In the beginning...Where will you go in game, day 1?

Will you stay and adventure close to the first node you find? Or will you head out, 'far' away from the starting area to find the type of node you really want and begin its advancement?

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GrimmLiberty

the first Religious Node I find.

Medrash1

Gruntag wrote: »

Will you stay and adventure close to the first node you find? Or will you head out, 'far' away from the starting area to find the type of node you really want and begin its advancement?

I think that the best way or maybe one of the way to resolve this is giving to the player a "push" to the zone or node he want to be ... maybe with a caravan or expedition ... so you will start your journey directly in the node or near the destitation ... you will probably start into an already developed node .. a city for example.
Every node that has already been colonized will ask to the starting area for new people and then recruit you... but if you are ugly you need to start a node all by yourself probably xD .

is this correct? What do you think of this way to start the player into the game?

Gruntag

dphantomtv wrote: »

Gruntag wrote: »

Will you stay and adventure close to the first node you find? Or will you head out, 'far' away from the starting area to find the type of node you really want and begin its advancement?

I will be participating in the red march event. Slaughtering any and all players outside of the safe zone for 1 hour.

kinda /s

umm...so, you are going for corruption? you going the outlaw route eh?

I'll be sure not to start gathering too many things early on near the starter area.

Yuyukoyay

To an Ice area. I like living in a winter paradise.

Damokles

PlagueMonk wrote: »

I will be exploring and probably going too far and getting my ass killed by some much higher level mobs......repeatedly.

Gruntag

Ride!

Hurf Derfman

I have no idea.

I like to wander. I like costal forests and mountain vistas.

I want a t6 military node in that setting.

Sure there's a possibility noob zergs will build the bigger cities by the starting zones.

It will be very satisfying to tear them all down.

All roads lead to Ren.

Caeryl

Wherever there’s some kinda forested area, near rivers or a large lake or something. Maybe the coast depending on what else is nearby.

TheLegend27

Instant Corruption. Because why not?

Edit: JK just btw

Kneczhevo

It's going to be like the Oklahoma Land Rush, of 1889, with all the Sooners racing for their claims on nodes, with a few drunks hanging out in the starter nodes. Yee Haw!!1!

TheGoodzilla

Kneczhevo wrote: »

It's going to be like the Oklahoma Land Rush, of 1889,

This is my concern. Although there may be enough housing for everyone, I'm worried the rush to grab specific land plots will leave those not able to play in the first hours (or even days/weeks) having to search far and wide for any kind of plot to claim. (how have other games handled this?)

Kneczhevo

@TheGoodzilla You know how the Sooners settled disputes? Yup, AoC style.

Gruntag

TheGoodzilla wrote: »

Kneczhevo wrote: »

It's going to be like the Oklahoma Land Rush, of 1889,

This is my concern. Although there may be enough housing for everyone, I'm worried the rush to grab specific land plots will leave those not able to play in the first hours (or even days/weeks) having to search far and wide for any kind of plot to claim. (how have other games handled this?)

@TheGoodzilla perhaps you'll want to take part in the "red march event" and prevent the rush of land grabbers

PlagueMonk

TheLegend27 wrote: »

Instant Corruption. Because why not?

Edit: JK just btw

Why a joke? You know there is going to be someone out there who will, even it's to say I was the first to gain corruption. Some people just like playing on that side of the fence.

Hurf Derfman

TheGoodzilla wrote: »

Kneczhevo wrote: »

It's going to be like the Oklahoma Land Rush, of 1889,

This is my concern. Although there may be enough housing for everyone, I'm worried the rush to grab specific land plots will leave those not able to play in the first hours (or even days/weeks) having to search far and wide for any kind of plot to claim. (how have other games handled this?)

Housing is based on node size, and can be increased by the mayor.

I'm not 💯 sure on how free holds work but I know you can put a house on em. Since you have to be a citizen of a node to have a free hold, maybe you'll be able to sell your apartment once you've built your homestead?

Gruntag

Hurf Derfman wrote: »

TheGoodzilla wrote: »

Kneczhevo wrote: »

It's going to be like the Oklahoma Land Rush, of 1889,

This is my concern. Although there may be enough housing for everyone, I'm worried the rush to grab specific land plots will leave those not able to play in the first hours (or even days/weeks) having to search far and wide for any kind of plot to claim. (how have other games handled this?)

Housing is based on node size, and can be increased by the mayor.

I'm not 💯 sure on how free holds work but I know you can put a house on em. Since you have to be a citizen of a node to have a free hold, maybe you'll be able to sell your apartment once you've built your homestead?

The housing based on node size is the in node housing (apartments and static houses), not the Freeholds. There will be plenty of land for all to obtain a freehold.

With that said, a node must be level 3 (village) or higher for you to purchase any type of housing, in-node, static house, or freehold.

You get housing first, then you can become a citizen.

From the wiki:
"Player housing offers a number of benefits:[7][8]
Ability to claim citizenship to a node.[9]"

Kneczhevo

Why pay for an apartment when you own a freehold? You can only be a citizen on one node.

Sure, get an apartment for easier travel and storage. Remember, your paying taxes. You really want to have a heavier resource drain?

You guys keep thinking nodes will grow, overnight. The resources to grow a node, will slow growth to an almost standstill, without cooperation and serious effort. Nodes will take forever to grow.

First your going to have to exp the node with quests and killing and crafting.

Then, when the node hits stage 3, your going to need resources (lumber and stone) to build the node. Some nodes might be in a desert and need lumber transported to it. Are people gathering these resources? What about the other nodes growing? They want lumber to. Resource shortage!

As the node grows, more resources and activities (exp) are going to be needed. Compounding slower growth.

Look, someone just got jealous or wants to grief the node, it gets smashed and now you have to start over.

Get your heads out of the box, people. This is a MMORPG. Things take time (leveling, questing, loot getting, finding our real guilds, making friends, building an empire, etc). The longer sh*t takes, the more time the devs have to add content.

Hurf Derfman

@Gruntag
@Kneczhevo
Ah my understanding was that you had to own a home to be a citizen, not just property.

Good to know freeholds count and don't require a homestead. Thanks for the info. 😁

Hystorix

I want to find an economic node next to the ocean and fish and trade and enjoy housing ... with a little adventure on the side

Demidreamer

Far Far away to a cold lofty perch. Most likely get far enough away and pull out the mule, Trailblazer(Sadly my brother came up with that name a long time ago, i can't take credit). If any other lone-wolf types want to come i am fine with that or more likely they will be there far away from everyone else by nature. I would need more info on divine nodes as metro to come to a full decision, but most likely would go for a scientific node as primary for crafting purposes. Teleport is just the side benefit imo. I would like to have emphasis on a divine node after that for the additional augment(if possable). I am not entirely sure how citizenship will work in concert of other nodes in your ZOI, would I still have access to the divine node in my ZOI if I am a citizen of the parent node?

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