Improving Corruption for casuals

So, I know this is a hot topic but I was thinking about solutions that didn't go against the design pillars of the game. And although there is not much we can do to solve it completely, we could mitigate the issue.

One of the biggest gripes with corruption is the fact that people that die feel a sense of injustice, especially for the more "pvp deficient" audience, which wouldn't be able to operate justice with their own hands. Most of the time, these people would die, sigh, and then move on, without really seeing the effects of corruption on their assailants, and eventually quit because of that feeling of injustice.

So, my suggestion to help that problem a little bit is not to change the corruption system, but to make sure that the effects of the corruption are more obvious to the people that suffer the most from the open pvp.

I suggest some type of notification board, that could be either controlled by the player or automated, where notifications about the people that killed you pop up, letting you know when they died because of the corruption you inflicted on him, how much they lost, loot, exp debt, etc. That way, these people would be more aware of how the corruption system is working and have that feels good man moment when they see some justice being done.

If you guys think notification boards are not the way to go, due to it being a little immersion-breaking, you could also add town boards in the nodes, with news posts about the ppl that were hunted by bounty hunters, effectively causing closely the same effect without breaking immersion.

I think this suggestion is not a change at all on how the game works, just adds a little bit of relief for the victims of open world pvp.

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Dolyem

NiKr wrote: »

Dolyem wrote: »

Dying/losing isn't meant to feel good. You're supposed to want to avoid it.

I'd still prefer avoiding all the this "lose time, lose gathering/farming location", so imo dying would still feel bad. And with some minmaxing of balancing, the return rate could be at ~60%, so you'd still be losing your stuff from time to time too.

Well, either way. My point is that telling people that their killer died wouldn't really change much, cause they already experienced the impact of their actions.

That was sort of the point of the OP i believe. Giving a bit of satisfaction/closure without changing the system.

Imnotkio

Dolyem wrote: »

NiKr wrote: »

Dolyem wrote: »

Dying/losing isn't meant to feel good. You're supposed to want to avoid it.

I'd still prefer avoiding all the this "lose time, lose gathering/farming location", so imo dying would still feel bad. And with some minmaxing of balancing, the return rate could be at ~60%, so you'd still be losing your stuff from time to time too.

Well, either way. My point is that telling people that their killer died wouldn't really change much, cause they already experienced the impact of their actions.

That was sort of the point of the OP i believe. Giving a bit of satisfaction/closure without changing the system.

Yeah, I'm not trying to erase the frustration and loss of death, which is the intended design. Just trying to give some good feelings to the people in the mix with the bad ones

Okeydoke

Holy shit it's Dolyem. Yo where the memes at

I like the OP's idea. It would give people a sense that the system is working. Sometimes killers are caught, sometimes not.

Kilion

Tie it into the lore and tie it to the deities. In shrines or temples, anyone can pray and look at "divine retributions" which would be what you suggested - the corruption system in action.

Trustmebro666

I love the idea, but it will definitely increase toxicity. That's okay because the game is already going to be pretty toxic as a baseline.

If you need proof, just look at Albion. In Albion, you can see every single PvP death on the website and what the player lost. People use that all the time to be toxic assholes. It's a great system though, I love it!

daveywavey

NiKr wrote: »

I'd take it even further and make any loot that the victim dropped to the PKer its own "bundle" and, if the PKer gets killed by a BH, the bundle will 100% drop. And BHs should receive a reward for returning that bundle to the victim. Imo this would be an amazing way to show people that the system is working.

That would be an awesome Bounty Hunting feature.

daveywavey

ClintHardwood wrote: »

NiKr wrote: »

I'd take it even further and make any loot that the victim dropped to the PKer its own "bundle" and, if the PKer gets killed by a BH, the bundle will 100% drop. And BHs should receive a reward for returning that bundle to the victim. Imo this would be an amazing way to show people that the system is working.

It has its own balancing issues, but those can be dealt with through testing.

I like this idea only if the bounty hunter has the option to open the victim's loot bundle if they want to.

Absolutely. The killed player shouldn't ever be guaranteed their stuff returning. That's on the killer and the killer's killer. If the killer's killer wants it, they should get to keep it.

Imnotkio

Trustmebro666 wrote: »

I love the idea, but it will definitely increase toxicity. That's okay because the game is already going to be pretty toxic as a baseline.

If you need proof, just look at Albion. In Albion, you can see every single PvP death on the website and what the player lost. People use that all the time to be toxic assholes. It's a great system though, I love it!

Sounds cool lol. But if they wanted they could limit so the only person that see that type of info is the victim of the corrupted person if they want to minimize the toxicity

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