Post by Ludullu on 2023-03-03 18:23:45
Intrepid could double down on the "you're a mob when you're red" mechanic. Have several mob communities and have them fight each other in particular locations. And if a mob on one side manages to kill some number of mobs from the other side (could be with the help of players) - they become an npc.
So there'd be a parallel between corrupted players that became Red by killing people and the mobs that can become green by killing other monsters.
That new npc could give quests that would help their community and you could maybe even make it completely green. I feel like Dygz would love that kind of thing
I agree that there should definitely be a few more ways to gain corruption and all the ways to reduce it should feed back into the nodes rather than to just the PKer. But I completely hate any forced change of gameplay (prisons/working/instances/etc), especially if it's forced onto you for many hours. At every step of the attacker/victim interaction, the victim has a choice of action (run away, fight back, give corruption; then if died: come back, go to another place, do smth else). The only direct influence on the victim's choice comes from the attacker's own decisions.
Having any kind of system-based limitation removes that player to player interaction. I could maybe see complete block of green attacks against the reds and then a requirement of constant BH enforcement of the punishment working out. So the PKer would have to do the stuff that was mentioned here, but only if they have a BH in the direct vicinity of them at all times. As soon as that BH goes away - the PKer is free and can try to run away. I'd be fine with that.
As for the "corruption is religion and wars are not" - literally make a requirement for war declarations "to go to your religious organization and ask for the holy right to kill". Every war is now a holy war!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeJWSdrcRZk
So there'd be a parallel between corrupted players that became Red by killing people and the mobs that can become green by killing other monsters.
That new npc could give quests that would help their community and you could maybe even make it completely green. I feel like Dygz would love that kind of thing
I agree that there should definitely be a few more ways to gain corruption and all the ways to reduce it should feed back into the nodes rather than to just the PKer. But I completely hate any forced change of gameplay (prisons/working/instances/etc), especially if it's forced onto you for many hours. At every step of the attacker/victim interaction, the victim has a choice of action (run away, fight back, give corruption; then if died: come back, go to another place, do smth else). The only direct influence on the victim's choice comes from the attacker's own decisions.
Having any kind of system-based limitation removes that player to player interaction. I could maybe see complete block of green attacks against the reds and then a requirement of constant BH enforcement of the punishment working out. So the PKer would have to do the stuff that was mentioned here, but only if they have a BH in the direct vicinity of them at all times. As soon as that BH goes away - the PKer is free and can try to run away. I'd be fine with that.
As for the "corruption is religion and wars are not" - literally make a requirement for war declarations "to go to your religious organization and ask for the holy right to kill". Every war is now a holy war!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeJWSdrcRZk