapasztalat követelménye (pl. hány szörnyet kell megölni) nem lesz nyilvánosan tudott, a rendszer kihasználását elkerülendő.

Different people have different resources invested in nodes progressing and it would be a little "gamey" if you could know exactly what was necessary at that point because that would disincentivize people from participating. – Steven Sharif

Node development

Racial architecture of the same Village (színpad 3) node on different servers. Dünir Dwarven influence (top). Kaelar Human influence (bottom). Alpha-1 Nem NDA képernyőkép.

The layout and architecture within a Node’s development area are determined by influential race. For example, a stage 3 Node with the majority of player contribution being Py'rai would have a Py'rai village with Py'rai architecture. Most NPCs would be Py'rai elves, and offer questlines within the Py'rai narrative. – Margaret Krohn

Each player’s contributed experience is flagged with their character race and other identifiers. When a Node advances, the race with the highest experience contribution determines the Node’s style and culture. This style and culture change can happen at every Node Stage. For example, if a Node advances to Level 2 - Encampment Stage and 51% of all experience was earned by Ren’Kai players, the Node will be a Level 2 Ren’Kai Node. If that same Node advances to a Level 3 - Village Stage Node, but the Py'Rai contributed 62% of all the experience earned, then the Node will be a Level 3 Py'Rai Node. – Margaret Krohn

Node layout and style is determined by several factors:

The way that the node system is built is that they can exist across a spread of 18 biomes, but at the same time have to represent the cultural influence of these cultures that are intrinsically a part of a specific biome. – Steven Sharif

• Environment (biome) and location of the node.
  • Nodes will adjust the local topography to fit the aesthetic and mechanical requirements of the node.

Currently the way that the platform system is set up, is it's capable of adjusting the topography of the node's footprint, regardless of the surrounding terrain. So the reason for that is we want to have flexibility in the presentation of the node's layout and how it is essentially both from an aesthetic standpoint as well as a mechanical standpoint with node sieges- how it's constructed and that construction should have the ability to take on a variance of different types of topography. So it shouldn't be dependent on the surrounding area. Now that's not to say that the surrounding area isn't going to have some influence over. So for example... we're experimenting a little bit with the platform tech and putting up a node up against the side of a mountain or on the edge of a cliff or something that has a beautiful vista. Those are things that we're going to test out obviously as we continue to work on the node tool and how that platform system works, but the idea is to have the node independent of the surrounding terrain. – Steven Sharif

• Node type.

Some parts are determined by the area it's in. Some parts are determined by the type it is. Some parts are determined by the race it is; and then the rest of it is determined by the mayor. – Jeffrey Bard

• Race that contributed the highest percentage to the node's advancement will alter the racial appearance of its buildings, NPCs, and props.
  • Parent races do not combine their cultural influences. For example, Py'Rai and Empyrean count as different cultures. Their parent race, the Pyrian, no longer exists.
  • This style and culture change happens at every stage.
  • This applies to all nodes, including castle nodes.

All nodes, whether they're associated with a castle or associated with normal node structure, has cultural influences that replicate over to the buildings that are produced and the NPCs that are present. – Steven Sharif

• The rest is determined by the node's mayor.
  • It should be possible for a node to complete several building projects within a mayor's one month term in office.

Q: How long would you say it will take players on average to fill/build up a node completely from wilderness to metropolis?

A: It's one thing to get a node to a certain level: it's another thing to develop the node; and I can't really give you an on-average expectation, because there's a lot of variables at play. There's how many citizens does the node have attracted to it; what's the type of traffic that the node is attracting to it based on things like its tax rates, or the specialization that it chose to spec into, based on the building types it's chosen to build. All of those things are variables that can affect the quote-unquote "average build-out time" of a particular node. So it's difficult to give you an average when there's so many variables along those lines. But the idea is that if there is a particular project that players are interested in in developing based on the node stage, that they would have the ability to complete several of those projects as within a single term of a mayor; and a term of a mayor is one month. – Steven Sharif

Node ostromok

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Node ostrom (Elő-alfa felvétel).

As some areas in the world grow, others will fall. This is the foundation of the living, breathing world that is Ashes of Creation, where players will have the ability to make important decisions that matter in the longevity of an area becoming a city, or whether to siege a rival town. Rise above the ashes, create the world around you, and be a part of the story that unfolds because of your actions and decisions. – Margaret Krohn

A Node ostrom lehetővé teszi egy Node rombolását. Ez megnyitja a környező Node-ok fejlesztési lehetőségeit, ezzel korábban elzárt tartalomhoz is hozzáférést biztosítva. Ennek köszönhetően, a politikai viszály komoly szerepet játszik a világ formálásában.

Egy Node ostromlása nem lesz egyszerű feladat a támadók számára. A városok és a metropoliszok komoly védelmi előnnyel bírnak.

If you own a home in a node and you don't want to see that home destroyed, you need to defend that city! – Steven Sharif

A Node-ok szintet veszíthetnek a Node bomlás során.

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Node government

Alpha-1 winner of Mayoral election.

There are a number of different seats that can exist within a node, and carry different responsibilities. – Steven Sharif

Positions within a node's government are attained through seasonal titles that grant special powers and benefits within the node.

There are other node-based positions. Most of them relate to social organizational structures like the temple and the social organization building that the node might construct. Those are ladder systems of achievement that players can work through on a seasonal basis to achieve the highest level of that for the particular node; and by doing so they will then have titles bestowed upon them, which grants certain types of powers and benefits. – Steven Sharif

• Mayors.
• Priests, bishops, or acolytes of temples.
• Social organization positions.
• Patron guild leaders.
• Chief bounty hunter.

Node ház

Purchasing in-node housing in an Alpha-1 village node.

Static housing provides non-instanced player accommodation within a node, also known as in-node housing.

• Players are able to purchase small one room houses (cottages) starting at the Village (színpad 3).
  • There will be 8 cottages available for purchase at the village stage.
  • The amount of static housing increases as a normal part of node advancement.
• The architecture of static housing is predetermined by the racial influence of the node's layout and style.
• Taverns and Player shops are not tied to in-node housing.

Static housing development

Static housing furnishings and home decorations in an Alpha-1 village node.

If the node advances players can essentially select an option on their house as they own it that they want it to upgrade to the next stage if the node advances or they can select an option not to upgrade it. So you as the node levels and larger homes become available, the town stage introduces additional medium types housing, the city stage introduces large sized homes, and in the metropolis stage introduces my mansion size houses each of which contain specific... allowances and allotments for different types of furnishings that have gameplay implications. – Steven Sharif

In-node housing can scale in size with the advancement of its parent node. This may be toggled on or off by the player.

• The Village stage offers small housing types.
• The Town stage introduces medium housing types.
• The City stage introduces large sized homes.
• The Metropolis stage introduces mansion size houses.

If you choose to keep the same size then the next stage will have an occupied small home. So for instance if at stage three there are 8 small home and you own 1, then at stage 4 there are 10 new small homes of which x are owned by previous owners, and 10 new medium homes of which x are owned by upgraded small home owners. – Steven Sharif

New property becomes available at each stage of advancement, but it will be more akin to what was available at the previous stage.

• Only the houses that existed at the Village stage will become main street mansions at the Metropolis stage.

Static housing destructibility

Az alábbi információk némelyikét a közelmúltban nem erősítették meg a fejlesztők, és előfordulhat, hogy nem szerepelnek a jelenlegi fejlesztési ütemtervben.

Following a node siege, static housing will be scaled back or destroyed based on the advancement of the node.

• If the housing was purchased at a higher advancement than the node currently is then it will be destroyed, otherwise the housing will be scaled back.

Buying and selling (Real estate)

Players buy the deeds for housing from the node itself, or may buy and sell properties from other players.

• The developers are considering an auction-based method for listing new properties that become available for purchase when a node advances. Currently freeholds may be acquired via auction.
  • A grace period will occur before the housing becomes available for auction.
  • Bids will then be accepted starting at a minimum reserve value that is based on the number of citizens in that node.
  • At the end of the auction, the highest bidder will win the house.

• Housing will have a base price that scales with the number of citizens in the node.
  • There is no cap on the price of player-originated housing sales.
  • In-node housing will be at a premium, and is expected to be hotly contested.
  • The more apartments that have been purchased in a node, the higher the price scales.

• Player housing that is destroyed during a node siege can no longer be sold.

• Freehold plots may be purchased from and sold to other players, or can be obtained via deeds issued by a Village (színpad 3) or higher node.
  • The seller may decide if their freehold should be auctioned or sold directly to other players.
  • Previously it was stated that freeholds may not be sold to other players.
  • Players cannot be denied from buying a freehold.

We're establishing a real estate market that players can invest in and then sell within the in-game economy, but also they are a resource that's subject to removal through the sieging system as well, so there's a bit of risk implied there but the idea is that this is something for players to strive for. – Steven Sharif

• Housing ownership can default back to the node if the owner fails to pay their property taxes. A balance and penalties will be charged to the new purchaser of the home in the manner of a "foreclosure process".
• Players will not be able to exceed their allotment of housing in the game.

Az alábbi információk némelyikét a közelmúltban nem erősítették meg a fejlesztők, és előfordulhat, hogy nem szerepelnek a jelenlegi fejlesztési ütemtervben.

• Rental and leasing concepts are under consideration.

Node apartments

Apartmanok provide instanced player housing functionality on a rental basis.

• Village (színpad 3) apartment buildings offer 50 rental apartments. Additional apartments can be added at Town (színpad 4) if the mayor chooses to construct them and if there is an available plot for the expansion. This includes different types of apartments, such as penthouses.
• The number and sizes of available apartments increases as a normal part of node advancement.
• It is estimated that the number of apartments available in a Metropolis (színpad 6) node will be in the hundreds, if that node specs into all apartment expansion upgrades. This number is subject to change based on testing.
• Prices for apartments will fluctuate depending on the number of units already sold in the node.
• Different price points offer different apartment sizes and types, such as penthouses.
• It was previously stated that apartments would be available at Town (színpad 4) or above.

The mayor may additionally construct apartment buildings when the node hits stage 4 at one of the building plots in the node, along with cities gaining additional static housing and apartments by default as a normal part of the leveling process. – Steven Sharif

Apartment destructibility

Apartmanok may be destroyed in the following circumstances:

• If their building was destroyed during a node siege, even if the siege was not successful.

• If the mayor decides to destroy apartment buildings all items and layouts will be mailed to the owner.

Az alábbi információk némelyikét a közelmúltban nem erősítették meg a fejlesztők, és előfordulhat, hogy nem szerepelnek a jelenlegi fejlesztési ütemtervben.

• If a mayor built extra apartment buildings at Town (színpad 4) or higher and the Node deleveled below that stage.

Freeholds

Freehold in Alpha-1.

Three main purposes that freeholds provide are allowing players an opportunity to express themselves in a highly customizable fashion. So these are plots of lands that you have access to. You can build different types of buildings on. You can create housing and place furniture; and you can grow livestock and you can just own this piece of land. And one unique thing about allowing the players express themselves through this manner in Ashes of Creation is that it's in the open-world, so it's not an instance or a phase location that you are customizing. You're actually leaving a mark on the world that's representative of you as a player, as a character. Something you can you can roleplay. But importantly enough, when it comes to the economy, freeholds also provide the highest level of processing that's available; and processing is one of three primary branches that exist within the artisanship system. Processing is the intermediary step between what you gather in the wild and what you eventually craft via recipes. The the other primary purpose of freeholds is that they allow you to offer certain types of business services, because we don't just want to make freeholds delegated to the individual owner. We want it to have capabilities to interact with other players as they're walking past your freehold- as they're going to these hunting grounds and participating in quests or events that might be existing around; and that means that location matters for the freehold, because it's important to the business. – Steven Sharif

Alpha-2 freehold walkthrough.

We got some sheep; we got some cows and pigs; and we got some chickens back there; and we have a lot of space for different farmables. So we have a wheat here, corn, and then tomatoes over there as well. – John Collins

Freeholds are sizable player housing plots that can be situated in baronies within the A befolyási övezet (ZOI) of a Village (színpad 3) or higher node, including the ZOI of any of its vassal nodes.

• Freehold estates may be purchased from other players, or can be obtained via deeds from completing a quest and winning an auction.
  • Freehold ownership, whether purchased from players or via a freehold auction, requires the purchaser to have completed a freehold quest, which has a level requirement of 50.
  • The seller decides if their freehold should be auctioned or sold directly to other players.
  • Some freehold auctions will require node-type-specific bound currencies, others will auction for gold. This is intended to cater to players with different playstyles, who are progressing through alternate systems.

The idea is that we're not reserving freeholds for the top 10 percent of levelers, we're reserving freeholds for the top 10 percent across the multiple different play paths that exist within the game; and this spreads out that ownership across different playstyles. – Steven Sharif

• Freehold ownership is limited to one per account.

Housing takes several forms in the world of Verra. However, Freeholds are the highest tier of player housing available. Acquiring a Freehold is a major accomplishment, and it will take a large amount of effort and strategy to get a Freehold of your own. Since there is a limited amount of space available to place Freeholds in each node’s region, these are symbols of prestige for those who are able to acquire and maintain their Freeholds.

• Freeholds are approximately 1.5 acres in size, or roughly 100m x 60m.
  • The footprint of a freehold does not change with node progression.
  • Previously it was stated that freeholds were half an acre in size.

• The developers are expecting the number of freehold plots on each server to be in "the low thousands" depending on world state.

The number of Freeholds on a server will vary on a number of factors, such as how player actions advance nodes. At the moment we are targeting the low thousands for Freeholds on a server, but as we continue to test these systems during Alpha Two, we anticipate making adjustments.

• Freeholds are subject to node taxes.
  • Freehold tax is calculated based on the number of permits issued for buildings on a freehold.
  • Freehold buildings that require permits will have additional upkeep costs.

• Blueprints are required for the construction of the freehold buildings that are used to process resources into crafting materials.
  • The best processing can only be carried out on freeholds, so obtaining a freehold will require a large amount of effort.

  If a player wants to achieve a freehold they can achieve the freehold, however the amount of effort resources and time that's required in order to achieve that freehold is a large amount. It is something that is a monumental achievement for you to to get that freehold; and the reason why is because freeholds tie in very heavily to the processing artisanship aspect. Some processing can be done in nodes, but the best processing is done on freeholds; and we want to make sure that there's a little bit of a throttle or gate on the amount of effort that's necessary to achieve that influence over the processing market. – Steven Sharif

  • Inns and other player housing options are available that are easier to obtain for players who do not need the benefits of a freehold.

  Just because the freehold is very difficult to attain doesn't mean that you don't have a space for housing and furniture that you can achieve through our apartment system or an inn or the static in-node housing. Those are alternate methods as well but they do not have that aspect of the best processing is done on the freehold. – Steven Sharif

• Freeholds are intended to work with the family system.

• Events do not target personal belongings such as freeholds.

• The spread of corruption in the world does not impact the freehold system.

• Players are not able to adjust the terrain of their freeholds. Sloped terrain will result in stilts beneath placeable structures (to keep them level).

Az alábbi információk némelyikét a közelmúltban nem erősítették meg a fejlesztők, és előfordulhat, hogy nem szerepelnek a jelenlegi fejlesztési ütemtervben.

• Expansions and upgrades become available as node progression allows.

Freehold placement

Alpha-2 freehold placement.

There'll be a variety of predetermined parcels of land in each node's zone of influence; and once players acquire their freehold permit they'll be able to lay claim to any available parcel in the issuing node's region so- and by region we mean... the total combined territory of a node and all of its vassal nodes. So, if you acquire a freehold permit in the metropolis of a huge region, almost 20% of the map, you'll be able to lay a claim to an available parcel anywhere within that region. So it gives you a lot of freedom if you're able to acquire the permit from a metropolis. – John Collins

Freehold plots require a bound deed (permit/certificate) from the parent Village (színpad 3) or higher node in order to place the plot.

• Freehold deeds are obtained through completion of a Lord's quest to ascertain worthiness for lordship over an estate.
  • The freehold quest's level requirement is 50. The level requirement is subject to change based on testing.
  • There will be more deeds than estates.

That was for a time a lively debate on our design team about whether or not there should be a level gate essentially from even preventing the potential for ownership. The reason why I chose to keep it at level 50 for now is because there are alternate systems that provide access at lower levels through permission setting. So it's one thing to own the home, it's is another thing to access the contents and to continue progression. Let's say, in the processing profession, you might want to gain mastery in: that mastery process leaves the nodes at around level 30 in the leveling experience for a processing profession; and so one of the debates on the design team was whether or not we should reduce the level requirement down to level 30 so that there's a seamless transition from node-based processing progression and the Freehold capability of progression. – Steven Sharif

• Deeds may only be used to place a freehold if the deed holder successfully wins a freehold auction for an estate.
  • Citizens and non-citizens can bid on estates.
  • Bidding for estates within predetermined baronies was not mentioned previously.

You're going to see a little bit of change and this is one of the first ones: that these are predetermined locations that exist around the node or under its vassal structure that you will have the ability to bid on; and to give you a sense there, this allows us to customize a bit of those predetermined parcels, like a Sherwood Forest type of example. – Steven Sharif

• A deed holder who has won an estate auction may then claim the estate from within a barony in that node's ZOI, including the ZOI of any of its vassal nodes. Placement of the plot is enabled by using the deed item in a player's inventory to get a top-down view of the estate, then selecting the desired location for the plot.
  • Players can manipulate the orientation of their freehold plot.
  • Successful placement of a deed gives the player access to their empty freehold plot and shed.

It'll basically be an item in your bag; and once you get to your parcel, you claim that piece of land and then once it's claimed you'll be able to use the item to go into top-down view and layout actually exactly where your freehold will go on that parcel of land. You'll have a lot of freedom, so a lot that will be going through looking at your whole area of land you now own claim to and then deciding where the best spot to put your freehold in there would be. – Kory Rice

• Freehold plots must not be placed in close proximity to any of the following:
  • Pathing routes (Roadways).
  • Dungeons and other points of interest (POIs) regardless of advancement.
  • Event spawn areas.
  • At least ~100m from other freehold plots.
    • Previously this was stated to be ~150m from other freehold plots.
  • Hard terrain features, such as mountainsides or cliffs.

• The more advanced a node is, the more freeholds can be built within its ZOI.
  • Ample space will be available to place freeholds in the ZOI of a village node.

• Collections of freeholds placed in close proximity are still considered part of their parent node and do not become a separate node, other than via roleplay.

• Adjacent freeholds do not share any bonuses with their neighbors, but guild halls owned by partron guilds may confer benefits to surrounding freeholds.

Freehold buildings

Freehold building types.

After you build your house, you can build other buildings on your Freehold. Each building needs the blueprint to start the process. If you have a cosmetic skin you want to use on a building, this is used after placing the blueprint. Once this has been placed, the building will be shown in a non-functional, construction state. Players will need to provide the required materials needed to complete the building construction, for each building on their Freehold. No Freehold has room for every possible option, so players will need to choose how to develop their Freehold by choosing to build specific artisan buildings, business buildings, and creating room for livestock and crops.

Freehold buildings that can be placed on a freehold plot serve three main purposes.

• Homesteads.
• Artisan buildings.
• Business buildings.

Freehold buildings require blueprints and materials to construct.

• Sheds are present on empty freehold plots to provide storage for materials needed to construct freehold buildings.
• Some freehold buildings have multiple tiers, with different footprint sizes.
• Upgrading a tier will not change the size of the building in terms of footprint, but may increase in height.
• Basements in freehold buildings are to be decided.

Freehold taxes are calculated based on the number of permits issued for buildings on a freehold.

• Buildings that require permits will have additional upkeep costs.

Freehold building architecture is based on the blueprint for the building.

• Freehold skins are applied to blueprints matching the type of building: housing, artisanship, and business.
  • The vast majority of cosmetic freehold skins are used for the homestead.
• The freehold building blueprints must be obtained in-game first before the cosmetic can be applied.
• Players are not locked to the racial appearance of a freehold building blueprint.

The way we look at it is the freehold is your space so we want you to be able to make it look the way you want it to. – Jeffrey Bard

Freehold benefits

Homestead size dictates how much furniture can be placed on a freehold.

Freeholds offer the following benefits in addition to other player housing benefits.

• The larger the homestead, the more floors it will have and the more furniture can be placed on the freehold.
  • Certain furniture may only be able to be placed outside.
• Freehold businesses allow the freehold owner (and authorized individuals) to sell items, consumables and services to players.
• Freeholds are the only place that master and grandmaster processing is available.
• Players can craft up to journeyman level on freeholds.
• Lower tier gathering can be done on freehold plots.

Freehold security

Freehold owners are able to set permissions that grant access to their artisan and business buildings' services.

Freehold ownership is designated by one account only and then the family system is the system that facilitates multiple accounts having permission basis within that freehold. – Steven Sharif

• Freehold permissions are intended to work with the family and guild systems.
  • It is still not determined if freehold permissions will be able to be granted to individuals outside those social structures.
  • Freehold permissions may only apply to battalions/micro-structures within a guild.
  • Interaction with the guild system will be tested in Alpha-2.

• This includes permission to enter the homestead, interact with furniture, access storage, interact with crafting or processing stations, and harvest resources.

Permissions to help manage your home are handled through affiliations like your Guild and family system. When setting permissions for your Freehold to do things like enter the house, interact with furniture, access Freehold storage, interact with crafting and processing stations, and harvesting gatherables on a Freehold, you can set if your Guild or family members should be able to do these things.

• Permission to decorate a freehold is restricted to the owner of the freehold. Previously it was stated that permission to decorate but not take anything from the house would be able to be assigned to other players.
  • Family members may be granted permission to apply their cosmetic skins to freehold buildings.

Players cannot steal from a freehold under normal circumstances.

• Items stored in a freehold become lootable after a successful siege against their parent node. It has not been decided which players get to loot the debris field during this period.

Only players given permission to do so will be able to do things like access your Freehold storage, and harvest crops and animals on your Freehold. These permissions are capable of being individually assigned per interaction. Note that if the node associated with your Freehold is successfully destroyed during a siege event, attackers will be able to assault Freeholds, and have a chance to pillage them for their resources.

Players cannot Pvp while inside the footprint of a freehold homestead even if the doors are unlocked. This does not apply for a period of two hours following a successful siege against its parent node.

Your home building is safe from PvP. While on the footprint of your home, you can not be harmed by damage from other players.

• NPC guards may be available for hire to defend freeholds after a successful node siege. NPC guards that permanently exist on a freehold are not a planned feature.

• Duels may be initiated within a freehold or node as they are considered self-contained events that are opt-in by all parties, and do not fall under the player flagging system.

Sharemarkets

Stock exchanges (also called Stock markets and Share markets) enable players to buy and sell shares in Node-ok, Céhek and Társadalmi szervezetek.

• Stock exchanges were a Kickstarter stretch goal unlocked for reaching the $3 million dollar mark.
• This is a planned feature for the launch of Ashes of Creation.

Az alábbi információk némelyikét a közelmúltban nem erősítették meg a fejlesztők, és előfordulhat, hogy nem szerepelnek a jelenlegi fejlesztési ütemtervben.

• The value of stocks is influenced by world events and the performance of nodes, Társadalmi szervezetek or guilds.
  • Hard metrics, such as quest lines, nearby resources, citizen progression, and purchases of local real estate, will determine the value of purchasable shares.

• Sieges will halt trading of shares in a node. This opens up potential for economic sabotage.

• There is no regulatory commission to restrict the purchase and sale of stocks.

Underrealm nodes

Underrealm nodes and nodes directly above them are considered adjacent but do not exist in the same ZOI.

• There will be "bleed over" between underrealm nodes and surface nodes in terms of influence and interaction.
  • There may be visual cues above ground that indicate influence from underrealm nodes in that area.

That might be a little bit of a departure from our design in the past. I know originally like two-plus years ago we were discussing how those would be independent of each other, but I think as we further defined the layout of the world map itself it made more sense for those to have some interaction and influence that's combined. – Steven Sharif

• Caravan routes will go underground.
• Node ostromok occur in the usual manner.
• There will be underrealm Metropolises.

Továbbiak

• Node ostromok
• Céhek
• Társadalmi szervezetek