NyceGaming wrote: » The node system and node showcase are perhaps the most important to Ashes Of Creation. It has to be just right as far as marketing being that it’s perhaps the most unique things in this mmo already full of innovation. This is actually why I was actually happy and even more excited when the nodes showcase wasn’t last month as originally thought/planned. That being said. What are you looking forward to the most with nodes? What node type are you wanting the most in depth look at? What are your expectations? For me… I’m expecting something great and am excited. I’m mostly excited to see military nodes and exact details on how they will function. Would be nice to see/hear an update on them. I think a small bonus (not necessary) would be in node apartment housing / instances housing. This will calm casuals who aren’t aware that freeholds aren’t the only form of available housing if that was their main concern; as I’ve received and seen comments under that impression. Thank You
Talents wrote: » I expect to only see 1 node type at Town stage. I hope we see more node types up to City stage. Highly doubt we'll see Metro.
OlympusBurns wrote: » I’d like to see the effects that a growing node has on its surroundings like dungeons, mobs, roads, NPCs, etc. I’d also like more information on node sieges. We have very little info on them right now. Basic stuff like how many people can participate in a node siege? Steven has said the person who lays down the siege scroll can’t stop people from participating in the attack. Does this mean it’s an unlimited amount? If it’s not an unlimited amount, why would I bother putting in all the work for a siege scroll but not get to choose who’s with me on the attack? If I can’t get my boys in the war with me, that’s a hard no for me. Also, I’d like to see scoreboards from the node sieges as well. I know Else likes the numbers. I’m somewhat of a numbers guy myself. New World didn’t have great scoreboards after their wars and it caused a lot of people to stat pad very basic things (total damage/heals). I hope we can get more in depth metrics (like time on point). Scoreboards will likely be a thing though because Steven said that maybe the “top participants” would have priority access to the node ruins to pillage. I assume that will be tracked by some kind of scoreboard.
Depraved wrote: » OlympusBurns wrote: » I’d like to see the effects that a growing node has on its surroundings like dungeons, mobs, roads, NPCs, etc. I’d also like more information on node sieges. We have very little info on them right now. Basic stuff like how many people can participate in a node siege? Steven has said the person who lays down the siege scroll can’t stop people from participating in the attack. Does this mean it’s an unlimited amount? If it’s not an unlimited amount, why would I bother putting in all the work for a siege scroll but not get to choose who’s with me on the attack? If I can’t get my boys in the war with me, that’s a hard no for me. Also, I’d like to see scoreboards from the node sieges as well. I know Else likes the numbers. I’m somewhat of a numbers guy myself. New World didn’t have great scoreboards after their wars and it caused a lot of people to stat pad very basic things (total damage/heals). I hope we can get more in depth metrics (like time on point). Scoreboards will likely be a thing though because Steven said that maybe the “top participants” would have priority access to the node ruins to pillage. I assume that will be tracked by some kind of scoreboard. i think what he means is that everybody who is a citizen of the node that declared war will be able to participate in the war. so if your friends are a citizen of that node, they are automatically participating.
OlympusBurns wrote: » Depraved wrote: » OlympusBurns wrote: » I’d like to see the effects that a growing node has on its surroundings like dungeons, mobs, roads, NPCs, etc. I’d also like more information on node sieges. We have very little info on them right now. Basic stuff like how many people can participate in a node siege? Steven has said the person who lays down the siege scroll can’t stop people from participating in the attack. Does this mean it’s an unlimited amount? If it’s not an unlimited amount, why would I bother putting in all the work for a siege scroll but not get to choose who’s with me on the attack? If I can’t get my boys in the war with me, that’s a hard no for me. Also, I’d like to see scoreboards from the node sieges as well. I know Else likes the numbers. I’m somewhat of a numbers guy myself. New World didn’t have great scoreboards after their wars and it caused a lot of people to stat pad very basic things (total damage/heals). I hope we can get more in depth metrics (like time on point). Scoreboards will likely be a thing though because Steven said that maybe the “top participants” would have priority access to the node ruins to pillage. I assume that will be tracked by some kind of scoreboard. i think what he means is that everybody who is a citizen of the node that declared war will be able to participate in the war. so if your friends are a citizen of that node, they are automatically participating. You’re right about defense. It’s different for attack though. Per the wiki: “The player who originally declared the siege cannot exclude anyone from joining the attack.[15]” On attack, the person who lays down the scroll doesn’t get to set any kind of roster… for now. Seems strange. That’s why I want to get more info on it.
OlympusBurns wrote: » That’s interesting. I get what you’re saying but I’m pretty sure it doesn’t work like that. I haven’t seen anything which suggests that it is the citizens of the defending node vs the citizens of one “attacking node”. You don’t even need to be a citizen of the defending node to help defend it. Either way, I hope we get a little more info on node sieges during this livestream.
