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Material Sink
Silverbee330
Member
Did the dev ever put out any detailed info on the material sink? I checked the wiki and it only lists out a few of them like item repair, building repair after node siege, and caravan destruction. These don't seem to be enough. I can see the node system to be the backbone of the economy in the game but without a proper material sink, the node progression will just be a time gate mechanic and don't add much depth.
It will be nice to see higher-level node require more and more resources to maintain its function, and each building/structure will require different resources to be fed by the governing players, so we have a basic resource sink that scale with the development of the node. Then villiage/city and caravan guards need to be equipped with weapon/gear/mount purchased from the player and fed with player-crafted food to have a sink for crafters to burn excess lower tier or not best in class crafts.
These kinds of material sink can also interact with the PVP/politic aspect of the game where a group can do small skirmish against a certain node to damage its defense structure and kill its guards to significantly increase the cost of maintaining the node over a week or two before a full-on attack on the node. The owner of the node can put out a bounty on the aggressors to incentive players to help defend the property, or even do bounty to attack nearby node's structure to simulate actual mercenary work during a war.
It might be a bit complicated to implement everything at first, but I do think the game needs a lot more material sink to simulate a functional economy. At the very least, supplying the material for a node or building upgrade should take a few days so it feels like an accomplishment. Maintaining the node/building should scale in a way so a small group of dedicated players can maintain a low-level node at a remote place, but high-tier node needs a large percent of the player base to supply the material sink.
It will be nice to see higher-level node require more and more resources to maintain its function, and each building/structure will require different resources to be fed by the governing players, so we have a basic resource sink that scale with the development of the node. Then villiage/city and caravan guards need to be equipped with weapon/gear/mount purchased from the player and fed with player-crafted food to have a sink for crafters to burn excess lower tier or not best in class crafts.
These kinds of material sink can also interact with the PVP/politic aspect of the game where a group can do small skirmish against a certain node to damage its defense structure and kill its guards to significantly increase the cost of maintaining the node over a week or two before a full-on attack on the node. The owner of the node can put out a bounty on the aggressors to incentive players to help defend the property, or even do bounty to attack nearby node's structure to simulate actual mercenary work during a war.
It might be a bit complicated to implement everything at first, but I do think the game needs a lot more material sink to simulate a functional economy. At the very least, supplying the material for a node or building upgrade should take a few days so it feels like an accomplishment. Maintaining the node/building should scale in a way so a small group of dedicated players can maintain a low-level node at a remote place, but high-tier node needs a large percent of the player base to supply the material sink.
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https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Item_sinks
These quests can be used to bring in material components to help combat node atrophy.[3]
http:https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Node_atrophy//