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We didn't see a caravan attack... or did we?

ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
in Ashes Of Creation General Discussion
Remember how they showed the arena statues blow up in the PvP arena? I think that people will try to blow up the caravan in the same way with other people trying to prevent it.

However, how will that work because the distance between towns will be different. What if one town is 15 minutes away? I don't think we will be able to protect the caravan that long. Once a wagon is blown up will it respawn? Does the entire caravan need to blow up to be considered a success or can they just blow up one wagon and get the goods from that? I can't see a caravan going for 15 minutes and getting there with all the wagons. I'm pretty sure the caravan will never get through. Will there be so many towns they are only 2 minutes away from each other? 

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  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    All questions that will be answered in the balancing part of Alpha 1 and beyond. Caravans too squishy, they will up the "HP", too rocklike, lower. They are meant to be a meaningful challenge, not something you roll up on, blow up, then laugh as the defenders have just started running towards you.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Good questions. I also wonder how those caravans get stabilized like with a player touch they just do a barrel roll, why did they even add physics to that instead of just making it animation? Like I can simply push them out of the way by blocking them constantly. Also how can we protect ourselves and the caravan at the same time, what if the people attacking caravan are exteremely crowded, what if they are all ranged characters attacking and crushing the caravans while dodging the guards around it. 
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    edited September 2017
    Yeah, the devs joked about pre-alpha physics.

    It won't just be one wagon and we'll build the wagons with protections and hire NPC escorts in addition to PC escorts.

    The wagons will have hit points, yes.
    Other than that, I don't see how they will be similar to the arena pylons.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Because they'll explode when you kill them
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Also for Wagon you will probably need to send people to see the teren in front and search for any enemy movement so he can inform you back
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    From the wiki:
    "If a caravan is destroyed, it will drop a portion of the loot that’s in it at the time."




  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    @freezman Yes, loot is dropped in the form of shares, which can then be turned in for shinies at a npc in town.
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