Corruption: Does it / Should it Diminish While Logged Out?

The wiki at this time doesn't specify if corruption diminishes while you're logged out. Being corrupt puts a 60-second log-out timer on logging out - but there's no mention if it diminishes while your logged out.

It kind of feels like it probably should, if you're gone *long enough*. If a player has to leave the game for 2 or 3 months, there's probably no sense in them returning to find out they're still corrupted. If you come back after 2 days, though, it doesn't really feel like it should be gone.

Maybe auto-remove corruption after something like 30 days?

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Ludullu

Definitely against this. If you remove any and all amounts of corruption after some set amount of time - you're helping PKers with alts clean their alts w/o losing anything.

If you're setting some veeeery slow decay rate - it's meaningless for the absolute majority of people, and that guy that left the game for months would've returned to a literally whole different game (different nodes, different content, different guilds, different gear progression), so dying a few times to remove his corruption would be the least of his problems.

And if you want to have a quicker timer on that decay - you're helping PKers even more, which is kinda the opposite of what the system is supposed to do.

Zeitlos

I can see this being implemented, but it should be at a significantly reduced rate.

I wouldn't want someone to be able to rack up corruption at the end of thier play session, log out for the night and then hop back on the next day with the corruption wiped clean.

akabear

In principal, no. Karma should not be worked off by being off line.

However, if the time was measured in weeks to months, then perhaps I would consider some form of offline karma burning.

novercalis

NO. not even a slow rate.

Gizban

I suggest the opposite.

If logged out for an extended time with corruption, it rots your gear away.

Solvryn

Tyranthraxus wrote: »

The wiki at this time doesn't specify if corruption diminishes while you're logged out. Being corrupt puts a 60-second log-out timer on logging out - but there's no mention if it diminishes while your logged out.

It kind of feels like it probably should, if you're gone *long enough*. If a player has to leave the game for 2 or 3 months, there's probably no sense in them returning to find out they're still corrupted. If you come back after 2 days, though, it doesn't really feel like it should be gone.

Maybe auto-remove corruption after something like 30 days?

I think once a person marks themselves they should stay marked.

Someone may remove the corruption from them, but the marks should be forever.

Noaani

pyreal wrote: »

I suggest the opposite.

If logged out for an extended time with corruption, it rots your gear away.

I like this idea.

unknownsystemerror

Was asked and answered years ago. You will not be able to "afk the bad away" You did the crime, you do the time. (as in grind or death to clear)

Kesthely

Ashes is designed about risk and reward, The risk, or "reward" for pking is corruption. Removing corruption passively is removing that risk vs reward gameplay loop. Its also rather unfair for the ones that got killed. He killed our raid, looted our stuff, then logged off for a month, and in the mean time played on an alt (or main) and now he logs back in corruption free with our loot!

Passive removal of corruption, no matter the time it takes is antithetical to what the corruption system is designed for.

RazThemun

No I do not think it should go away when logged out. Otherwise I just troll people and log to do it again tomorrow. Where is the real punishment besides logging early? Now If I have to be in game for several hours and wait for it to wear off, that is more obnoxious.

Nerror

No, I think it should stay as is when offline. Being rewarded for not playing isn't a good system I think.

Tyranthraxus

unknownsystemerror wrote: »

Was asked and answered years ago. You will not be able to "afk the bad away" You did the crime, you do the time. (as in grind or death to clear)

Now that you've mentioned it, I seem to recall such a response, either during an early between-devs discussion or a Reddit Q&A. Most folks seem to agree.

There'll still be some kind of quests to lessen it, as well; As long as there's an option to reduce it by play, then we likely don't need an over-time logged option.

Arya_Yeshe

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Arya_Yeshe

All deaths of the non-corrupted, players or creatures of any kind, should bring corruption to the enviroment where those deaths happened, so stronger mobs could spawn. The seas may turn blood red, the skies dark and ominous, and thunderstorms and blood may begin to rain down. In an area where people tend to hunt peaceful creatures, it could bring corruption and bring some corrupted mostrosities with it

Caww

corruption would best be reduced with actual in-game time; log in, afk idle run in place, use another account until cleared... as they say, rinse and repeat

Arya_Yeshe

Caww wrote: »

corruption would best be reduced with actual in-game time; log in, afk idle run in place, use another account until cleared... as they say, rinse and repeat

No AFK mining allowed. All miners are expected to remain at their keyboards at all times, and are required to prove their presence by responding in local when requested by the Supreme Protector or one of his Agents.

Fantmx

The easiest answer to this is no to any period of time. You do the crime you do the time.

tautau

Agree - no decrease in corruption for logging off. Corruption is a deterrent, let it remain so.

Arya offers, in a post above, quick cleansing of corruption on his freehold. I will offer even quicker cleansing on my freehold by giving all corrupt players a dirt nap.

Myosotys

NiKr wrote: »

that guy that left the game for months would've returned to a literally whole different game (different nodes, different content, different guilds, different gear progression), so dying a few times to remove his corruption would be the least of his problems.

And if you want to have a quicker timer on that decay - you're helping PKers even more, which is kinda the opposite of what the system is supposed to do.

You mean that those who go on holidays or must work hard for 3 months have no reason to come back in the game?

It would mean that the game will add some artificial progression « à la New World » and in this case the game would sux a lot!

I think the idea of the OP is good. The corrupted fpk can have fun killing noob but his capacity of nuisance will be limited if it has to disappear for 3 months to be clean.

Ludullu

Myosotys wrote: »

You mean that those who go on holidays or must work hard for 3 months have no reason to come back in the game?

No, I mean that dying a few times after 3 months of not playing is not important.

Myosotys wrote: »

It would mean that the game will add some artificial progression « à la New World » and in this case the game would sux a lot!

Mmo always keep some way to endlessly progress. Or they at least prolong the process to its max.

Myosotys wrote: »

I think the idea of the OP is good. The corrupted fpk can have fun killing noob but his capacity of nuisance will be limited if it has to disappear for 3 months to be clean.

Any normal PKer can just go kill some mobs or have their friends kill them. 3 months does nothing for them, because it's pointless to wait 3 months just to PK some more.

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