Node siege defenses

Alcaldes will be able to allocate resources to bolster node siege defenses.

• Improving defensive structures, such as stronger walls and gates, traps, and siege equipment.
• Hiring mercenary NPCs to defend the node during sieges.
• Relics will offer area-of-effect buffs to damage, attack range or player health of the defenders.
• Race will not affect the defensive capability of a node.

Node siege declaration

Asedios de nodos are declared directly by any player who completes the prerequisites for the siege initiation. Sieges are started via a siege scroll, which is acquired through a quest that scales in difficulty with respect to the level of the node. A substantial investment is required to attain the siege scroll.

• Siege scrolls are specific to the node that is named on the scroll.
  • The lifetime of the scroll begins when the node is named on the scroll.
    • Currently, if the scroll's lifetime is less than the siege cooldown remaining on that node, the scroll will be wasted, but this may change in future.
  • The Mayor is notified when their node is named on a siege scroll.

  The method right now is when you complete a quest line and you're going to receive the scroll, you must stipulate the node that that scroll is valid for and then there is a lifetime on the scroll. – Steven Sharif

  • It was previously stated that siege scrolls were specific to a node stage.
• Once the siege scroll is brought to the node and is activated, the declaration period begins and a countdown is initiated for players in the region to see. This countdown runs for a number of days equal to the stage of the node being sieged.
  • Aldea (3 days).
  • Pueblo (4 days).
  • Ciudad (5 days).
  • Metropolis (6 days).
    • This was previously 2, 3, 4, 5 days.
• Once the countdown is complete, the siege begins.
  • Node citizens that renounce their citizenship during the declaration period may incur penalties.
• Siege scrolls are not able to be modified after they are obtained.

The questing that is incorporated as part of attaining that particular scroll is very particular to the type of scroll you're attempting to acquire and that is inclusive not just of the materials required as part of that questing but also the time associated with completing that quest, because we want there to be a reciprocal relationship between how much time it takes to stand up a node of the particular size and the types of quests that are required in order to attain the siege scroll. So there won't be a method by which you can first attain a scroll for a lower level node and then increase or augment or change that scroll after you've completed the quest. You'll have to go through a new quest again for the type of level of node you want.

Sieging will require a similar amount of resources and time to what it took to develop the node being sieged.

• Siege equipment will need to be crafted based on the stage of the defending node.
• Mayors/governments allocate resources, taxes, and quests to help develop node defenses.

A node siege may not be declared for 21 days following a node advancing to any stage.

• This was previously stated to apply only to nodes advancing to Aldea (fase 3), not higher stages.

There are new functionalities and mechanisms that come online when a node advances and you want to provide both time for elected governments to take place, which then have direct consequences and choices to be made over defensive capabilities and also gives provides time for that node to collect and receive resources through taxation and/or quests for its citizens to participate in, so that it has available treasury funds and/or resources to allocate towards defensive structures and other types of defensive systems. So it would make sense that if there were to be an occurrence where node advances within that window, that window is reset again for the new stage because there are new correlating services and functions available. – Steven Sharif

During the declaration period, individuals or guilds can register to attack or defend providing they meet the criteria.

• The player who originally declared the siege cannot exclude anyone from joining the attack.
• Citizens of the node or provincial nodes being attacked are automatically registered as defenders.
• Players do not need to be citizens of the node in order to register as defenders, but they cannot be citizens of a node that is at war with the node they wish to defend.
• Citizens of allied nodes cannot register to attack.

Many services are shut down during the siege declaration period, and instead are replaced by preparation quests or services for the siege.

• Once a siege is declared, players are prohibited from moving goods out of depositories within the node.
  • This includes resources and materials that are stored in Almacenes, Chests within player housing, storage containers within guild halls, or within processing buildings on freeholds.

That incentivizes even further the necessity of players to contribute to the defense of a city. It also elevates the need for that city to politically gain allies among other nodes so that they can protect the collective goods of the citizens. – Steven Sharif

• During the siege virtually all services are suspended.
  • Puestos de jugador may still operate during node siege declaration. This is subject to testing.
• If a node levels up during the declaration period, the level up will affect the node system for neighboring nodes, but the leveling wont occur until a short time after the siege.

Horario de máxima audiencia del servidor

Los eventos de PvP basados en objetivos como los asedios a nodos, los asedios a castillos, las guerras de gremios, y las guerras de nodostendrán lugar en un horario de máxima audiencia en algún momento entre las 15:00 y las 21:00, hora del servidor. Esto está sujeto a pruebas.

• Las guerras de gremios y de nodos pueden declararse en cualquier momento, pero los objetivos sólo aparecerán durante el horario de máxima audiencia.

Destrucción de nodos

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Nodes can be destroyed starting at Level 3 - Village Stage, and are destroyed through sieges. Sieges are started via an item which is acquired through a quest that scales in difficulty with respect to the level of the Node which is being targeted for the siege. Once the item is brought to the Node and is activated, the declaration period begins and a countdown is initiated for players in the region to see. This countdown runs for a number of days equal to the level of the Node being sieged. Once the countdown is complete, the siege begins. There is a cooldown between sieges, and players must wait a certain amount of time after an unsuccessful siege before a new siege can be declared. The higher the Node level, the longer the cooldown between sieges. If a siege is successful, then the Node is brought down to Level 0, and anyone who was a citizen of that Node is no longer a citizen. – Margaret Krohn

Los nodos pueden ser destruidos apartir del nivel de Aldea (fase 3) después de un asedio exitoso contra ese nodo.

• Los jugadores pierden la ciudadanía con el nodo después de que este sea destruído.

• Después de que un nodo haya sido destruído, los restos del nodo entrarán en un "estado" de ruinas y pasará a ser una zona de pvp abierta durante tantos días como el nivel del nodo destruído. Estas ruinas serán una zona de escombros con tesoros que los jugadores que entren en el área pueden saquear.
  • Anteriormente se había dicho que los atacantes que participaran en el asedio tendrían derechos de saqueo exclusivo durante un tiempo después de que el nodo fuera destruido. Any loot remaining after this period will be open for anyone to loot.
  • Después de número de días igual al nivel del nodo destruído, este regresará a la fase de stage 0 (wilderness) y cualquier cambio que hubiera sufrido el terreno volverá a su estado original.

• Los tesoros en las zonas de escombros requerirán tiempo y herramientas para ser descubiertos.
  • La zona de escombros del almacén tendrá una parte de todos los materiales (componentes de crafteo ) y objetos recoletados que se almacenaban en el nodo destruído.
  • La zona de escombros del relicario contendrá fragmentos de las reliquias que se guardaban allí.
  • La zona ed escombros del ayuntamiento podría contener certificados relacionados con los impuestos que se encontraban dentro de las cámaras y en la tesorería.
  • La zona de escombros de los establos pueden contener certificados de montura que pueden ser añadidas a caravanas posteriormente o venderse en la casa de subastas.
  • Los materiales recoletables, así como los procesados que estaban almacenados en los cofres de las viviendas y apartmentos pasan a ser saqueables. Estos no se podrán saquear si el nodo sobrevive al asedio, incluso si los edificios de viviendas son destruídos o dañados durante el asedio.

Escenarios destructibles

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Escenarios destructibles in Alpha-1 castle sieges.

En Ashes of Creation, los escenarios destructibles son un elemento central de la interacción de los jugadores con el mundo.

We want destruction to be a very core element of how players make their way through the world. – Steven Sharif

Habrá formas de reparar estructuras destructibles (como muros y puertas) también de reparar (o volver a fabricar) armas de asedio dañadas durante los asedios.

Ver además

• Asedios de nodos
• Asedios a castillos
• Poderes de los líderes
• Nodos