Should you even PVP ? (Corruption)

When I heard there will be the corruption system on players pvp'ing and debuffs such as being marked for bounty hunters, towns being hostile and dropping weapons, I had a thought.

While this does mean players wanting to roam freely without fear of getting ganked will be safer, for some players they do want to be hunting others for loot (I assume you can loot), not grinding PvE.

Whilst I'm not into PVP other than group style mayhem, I feel like there's no reward for being that kind of bad guy who doesn't afraid of anything.

Scarcity of resources being a reason for PVP doesn't mean everyone wants to pvp because its fun to gank noobs show mad skillz.

Maybe griefing will be a thing that persists, I hope it will because for all its faults and toxicity, it's the necessary salt in our collective wounds. Something like that.

Thoughts?

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Songcaller

I don't even know if I'll be a part of a Node, if my Guild doesn't want a Castle I won't be a part of a Castle either. I might be a Bounty Hunter, if I choose Bounty Hunter I'd be tied to a Military Node. Yet, I do not feel the need to be a part of a Node, if anything, I feel my freedom will be warped through obligations I do not want or need.

I'm used to soloing in MMOs, however, I have a Guild. I'm used to Dungeons, however, most Dungeons will be public. In public Dungeons I assist others and often find a group.

I will PvP, most likely in Arenas, if I must be aligned to a Node to enter Arenas then I will be a part of a Node. If I can arena without access to a Node, then again no Node for me.

In terms of Corruption, If i was a Bounty Hunter I'd want loads of corrupted to hunt, if not a Bounty Hunter, I'd just kill the corrupted I see. In Ashes we can play how we want I'm told, so I would aim to play my own way. We'll have friend lists and in-game communications.

mcjenkins

The reward is the resource of course... or just having fun PVPing it doesn't need to go both ways. Just need to remember there is no escape from someone trying to kill you in game, it will be a matter of kill or be killed in the Ashes of Creation.

Aardvark

mcjenkins wrote: »

The reward is the resource of course... or just having fun PVPing it doesn't need to go both ways. Just need to remember there is no escape from someone trying to kill you in game, it will be a matter of kill or be killed in the Ashes of Creation.

Sure there is just stand there die take double penalty and poof they take penalty too ...it’s a sucky system but you could use it

Sikke

I don't see looting as a reward, when the risks outweigh it

mcstackerson

Yea, unless you get lucky, there isn't much a reward for just running around and killing random people but the flagging system is a way for people to contest resources/spawns in the open world. A lot of the content is in the open world so not everyone can have it and pvp is an option people have to control it.

mcjenkins

If becoming a combatant is a penalty then sure... you wont get corrupted trying to defend yourself from other combatants and corrupted players

Caeryl

There is plenty of PvP content to engage with in the open world. If you attack someone over something valuable, they’ll likely fight back and neither of you take corrupted/non-combatant pentalties.

What Steven doesn’t want is idiots ganking people at random just because it gives them the giggles.

HazardNumberSeven

I actually agree. I don't want to grief anyone or attack a low-level player, but being the bad guy is as valid a playstyle as any other and I want bad guys in this game so I'm glad there is the option to do that, but I wonder if the corruption system might be too punishing for people who aren't griefing and are just preying on the weak.

If you see a low level and suspect they might be full of loot, killing them isn't griefing it's just PvP. If you follow them around and kill them again after already looting them, then that's griefing.. If you continue to harass them or bully them, that's griefing. I feel like the corruption system is great for stopping griefers, but it might also prevent people from just playing the game in a normal and natural way too.

The flagging system sounds pretty good though, like if I attack them and they DO have loot? They'll want to fight back and then I'm not a red (or something, I'm tired).. So it looks like they're a step ahead of me and already thought of a decent compromise.

Guess we have to wait until we can test it ourselves, but it's certainly a concern a share with OP in a way.

Aardvark

the main source of pvp appears is going to be sieges

Nagash

Aardvark wrote: »

the main source of pvp appears is going to be sieges

And caravans

HazardNumberSeven

Aardvark wrote: »

the main source of pvp appears is going to be sieges

And players attacking each other for mats.

Aardvark

hazardnumberseven wrote: »

Aardvark wrote: »

the main source of pvp appears is going to be sieges

And players attacking each other for mats.

If you kill someone who doesn't fight back you get corruption.

Undead Canuck

"people who aren't griefing and are just preying on the weak."

Isn't preying on the weak the definition of griefing?

HazardNumberSeven

Aardvark wrote: »

hazardnumberseven wrote: »

Aardvark wrote: »

the main source of pvp appears is going to be sieges

And players attacking each other for mats.

If you kill someone who doesn't fight back you get corruption.

If they do fight back, I don't get corruption though...
And if they don't fight back, they take bigger penalties, so no fighting back probably means they have nothing worth fighting for, and if my opponent has nothing worth fighting for then I don't want to kill them. Not interested in griefing.

Aardvark

hazardnumberseven wrote: »

Aardvark wrote: »

hazardnumberseven wrote: »

Aardvark wrote: »

the main source of pvp appears is going to be sieges

And players attacking each other for mats.

If you kill someone who doesn't fight back you get corruption.

If they do fight back, I don't get corruption though...
And if they don't fight back, they take bigger penalties, so no fighting back probably means they have nothing worth fighting for, and if my opponent has nothing worth fighting for then I don't want to kill them. Not interested in griefing.

Or they are as big of griefers as the pvper and use not fighting back as a way to give them the finger carebear style

Caeryl

Aardvark wrote: »

hazardnumberseven wrote: »

Aardvark wrote: »

hazardnumberseven wrote: »

Aardvark wrote: »

the main source of pvp appears is going to be sieges

And players attacking each other for mats.

If you kill someone who doesn't fight back you get corruption.

If they do fight back, I don't get corruption though...
And if they don't fight back, they take bigger penalties, so no fighting back probably means they have nothing worth fighting for, and if my opponent has nothing worth fighting for then I don't want to kill them. Not interested in griefing.

Or they are as big of griefers as the pvper and use not fighting back as a way to give them the finger carebear style

Oh please tell us more about this “reverse griefing” and how it ruins your fun to not gank at will

HazardNumberSeven

Aardvark wrote: »

hazardnumberseven wrote: »

Aardvark wrote: »

hazardnumberseven wrote: »

Aardvark wrote: »

the main source of pvp appears is going to be sieges

And players attacking each other for mats.

If you kill someone who doesn't fight back you get corruption.

If they do fight back, I don't get corruption though...
And if they don't fight back, they take bigger penalties, so no fighting back probably means they have nothing worth fighting for, and if my opponent has nothing worth fighting for then I don't want to kill them. Not interested in griefing.

Or they are as big of griefers as the pvper and use not fighting back as a way to give them the finger carebear style

The PvPer in this case is not griefing, but .. yeah, they could do that .. but if the person kills you anyway and you didn't fight back, you will also suffer more penalties, not just the corrupted. So there is a pretty strong incentive to fight back, in most cases.

"A griefer or bad faith player is a player in a multiplayer video game who deliberately irritates and harasses other players within the game, using aspects of the game in unintended ways."

Simply killing someone to take their mats is not griefing. It's an intended part of the game. Not that you said it wasn't, just putting it out there.

Nightly

mcstackerson wrote: »

Yea, unless you get lucky, there isn't much a reward for just running around and killing random people but the flagging system is a way for people to contest resources/spawns in the open world. A lot of the content is in the open world so not everyone can have it and pvp is an option people have to control it.

This is the purpose of open world pvp

Noaani

Aardvark wrote: »

hazardnumberseven wrote: »

Aardvark wrote: »

hazardnumberseven wrote: »

Aardvark wrote: »

the main source of pvp appears is going to be sieges

And players attacking each other for mats.

If you kill someone who doesn't fight back you get corruption.

If they do fight back, I don't get corruption though...
And if they don't fight back, they take bigger penalties, so no fighting back probably means they have nothing worth fighting for, and if my opponent has nothing worth fighting for then I don't want to kill them. Not interested in griefing.

Or they are as big of griefers as the pvper and use not fighting back as a way to give them the finger carebear style

Here's the thing, if they don't fight back, it is still your choice if you want to continue to attack them or not. You can always just not kill them.

You can't grief someone by not fighting back, because all that is doing is giving them the option to stop. You may not get the materials, but you also don't get the corruption.

Netory

The system as it kinda bugs me because it actually gives players some incentive to just lay down and die in order to give the griefer corruption instead of trying to defend themselves. I get that they're encouraged to fight back with a lowered death penalty and what not, but I don't think there should be any reason at all not to defend yourself.
As it is, you could possibly gank 20 players or more without ever getting corruption provided they all attempted to defend themselves.
It's really weird player behavior to just sit there and take it when someone starts beating you over the head with a stick.

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