Group Mining/Lumbering etc.

Instead of randomly coming across solo players hacking at trees or nodes I think it would be cool if there were set places (quarries, thick copses, deep mines) where groups could gather and/or contest other guilds gathering resources. Ore and lumber is heavyyyy, and for gameplay purposes we allow players to carry hundreds of these items, but wouldn't it be wild to have mule drawn carts to fill and escort to and from these sites. This would provide another layer of group content much like the caravan system. The only thing better than seeing a group of dwarves escorting a wagon full of ore and gems they just mined from the mountain to the city is seeing them try to defend it against orcs or bandits or even weather events etc.

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Sengarden

I don’t want to speak for anyone, but I at least was a bit confused as to what you meant by “Page 1”. Maybe Penguin was in the same boat and thought you were referring to a source of relevant information?

Dygz

Warth wrote: »

Its understandable that people aren't looking to read 3 page essays comments that could be summarized with a couple of sentences and bullet points instead of infinitely rambling on.

Dygz wrote: »

Isn't this just Page 1?

Sengarden

Dygz wrote: »

Warth wrote: »

Its understandable that people aren't looking to read 3 page essays comments that could be summarized with a couple of sentences and bullet points instead of infinitely rambling on.

Dygz wrote: »

Isn't this just Page 1?

I understand now that what Penguin was asking for was a 1-2 sentence summarization of my conclusive opinion so they could get a feel for my argument and decide whether or not to read it. I made that understanding clear, then reiterated the closing segment of my prior summarized argument that provided the same value.

My argument definitely could not be summarized with a couple of sentences, and I reduced it to a single bullet per specific point. What does it take to read my summary? 60 seconds? Hardly a “page of text”. What more do you want from me?

PenguinPaladin

@Sengarden dygz is a very misunderstand-able person. He's just giving reference for his comment. And you were correct i had thought he was saying he had a reference before.

akabear

Definately would like to see a variety of gathering approaches with different rewards.
And not necessarily better, just different.

Solo
Duo
Group 2-3
En-mass 15-30 player

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En-mass could be quite interesting for events, guild, pvp

tautau

"Dig too deep"
...as in Moria? And release a Balrog?

I'll bet a dollar that things like this are already in the game.

Sengarden

tautau wrote: »

"Dig too deep"
...as in Moria? And release a Balrog?

I'll bet a dollar that things like this are already in the game.

I’m aware. I’m simply stating that such a system as we were discussing could be another avenue for randomly triggering events of that nature.

Veeshan

i wouldnt mind seeing group gathering, could be as simple as gain slightly more resources if group (Could have a gathering talent tree for this) member in the vacinity to promote harvesting in groups. Or even resource thats cant be hit unless muiltipul people hit them, crowfall kinda had this to a degree

Sengarden

Otr wrote: »

The question is, if somehow we get one or two Metropolises on a map, with players in large guilds bound as allies and protected from internal conflicts...
How will the evolution of such a map be? Can those Metropolises survive?

On which side of the map will you chose to live Sengarden?

Well, that’ll depend on the players within and outside them. Are the majority of the players involved in this grand alliance supportive of their largely peaceful way of life? Then they will likely continue to have a degree of control, peace, and safety.

But let’s say enough people on the server want to see a change, want to build up a different, currently locked out node, want to insert a new leader, or just want some chaos. If they form a strong enough group, they could theoretically take on one of those peace keeping nodes, and should their skills prove capable, take that node down a peg and insert themselves where they’d like as the new rulers of that region.

How does that effect the peace and security of the other metropolis? Maybe the warmongers still want more, and come for them next. Maybe they’ve had enough and simply allow their citizens to attack neighboring caravans and gatherers without worrying about the potential for retaliation.

Then more alliances could form, new wars start, etc. So it goes. As for me? I’ll probably be doing a lot of artisan work, so I think I’ll likely be in one of the peaceful alliances if possible. That or bounty hunting, which would fit a similar setting, I think. Perhaps I’d join a military node on another character if I wanted to do more naval content.

Sengarden

Veeshan wrote: »

i wouldnt mind seeing group gathering, could be as simple as gain slightly more resources if group (Could have a gathering talent tree for this) member in the vacinity to promote harvesting in groups. Or even resource thats cant be hit unless muiltipul people hit them, crowfall kinda had this to a degree

I know I’ve seen some games where harvesting large trees required two players with a two-person saw. Thought that was pretty clever. Bit of a PITA if there aren’t any high enough level woodcutters around to share the task with you, but hey, that’s what friends / colleagues are for.

Edited: typo

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