Ideas for Node Policies

Based upon the info available, what ideas/suggestions do you have for node policies?

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Piracy themed policy
- Lawless - Greatly reduce corruption gained from kills in the node influence area
- Piracy: Civilians sinking non civilian boats (Value increased based on boat size or if it a trade ship) in the boarders of the node or open waters will grant small tax bonus for the node
- Ship mastery: Increased ship performances (Cannon dmg/Ships speed)

Military
- Closed state: PvP of non civilians has greatly reduced corruption (this one i like cause it allows for a close state such as japan was for quite some time in history)
- Hightened patrol: Increase number of guards in and around the city aswell as patroling the roads
- Naval power: Increased ship performances (Cannon dmg/Ships speed)
- Cavalry mastery: Unlocks a charge ability on all land mounts for citizens while in there node influence area

Economy
- Caravan defence - NPC guards will help escort all caravans leaving the city
- Lay of the land: increase caravan speed
- Bartering: Reduce AH tax for citenzans world wide (This allows them to buy stuff from AH in other town to bring back slightly cheaper and vice versa does have downside of generating less tax revenue in the city via their ah though)

Religious
- Allows to sacrifice life stock for increase yields on crops on freeholds
- Guardian Angel : Citizens gain 3 seconds of Invunarability when they hit 1hp and prevents dieing during this time via combat 1hr cooldown

Scientific
Swords for Plows - Reduces city defences but increases gathering/farming yields

Warth

Veeshan wrote: »

Warth wrote: »

1. No Corruption applied for killing non-citizen in the Zoi.

2. Corruption gain is tripled if you kill a citizen.

All policies we have seen so far benefitted the Citizens specifically. So it should be the same with the suggestions.

I would have 2 changed as corruption gained triple if citizen kill another citizen

I like number one alot because it allows for you to be a close of state much like japan was for a large period where they just closed there boarders and i think it could be a fun little aspect that could be included here.

That was my idea pretty much.

Robdogatron

I definitely think that policies should be based on more than just the node type: militaristic, economic, scientific, religious. Racial policies determined by the dominate race of a node should be present, makes sense.

On top of that, I would love to see dynamic policies based on events within the node and connected nodes. E.G: An ancient Verra elemental golem spawns because a mayor has elected to build a mine in the node. Upon defeating the elemental, a policy unlock that all miners have X% increase to mining speed as they no longer fear disturbing the slumbering ancient.

Something dynamic and reactionary to players actions within the node. As it’s said that every node will have unique paths based of environment and player decisions, a lot of options of policy cards should be designed if Ashes was to go this direction with policies.

I personally would feel like the voting and electoral system would be more immersive and rewarding

WHIT3ROS3

A lot of great suggestions for benefits that could be afforded to citizens. I wonder how people would feel about policies that require something from citizens? Or some that are a little more... controversial?

A sort of "Ask not what your Node can do for you, but what you can do for your Node"

-Pay up, you filthy peasants!
Demand a one-off shake-down payment that must be made by citizens by a certain time, through
the threat of exile or death! (Or loss of standing)

-Blood Sacrifice
The Gods are unhappy and demand a sacrifice! Bring livestock, pets, and mounts to the town square to
be butchered! Enough blood spilled will spark the coming of a blood moon and a bountiful harvest!
(Or the accidental spawning of some demented blood demon)

-Ransack that house!
Allow for the mayor to send appointed goons to take belongings from citizens' homes. Do you allow
them to take your stuff? Or do you fight back and risk exile?

-Purge them all!
Put a bounty out on a particular faction. Increased XP from killing members of a particular race.
Decrease the influence of a particular race in a node's ZOI below a certain %.

-Kill them all!
Flags all citizens of the node for a certain period of time. All Combat-based XP gained across the
citizenship of that node, in that time is tabulated and if enough is earned it unlocks a cool structure
that can be built in the Node. (Like a giant statue of Fire and Blood or sacrificial temple)

-Call to Arms
Allow for CTA timers to be placed by the mayor for certain objectives or content. (This could actually be
a fun way for nodes to organise content, events etc for it's citizens) Have an actual calendar built into
the UI which mayors, and guildmates (you could select what you want to see) could put CTA's on.

renadedante

Asgerr wrote: »

Religious Node:
Protectors of the faith: earn extra XP towards player's faith progression from killing players of a religion different than their own

Polytheistic Pantheon: Allows for the construction of an additional temple - must be of a different faith than the governing one

Faith mendicant: players with under X amount of coin and Y amount of inventory space used (node storage included) gain increased XP towards their faith progression

One, amazing list in general, very thought out and extremely on point I feel!
As a guild leader aiming for a divine node I very much enjoy these ideas. I think it really adds to the overall feel of what the divine node is about!

Veeshan

Robdogatron wrote: »

I definitely think that policies should be based on more than just the node type: militaristic, economic, scientific, religious. Racial policies determined by the dominate race of a node should be present, makes sense.

On top of that, I would love to see dynamic policies based on events within the node and connected nodes. E.G: An ancient Verra elemental golem spawns because a mayor has elected to build a mine in the node. Upon defeating the elemental, a policy unlock that all miners have X% increase to mining speed as they no longer fear disturbing the slumbering ancient.

Something dynamic and reactionary to players actions within the node. As it’s said that every node will have unique paths based of environment and player decisions, a lot of options of policy cards should be designed if Ashes was to go this direction with policies.

I personally would feel like the voting and electoral system would be more immersive and rewarding

I think most policies should fall in a general catagory that all node types cause use but i think there should be some policies unique to certain node types just for more difference between node types. These can also be used as balancing node types aswell by having less desirable node type better policies to bring them in line aswell making them more desirable if the current bonuses are not enough.

Robdogatron

Why was I banned and unbanned after commenting in this thread?

St_Nyack

"Tasted better than it smelled"
"Smelled better than it tasted"
Small random duration buff/debuff for consuming the local cuisine.

Would be nice to have localized food recipes

Warth

I think that on a very fundamental level, I'd want 2 things:

1. Available policies differing strongly by:
Nodetype, Buildings, Racial influences, religion. Barely any policies, that are available to all.

2. Meaningful policies, that actually impact the node on a grander scale. No minor passiv buffs, but gameplay affecting changes.

Some I can think about:
Maintained Roads (Eco Node only):
Foot, Mount and caravan speed are greatly increased when travelling on the road. (+ 30-50%)

Theocratic Rule: (Religious Nodes only):
Player gain added benefits depending on the rank within their religious organization.
This might be economic benefits, combat benefits or progression benefits

Holy War: (Religious Node only OR a node that follows religion X only)
Corruption gained when killing follower of other Religions is greatly decreased/removed (-50 to 100%)
Corruption gained when killing follower of other religions (allied religions) is greatly increased. (+400 - 1000%)

Improved Healthcare: (Nodes with an Apothecary/Hospital Building)
Character based Death Penalties (exp debt, reduced skill and combat efficacy) is reduced by 50+%)

Cuttthroat Culture: (??)
When looting a player, mule, ship or caravan, the % of Items lootable is increased by 50-100%.

Merciful Culture: (??)
When looting a player, mule, ship or caravan, the % of Items lootable is decreased by 33-50%.

Scientific improvements: (scientific node)
When crafting an item in thia node, then the stats are increased by 2-5%

SkylarckTheBotanist

Tulnar's Scotopia: Tulnar's depth of view is increased by X% during the night or in dimly lit areas.

Leonerdo

I prefer short-but-powerful buffs, rather than the permanent 5% bonuses that are entirely forgettable. For example:

Emergency response: Within the node's ZOI, once per hour, citizens can call in NPCs to help them fight for 30-60 seconds.
(High-power, but brief window. Good against gankers, or if you aggroed more than you can handle in PvE. But it can be baited out and kited until the time runs out, so it's not fully guaranteed protection in PvP. Maybe limited to unflagged players only.)

Standard Issue Explosives: Every time you visit the node (maximum 1 per hour), you get an explosive that you can lay down as a trap. Does big damage in an AoE.

Blessing of the Everliving: Within the node's ZOI, once per day, when you would die, instead heal for 30% max HP and gain 50% movement speed for 10 seconds.

Edit: I feel like I should include an economy focused one too.
Gold Rush: 5% chance when mining to proc an effect that lasts 5 minutes, which doubles all gatherables from mining and grants a speedboost after mining. (Maybe limited to once per hour, or lower the proc chance if it's already happened recently.)

Volgaris

Warth wrote: »

1. No Corruption applied for killing non-citizen in the Zoi.

2. Corruption gain is tripled if you kill a citizen.

All policies we have seen so far benefitted the Citizens specifically. So it should be the same with the suggestions.

Maybe not zero corruption, but halved or something. If you're node is at war then there should be zero for killing greens in your zone.

Warth

Volgaris wrote: »

Warth wrote: »

1. No Corruption applied for killing non-citizen in the Zoi.

2. Corruption gain is tripled if you kill a citizen.

All policies we have seen so far benefitted the Citizens specifically. So it should be the same with the suggestions.

Maybe not zero corruption, but halved or something. If you're node is at war then there should be zero for killing greens in your zone.

@Volgaris see, i dont mind there being 0 corruption or significantly higher corruption since its a vote made by all its citizen. If 51% of players agree to it, then they should be able to alter it, with all its benefits and problems.

Abarat

Daring Defenders: +x% to Caravan Defender reputation inside the ZoI.

Scarbeus

- Citizenship is x% cheaper
- Vendors buy and sell at x% better rates
- Housing and plots of land are x% cheaper
- Resources required for new settlement structures reduced by x%

Abarat

whiners punishment: no penalty/corruption for killing whiney forum players... e.g. dygz and his many forum alts... aka "we need to be relevant somehow"

Strevi

Nice community.

I want to see it when the game is released.

GrandHarfang

SkylarckTheBotanist wrote: »

Tulnar's Scotopia: Tulnar's depth of view is increased by X% during the night or in dimly lit areas.

I'm not a fan of race specific policies. Thankfully I don't think this will happen.

Abarat

Strevi wrote: »

Nice community.
I want to see it when the game is released.

Hi Dygz!

Strevi

Abarat wrote: »

Strevi wrote: »

Nice community.
I want to see it when the game is released.

Hi Dygz!

LMAO! So you say I up-voted that post to deceive?
https://forums.ashesofcreation.com/discussion/comment/362561/#Comment_362561

Abarat wrote: »

whiners punishment: no penalty/corruption for killing whiney forum players... e.g. dygz and his many forum alts... aka "we need to be relevant somehow"

@Abarat @Dygz Which are the other alts?

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