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Why should they have a refuge 'to escape for a short time'?
The King's Bountymen know no borders. /e pierces your very soul with his dusty green eyes
Again its just an idea, mainly it would be a place where REDs can go without being attacked by guards. But at the same time, the outlaw town can and should be attacked by players if they find it out.
I haven't played a single game where these were even remotely effective. They usually are rather easy to circumvent. So unless there is stationary guards next to key points like the respawn, the warehouse... they really don't matter much as you can simply walk around their static paths.
I see both sides. You gotta think of it as if you were in that situation. You wanna PK, and then go hide in a outlaw town, that’s basically escaping the risk that were put out to you. It’s a Risk vs Reward game, the risk of you going red is PK, putting you in EXP Debt and other consequences. The reward is getting the stuff from that person you just PK’ed like gatherables and goods. You go out and hide somewhere to be “safe” shouldn’t be an option since being green isn’t considered safe neither. Now, I do like the idea of having an outlaw town or in my idea, campsite where someone can goto, if they were corrupted but, it shouldn’t be considered safe. Bounty hunters see corrupted players so these campsites won’t really be considered safe just an area to clean up your corruption a small percent faster than normal mob grinding.They shouldn’t be allowed to buy and sell since you made that consequence but I do believe that if you do end up going to an campsite, you’re corruption level has to be significantly high. It should be to the point where you literally just cannot do anything. Say that significantly high corruption state last like 6-7 days of only 4 hours a day mob grinding, with high corruption you can goto these little small campsites or huts that give corruption players quest that shaves off a day or 2 grinding exp. you’re still going to have to grind off the exp for the “Hardcore” aspect and Ontop of that it’s RNG based. Say you have 3 quest you can only do in that campsite Every time you have a significantly high corruption state, those quest should be quest that lead to either shaving 1 or 2 days off of your exp debt, due to it being RNG based. The quest should also be difficult and if failed, you gain more exp debt. Risk vs Reward. Risk is having more exp debt, Reward is having one or two less days of grinding out exp. so basically, it’s not necessarily rewarding a corrupted player, It’s helping those corrupted players who have a High corruption state. if that corruption state lasts at least a week, you don’t wanna spend all of your time grinding mobs for a whole week itll get boring after a while(atleast for me)... you wanna be able to start experiencing the other stuff again. So if you’re that desperate you can do these quest but it also has a RvR factor. The quest should be somewhat long and difficult causing only high corrupted players to group up. It cannot be done solo, which leads to being active and social, and it also makes you somewhat vulnerable to bounty hunters. As long as you’re aware of the RvR then I don’t see the problem with an outlaw campsite but it has been said plenty of times that they will not add this, but this is what I would do if they did.
Well......I would say you have not played UO, there you can be one-hit killed by the city guards.
If you're trying to rob someone, and a player sees you doing it. They can say, GUARDS! And poof in the pop with a one-hit kill.
If your red, you can't step one toe into a safe zone, nevermind the city, and POOF, One-hit kill from the guards. It's what I remember from that game.
When I pictured this idea, never did I see it as a city. I was mainly seeing tents and a few wagons, maybe a couple of shack-like buildings. But nothing like a city.
Maybe I shouldn't have said a safe place to go. The whole idea was to just have a place to go, but it's not a safe place to go. If you understand my point? It would be a place to go to sell and repair, and buy, but far from safe, it would be open to attacks. That's why I called it an Outlaw town. Outlaw meaning not a safe zone for anyone.
If the tavern owner can somehow prevent his patrons from outright murdering him, that is.
The system is fine, people who want to fight you won't even be green. Moral of the story? Go after green you're gonna get beamed. Go after Purple, no corrupted circle.
So again, no to corrupted safe spaces outside of what we already have. You give people an inch and they'll take a mile.
I don't have a problem with the current way they're doing it. I'm just looking at ways to expand on the idea from another's perspective, that's how you find more ideas that could possibly lead to in-game changes. Building upon an idea, or just scrapping it all. To me, I don't think anyone would wanna lose half of their resources, so they'll flag up just so they can either fight for it or at least lose a portion not all. Either way, people are gonna be forced to flag up one way or another. I sure would if I had a shit ton of resources I just farmed, and someone tried to kill me for it, so you're right, the system is fine, But there's always room for improvement in some aspects if you really get down and think about it. maybe it's something in that "Outlaw System" @Granthor mentioned they could use in a way to improve on the RvR of corruption and combatant levels, maybe not. At the end of the day, It's just creative thinking, it's not always "We don't wanna deal with consequences," the game isn't even out and they gave us part of the making of the game as a community to come up with ideas they may have not come up with, or approved on.
If PvP is the weaker side of your game, and you expect to lose the fight, you might risk staying green in the hope that they'll stop attacking you to prevent their own Corruption.
That isn't the point of the system in Ashes - the point in Ashes is to funnel the PvP desires of players towards sieges, wars and caravans.
While the systems may look similar on the outside, their purpose is vastly different. As such, comparisons between them should only be made with caution.
The announced mechanics of PK in AoC lead to reduction in stats where you kill players. This is ridiculous and dishonest - because not only dedicated PK's kill players (actually true PK will be maybe 0.1% of all people who kill players in world), e.g. you might have a pesky person who steal your mobs and dont listen to what you say, and killing him might be the only option, yet you get stat reduction for that...stupid. , but that is the system AoC currently have.
Thus, a safe town for PK chars is definitely needed. They just shouldn't be able to teleport there. Can come there on foot, evade bountry hunters? Ok, enjoy your safety.
You only go red for killing a green who doesnt fight back. They lose more if they don't fight back than if they defend themselves. If they fight back they're no longer green but purple and you won't become corrupted.
Killing a green is likely never going to be your only option. I don't foresee a single kill on a green being a great inconvenience, and unless you're planning to do it often and regularly you won't need a bandit town.
Emm and exactly what he loses if the dies as green? Will he lose less if he fight back?
Trust me it in most cases is. In games where killing someone inflicts more harm to the killer than to the victim, there is always the issue of people who are abusing that system.
I'll just leave this here as it seems like some people need to take a look at that before spewing non-sense
Yes, he does lose less if he fights back. Purple flagged players lose only half xp/resources/certs. Green lose the full amount and red lose 4x.
And what in there contradicts what I said? You gain corruption for killing players, It reduces you stats.
Accusing people of "spewing nonsence" when you can't even read is...well, I'd say an indicator of intellegence of modern gaming communities.
Warth is one of the more Ashes-knowledgeable members of the community. Just have a read of the wiki.
And? I am not a stranger to this game concepts either, thank you. And perfectly know that. My point is 100% based on the current PK system (described at the link there), it is not wishful thinking.
Toxic elitist attitude will do you no good. It will only show people how bigoted and aggressive AoC community is.
Mate, you didn't even know that Purple players dropped less loot than Green players.
Simmer down, slayer...
(and go read the wiki... PROPERLY)
If you don't have a mindset of greed and entitlement, you'll have a much easier time in a game world you share with other players.
I, for one, would love to see a form of this idea.
A travelling caravan that changes location every so often. A "neutral" town that doesn't outright kill corrupted players, but is also unkillable by the uncorrupted.
But...also...a giant and glorious steaming beacon of reward-fueled bounties for anyone (like me) that might be a member of the bount-hunting organization and looking for easy money.
"Hey.....HEY GUYS!! Get. over. here. NOW!!! I found the pay day caravan! There are at least 12 red dots on my map at the new location by the lake. I run in as soon as I have 10 people with me!"
Yup...I think I would love a place for corrupted poops to circle the drain before my pals and I flush em.
^.^