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Castle Vulnerability Times

ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
edited July 2017 in Ashes of Creation Systems and Mechanics
Hello all,

I am super excited about the castle system but I have a concern. From what I know atm the castles will be vulnerable to attack once a month. My question is will the be for a full 24 hour period? Or will the GM be able to pick a 6 hr window or something like that? That way I don't have to have members up at 3:00am in order to defend the castle. 

Ideally if they want 24 hours of vulnerability just make it so that the GM can split the hours up over a few days so that his/her members can be online to defend. Its not very good content if you loose what you worked so hard to get overnight while you are asleep. 

Comments

  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Sieges will occur in stages against each of the castle's surrounding garrison nodes for three weeks leading up to the main attack. Here is what we know from the Wiki:
    • Castle Siege's happen once every month.
    • Each node tied to the castle experiences a siege prior to the castle siege, with one node under siege for a week for the three weeks leading up to the castle siege.
    • Attackers can try to destroy what the guild has built in each node to try and weaken the defenses of the castle when it's siege comes later in the month.
    • Being a member of the guild will automatically make you a garrison of the castle nodes and castle itself.
    • Castle Siege's are intended for guilds.
    • Backing out of a Siege will lose all the resources you put in to start the siege.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    alright thats not as bad as i thought, thats actually pretty good
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Yeah, you will have time be prepared for sure. They aren't going to make it so you have no defense against an invasion at 2 A.M. However, I know the devs did say that some dungeons would be time sensitive, therefore, there can perhaps be certain dungeons you can only do during a specific time period for PVE. 
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    I think castles should be vulnerable all the time.
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