Ashes corrupted node suggestion

I want to suggest a node for corrupted players where they can conduct business as such. A tortuga of sorts. I believe currently corrupted players won't be able to enter a node and use npc's which makes cashing in your loot difficult. With a dedicated node you may end up with guilds full of corrupted players, and treaties signed with regular guilds to move merchandise out for a share of profits.

I cut my teeth on Lineage 2 and my experience was that not a lot of players went "Red" (corrupted) due to the high risk nature of it. In fact I knew a few players who had toons perma red specifically for that purpose and they would go kill someone then log out somewhere until the toon was next needed.

If not enough players are actively going corrupted then I'm concerned the bounty hunter system won't have the impact people are excited about. A dedicated node would essentially provide some safety in numbers and tick the "chaotic evil" box that some players prefer when RP'ing. It also opens up to a more active bounty hunter system.

I'm keen to hear others thoughts on this.

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Nagash

Yeah this was asked a while back (i will see if I can find the source) but the devs have already said no to the idea of outlaw towns.

bloodprophet

They already confirmed this. We call it Elfton or Shorty Shire.
You know any place NOT in the styling of the Mighty and Glorious Tulnar.

Wandering Mist

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Sathrago

Yeah I thought this would be a good idea until I dug a bit deeper into the systems. Essentially Corrupted players are going to be so rare that such a system wouldn't work in addition to the stance against corrupted gameplay in the first place.

George_Black

"Floran Village".
It's good for PK to have a refuge for essential functions, but not full on.

shadiss

I really like this idea because it reminds me of the Pirate island in Archeage. Even though everyone could kill each other there was a truce and alliances between the players.

Even if it wasn't a "corrupted" node, just the idea of a neutral node would benefit the game I think. Maybe adding the Mayor's functionality to have a White List or Black List for which players are KoS from the NPCs. (I.e. corrupted players not being attacked.)

daveywavey

I think the point of not doing this is to further discourage Corruption, which they've put into the game to discourage griefing. They don't want Corrupted players to have an easy time in cities/nodes. Giving them a city where they're free and safe seems to go against that principle.

Sathrago

daveywavey wrote: »

I think the point of not doing this is to further discourage Corruption, which they've put into the game to discourage griefing. They don't want Corrupted players to have an easy time in cities/nodes. Giving them a city where they're free and safe seems to go against that principle.

well if you think about it, if they made a city for corrupted it would basically be a nursery home for old sickly people that could easily be taken due to the stat reduction.

daveywavey

Sathrago wrote: »

daveywavey wrote: »

I think the point of not doing this is to further discourage Corruption, which they've put into the game to discourage griefing. They don't want Corrupted players to have an easy time in cities/nodes. Giving them a city where they're free and safe seems to go against that principle.

well if you think about it, if they made a city for corrupted it would basically be a nursery home for old sickly people that could easily be taken due to the stat reduction.

An old sickly home full of experienced and determined PvPers who've built their characters into killing machines! Not something I'd call "easy". Hahahaha! I want some of them defending MY node!

Sathrago

daveywavey wrote: »

Sathrago wrote: »

daveywavey wrote: »

I think the point of not doing this is to further discourage Corruption, which they've put into the game to discourage griefing. They don't want Corrupted players to have an easy time in cities/nodes. Giving them a city where they're free and safe seems to go against that principle.

well if you think about it, if they made a city for corrupted it would basically be a nursery home for old sickly people that could easily be taken due to the stat reduction.

An old sickly home full of experienced and determined PvPers who've built their characters into killing machines! Not something I'd call "easy". Hahahaha! I want some of them defending MY node!

The sad story in most games is that you can never defeat the green tide.... Skill can only go so far.

Warth

but corrupted players can use npc services in every town.

As long as they can avoid the guards and players.

Sathrago

Warth wrote: »

but corrupted players can use npc services in every town.

As long as they can avoid the guards and players.

Well that's why rogues will be very popular like always for such corrupted activities.

daveywavey

Warth wrote: »

but corrupted players can use npc services in every town.

As long as they can avoid the guards and players.

Will guards be killable?

Warth

daveywavey wrote: »

Warth wrote: »

but corrupted players can use npc services in every town.

As long as they can avoid the guards and players.

Will guards be killable?

probably. Unkillable entities in MMORPG have never been fun. Will you be able to kill them alone? prolly not.

daveywavey

Warth wrote: »

daveywavey wrote: »

Warth wrote: »

but corrupted players can use npc services in every town.

As long as they can avoid the guards and players.

Will guards be killable?

probably. Unkillable entities in MMORPG have never been fun. Will you be able to kill them alone? prolly not.

And, do you think that killing Guards should give Corruption?!

Kionashi

Intrepid doesn't want players to feel "chaotic evil" with corruption, a corrupt player is not some kind of outlaw that works in the shadows doing sketchy jobs, a corrupt player is a douchebag that harass newbies and kill the enjoyment of low level players.So you would never want to dive too deep in the corruption and as soon as you get corrupted (because figthing for loot or a farming spot) you should seek to clean your soul and stop being red as soon as possible

Warth

daveywavey wrote: »

Warth wrote: »

daveywavey wrote: »

Warth wrote: »

but corrupted players can use npc services in every town.

As long as they can avoid the guards and players.

Will guards be killable?

probably. Unkillable entities in MMORPG have never been fun. Will you be able to kill them alone? prolly not.

And, do you think that killing Guards should give Corruption?!

no, why should it?
You aren't killing any players. They are mere npcs.

daveywavey

Warth wrote: »

no, why should it?
You aren't killing any players. They are mere npcs.

Was just curious where you saw the role of Guard. I don't think it should, either. So, if you could pick off the nearby guards, you could make a "safe" zone for yourself, assuming there were no Bounty Hunter types around.

Amma

I think guards are defending the city at a siege, so they should be able to die, but they should be stronger than a normal player i think, so that you would need at least a small group of 3 or 4 people. Otherwise no one could take them serious.

Sashocku

Maybe guards will increase in level with the node stage so that metropolis guards will be way stronger than village guards.

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