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Осада Узла (записано на пред-альфе).[1]

Осады узлов позволяют игрокам сбавить уровень узла (обратить его прогресс) и уничтожить узел вообще. Таким образом этот процесс открывает путь к новому развитию и доступ к контенту скрытому в окружающих узлах. Благодаря этой механике, политическая борьба и интриги играют важную роль в структуре мира.[2]

Осада Узлов не будет простой задачей для атакующих. Города и Метрополисы будут давать значительное преимущество обороняющимся.[2] Автоматические PvE осады могут быть запущены в отношении узлов которые недостаточно активны.[3]

Если у вас есть дом в Узле и вы не хотите увидеть его уничтожение, вам необходимо защитить этот город![4] – Steven Sharif

Siege defenses

Castle owners and Mayors will be able to purchase and allocate defense mechanisms to bolster siege defenses.[5][6]

  • Treasury funds can be invested into improving defensive structures, such as stronger walls and gates, traps, and defensive siege equipment.[5][7]
  • Relics will offer area-of-effect buffs to damage, attack range or player health of the defenders.[5][6]
  • Race will not affect the defensive capability of a node.[5]

Siege balance

There are points of balance that we want to incorporate, such as the defense mechanisms that the defenders have, the types of buffs that are acquired through completing killing the bosses, or capturing control points, the stages before a siege when it comes to those node progressions in the preceding weeks: Those are all going to be balanced considering all things being equal between the two sides. But obviously we're not going to control the state of gear acquisition that one side might have as an advantage over the other. There might be a much better geared team over there. There might be a much better coordinated team. There might be a higher number of individuals who are part of the attacking or the defense. Those are components that we aren't necessarily going to put on railroads so-to-speak. But the aspects of design that we can talk about like the hit point health of a particular wall or door, or mercenaries that can be hired; what's their cost, what's their damage output: Those are things yes we're going to balance. But obviously anything that's player dependent or that has player interaction and activity and determination you can't always balance; and you don't want to balance. Those aspects you leave those to the players.[8] – Steven Sharif

Declaring a node siege

Node sieges are declared directly by any player[9] who completes the prerequisites for the siege initiation.[10] 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.[11][12][13]

  • Siege scrolls are specific to a node stage.[14]
  • 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.[12][15]
  • Once the countdown is complete, the siege begins.[12]
  • Siege scrolls are not able to be modified after they are obtained.[16]

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.[16]

Sieging will require a similar amount of resources and time to what it took to develop the node being sieged.[17]

A node siege may not be declared for 21 days following a node advancing to any stage.[19][20]

  • This was previously stated to apply only to nodes advancing to Village (stage 3), not higher stages.[21]

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.[20] – Steven Sharif

During the declaration period, individuals or guilds can register to attack or defend providing they meet the criteria.[11][13]

  • The player who originally declared the siege cannot exclude anyone from joining the attack.[11]
  • Citizens of the node or provincial nodes being attacked are automatically registered as defenders.[22]
  • 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.[23]
  • Citizens of allied nodes cannot register to attack.[24]

Many services are shut down during the siege declaration period, and instead are replaced by preparation quests or services for the siege.[25]

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.[28] – Steven Sharif

  • During the siege virtually all services are suspended.[25]
  • 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.[31][32]

Server prime-time

Objective-based events such as Node sieges, Castle sieges, Guild wars, and Node wars will occur within a prime-time window somewhere between 3PM and 9PM server time. This is subject to testing.[33][34][35]

Announcements/Notifications

Будут проводиться глобальные (серверные) объявления/оповещения о важных событиях.[36]

Локальные события узлов, такие как караваны объявляться не будут. Они должна будут передаваться из уст в уста самими игроками.[36]

Будь это осадой или сработавшим событием против города или уникальной возможностью для подземелья... Такого типа вещи будут включать оповещения. Особенно граждан города; где вы и будете проинформированы о наступающем событии. В общем, это предоставит вам время.[37] – Steven Sharif

Siege alliances

When a siege begins, temporary alliances are formed among attackers and defenders.[38]

  • For node sieges, citizens of the node or provincial nodes being attacked are automatically registered as defenders.[22]
  • There are many reasons to participate as an ally in the attack or defence of other nodes.[39]
    • Titles.
    • Items.
    • Materials.
    • Money.
    • Social bonds.

Many incentives exist that can benefit your node and yourself personally by participating in the attack or defense of cities. These range from titles, to items, to materials, to money. Additionally, aiding others may help you strengthen bonds when your assets are threatened.[39] – Steven Sharif

Ashes of Creation получит особенный контент, сфокусированный вокруг альянсов.[40]

Контент направленный конкретно на альянсы и их развитие; и способность делиться некоторыми общими сервисами между гильдиями которые являются частью этого альянса. Я думаю что выгодно будет дать альянсам дополнительную возможность выставлять определённые отноения с узлами в качестве взаимодействия. Это предоставит интересную динамику игрокам которые являются жителями конкретного узла с которым определены отношения или членами альянса. Так что я думаю что, очевидно, построение систем состоит из создания каналов благодаря которым игроки смогут формировать связи и чем больше слоев вокруг таких каналов построения связей между разными гильдиями и игроками, тем более сильно поддерживаются такие отношения.[40] – Steven Sharif

Siege participation

Non-registered combatants are not permitted on the siege field in castle or node sieges.[41]

  • Players may choose to respawn at their HQ as long as they are registered.[44][47]
    • Non-registered guilds are not granted the ability to take ownership of the castle if victorious.[44]

Lower level characters will have usefulness in mass combat that does not depend on their level, such as manning siege weapons, helping repair fortifications, bringing proximity-based buffs to key positions, using stealth or scaling walls. These types of things are relevant to the tide of battle and do not require the player to be max-level or have high combat stats.[49]

Siege mechanics

A siege occurs over several phases.[50]

  • Certain siege mechanics may be gated for specific size groups during sieges.[51]
  • There will not be a deserter debuff for leaving a siege before it is complete.[52]
  • More will be revealed in an upcoming blog entry.[50]

Siege weapons

Trebuchet siege weapon in Alpha-1 castle sieges preview.[53]

It wouldn’t be a castle siege without siege weapons. These are massive machines of war that enable attackers to bring down the walls, and defenders to keep their keep safe. Crafters can bring their own powerful schematics to the battlefield, or you can order baseline siege weapons from your friendly neighborhood siege master NPC. The Castle’s defenders will be able to deploy their own defensive weapons and turrets based on how well they maintained and defended their own Nodes. The sky will be illuminated with fire and fury.[54]

Ballista siege weapon in Alpha-1 castle sieges preview.[55]

Siege weapons are able to be crafted or purchased from Неигровые персонажи.[7]

Part of this endeavor of sieging a player-held location (or non-player-held location) is time to prepare; and that includes gathering and crafting these mega weapons or collecting the resources: Whether it be gold or specific quest items to purchase from NPCs.[7] – Steven Sharif

Anything that you want to bring into existence in the world is going to be built by players: Whether that is Ships, Siege engines, Weapons, Armor, etc.[57] – Джеффри Бард

There will be ways to repair destructible structures (such as walls and gates) and also repair (or re-craft) siege weapons that were damaged during sieges.[58]

  • This is a long term design goal that will not be present during Alpha-1.[58]

Siege PvP

Sieges don't use the PvP flagging system.[59]

Death penalties do not apply to objective-based events (such as caravans, guild wars, and node sieges).[60]

Siege NPCs

Siege NPCs serve as defense points. Killing them allows the attackers to gain advantages during a siege.[61] Неигровые персонажи are only killable during a siege and will respawn if the siege is unsuccessful.[62]

NPC guards are intended to be a significant presence but not the main line of defense in a siege.[63]

Mercenary NPCs

Mercenary NPCs can be hired to participate in objective-based situations.[64][65][66]

  • Mayors are able to allocate treasury funding to hire mercenary NPCs to defend their node during sieges.[65]
  • Players can assign these NPCs, but won't micromanage them, in a similar manner to pets.[66]
  • NPC mercanaries can also be hired to participate in castle sieges.[64][64]
    • Mercenaries of different types and strengths may be available to defend caravans during these events based on the allocation made by the governing castle and how successful they have been defending their castle nodes.[67][64]
    • These mechanics are subject to change based on testing and priorities.[67]

There are mercenary NPCs that can be assigned to players. We've discussed about that before and those will follow generically... a kind of pet system even you know adopted majority of the pet system with the added bonus of kind of objective based points of interest that you can assign them to. But we don't want to inundate the field with these mercenaries they'll be kind of few and far between. They'll be assigned specifically like let's say for example you know as the mayor of a node during a siege you'll be able to assign these two specific players that are citizens within your node and then they'll have those they'll spawn during the during the node siege; or vice versa and the castle siege you know guild leaders can assign mercenaries that are available based on the progress of those subsidiary nodes around the castle siege whether or not you have those available to your defense or your attack.[66] – Steven Sharif

Dragons

Dragons are epic flying mounts with strong battle abilities, such as AoE breath attacks, swooping flyby attacks, and others.[68][69]

The dragon will have a lot of capability in PvP. It's primarily its purpose, because as it relates to Castles and the sieges they're in, or Nodes and the sieges they're in. We want dragons to have large scale ramifications against player raids.[69] – Steven Sharif

Siege objectives

Each node has a number of districts, depending on its stage.[50]

  • Districts are taken by defeating a "raid boss" guard NPC in that district.[50]
  • If attackers take over a district, they gain that district as a respawn location.[50]
  • Attackers can kill the quartermasters to increase the respawn times of the defenders while reducing their own respawn times.[70][50]

Defenders can assault the outposts of the attackers to hinder them.[50]

  • Destroying the headquarters of the attacking army is a victory condition for the defenders.[70][29]

Attackers may not be capable of deleveling a node. Instead they may carry out precision attacks to disable specific service-oriented buildings within the node. These buildings can be targeted with siege weapons and bombs.[71]

As the attackers are sieging a city you know they have obviously a win condition- a win objective- but additionally there can be casualties from a structural standpoint during that process. So let's say if the... attackers were to not succeed in completely destroying the node they could still affect damage across multiple types of buildings that are present within the node, which disables services for that those citizens and also will require some type of reconstruction effort on behalf of the citizens.[72] – Steven Sharif

Completing a siege

A node siege will last for up to two hours.[50]

  • Defenders will be required to hold a central point in the node for the duration of the siege or they must destroy the hedquarters of the attacking army.[70][29]
  • Attackers will need to gain access to the node then reach a central point where they must channel a 5 minute cast on the defender's flag. This cast can not be interrupted by CC but can be interrupted through death of the caster.[70][29]

If the node survives, there will be a cooldown before the node can be sieged again:[50]

If the node still exists after the siege has ended, citizens will need to obtain the resources needed to rebuild any damaged infrastructure.[71]

Node destruction

When a node levels up it maintains the same feeling. So it feels like it's growing out from its city center; and it has this identity that it kind of evolves; and people get to understand it. But then when it gets destroyed and it starts over again and people re-level it, it's completely different the next time.[73] – Джеффри Бард

Nodes can be destroyed starting at Village (stage 3) and are destroyed through sieges.[12]

After a node is destroyed there will be a debris field containing spoils that are lootable to the victors of the siege.[76][77][28][78]

  • The stables debris might contain mount certificates that can be added to caravans in the future or sold on the auction house.[76]
What happens when the node gets destroyed is there will be stockpiles of spoils... A whole host of what is centralized within a regional economy like the node system becomes- a portion of that becomes available to the attackers who participated in the siege and they can go and interact with those with those debris fields and attempt to claim things.[76] – Steven Sharif
  • Players are prohibited from moving goods out of depositories within the node following a siege declaration against that node.[28]
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.[12] – Margaret Krohn
  • Attackers who participated in the siege will have exclusive looting rights for period of time following the node's destruction.[81]
    • Any loot remaining after this period will be open for anyone to loot.[81]
The looting rights have a period of time in which the attackers have loot rights essentially. So these are people who participated in the attack- they were flagged attackers during the siege and they have first dibs; and then if after that period of time... that looting right dissipates then it becomes open..[81] – Steven Sharif

Siege aftermath

We’re working on a destruction engine that should help us to make a Castle Siege that feels cinematic and visceral. Having shards of the walls tumble to the ground after a trebuchet scores a hit will feel satisfying in a way no other Castle Siege has been able to offer in an MMORPG like this. Maybe you don’t need to take down the whole wall, maybe if you blow open a big enough hole, that’ll be enough to turn the tides.[54]

Rubble will be visible for a period of time following a successful castle siege. This will likely persist until the incumbent guild develops the first defensive node.[82]

Destructible environments

Destructible castle.[83]

This is the castle siege destruction props. It's variable areas of exploded stuff. You can't completely destroy the castle or you wouldn't be able to get to the top of it.[83] – Michael Bacon

Destructible environments in Alpha-1 castle sieges.[84]

Destructible environments will be a core element of how players interact with the world, in both Ashes of Creation Apocalypse and Ashes of Creation the MMORPG.[85]

We want destruction to be a very core element of how players make their way through the world.[85] – Steven Sharif

There will be ways to repair destructible structures (such as walls and gates) and also repair (or re-craft) siege weapons that were damaged during sieges.[58]

  • This is a long term design goal that will not be present during Alpha-1.[58]

You could be more precision oriented in the decision to attack a city. Let's say it's a rival node that's trying to reach you know a node stage five or something and you want to disable their ability for the religious system to progress so you target the temple during the attack, or you want to disable their scholars academy from reaching a higher level so that your nodes can; or you want to disable multiple buildings that allow for experience and quests to be undertaken by its citizenship, which prevents them from keeping up in pace of experience gained with your node. These can be more precision oriented and don't have to effectualize an actual takeover of the node.[86] – Steven Sharif

Impact on player housing

Player housing designs and decorations are retained and can be placed again later if the housing is destroyed during a node siege.[89][90]

  • Blueprints are mailed to the player to utilize for future placement.[12]
  • Destroyed freeholds are subject to material loss.[12]
  • Certificates will track major milestones (such as Furnaces and Homesteads, for example).[89][90]
  • A possible design idea is for items such as furnishings to be boxed in crates that are accessible inside the new home.[91]

Impact on in-node housing

Following a node siege, static housing will be scaled back or destroyed based on the advancement of the node.[89]

  • If the housing was purchased at a higher advancement than the node currently is then it will be destroyed, otherwise the housing will be scaled back.

Impact on apartments

Apartments may be destroyed in the following circumstances:[89]

  • If their building was destroyed during a node siege, even if the siege was not successful.[89]
  • If the node delevels below Village (stage 3) as a result of being destroyed or through node atrophy.[89]
  • If a mayor built extra apartment buildings at Town (stage 4) or higher and the Node deleveled below that stage.[89]
  • If the mayor decides to destroy apartment buildings all items and layouts will be mailed to the owner.[92]

Impact on freeholds

Наделы may be attacked by any player[93] for a period of two hours[12] following a successful siege against its parent node.[94]

  • Players and their allies may defend their freehold for this period of time.[94]
  • Structures and guards may be obtained to defend freeholds during this period.[94]

After the two hour period of open combat following a successful node siege, any remaining freeholds will exist under a grace period for roughly 1 week where another node may take over the zone of influence of the freehold.[93][12]

  • The freehold owner will be required to undertake a quest process to have their freehold adopted by a new node if one exists.[93]
  • At the end of the grace period, if the freehold does not reside within the ZOI of a stage three (Village) node or above, it will be destroyed.[95]
  • Players who are registered as a defenders of their node cannot loot their own destroyed freeholds.[96]

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. Freeholds within the Zone of Influence are subject to a period of vulnerability. These Freeholds can be destroyed by other players during a period of roughly 2 hours after a successful siege. Destroyed Freeholds are subject to material loss, and blueprints for them are mailed to the player to utilize for future placement in order to allow the player to keep their Freehold’s layout and structure. Once the vulnerability period is complete, any remaining Freeholds will exist under a grace period for roughly 1 week where another Node may take over the Zone of Influence of the Freehold.[12] – Margaret Krohn

Node redevelopment

A node that was successfully sieged may develop differently due to the following influences:[73][97]

Node politics

There won't be a civil war mechanic within nodes but there will be scope for internal political conflicts; such as undermining the current leadership and disrupting trade.[98]

We want consequences to matter and if that person got elected then you need to work within the means of the mechanics to get them unelected.[99] – Steven Sharif

Impact of monsters and world bosses

Monster coin events (Bosses) cannot destroy or delevel nodes.[100] They can disable certain buildings, services and Неигровые персонажи within a node.[101][102]

Node sieges are the chief mechanic for destroying nodes.[100]

Impact on player stalls

Players are not able to be attacked or robbed while occupying a player stall.[105]

Player stalls may not be renewed during a siege declaration.[105]

Node atrophy (deleveling)

Узлы can delevel based on node atrophy.[12]

  • This is a preliminary design and may change based on testing. This may be changed to an atrophy points system, where accumulated points will progressively disable services within a node. The node may be destroyed (instead of deleveling) if a significant points threshold is reached.[106]

There are intrinsic problems with reducing a nodes level as opposed to removing the node and it may be possible I'm just gonna say now that we don't actually atrophy nodes to delevel but rather accrue atrophy points that must be replenished over time; and if not it begins to disable services and further compound the atrophy problem; at which point when it reaches a certain atrophy point then the node would just disappear.[106] – Steven Sharif

  • Nodes accumulate an experience deficit each day based on the node's level. The deficit is subtracted from any experience earned that day. If any deficit remains, then this is subtracted from the node’s experience pool.[12]
  • Mayors are able to initiate quest-driven systems that non-citizens can participate in. The mayor can use a portion of the node's treasury or goods as rewards for quest completion. Players will be able to interface with the node to view the quests that are available to them.[107]
  • Certain flags will appear to notify node citizens if their node has dropped below the required experience for its current stage. After a short period, if the atrophy is not addressed, the Node will then delevel.[12]
  • A node cannot delevel more than a single level at a time.[12]
    • When a Node delevels it enters a safe period, during which the deficit is temporarily reduced to 0.[12]
  • It may be possible through node atrophy for two nodes of the same stage to be adjacent to each other.[106]

Deleveled nodes return to their previous stage.[12]

If a Node delevels, it returns to the previous Stage, but keeps the racial style it had before deleveling. A Node cannot delevel more than a single level at a time. For example, a Level 2 Node would become a Level 1, or a Level 1 Node would become a Level 0. If deleveling would cause a Node to lose its Vassals, it does so. When a Node delevels it enters a “safe period,” during which the deficit is temporarily reduced to 0. Once the safe period expires, the Node can once again begin losing experience based on its deficit.[12] – Margaret Krohn

Siege abilities

3D-визуализация War Beast за авторством Jessica Jennings.[108]

Восемь игроков с одинаковым основным архетипом могут объединиться, чтобы создавать огромные эффекты во время осады.[109]

Это тот тип системы, который мы хотим воплотить в жизнь, когда группа с одними и теми же основными архетипами может собраться вместе, чтобы вызвать эффекты, зависящие от индивидуальности каждого архетипа.[109] – Steven Sharif

Summoner

Summoners can collaborate to summon larger summons, such as Golems.[110]

  • A siege summon will have an incremental size based on the number of summoners participating in that summon activity, with a maximum of eight.[111]
  • The number of summoners participating in the summon will determine its overall size.[111]
  • All summoners must be in the same party and the party leader must be a summoner.[112]
    • The party leader initiates the summon and then takes control of it.
    • Once summoned, the party leader cannot be changed.
    • If the party disbands, the summon ends. There will be a grace period to handle disconnects.
    • The party may also contain non-Summoners.

It doesn't have to be just summoners, but it has to be a party led by a summoner with other summoners in it.[112] – Steven Sharif

Tank

Alpha-1 castle siege combat featuring a Tank siege ability.[113]

If eight Tank archetypes each use one of their summon wall abilities it might construct a larger wall that can divide two raids in a moment; and would require damage and block skills and abilities for a momentary lapse of battle between those two raids.[114] – Steven Sharif

Node wars

Node governments may declare war on another node and rally citizens to the cause.[115]

We have conditions that you can set between nodes with regards to either nodes being friendly with each other and acting trade alliances, or they can declare war on nodes similar to how guild wars may function in different games, where those citizens become hostile to each other based on the player government that's elected in the particular node. So those systems all kind of cater to allowing a conflict that's meaningful and that also provides a non-imbalanced relationship between stronger guilds and not as strong guilds.[118] – Steven Sharif

Zergs

For every play, there should be a counterplay. We often see Castle Sieges turn into zerg-fests, which really doesn’t capture the epic, back-and-forth battles we wish to see in Ashes of Creation. One of our key pillars is that Choice Matters[119], and that applies to tactics and strategy as well. A well-formulated battle plan should win out over stat sheets and bodies. Zergs will generally be difficult to pull off, and will be eminently counterable through siege weapons, traps, and other battlefield tricks.[54]

Zergs are empowered by fast-travel. Meaningful travel times are intended to prevent zerg play from being so much of an influence.[120]

Encounters are designed to have meaning in terms of how boss skills and abilities relate to group compositions, tactics and strategies. Zerging is not experiencing content.[121] There are different ways to make a fight more difficult for larger sized groups without relying solely on stat buffs or making the boss a "damage sponge".[122]

  • Raid and dungeon bosses have specific mechanics and abilities that players need to learn and react to.[122] Zergs that are not aware of these mechanics or react to them appropriately will be wiped.[121]
  • There may be environmental hazards and AoE effects that cause more damage based on the number of players present.[122]
  • There is a give-and-take for guilds that want to see a larger number of members as opposed to a more focused group that may be a part of an alliance.[123]

We're very cognizant of the fact that we don't want to see zerging be a mechanic that's utilized by guilds to accomplish content or just to steamroll over sieges... There are specific mechanics that we are working on that will be seen through the testing phases that relate to a degree of understanding of certain systems that can't just be overrun with numbers.[123] – Steven Sharif

Mechanics that encourage political intrigue will play a role in destabilizing zergs.[124]

The best way that I found in games I played previously to take down a zerg is to cause drama from within... It's that conflict inside of the politicking that happens in that big organization. If we provide opportunities for division to occur then it also provides stability to keep a server healthy away from that zerg mentality also... If we approach the castle siege and we've destroyed the walls and we're in the throne room and we're about to cast on the penultimate thing and I at this time am just so excited from what's happening that I'm like "screw it I'm gonna go for it". It's gonna be mine. I'm gonna take the taxes for the next month. I'm gonna take all the gear from the castle. I'm gonna take everything... We kind of want that political intrigue to be present in the game.[124] – Steven Sharif

Objective-based game play helps to balance the zerg mentality.[125]

I always feel that if you balance based on groups that in your balance focus is to incorporate features that play well from a player versus player perspective as well as a player versus environment perspective: Having support classes, having DPS and tanks that can obstruct movement and/or create you know bottlenecks on the field and stuff like that. I think a well-rounded raid it will perform better against a non well-rounded raid, however then you incorporate the second aspect of numbers; and that's where again mobility, organization, leadership tactics. Having objectives in gameplay that make those important helps to balance the zerg mentality that a lot of guilds can tend to have.[125] – Steven Sharif

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  1. ↑ Видео, 4 Декабря 2016 (0:02).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 A reactive world - Nodes.
  3. ↑ node atrophy.png
  4. ↑ Видео, 30 Апреля 2017 (5:31).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Стрим, 25 July 2020 (1:22:40).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Стрим, 26 June 2020 (1:33:10).
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Стрим, 18 January 2018 (37:05).
  8. ↑ Стрим, 25 June 2021 (1:10:52).
  9. ↑ siege declaration.png
  10. ↑ siege prerequisites.png
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Стрим, 25 July 2020 (1:40:10).
  12. ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 12.14 12.15 12.16 12.17 12.18 12.19 Blog - Know Your Nodes - Advance and Destroy.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 siege registration.png
  14. ↑ Стрим, 19 November 2021 (50:23).
  15. ↑ siege notice.png
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Стрим, 25 June 2021 (1:09:26).
  17. ↑ siege resources.png
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 siege equipment.png
  19. ↑ steven-siege-lockouts.png
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Стрим, 26 March 2021 (1:04:46).
  21. ↑ steven-mayoral-siege-cooldown.png
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 siege auto defenders.png
  23. ↑ Стрим, 26 July 2019 (1:16:03).
  24. ↑ Интервью, 7 August 2018 (14:35).
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 siege-declaration-services.png
  26. ↑ Стрим, 30 October 2020 (1:03:52).
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Интервью, 19 July 2020 (41:32).
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 Стрим, 30 April 2020 (1:14:44).
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 Стрим, 19 May 2017 (47:07).
  30. ↑ Стрим, 30 October 2020 (1:06:09).
  31. ↑ steven-declaration-node-leveling.png
  32. ↑ steven-declaration-node-leveling2.png
  33. ↑ Интервью, 29 July 2020 (31:05).
  34. ↑ Интервью, 18 July 2020 (13:13).
  35. ↑ Интервью, 8 July 2020 (22:37).
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 36.3 36.4 Стрим, 4 Мая 2018 (48:14).
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 Интервью, 17 Августа 2018 (24:48).
  38. ↑ siege alliances.png
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 Official Livestream - May 4th @ 3 PM PST - Q&A
  40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 40.3 40.4 Подкаст, 11 Мая 2018 (21:07).
  41. ↑ siege-combatants.png
  42. ↑ steven-siege-zone.png
  43. ↑ Стрим, 30 April 2021 (41:18).
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 44.2 44.3 Подкаст, 11 April 2021 (49:40).
  45. ↑ Blog: Creative Director's Letter, April 14 2021
  46. ↑ siege-barrier.png
  47. ↑ siege-respawn.png
  48. ↑ siege-stragglers.png
  49. ↑ Интервью, 8 July 2020 (1:12:51).
  50. ↑ 50.0 50.1 50.2 50.3 50.4 50.5 50.6 50.7 50.8 siege more info.png
  51. ↑ siege mechanics.png
  52. ↑ Стрим, 24 May 2017 (37:05).
  53. ↑ Видео, 28 May 2021 (25:44).
  54. ↑ 54.0 54.1 54.2 Blog: 10 facts about castle sieges in the MMORPG.
  55. ↑ Видео, 28 May 2021 (11:55).
  56. ↑ Интервью, 8 August 2018 (20:49).
  57. ↑ Стрим, 24 May 2017 (17:08).
  58. ↑ 58.0 58.1 58.2 58.3 Стрим, 28 May 2021 (1:04:29).
  59. ↑ Стрим, 19 May 2017 (45:14).
  60. ↑ Стрим, 22 December 2020 (1:13:51).
  61. ↑ siege success.png
  62. ↑ siege npcs killable.png
  63. ↑ Стрим, 28 July 2017 (36:51).
  64. ↑ 64.0 64.1 64.2 64.3 Стрим, 28 August 2020 (1:41:24).
  65. ↑ 65.0 65.1 Стрим, 26 June 2020 (59:11).
  66. ↑ 66.0 66.1 66.2 Стрим, November 22 2019 (1:14:23).
  67. ↑ 67.0 67.1 Стрим, 30 April 2021 (1:01:10).
  68. ↑ dragon abilities.png
  69. ↑ 69.0 69.1 69.2 Стрим, 8 April 2018 (PM) (51:49).
  70. ↑ 70.0 70.1 70.2 70.3 Интервью, 19 July 2020 (37:58).
  71. ↑ 71.0 71.1 71.2 Стрим, November 22 2019 (17:59).
  72. ↑ Стрим, November 22 2019 (15:48).
  73. ↑ 73.0 73.1 73.2 73.3 73.4 Стрим, 30 October 2020 (39:17).
  74. ↑ nodes-delevel-to-zero.png
  75. ↑ Стрим, 26 June 2020 (1:48:43).
  76. ↑ 76.0 76.1 76.2 76.3 76.4 76.5 Подкаст, 29 September 2021 (14:21).
  77. ↑ 77.0 77.1 77.2 77.3 77.4 Интервью, 8 July 2020 (57:46).
  78. ↑ 78.0 78.1 siege spoils.png
  79. ↑ Подкаст, 29 September 2021 (10:49).
  80. ↑ Интервью, 18 July 2020 (56:11).
  81. ↑ 81.0 81.1 81.2 Подкаст, 29 September 2021 (15:46).
  82. ↑ Стрим, 9 July 2018 (42:48).
  83. ↑ 83.0 83.1 Стрим, 31 October 2019 (36:20).
  84. ↑ Видео, 28 May 2021 (23:45).
  85. ↑ 85.0 85.1 Стрим, 28 June 2019 (31:15).
  86. ↑ 86.0 86.1 Стрим, November 22 2019 (16:56).
  87. ↑ Интервью, 8 July 2020 (59:38).
  88. ↑ 88.0 88.1 Стрим, 26 June 2020 (1:02:12).
  89. ↑ 89.0 89.1 89.2 89.3 89.4 89.5 89.6 89.7 Стрим, 18 July 2017 (40:14).
  90. ↑ 90.0 90.1 90.2 Стрим, 17 November 2017 (47:10).
  91. ↑ Стрим, 26 June 2020 (1:00:57).
  92. ↑ Стрим, 26 March 2021 (59:21).
  93. ↑ 93.0 93.1 93.2 Стрим, 28 August 2020 (2:04:00).
  94. ↑ 94.0 94.1 94.2 Стрим, 19 May 2017 (28:04).
  95. ↑ Стрим, 19 May 2017 (29:34).
  96. ↑ Стрим, 26 February 2021 (1:11:13).
  97. ↑ 97.0 97.1 97.2 97.3 Стрим, 24 May 2017 (52:39).
  98. ↑ Стрим, 24 May 2017 (40:50).
  99. ↑ 99.0 99.1 Стрим, 28 June 2019 (1:26:14).
  100. ↑ 100.0 100.1 Стрим, 24 May 2017 (22:30).
  101. ↑ monster events.png
  102. ↑ Стрим, 3 May 2017 (36:25).
  103. ↑ monster siege before.png
  104. ↑ monster sieges.png
  105. ↑ 105.0 105.1 Стрим, 16 October 2017 (59:39).
  106. ↑ 106.0 106.1 106.2 Интервью, 8 July 2020 (1:00:15).
  107. ↑ 107.0 107.1 Интервью, 8 July 2020 (1:04:05).
  108. ↑ Стрим, 22 ноября 2019 (41:02).
  109. ↑ 109.0 109.1 109.2 Подкаст, 11 мая 2018 (49:20).
  110. ↑ Стрим, 19 May 2017 (10:06).
  111. ↑ 111.0 111.1 Стрим, 8 April 2018 (AM) (28:01).
  112. ↑ 112.0 112.1 Интервью, 17 August 2018 (14:59).
  113. ↑ steven-a1-leak-1.png
  114. ↑ Подкаст, 11 May 2018 (49:20).
  115. ↑ City hall.
  116. ↑ 116.0 116.1 Интервью, 19 July 2020 (24:34).
  117. ↑ Blog - Know Your Nodes - The Basics.
  118. ↑ Видео, 5 April 2018 (41:48).
  119. ↑ pillars-confusion.png
  120. ↑ Стрим, 5 May 2017 (23:26).
  121. ↑ 121.0 121.1 Стрим, 19 May 2017 (25:18).
  122. ↑ 122.0 122.1 122.2 Стрим, 30 November 2020 (1:16:09).
  123. ↑ 123.0 123.1 Стрим, 22 May 2017 (57:37).
  124. ↑ 124.0 124.1 Интервью, 11 May 2018 (44:20).
  125. ↑ 125.0 125.1 Интервью, 8 August 2018 (11:52).
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