Group dynamics
Group dynamics aim to bring players together.[1]
One of the main philosophical pillars behind our design was that PvE must be impactful and inclusive. We want solo players, small groups and large groups to all have a home within our system.[2]
Ashes of Creation is in development. These systems could change through playtesting and player feedback.[1]
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Group sizes
The minimum goal is 500 players on a single battlefield. I think we will be able to hit 500vs500 but we shall see.[3] – Стивен Шариф
Ashes of Creation is designed for solo players as well as large and small groups.[4]
- The party size is eight (8) players for a single group.[1]
- Raids will have 40 man groups.[5]
- Content will be tailored for 40, 16 and 8 person group sizes.[6]
- Arenas will have 1 man, 3 man, 5 man and possibly 20 man Free-For-All (Deathmatch) group sizes.[7]
- Castle sieges are expected to have at minimum 250x250 players to be on a single battlefield, with the possibility of increasing this to 500x500 over time.[3]
The idea behind an 8-person group is to allow us to really amplify party roles, and to create a need for each of the archetypes in every party.[1]
Content isn't locked behind guilds.[9]
- Mechanics exist within larger conflicts for small groups and even solo players to impact the battle.[10]
- This includes systems that will likely focus on single group sized participants while the larger battle is occurring.
Alpha-0 group size
The party size in Alpha-0 is six (6).[11]
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse group sizes
Group sizes in Ashes of Creation Apocalypse.[12]
- Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale will have party sizes of up to 5.[12]
- Guild mode will have parties of raids of up to 20.[12]
- Ashes of Creation Apocalypse castle sieges will have parties of 5 within a raid, with 5 raids for each of the two teams.[12]
- Ashes of Creation Apocalypse horde mode will have a party size of 5 with a total of ten groups, making for 50 players.[12]
There will be an option in the lobby where you are capable of joining a guild based match that you can link parties together up to a maximum of twenty individuals.[12] – Стивен Шариф
Balancing
Баланс это очень важный аспект этой классовой системы, мы хотим чтобы для каждой из возможных комбинаций была своя роль.[13] – Стивен Шариф
Вы не будете делать 64 класса для того чтобы играли четырьмя.[13] – Питер Пилон
Баланс Ashes of Creation "сфокусирован на группах".[14]
Будут присутствовать расклады в 1v1 где один класс будет гораздо сильнее другого; и это должно быть по принципу камень-ножницы-бумага. Мы хотим чтобы для разных классов можно было подобрать сильные против них классы... Это будет сфокусированный на группах баланс, где пока у вас есть присутствие в группе разных классов вы находитесь наравне с другими. Это будет сильно зависеть от навыка и стратегии.[14] – Стивен Шариф
Некоторые вторичные архетипы способны в какой-то мере "уравнять" с классом против которого слаб текущий.[15]
Некоторые архетипы способны уменьшить разрыв между ними и сильными против них классами. Например, если я Танк и меня контрит Маг, я могу взять вторичный архетип Мага и несколько уменьшить его эффективность; после чего работать дальше в этом направлении.[15] – Стивен Шариф
Group finder
There will not be a generalized group finder in Ashes of Creation, instead Bulletin boards are used to encourage localized grouping.[16]
Bulletin boards
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Bulletin boards are available within nodes[16] and player taverns.[18]
- A marketplace UI lists the current items available for sale in the node and in the same economic region.[19][20]
- Players can't purchase directly from the marketplace UI. Instead it gives the location of player stalls where the items may be purchased.[21]
- Encourage localized grouping.[18]
- Enable posting of jobs.[16]
- Quest sponsorship.[22]
Bulletin board jobs
- Dungeon delving.
- Quest related.
- Gathering.
- Task oriented.
- Unlocked story arcs.
Looting rules
Ashes of Creation intends to use traditional loot rules, selected by the party leader.[1]
- Lootmaster
- A master looter (or lootmaster) is a player designated by the party leader to decide how loot is distributed in a dungeon or raid party.
- Round-robin
- With round-robin looting, party members take turns looting.
- Need before greed
- This is a traditional need before greed system based on dice rolls.
- Bidding system
- Intrepid are investigating a potential bidding system, which allows players to bid on items instead of rolling for them.[1]
- The highest bidder wins the item.
- The gold then goes into a pool that is split among the rest of the party members.
Party roles
В Ashes of Creation будет традиционная тройка (Tank, DPS и саппорт (хилер)) ролей .[1][23]
- Хотя традиционные роли и присутствуют в игре, игроки не должны чувствовать себя "заклеймёнными" своим первичным архетипом.[1][23]
- Аугменты умений возможны при помощи системы классов и они позволяют персонажам выйти за рамки своей основной роли.[1][23][24]
- Игроки также могут сосредоточиться на своем архетипе, чтобы усилить свою основную роль.[1][23]
У нас есть восемь основных архетипов; и троица является довольно сильным влиянием в отношении восьми основных классов. Однако, областью в которой мы начинаем играть с линией между частями троицы являются вторичные классы которые можно выбрать. Таким образом мы начинаем смешивать эти пространства и позволять игрокам немного влияния на свою роль и их место в определённой категории внутри троицы.[25] – Стивен Шариф
Intuitive grouping
There are systems such as quests, events and monster coins that lend themselves toward intuitive grouping, but no specific decision has been made to include this functionality.[26]
Affiliations
An affiliation tree is under development that determines which entities can participate in attacks against other entities within its hierarchy.[27]
There is guild affiliation, there's party affiliation, there's a raid affiliation, alliance affiliation, there's a citizenship affiliation, there's society affiliation, there's religious affiliation. All of these things have some hierarchy; and within that hierarchy there's the ability to participate within certain systems. So for example, if you have a node that has fallen under your vassal state and you're a citizen of the parent node, then you could participate in a siege against the vassal node but if you're a citizen of the vassal node you could not participate as an attacker against the parent node; so there's a hierarchy, unless you were to renounce your citizenship.[27] – Стивен Шариф
Смотрите также
Примечания
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Group dynamics blog.
- ↑ About Ashes of Creation.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1
- ↑
- ↑ Стрим, 9 May 2017 (34:38).
- ↑ February 8, 2019 - Questions and Answers.
- ↑
- ↑ Стрим, 26 May 2017 (48:12).
- ↑ Стрим, 8 May 2017 (28:48).
- ↑
- ↑ Стрим, 16 October 2017 (49:28).
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Интервью, 17 August 2018 (18:53).
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Стрим, 24 Мая 2017 (35:11).
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Подкаст, 23 Апреля 2018 (59:28).
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Подкаст, 23 Апреля 2018 (1:01:01).
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Стрим, 31 October 2017 (28:58).
- ↑ Стрим, 19 May 2017 (33:57).
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 The mighty beard!
- ↑ Стрим, 12 May 2017 (53:08).
- ↑ Стрим, 5 May 2017 (35:16).
- ↑ Стрим, 5 May 2017 (16:37).
- ↑ Стрим, 31 October 2017 (30:34).
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 Стрим, 22 Мая 2017 (46:04).
- ↑ Интервью, 20 October 2018 (2:40:16).
- ↑ Интервью, 20 Октября 2018 (2:40:16).
- ↑ Стрим, 15 May 2017 (29:30).
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 27.4 27.5 27.6 27.7 27.8 Интервью, 11 May 2018 (58:07).