A befolyási övezet

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

Every Node is given purview over a predefined geographic area called a Zone of Influence (ZoI). No matter where you go in the world, whether you’re questing, gathering, or raiding, you’ll be helping determine which nodes will develop, and what Zones of Influence will expand. Any area that a Node controls is considered its Zone of Influence, including Vassal Nodes, and all Vassal Nodes exist within the Zone of Influence of their Parent Node. – Margaret Krohn

Every node is given purview over a predefined geographic area called a A befolyási övezet (ZOI). Player activity within the ZOI is weighted and counted toward a particular node’s advancement.

The main thing that differentiates us from other MMOs is that we have a living, breathing, reactive world... Our world is separated into zones, which are then separated into what we call nodes. Nodes are sort of invisible zones of influence that listen to everything that a player does; so as players gain experience from killing things, gain experience from doing quests, gain experience through crafting things, the node is also gaining that experience. Once a node gains enough experience it levels up and then starts to attract NPCs to it . – Jeffrey Bard

• By undertaking familiar activities, such as questing, gathering and raiding, players have agency in determining which nodes in the world will develop.

Each Node can form into towns, but are limited by their neighbors. The Nodes have different levels of advancement. There can only be so many of each level. Think of this as advanced settlements needing more elbow room. Nodes encompass more land as they grow and will require more effort to be sustained. This system is a main driver for change in the world because it creates scarcity. As Nodes advance in stages of growth they will lock out neighboring Nodes from progressing, and will absorb their zones of influence.

• Zones of influence connect fully across the world without any gaps.

There is not a space where you will move in to do something and no node will get that experience. – Steven Sharif

• Underrealm nodes and nodes directly above them are considered adjacent but do not exist in the same ZOI.
• Up to one fifth of the world will be encompassed within the ZOI of a Metropolis. The many vassal nodes within a ZOI's "border" could end up looking like a country or nation.

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

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

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.

Castle regions

Guild várak influence a castle region around them.

• A castle's region is 1/5th the game world.
• Castle regions, Economic regions, and Node ZOI (Zones of Influence) can overlap.
  • A castle could have a metropolis beside it.
• Castle region boundaries are static.
• Guild castles impose a tax on all revenue for the nodes within its region.

World size

1,200 km² (square kilometers) is the expected total world size of Verra at launch, including land (480 km²) and water/ocean (750 km²), but excluding the size of the Altartomány.

• This has increased from the previously stated total size of 480 km² including land and water/ocean; but excluding an additional ~100 km² of Altartomány.
  • The Underrealm did not increase "too much" in size.

• The reason given for expanding the map size was to better accommodate Haditengerészeti content and to reduce the overall content density in the world.

The purpose of it becoming bigger is as I said to make sure that density isn't overwhelming: that it isn't everywhere I look there is immediately something. I have no opportunity to see areas of the world that are expansive and are just wanderlust adventure feeling. Everything was sitting on top of you, POIs and nodes and houses and everything. It was like an urban area everywhere. But we wanted to expand that because a large portion of the game is a sandbox element; it's coupled with a lot of curated content but it's that sandbox element. – Steven Sharif

• The shape of the continents has also changed and two new large islands have been introduced.

Továbbiak

• Node-ok
• Altartomány