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== Group sizes == | == Group sizes == |
Revision as of 19:19, 5 November 2017
Group dynamics aim to bring players together.[2]
- 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.[3]
- Ashes of Creation is in development. These systems could change through playtesting and player feedback.[2]
Bulletin board [4]
- There will not be a group finder.
- A bulletin board will be a tool for players to post jobs to encourage localized grouping.
Group sizes
Ashes of Creation is designed for solo players as well as large and small groups.[6][7][8]
- 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.[2]
- Raids will have 40 man groups.[9]
- Content will be tailored for 40, 16 and 8 person group sizes.[10]
- Arenas will have 1 man, 3 man, 5 man and possibly 20 man Free-For-All (Deathmatch) group sizes.[11]
- 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.[13][14][15][16]
- The minimum goal is 500 players on a single battlefield. I think we will be able to hit 500vs500 but we shall see.[16] – Steven Sharif
Looting rules
Ashes of Creation intends to use traditional loot rules, selected by the party or raid leader.[19][20][2]
- Group loot rules are defined on a per-rarity basis.[17]
- A majority of party members must vote to approve any changes to group loot allocation changes.[18]
- The developers are considering using a double-tap interaction to loot all containers within a close proximity radius.[21]
- There won't be auto-looting pets.[22]
- It will be possible to kick a player from a party prior to them acquiring loot.[23]
- Yes, technically it would be possible for you to kick a player prior to acquiring loot. However, again because we are a game that relies on social interactions, there are reputations to be had; and if you acquire a reputation as a raid leader, or as a party leader, of doing something dirty like that, then it's unlikely you'll be able to Garner the support of future party members and/or raids to lead efforts against these raid bosses.[23] – Steven Sharif
- Free-for-all.[2]
- Whoever is first to loot gets the loot.[19]
- 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.[2]
- With round-robin looting, party members take turns looting.[2]
- This is a traditional need before greed system based on dice rolls.[2]
- Since there is very little gear binding in Ashes of Creation, it's left to the party to deal with players who excessively roll Need on loot.[24]
- Bidding system.[2]
- Intrepid are investigating a potential bidding system, which allows players to bid on items instead of rolling for them.[2]
Party roles
Ashes of Creation has the traditional trinity of Tank, DPS (damage dealers) and Support (healer or non-healer) roles.[25][2][26]
- We have our eight base archetypes; and the trinity is a pretty strong influence with regards to the eight base classes. However the area in which we actually begin to play with that line between the trinity is in the secondary classes that you can pick. That's where we begin to blend those spaces and allow people a little bit of influence over their role and whether or not they fit perfectly within a particular category within the trinity.[27] – Steven Sharif
- Although traditional roles are present, players should not feel branded by their primary archetype.[2][26]
- Skill augments available through the class system allow characters to be personalized outside of their primary role.[2][26][27]
- Players can also double down on their archetype choice to strengthen their primary role.[2][26]
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.[28]
See also
References
- ↑ Video, February 29, 2024 (19:35).
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 Group dynamics blog.
- ↑ About Ashes of Creation.
- ↑ Livestream, 31 October 2017 (28:58).
- ↑ Video, February 29, 2024 (33:57).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Livestream, September 30, 2022 (2:40).
- ↑ Livestream, November 30, 2020 (1:20:25).
- ↑
- ↑ Livestream, May 9, 2017 (34:38).
- ↑ February 8, 2019 - Questions and Answers.
- ↑
- ↑ Livestream, May 26, 2017 (48:12).
- ↑ Livestream, September 24, 2021 (52:48).
- ↑ Interview, July 8, 2021 (57:19).
- ↑ Interview, July 19, 2020 (44:28).
- ↑ 16.0 16.1
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 Video, January 27, 2023 (16:44).
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Video, January 27, 2023 (32:01).
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Livestream, November 30, 2020 (1:01:40).
- ↑ Livestream, July 25, 2020 (1:24:56).
- ↑ Livestream, January 27, 2023 (1:08:06).
- ↑ Livestream, April 29, 2022 (1:04:52).
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Livestream, May 31, 2023 (1:07:45).
- ↑ Livestream, November 30, 2020 (1:12:03).
- ↑ Podcast, April 11, 2021 (13:30).
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 Livestream, May 22, 2017 (46:04).
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Interview, October 20, 2018 (2:40:16).
- ↑ Livestream, 15 May 2017 (29:30).