I changed my mind about AoC! :p

In general, I don't see people here changing their opinions, but I did change my mind about how I see AoC.

A few days ago, before the last Carphin stream, I started seeing AoC as this game about this high fantasy world of Verra, a world of adventure, this is what the game is about. The systems related to the dynamic world will be fantastic to the point that they will outshine the PvP in terms of uniqueness. When the stream came about, it just confirmed my impressions.

The PvP will be there and it will be all around, but the pvp systems themselves are from the 90s-2000s, while the dynamic living world of Verra belongs to the 2020s-2030s. Because of this, a gank box puts in danger the main star of the game which is this dynamic world of adventure (pvp and pve).

So, I pretty much from now on am accepting every pvp band-aid, being flagging system, corruption and not being able to cc greens, safe zones, full pvp zones, plus any other band-aid. Because it all boils down to letting people go for adventures in this fantastic dynamic world. It is all about making sure the dynamic world delivers the intended experience of Verra, having a pile of band-aids is ok.

If the game becomes a gank box, then the game will fail in delivering the intended experience... this is what is at stake. The problem would be having a fantastic world ahead of you and not seeing it unfold. It would be truly sad!

Yes, I am still a murder hobo andI will still miss having modern pvp systems, things like mercenary contracts, pvp score based gear damage on the oponent (gold), kill rights on murderers, diplomacy, using the node gold for ramson, using the node gold for killing enemies, etc etc etc, the possibilibities are endless.... all those things can coexist with flagging system and corruption.

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Solvryn

Arya_Yeshe wrote: »

@Solvryn @Gospell to begin with, bounty hunters shouldn't exist in AoC, adding bhs to AoC is a design flaw, it is like "I like the word bounty hunter so I will add it to the game even if he has no place in here"

The lore is about the spiritual corruption invading and taking over this world of Verra, bounty hunters in the other hand are something out of a justice system, it has nothing to do with the spirit, AoC should have Inquiitors hunting the corrupted.

Inquisitors makes sense in the lore and embrace the story of this dynamic adventure high fantasy world of Verra with it's spiritual dilema... Verra is not about PvP,, PvP in AoC just serves the purpose of adding up to the dynamic world. This game is not about love for PvP, but about the dynamic world of Verra and every system should add up to this

This is what I found after my AoC enlightment, now I can see everything!

We had this conversation, I think corruption should be a state. Where a score is for justice. So you “go corrupted” on a scale-meter.

Just my two sense.

Gg on your Verran Buddha state bub.

Gospell1

Solvryn wrote: »

Arya_Yeshe wrote: »

@Solvryn @Gospell to begin with, bounty hunters shouldn't exist in AoC, adding bhs to AoC is a design flaw, it is like "I like the word bounty hunter so I will add it to the game even if he has no place in here"

The lore is about the spiritual corruption invading and taking over this world of Verra, bounty hunters in the other hand are something out of a justice system, it has nothing to do with the spirit, AoC should have Inquiitors hunting the corrupted.

Inquisitors makes sense in the lore and embrace the story of this dynamic adventure high fantasy world of Verra with it's spiritual dilema... Verra is not about PvP,, PvP in AoC just serves the purpose of adding up to the dynamic world. This game is not about love for PvP, but about the dynamic world of Verra and every system should add up to this

This is what I found after my AoC enlightment, now I can see everything!

We had this conversation, I think corruption should be a state. Where a score is for justice. So you “go corrupted” on a scale-meter.

Just my two sense.

Gg on your Verran Buddha state bub.

there really was such a conversation. I then suggested that all the same, if corruption is of a religious nature, then there should be an inquisition, and not bh

Arya_Yeshe

Solvryn wrote: »

Arya_Yeshe wrote: »

@Solvryn @Gospell to begin with, bounty hunters shouldn't exist in AoC, adding bhs to AoC is a design flaw, it is like "I like the word bounty hunter so I will add it to the game even if he has no place in here"

The lore is about the spiritual corruption invading and taking over this world of Verra, bounty hunters in the other hand are something out of a justice system, it has nothing to do with the spirit, AoC should have Inquiitors hunting the corrupted.

Inquisitors makes sense in the lore and embrace the story of this dynamic adventure high fantasy world of Verra with it's spiritual dilema... Verra is not about PvP,, PvP in AoC just serves the purpose of adding up to the dynamic world. This game is not about love for PvP, but about the dynamic world of Verra and every system should add up to this

This is what I found after my AoC enlightment, now I can see everything!

We had this conversation, I think corruption should be a state. Where a score is for justice. So you “go corrupted” on a scale-meter.

Just my two sense.

Gg on your Verran Buddha state bub.

Yes, bounty hunteres are about crimes and mercenary jobs, that has nothing to do with a corrupted spirit, the spirit is a religious matter

daveywavey

Gospell wrote: »

Solvryn wrote: »

Gospell wrote: »

As I understand it, bounty hunters get free rewards, not only do they see pk on the map, but also pk is weakened by debuffs. Reward vs Reward

Corrupted have full stats against bh

This is good news, can you link to the source?

"Corrupted players may kill bounty hunters without acquiring additional corruption score.[29][30]
Corrupted player's combat penalties do not apply when battling bounty hunters.[29]"
https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Player_corruption

palabana

Arya_Yeshe wrote: »

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Why do you have @Noaani's name in your signature? Is it your PvP history?

Arya_Yeshe

palabana wrote: »

Arya_Yeshe wrote: »

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Why do you have @Noaani's name in your signature? Is it your PvP history?

He is canceled, that's his cancellation expiry date

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