What are people's node & biome preferences?

I'm interested in people's plans. I'm thinking:

Node: Military / Scientific
Biome: swamp / "Asian". Ideally on or near the coast (interested in pvp around trade routes etc)

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blat

SkylarckTheBotanist wrote: »

Here

And Scientific Node for gathering

Same same but west coast : )

Fantmx

Really don't know until I see it all.

Aszkalon

AnimusRex wrote: »

Hedonistic node. The pursuit of pleasure is paramount. Life is short and never dull.

Biome with stinking humid ports with plenty of - brothels, taverns, gambling dens, fighting rings, smuggling, Tulnar slavery, corruption, thievery, con artistry, and urban decay.

Hey, you asked what I wanted. And it would be unrealistic to think such places wouldn't develop and thrive in a new world.

You actually made me ask, if we will see "Slavery" in the World of Verra. Most likely not with Players, but among NPC Folks. I can see some Folks enslaving others.

Imagine You can either choose to fight Slaver-Camps, or even agree to hunt and deliver caught NPC Folks to them.

Back to our favorite Nodes. Let my Picture-Rage begin. >:-]

I hope the "snowy Forests/Region" and/or the "Isle/Island" in the Middle will turn out about like this.

Maybe even more snowy, like this. This would be awesome like that, too. Just IMAGINE being in some Place, maybe only possible in one or a few Corners of the World, where the Regions/Biomes border upon each other - and then You can see the "Snowy/Icy Mountains" far behind in the Distance, behind the snowy Forests Biome.

I am aware the Riverlands can look like this as well, during the ingame Winter Seasons. But imagine You have this cool Biome that basically screams " F~AAR N~OORTH !! " right into your face.

By the Nine (lol) - i wonder if i will see the VIKING DREAM come true in an MMORPG in the Future.

Basically a bit of Vinland-Saga, but as a VideoGame. Oh and of Course - the most desired Allies i would love to have with my Viking-styled Kae'lar Humans, are the Dunir Dwarves. Because i agree with someone else here in the Forum : tough, hard-boiled Dwarves shouldn't be missing in a cold, unforgiving Landscape. >:-]

blat

Sunboy wrote: »

But can you guess the biome/node tho

Gotta be Sandsquall Desert, Divine node?
Although "Towering skyscrapers adorned with gleaming glass and steel" had me wondering.

Chonkers1

Biome: Icy mountains or volcanoes
Races: Non elves
Type: Divine (flavor) 1st, Military (pvp) 2nd, Economic (convenient) 3rd
Size: tier 4-5

Guajatu

Type of node would be divine or scientific and the biome would be something like dense forests with large rivers, like the Amazon rainforest or something like that. Or some kind of mountainous biome.... That would be amazing.

Aszkalon

Funfact : i KNOW from the Minotauer-Stormcaller Presentation, that Ashes of Creation will be able to process Weather Effects and even "Icy Storms" most likely, that can look like this.

( I admit. THIS ONE here looks kinda Overkill ^.^ )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6vrIpozeAo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjoOrDNtMOI

And () THIS HERE () is a Clip i wanted to show You at all Cost, just a kinda short Clip where someone walks around the "Edge of a Forest" while all is wintery and snowy.

It is just, that this won't load like a YouTube Thumbnail here. But it looks cool.

( It has Audio as well. You might need to activate it first. )

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/LR0mOP

Kilion

blat wrote: »

Kilion wrote: »

I think this will shift with time. When the game launches, I suspect that economic and military Nodes will be the place to be. And while I have no distinct preference in biomes, I either will settle at the coast or near the border to 2-3 different biomes.

In later phases, when players have moved further across the map and have settled in more, I suspect that economic, scientific and religious Nodes become more interesting. During that time, I will either stay at the coast to travel around or go whereever the exploration and story arcs seems most interesting to me.

It's a solid point, I hadn't thought about the node type preferences changing over time, I can def see it. Hopefully though there's enough depth at all levels so there aren't any clear winners/losers.

I'm also kind've assuming that we can make use of some of the other node's facilities? IE: I can wander into a Scientific node for a specialised crafting trainer, etc?

As far as I am aware outsiders to a scientific Node might be charged for their use, but it should be possible, yes.

I have said this in similar posts, so maybe it adds a bit of perspective to this discussion as well: I fully expect there to be a lot of player migration between servers in the first 1-2 years with distinct server "cultures" forming. There will be servers where people who are more interested in PvE activities will gather and servers where PvP is happening much more frequently for less impactful reasons but for the fun of finding a competition and challenge around every corner. And these cultures will at some point become something that you simply will not break by deciding to migrate. Mainly because if the number of active players is constantly high, building a new faction that effectively can break through the established culture of the server is extremely difficult.

Why is this relevant for this discussion: Because IF I were to be correct with my assumption it would mean there will be servers where different certain Node types are more in demand thanks to the culture. e.g. on a more "peaceful" server, military node may not have as much appeal as for example a scientific or religious Node; while on servers with high PvP activity successful trade via economic Nodes and fortification through military Nodes may play a much more important role.

In that sense the Server culture will determine what nodes are more or less likely to succeed as they are ultimately expressions of the "most popular" activities of players on the server.

Xeeg

Current plan is to go hard on processing and pick a node that is 1 node in from the furthest nodes. Try to get a freehold and then process the materials coming from the edges of the map as they make their way inward. Would prefer to be at the intersection of a few biomes to increase the materials available to process.

Aszkalon

Xeeg wrote: »

Current plan is to go hard on processing and pick a node that is 1 node in from the furthest nodes. Try to get a freehold and then process the materials coming from the edges of the map as they make their way inward.

This actually sounds like a very good Plan. Like : make a Run for the furthest away possible Places for Nodes at the "End" of the World,

then secure a Freehold there, while the Majority of the People start wherever the Warpgates are that are the Starting Points.

But : won't this work efficiently only when the Start has not S~OOOOOOOO many Players that will swarm like crazy into all Directions ?

And what is an not insignificant Amount of People has the very same Idea as You ? 😁

Xeeg wrote: »

Would prefer to be at the intersection of a few biomes to increase the materials available to process.

Again. Also very smart. Makes me Wonder -> " ARE " there Border-kind of Nodes ? Are there Nodes, which Border to the Desert or Jungle, or Forest into Mountains or otherwise or so ? Like RIGHT AT the Border ?

I could imagine these Nodes holding special Value over others because of the Ressources available from two different Biomes in close vicinity - and People will probably want to level up especially these Nodes into powerful Metropolises.

koltovince

Kilion wrote: »

blat wrote: »

Kilion wrote: »

I think this will shift with time. When the game launches, I suspect that economic and military Nodes will be the place to be. And while I have no distinct preference in biomes, I either will settle at the coast or near the border to 2-3 different biomes.

In later phases, when players have moved further across the map and have settled in more, I suspect that economic, scientific and religious Nodes become more interesting. During that time, I will either stay at the coast to travel around or go whereever the exploration and story arcs seems most interesting to me.

It's a solid point, I hadn't thought about the node type preferences changing over time, I can def see it. Hopefully though there's enough depth at all levels so there aren't any clear winners/losers.

I'm also kind've assuming that we can make use of some of the other node's facilities? IE: I can wander into a Scientific node for a specialised crafting trainer, etc?

As far as I am aware outsiders to a scientific Node might be charged for their use, but it should be possible, yes.

I have said this in similar posts, so maybe it adds a bit of perspective to this discussion as well: I fully expect there to be a lot of player migration between servers in the first 1-2 years with distinct server "cultures" forming. There will be servers where people who are more interested in PvE activities will gather and servers where PvP is happening much more frequently for less impactful reasons. And these cultures will at some point become something that you simply will not break by deciding to migrate. Mainly because if the number of active players is constantly high, building a new faction that effectively can break through the established culture of the server is extremely difficult.

Why is this relevant for this discussion: Because IF I were to be correct with my assumption it would mean there will be servers where different certain Node types are more in demand thanks to the culture. e.g. on a more "peaceful" server, military node may not have as much appeal as for example a scientific or religious Node; while on servers with high PvP activity successful trade via economic Nodes and fortification through military Nodes may play a much more important role.

In that sense the Server culture will determine what nodes are more or less likely to succeed as they are ultimately expressions of the "most popular" activities of players on the server.

Interesting thoughts. I would argue though that a peaceful server might also lean into a military node style to reduce corrupted players running about and mucking around. Perhaps a series of corrupted activities have led the players to build up a military node so that bounty hunters would increase the risk of going red.

And to further this example maybe a server with high PVP would have players specialize into science or Divine (assuming the crypts can take caravans) to work around constant caravan raids. Maybe the PVP server would have many economic nodes where the top guilds would auction off stolen caravan currency after being sold.

Different servers would have different takes on how to utilize a nodes specific functions. One server culture might see the science node as a utopia for crafters, while another sees it as a tool to get the advantage on others. And some nodes that initially arise due to player activity at launch might find themselves degraded as the culture of the server trends to a different play style once the benefits of a node are realized.

Tyranthraxus

Yours truly wants to be a branchler-elf in the DEEP woods. Am hoping to find a group willing/curious about settling that island in the middle of the woods, in the north-eastern part of the map.

Inland islands seem fairly defensible - and it'd be quite the trek, for any would-be siegers.

Would otherwise be willing to settle in the Underrealm, in some kind of anti-Tulnar settlement - but only if they offer "broken" antlers, for the elves; It'd fit more with an RP of fights and struggles taking place in caves and caverns.

blat

Tyranthraxus wrote: »

Yours truly wants to be a branchler-elf in the DEEP woods. Am hoping to find a group willing/curious about settling that island in the middle of the woods, in the north-eastern part of the map.

Inland islands seem fairly defensible - and it'd be quite the trek, for any would-be siegers.

Would otherwise be willing to settle in the Underrealm, in some kind of anti-Tulnar settlement - but only if they offer "broken" antlers, for the elves; It'd fit more with an RP of fights and struggles taking place in caves and caverns.

I'm a bit tempted by the island in the middle of the swamp. It'll prob depend on if there's a solid enough squad there, I can see those islands being a hot conquest target a bit later on.

Racially-themed villages are gonna look really odd in the Underrealm. Damn I can't wait to see this stuff though.

blat

Have to say this is probably my single favourite Ashes topic

Azherae

blat wrote: »

See you there.

You should go on ahead so we get the Ren'Kai architecture.

blat

Azherae wrote: »

blat wrote: »

See you there.

You should go on ahead so we get the Ren'Kai architecture.

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Dripyula

I hope for something like this.

Maxres: https://i.imgur.com/JAh8WDo.jpg

TheDarkSorcerer

Question for the community, do we know where Empyrean homelands will be on the map?

blat

TheDarkSorcerer wrote: »

Question for the community, do we know where Empyrean homelands will be on the map?

I think it'll be something like this:

Also on the old map there were 4 starting portals, one for each racial set. And then each starting point heads in two directions, one per race.
One of the maps had these two forests marked "Ancient" and "Magical", which probably correspond to Py'rai & Empyrean, respectively.

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