PvP background

While Ashes of Creation took inspiration from Lineage II (and other games) it has also addressed several flaws in the implementation of those games. The approach of the flagging system in Ashes of Creation is to further disincentivize griefing while still allowing the system to keep risk relevant in the open-world setting.

First and foremost, PvP in Ashes exists in both opt-in systems and events, as well as our open world flagging system. And while it is true that I enjoyed and took much inspiration from games like Lineage 2, we have innovated and adapted our approach to Ashes’ flagging system in order to further disincentivize griefing while still allowing the system to keep risk relevant in the open world setting. The overwhelming majority of player’s experiences with PvP in Ashes will be through consensual systems like caravans, sieges, wars, the open sea and other events. Players will make a choice to participate in those systems or not. And if they choose to participate there will be significant rewards for success. – Steven Sharif

• Pvp in Ashes of Creation exists in both opt-in systems and events as well as open-world PvP with a flagging (and corruption) system.

In the open world, when competing for the scarcity of resources, raids, dungeons and or hunting grounds, an important element of risk vs reward is introduced through our flagging system. Players must be aware of their surroundings and the reputation of other players who may be in proximity. The flagging system is intended to always provide an element of risk in all settings, but also architected to ensure that griefing and PK’ing is almost never worth it. The subtleties of this system are complex, which is of course why it will require considerable testing and feedback. – Steven Sharif

• Corruption gain takes into account level disparity between the attacker and the player that was killed. The greater the disparity the higher the corruption accrued. Corruption penalties occur as the corruption is gained.

These are all things that I've changed in the system that help to safeguard some of those loopholes. Now of course, as we said, we can't and we don't want to 100% remove the ability for that risk to be alive- for that risk to be realized. But what we do want to do is make sure that those occasions are few and infrequent, and are not the majority of a player experience, let's say in the open world; and we do so by incorporating all of those risks and costs into a decision to gain corruption and then PK another player in the open world. It's just not going to be done often and that is my expectation and opinion. It's also the goal of the system is that griefing is not a viable option or play style. And as a result of that desire for the system, we will fine tune it in such a way through testing that that outcome is achieved. And that is the intent and purpose of the design. – Steven Sharif

• Corruption score has a scaling impact on skill and stat dampening that will ultimately make them ineffective at PvP combat.

• Working corruption off through XP grinding takes significantly longer than Lineage II.

• There is also a bounty system that reveals corrupt player locations on the map.

• Abilities with CC effects do not apply to non-combatants. This prevents players from opening attacks that stun unflagged players.

• Players who heal, buff, or otherwise support corrupted players will flag as combatants.

• Non-combatants can attack corrupted players without flagging themselves as combatants.

• There is a 60 second timer to logout while corrupt. Force-disconnecting the client during the cooldown will leave the character in-game.

Open-world PvP

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Alfa-1 open-world Karaván Pvp.

Pvp (játékos-játékos ellen harc) a változás kiváltó oka az Ashes of Creation világában. A cél, hogy a PvP harc jelentőségteljes legyen, ami a Karaván harcoktól kezdve, a Királyok és Királynők között folyó csatározással bezárólag teljesedik ki.

Because players are motivated by different things, because they want something from the game that other players don't want, that's going to cause people to butt heads. Different players are going to want different experiences and the conflict between the two of them will create a bigger and better thing. Out of strife comes rebirth and that's a core symbol, it's a core theme that occurs throughout the game. – Jeffrey Bard

Számos indok és mód van arra, hogy a játékos részt vegyen az open-world PvP-ben:

• Ritka nyersanyagok.
• Vadászmezők.
• Karavánok.
• Ostromok.
• Céh háborúk.

Just because our flagging system gives corruption to pkers, doesn't mean PvP won't happen. There is plenty of reason for PvP to occur open-world. Scarce resources, open world hunting grounds, caravans, sieges, guild wars etc. – Steven Sharif

Ashes of Creation inspiration

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Az Ashes of Creation több különböző MMORPG-ből merít inspirációt.

• Eve Online-ból a regionális gazdaság és a kockázat jutalom ellenében elmélet ami a szállításban jelenik meg.
• ArcheAge-ből az épület rendszer, szállítás és tengeri csaták.
• Lineage II-ből a kockázat jutalom ellenében, vár ostromok, megjelölés, nyílt terű PvP és a céh fejlődés.
• Star Wars Galaxies-ből a barkácsolás rendszer.

Sok rendszer a Lineage 2-ből egy olyan elméleten alapul, ami ma már nem gyakori az MMORPG-kben: kockázat jutalom ellenében. Az elgondolás, miszerint minél többet kockáztatsz annál nagyobb jutalmat érdemelsz alapjaiban eltér a "mindenki győztes, mindenki kap részvételi díjat, nesze, gratulálok hogy játszol a játékkal"-féle rendszertől, ami unalmas. Nem ad semmi olyat amitől valaki törekedne hogy elérjen valamit, és megérezze a súlyát annak ha valamit elveszít. Az ilyenek miatt játszanak szívesen az emberek, és ezek hiánya miatt olyan rövid-életűek az újabb játékok, mert mindegyik a WOW-al versenyzik. Nem muszáj a WOW-al versenyezni. Nem muszáj WOW leváltónak lenni. Lehet helyette valami olyanra fókuszálni ami játék dizájn-filozófiai szempontból más; és szerintem ez az amit sok kiadó nem akar manapság megkockáztatni. – Steven Sharif

Azzal kapcsolatosan hogy ezelőtt milyen volt, próbáljuk kideríteni hogy ki mit csinált a legjobban, és ebből inspirációt meríteni: előre léptetni a műfajt; megújítani amit kell, és a dolgokat a 21.-ik századba emelni. – Jeffrey Bard

Dizájn pillérek

Az Ashes of Creation kivitelezése öt fő dizájn pillért követ.

1. A magával ragadó történet
2. Reagáló világ
3. Játékosi beavatkozás
4. Játékosi befolyás
5. Kockázat jutalom ellenében

In designing Ashes of Creation, we adhere every detail to five main pillars: Engaging and Immersive Story, a Reactive World, Player Interaction, Player Agency, and Risk vs Reward. Even in the environment, everything you as the player do will tie into these pillars, while everything your guild does, everything your server does will ultimately keep the world fresh, ever-changing, and most importantly... exciting.

Továbbiak

• Pvp
• Kockázat jutalom ellenében
• Ashes of Creation