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 Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:29 am Post subject: Overview of AoC |
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PART I
Server Types:
* Server types (PVE, PVP, RPPVP). There will be rules of etiquette and a restricted naming policy on RPPVP server.
PVP:
* anyone who is not in your group is attackable (they think about adding guildmembers to the non attack list no matter if they are in another group or solo)
* there´s a pvp variation of all equipment stats
* there will be a pvp ranking system which increases with pvp kills and decreases with pvp deaths
* the highest ranked pvpers will be awarded with ingame items
* different styles of CTF arenas, the ones we saw at CES etc were stygian style maps, there will be more after launch
* besides CTF, there will be team annihilation
* CTF battles involve battling it out with the other team in an 8 player, 4-vs.-4 format where you have 10 minutes to win the match completely, of which involves capturing the other team's flag three times before they capture yours the same number. (curse article)
* there is also a Team Deathmatch type of instanced PvP, both with Ranked or Skirmish options. In Ranked matches, dying means you lose "PvP experience"
Crafting
* every character can learn one crafting profession
* current minimum level is 40, but they think about lowering it to 20
* crafting profs are: weapon smith, armor smith, alchemist, gem cutter, architect.
* crafting experience will only be gained through crafting quests
* recipes will be always usable (are non consumable)
* leveling crafting will be fast (approx. some hours)
* nearly all items have 2 variations, crafted with normal resources and with rare. only craftable items have sockets for gems
* sockets come in different sizes, 4 per item are usable
* gems cant be removed, once equipped
* most of the crafted items or even all wont have stats like strength or intelligence. they´ll have ground values.
* crafted items without gems are not comparable with very good looted items, however they are more flexible then looted items. they are good against opponents with special resistances or weaknesses.
* higher quality items can only be obtained from people who are in a guild and in a guildcity crafted in special crafting places.
* crafting works everywhere
* the crafting process is automatic and you wont lose your crafting resources in the crafting process
Guild Cities:
* there are 2 instanced zones for every guild:
Cimmeria: Lache flats
Aquilonia: poitain
Stygia: Redlotus Marches
* A guild needs 30 people to build a city. Some of them have to reach levl 60.
* You can only choose the country when founding a guildcity (Cim, Aqu, Sty), the instance and the city plot is automatic
* all buildings need a combination of wood, stone, metal, gold
* inside the building site, there are dozens of cornerstones in different sizes. an architect, with guild permission, will be able to build different buildings on those spots. after the "payment", the building process has been started
* the first building is always the keep
* nearly all building can be upgraded one or two ranks
* upgrades raise the level of the city
* walls are buildings too and there are specific building sites for them. there are inner and outer walls. towers and stairs can be placed nearly everywhere.
* you will be able to teleport to your guildcity´s keep everytime. they think about a cooldown of that feature.
PART II
Harvesting
* 4 resources
* every resource has 6-8 levels (bronze, iron)
* chance of getting a rare resource (within level) during harvesting
* resources are displayed on the minimap
* can be found in the city zones and rarely in the world
* there is no plan to specialize in a specific resource
* there are additional resources, dropped by specific mobs
* harvesting nodes are specially designed with particle effects to make it easier to notice them (curse.com)
Border Kingdoms
* 9 battlekeeps per server. this number will be reduced on lower populated servers at game start
* to obtain a BK keep, your guild has to have a guildcity rankIII
* one keep per guild, however you can attack other keeps
* the longer the guild holds the keep, the stronger the bonus every guild member gets.
* different forms of keeps can be made, but it wont be as customizable as a guildcity, it wont be a second guildcity
* every guild can set an attack timer, their is a minimum time however. there are specific timezones when a keep can be made attackable (depends on which server you play, i.e. EU or US)
* the bigger the attack window, the easier it gets for the defending guild to hold the keep
* siege maximum time is 90 minutes so far. if the attacking guild isn't successful, the keep has been defended.
* if the keep is attackable, attacking players can build a war tent. defending guild members receive an alarm.
* two ways for the attacking guild to win:
- "partial victory" when the keep inside the keep is destroyed. the defending guild loses all their bonus, but keeps the keep.
- "total victory": obtained by destroying all buildings inside the keep, the attacking players can build their own keep straight away
* siege weapons will be build on the battlefield and require wood, iron, stone, gold and can only be build at specific spots. (ca. 8 slots)
* there are siege slots for the attacking and the defending guild
* destroying of the walls is quite fast (several minutes). hiding inside the keep wont be a good option
* a partial destroyed keep (partial victory) or a new keep cant be attacked for a specific time
* there are other targets, besides the keeps inside the bk, for example, towers. its something for smaller guilds. there is currently no limit how many towers a guild can hold.
* there are no plans to upgrade towers so far, if so, there will be limited upgrades.
Raids:
* 4 groups, each 6 players
* loot = items not tokens
* master looter can distribute loot
* 20 raid encounters at start of the game
- divided into 8 dungeons in different sizes
- the 8 dungeons come in 3 different levels, but minimum level will be 75
* most dungeons can be accomplished in 1-3 hours for experienced raid members
* it will be easier to accomplish the higher levels if you done the previous levels by looting the items in the first runs
* cooldown of 7 days for raid dungeons. player based.
* Funcom is also going to be saving the state of the dungeon, and most of the monsters will not respawn for that week once they've been killed
Localisation:
* ESRB and Austrian PEGI are done, no German rating yet
* Fatalities are in the German version, even though the most brutal ones will be cut
* its possible to obtain the preorder bonus in EU, more info in the next weeks
* there will be a Spanish version of the game.
Spell weaving:
* spell weaving is still in game, it works similar to the melee combo system now. you wont use spell weaving as often as combos, but the effect is stronger.
* possibility to damage yourself or your group with intensive use of spell weaving is planned. there are other disadvantages planned.
* no more hell for intensive use of spell weaving. its not funny if some of your group members suddenly disappear during raid etc.
PART III
Groups:
* small xp bonus for killing stuff
* 3 loot options:
- round robin
- free for all
- master looter. loot can be distributed by the master looter
* quest items always drop for every groupmember with the quest
* nearly all smaller caves or mini dungeons (like the maze or acheronian ruins) have a hero mode (a challenging groupgame), because those dungeons are normally made for solo or minigroups.
Mounts:
* there will be a big choice of horses (5-10 in different colors)
* differ in hitpoints, turn radius, stamina, speed
* all mounts can attack on their own and cause different damage
* many spells can be fired from the back of a horse
* its possible to get kicked of the horse during a fight
* the warmammoth and the rhino are nearly the same in stats, the rhino is more agile though and the warmammoth has more HP
* mammoth and rhino are exclusiv preorder items atm
* requirement for a mount is lvl40
* mounts are inventory items, you can have many of them
* currently mounts cannot be customized at release, but they will come up with something later. its unclear what a mount does, when you dismount atm.
Stealth:
* every class is able to stealth
* different possibilities to detect a stealthed player:
- stealth skill: raised with skillpoints
- perception: if its higher then the stealth skill of a player, you detect him faster
- noise: dependent of the gear you wear, the surface, the speed
- viewcone: a stealthed player in front of you,will be detected easier
- lighting level: easier to see a stealthed player at day
* there will be a interface which lets you see the lighting level
Tortage:
* Even though it´s possible to level to 25 in Tortage so far, the add more quests to the zone, because beta testers complained about the lack of traveling. there will be smuggler quests which leads you out of the city.
* you can level to 20 in tortage, you can gain more xp, but it wont count.
* there will be more starting areas after release
Gameplay:
* pings of over 500ms shouldn't be a problem in gameplay. there is a invisible action queue. FC was convened about different internet connections like dialups, ISDN etc and constructed the game engine in a way that everyone will enjoy the game
Zoning/Travel/Worldmap
* small traveling loading screen is planned (let´s you see from where you travel and where to). anyone remember Indiana Jones games?
* loading screen will be edited and will be different for wach zone
Audio:
* background music´s length is about 3 hours. the sound changes when in combat
* 5.1 sound support
* choirs and opera singers are used
Online Ranking/database:
* PVP and Server statistic portal is in the makings
Classes:
* Scion of Set and Druid of the Storm is merged to Tempest of Set.
* Tempest of Set is a stygian priest, who uses electrical damage and area effects
* if he does more damage, he can heal better. contrary to the priest of mitra, if he heals more, he does more damage
* no lich class anymore, because it felt like a herald of xotli.
* most lich elements are in the necromancer class now, for example, transforming into a lich
* there are 3 classes for every archetype now (3 soldiers, 3 rogues, 3 mages, 3 priests)
* every race has his own priest class now |
Found this and thought you guys might be interested.
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Where was this (as in, what's the source of the quote)? Because it seems a bit contradictory. For example:
| Quote: | * Even though it´s possible to level to 25 in Tortage so far
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* you can level to 20 in tortage |
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