Military: Trial By Combat?

When I first heard about the “military: trial by combat” election mode I was very excited thinking that it would be a pure 1v1 “gladiator” style system allowing players to fight on a “fair” basis for control of the node. A “strongest warleader” mindset, if you will.

The more that was explained about the system in the live stream the more discouraged I became. Maybe I am misunderstanding, but it sounds like the player with the most support will have the most help when competing in the “trial by combat” objectives and therefore will take control of the node simply by having the most help. While there’s nothing wrong with this type of system it is discouraging that this system will essentially remove any hope of a skill based system to determine mayoral status thus leaving skill as a determining factor only in the PvE mode that will be base upon individual prowess.

I sure hope I am understanding this wrong because a 1v1 gladiator style system to determine the mayor would be absolutely epic! Anything short of this is a giant fail in my opinion and I can’t overstate how much of a squandered opportunity for many, many players like myself.

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Ludullu

Noaani wrote: »

If anything, it should be something that reset every month. All other mayoral competitions require work throughout the month (gaining votes, earning money, earning what ever the religion one needs you to earn). It would stand to reason that if the champion system were to be used for military nodes, it should need work on it every month.

Oh, for sure. It'd have to be monthly.

Noaani wrote: »

The thing is, then those people with those resources will simply block others from getting the better upgrades - so it would still be a case of needing a guild of several hundred people doing what ever you ask them to do.

If it's possible - yes, it would ultimately come back to "have your friends do it for you". Just as it most likely is the case with the divine elections. But we'll never know if this was the case in the original design (even if the chance of that is definitely high).

morphwastaken

NiKr wrote: »

morphwastaken wrote: »

developing your character is a huge part of the game.

I'd prefer much more variety in the game than simply "friends do everything for you".

It's more like: "friends and enemies are a part of what you do". It does not always have to be that way either, but it should at least be kept in mind, specially when it comes to core systems like nodes.

Neither of the examples you gave are disconnected from playing your actual character, from your goals or efforts, be they social, military economic or otherwise. Maybe i misinterpret an avatar in the context of military node? Or just failing to explain my point.
Adjacent issue was present in Lost Ark, where at some point as a f2p player you would want to run as many alts as possible. From personal experience - playing main character less that 10% of the time is not fun. I was progressing my character, but i was not playing it. For some it's not a problem, and there is absolutely an argument of "just don't do it then", which is why i decided to quit Lost Ark in the end.
Side ranked PvP with avatar characters - i'm all for it, maybe i would participate sometimes, but i don't think that should be present within core node system.

I'll try to deliver my point again in short. Two issues. Not playing actual character. Not benefiting from efforts when they should be relevant (like saying Economic node citizens can't use profits from their Freehold or political alliances for election funds).

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