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Possible solution for Open World Dungeons

Honestly, I haven't heard much of a plan when it comes to Open World Dungeons! My thought was that after a party engages the boss, walls come up (like in TERA) preventing people from getting in or escaping. If I.S wants everyone to be able to fight the boss mob, no matter if the engaging party has gotten it down to 99% and someone could be able to kill it off, then they should make a "damage/reward" system.

Meaning, if you did 1% damage to the mob, you receive barely anything. BUT... this still may not work... what if an entire party arrives to kill the boss mob only after your party has just engaged it? Well, in that case, I.S should make the party system able to have a "strict-engagement" rule... (I made that up...) but the idea is that the boss mob can only recognize one party at a time. So, if your party engages the boss, the boss will only engage your party. If another party tries to aggro or damage the boss, the boss will be immune to their damage and effect and all they will see is a pop-up saying, "This creature is currently engaged!"  

Now... for secret dungeons and secret chests and small mob bases/camps that can be cleared by other players regardless of your team... I don't know. pensive 

Maybe it could be like this: Each part of the dungeon, the small mobs camps, the secret rooms, even the boss mob lair should be completely empty. The idea is that one person has to arrive to the area, stand there for a certain length of time and then the area will spawn the creatures, traps, chests, monsters, etc instantly. BUT, since this is Open World, a person will have to fight another person that wants to spawn the area. This would essentially be a "King of the Hill" type of small battle. 

 HEAR ME OUT!

While all it takes is 1 person to initiate the capture of an area, dungeons will typically be explored in parties. So, if you're alone, then duh... get a party or avoid confrontation. (This gives players the ability to enter a dungeon without a party, but, obviously, it'll be impossible to clear camps and kill the boss mob alone.) ((That single player would be able to form a party with any other person.. eg: incomplete party of 7 or just two players that he/she found)) (((A single player's exploration would be done mainly to get to secret rooms or rooms that don't require any fighting of mobs. i.e puzzle rooms)))

Now, for the areas that can be contested... If the opposing party thinks that it'll be too hazardous, they won't try to fight for the space/area, but if they feel strong enough, then be prepared! The time requirement for the area to spawn would be about 10-15 seconds. If any person not in the party enters into the radius of the area, the timer will pause until only one party or person remains (parties are counted 1 entity, so only one member of the party needs to be present in the radius of the area to affect the timer) The timer will get progressively faster to prevent a much longer stalemate than need be. Abuse of this system would be prevented in that if one person from an opposing party or single person steps in to stop the capture of the area, they'd get blasted apart by the team currently occupying the area. These would generally be party vs party battles or not at all. 

Just an idea...

Comments

  • My 2 cents regarding this, is that damage calculation should be based on party (eg. the total damage of all party members is calculated as one loot entry) or the highest DPS gets the loot. Maybe a mix of both would be more fair, as healers cannot deal (considerable) damage to the boss.

    Bosses won't be soloed, but still, if there is headroom for complaining, people will complain. So best to not leave healers excluded out of the equation.

    Damage calculation based on party/raid would be best. I wouldn't even say Guild based, as there can also be random groups of people that get together to attempt a boss.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    edited September 2017
    Other games that have tried the apportioning of exp and loot based on damage/heals calculation have failed. Look at ESO's anchors or their other open world boss loot grinds as an example. They become burst dps fests with only those running the fotm build making bank and cutting others out of the loop. I will reserve judgement till we have some concrete tagging/loot information from IS to work with, and see how it goes in testing.
    It may end up that they go with first come first serve mentality over an overall damage mechanic. Bosses in SWTOR had timed/placement mechanics that if screwed up would cause wipes. One of the favorite "fuck with the competing group" tactics was to use someone with a taunt to pull the boss out of position or screw up the rotation from outside the group to cause wipes. Making it so once a certain threshold of damage is reached the boss becomes non-interactable to others outside those "tagged" may be another fix. Since we know that people on the team plan to go incognito and play during testing, having them witness the rage when people are able to screw with people "just cause I can" will end up with a system that we all can live with hopefully.
  • The nodes are tracking everything we do.
    They should be able to apportion rewards accordingly.
    Unlikely to be based on first hit or first group.

    And, we need to be getting xp for more than just damage. We should also be getting xp for disabling traps and opening arcane locks, etc.

  • Ah... so the "capture area" idea is bad? I think it would be fun! I mean, how else are they going to avoid griefing when one party is killing a mob camp in the dungeon and another party wants to engage it as well?
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    edited September 2017

    NO to damage calculations, NO to walls, NO to damage immunity.

    These are all "PvE" ways of trying to "close" the OPEN world dungeons.

    Solution to open world dungeons is in PvP. Pure and simple.

    You want that boss, and you don't want other party to get the loot? Attack the other party, while engaging the boss. Kill them all and you have boss for yourself.


    Just make open world dungeons areas auto flag you for PvP (like sieges) and corruption will not ruin the experience.

    That's it, that's all.


    Yes, yes. I know many of you would want pure PvE experience EVERYWHERE. But for pure PvE experience there will be INSTANCED DUNGEONS available.

    Let PvP experience exist somewhere as well? Pretty please with sugar on top?
  • Also it should be very challenging to just reach open world bosses through environmental obstacles like various traps, parkour, labyrinths etc.
    That would decrease the amount of mass zergs happening as it takes alot of time and effort to get to the boss again after getting killed.
    + challenging environment is fun
  • Gothix said:

    NO to damage calculations, NO to walls, NO to damage immunity.

    Yes, yes. I know many of you would want pure PvE experience EVERYWHERE. But for pure PvE experience there will be INSTANCED DUNGEONS available.

    Let PvP experience exist somewhere as well? Pretty please with sugar on top?
    This sums it up for me.
  • There will be some instanced dungeons.
    No mob camping in Ashes.
    Especially since Ashes is a dynamic world.
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