Hello everyone,
I am DreamCraftWD and I had the pleasure of participating on this last Open Test. I have created a video with a detailed overview and feedback from my experience in the game. I hope this helps and I can't wait to play this game in the future.
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Tbh it really depends on what the devs have in mind for Syndesia. If they really want solo players to be a part of this world then the PVP toggle would not be a bad idea, but that in fact is basically what you have with the militias, so not sure how the Criminal System would fit in there. The militias are supposed to be at city level, each city having the possibility to create their own player militia (this what was said by the devs when Militias were presented last year), and who ever wants to join the Militia has the right to kill and full loot members of other militias without affecting their karma. This is basically the CvC that you guys were talking about I believe and also works as a PvP toggle as you only interact with other players that are interested in PvP. But again, this removes completely the need of a Criminal System and the danger for players that do not join a militia.
I think we all agree that the problem is not really that reds exist but the zergs that are being practiced. Considering that unlike other games the skills come directly from farming a specific mob and not by unlocking them just by gaining xp, the fact that reds are camping certain areas to keep the mobs in there just for themselves makes PvErs (not so used to PvP) and solo players unable to acquire certain KP and skills. I could suggest having a time slot where certain areas would be at peace, so that these players would get their chance to advance in the game. Archeage for example has a system like that for the not safe areas. There is a period of tension that according to the level of pvp on going there escalates up to war and then comes 1h peace. Not saying it has to work the same way, just throwing an idea and example there.
btw @Rife The devs already confirmed that there will not be sieges in Arb. They are still coming up with the system but it will not involve PVP.
I believe that most of these issues would be solved by giving governors more tools to govern their city. We all want to open the crafting stations to more people but by doing this we lose control of the warehouses. Anyone can enter the city and take any ore, wood, stone, material they would like, so we shut down the city (citizens + residents only). People have their own smelters at their own plot because 1st they don't want to start smelting their Copper, come back 4h later and discover someone else took it. 2nd normally all the smelters are already full with someone else ores and you just have to wait. If you are a casual player will you come 4 in 4h just to see if you were able to be the first one there and finally be able to smelt your 5 copper ores? There should be the possibility of having professions. Citizens dedicated to take care of the Blacksmith, for example, that would take the requests from citizens and residents and manage the smelters and storage of the Blackmith. This can be done at city level by governors, but then they would need a way to set up these permissions.
The governors definitely need a way to communicate with their citizens/residents and know who their residents are. Going with the treasury log does not help as it does not register any resident that may have abandoned their plot. So a city chat or board is definitely needed, and I also liked the idea someone gave in previous posts regarding a possible way to receive mail at the plot. This would assure governors to be able to contact everyone even if they are not online.
Regarding the marketplace the resources need to be more difficult to get. Lock them again by city or find a way like Kralith said (also in https://forum.fracturedmmo.com/topic/13867/town-controlled-area-doesn-t-exist-how-will-that-work-in-future) to enable cities to defend their resources by knowing they are being attacked or stolen. Last Alpha test the trades began even before the Marketplace was built or before they had real buy requests behind. Each one of us had only one resource available so we needed each other. The discord Alpha-trade and the global chat were filled with trading requests of cities asking for a stone wagon in exchange of a coal wagon for example. Money was not the goal or the issue but the resources themselves. It was a lot of fun! Travelling was never an issue as traders would take their full wagon across the map just to trade it with the needed resource for the city. If we already did this back then why not going all the way now to get that resource for free?
Now as a player, let's imagine you are a tank and you need that Blood Iron Plate Armor. Two cities away from you there is a city that already unlocked Advanced Smeltery, Craftmanship and Plate Armor (total of 5 research points). Your city unlocked the Marketplace and (imagining it is not resident/citizen closed) someone put that Plate Armor for sell. Now how much gold would it cost considering you need to farm Iron, Copper and Coal? Let's imagine they sell it for 4k, would you prefer to buy it or just go live in that city where you can produce not only the armor, but the full set and you only need to farm the raw materials? This would also be an interesting poll to allow governors to decide how they want to invest the research points. No one wants to lose residents.
Hi there,
I just published my first of 2 videos for the Alpha 2 Test 4. See some of the things that changed in the game and that were introduced, while riding with Legion of Akir and building up City of Akir.
Fractured - City of Akir in Alpha 2 Test 4:
Hope you guys enjoy it.
xoxo DreamCraftWD
@Kaluvel Doesn't the player town have to research Manufacturing first in order to produce Tier 2 materials? This is what I understood. Then Craftmanship for Tier 3 and Engineering for Tier 4. The Starter Cities are like top Towns with all researched, that is why you can craft everything there.