Zones and progression

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מבוכים, פשיטות, בוסים עולמיים, Mobs, משימות, אירועים, משאבים, Narratives and other content within a node's אזור השפעה will have a diverse level range; but will scale with the advancement of that node and its racial influence.[1][2][3]

  • Portions of the spawn tables (for mobs and resources) are static and other portions are dynamic and adapt to node development.[4]
We don’t have a strictly level 25 zone. Instead, that zone might have some level 10 creatures near the road, some level 20 creatures deep in the forest, and some level 30 creatures up the mountain. These ratios will change based on the Nodes that inform them, becoming generally more dangerous as the Node grows. All this civilization attracts the attention of Things-That-Should-Not-Be. This does not mean that wilderness areas are safe, by any means. Some may be safe-er, but all will have dangers that even the most experienced traveler needs to watch out for.[5] – Steven Sharif

Event levels

The level of a particular event can be based on the level of the content that triggers it, or it can be set to a higher level in order to drive traffic back to lower level zones.[6]

For example, if the event takes place in a zone that has a base population of let's say average level 25, then one of the trigger conditions might be that 10 monsters of level 25 have been killed recently in that zone and the level 25 event will now spawn additional content designed for level 25 players. So these events aren't always going to be end-game they're going to be obviously appropriate based on the content in which the predicate system is informing, but they also could be something completely top level that is introduced at a lower-level area and brings population traffic of the players back to those types of things.[6] – Steven Sharif
  • The more players participating in an event the more challenging the event will become and the higher the rewards will be for completing the event.[7][8][9]

עליית רמות

אלפא-1 early iteration of the level-up effect by Jim Sanders.[10]

One of the cool abilities we all love seeing and gives us a major dopamine response is when our character levels up.[10] – Steven Sharif

עליית רמות won't follow a traditional linear path, although classic mechanics for leveling exist.[11][12]

Leveling: the act of of going out and adventuring, of killing monsters, and combat in general is the most tactile and moment-to-moment type of gameplay that you're going to experience in Ashes of Creation; and I think at every step of the way in that adventure it should be fun, and it should be something that you enjoy doing, and it should be something that's rewarding, and it should be something that teaches you more about the immersive world that you're in and allows you to follow a compelling storyline.[13] – Steven Sharif
  • Some levels may offer more rewards than others.[21]
I think you can emphasize some levels more than others and that's a great way to do progression. But I think ultimately that you should see a reward for your progress or effort spent.[21] – Steven Sharif
As part of our ideals as a game we're not going to give boosts away. We're not going to auto-level up a character. You have to spend time acclimating yourself to what this game is, to what the world that you're part of is; and that's an investment- a time investment; and that plays towards our ideas of risk-versus-reward; and I've always said our game's not going to be for everybody and that's okay.[22] – Steven Sharif
If I have a skill that does a thousand damage to a target of equal level I don't want my skill to do zero damage to a target that's five levels above me.[24] – Steven Sharif
  • A player could in theory level to max level at a single node, providing that node was at a high-enough stage, but it would not be the most effective means of leveling.[25]

סוף המשחק

Ashes of Creation will not have a typical end-game where content is essentially static and repetitive. Instead, max-level characters will be able to engage with many different gameplay loops that open up based on how the world progresses over time.[26][27]

Endgame to me communicates static. It is static structure. Okay, you've entered this loop, now and this is your end-game loop that you will repeat over and over. Whereas instead, the approach for Ashes is you have now reached a point where all of these loops are relevant; and the loops are present to you depending on how the community engages the world. And it's up to you to identify the most promising loops because you have a finite amount of time and resources in which you can engage with them. And that's then where strategy becomes a part of the picture: How will I choose to engage with these loops to maximize my return, or to maximize the specific benefit I wish to bring in individual, group, myself, or guild.[26] – Steven Sharif
Part of the whole experience with nodes is that there is no real end-game, in that the world is constantly shifting every day. Month one is going to be really different from month two; and that's for the level 50s and level 1s.[27] – Jeffrey Bard

Level cap

The level cap at launch is expected to be level 50.[28][29]

Lower level characters will have usefulness in mass combat (such as מצור על צומת) that is not directly dependent 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.[36]

The idea is not to be a game where somebody can essentially no life for a week and be max level. The idea is to incorporate some significant chunk of time but still respect the casual player, because the way we respect the casual player is not everything is driven in our game through the adventuring progression line. Not everything is driven through your class level per-se. There's a lot of different progression paths that are available and make you relevant within certain systems and mechanics within the game; and some of those paths are more casual friendly and some of those paths are more hardcore friendly. So with regards to the adventuring class, the idea is to make sure that investment needs to be pretty significant and that the reward then is respective of that investment.[30] – Steven Sharif

Zone of Influence

צמתים are pre-set locations, wrapped in a zone of influence (ZOI).[37]

Every Node is given purview over a predefined geographic area called a Zone of Influence (ZoI). No matter where you go in the world, whether you’re questing, gathering, or raiding, you’ll be helping determine which nodes will develop, and what Zones of Influence will expand. Any area that a Node controls is considered its Zone of Influence, including Vassal Nodes, and all Vassal Nodes exist within the Zone of Influence of their Parent Node.[3] – Margaret Krohn

Every node is given purview over a predefined geographic area called a אזורי השפעה (ZOI). Player activity within the ZOI is weighted and counted toward a particular node’s advancement.[37]

The main thing that differentiates us from other MMOs is that we have a living, breathing, reactive world... Our world is separated into zones, which are then separated into what we call nodes. Nodes are sort of invisible zones of influence that listen to everything that a player does; so as players gain experience from killing things, gain experience from doing quests, gain experience through crafting things, the node is also gaining that experience. Once a node gains enough experience it levels up and then starts to attract NPCs to it .[38] – Jeffrey Bard

Each Node can form into towns, but are limited by their neighbors. The Nodes have different levels of advancement. There can only be so many of each level. Think of this as advanced settlements needing more elbow room. Nodes encompass more land as they grow and will require more effort to be sustained. This system is a main driver for change in the world because it creates scarcity. As Nodes advance in stages of growth they will lock out neighboring Nodes from progressing, and will absorb their zones of influence.[37]

There is not a space where you will move in to do something and no node will get that experience.[40] – Steven Sharif

Node simulation

Simulation of node interactions.[45]

This representation does show 111 nodes as part of this particular simulation. I'm not sure what the tick frequency is on this video. It might be something on the magnitude of like every second is probably 12 to 24 hours. So over time you start seeing these larger node systems building up to eventually where you might see Cities and Metropolises after some period of time; and what this allows the design team to do from a tools perspective, as they simulate this idea of how the world is going to progress, is it gives an opportunity to see strange happenings or something that we couldn't necessarily predict but was a possible outcome based on the variables present.[45] – Steven Sharif

The developers have created a simulation of node interactions in preparation for אלפא-2 deployment of the node system.[45]

You can show the initial territories on the Verran map of what these particular nodes have governance over, or their Zones of Influence as we like to call them... As the simulation of this begins to advance and nodes begin to expand their territory and they begin to take over nearby nodes as a result of their of their growth, you start to see these power level ratings that are applied here on specific nodes that determines what type of takeover power it has and and what it pushes back against for other nodes that are looking to take over new territory as they advance.[45] – Steven Sharif

  • It also simulates events, such as דמויות ללא שחקן attacking and disabling certain node buildings and services. Failure to successfully respond to these will reduce the node's "health ticker", which will slow down the XP gains from the node.[45]

It also simulates events: So each of these nodes will have a health ticker: when that health ticker is impacted it'll stop gaining power or gaining or slow down in its gaining of experience; and that's because certain events can affect a node by disabling certain services, disabling buildings. Players don't respond to that horde of zombies that have come out of the nearby ravine then those zombies can attack stables, they can attack service buildings, and prevent particular types of quests or activities and services from happening until it's repaired.[45] – Steven Sharif

  • מצור על צומת are simulated, with successful sieges destroying the nodes, and where unsuccessful sieges won't destroy the node but may result in disabled buildings or services, similar to events.[45]

It simulates the sieges if a particular node has a certain frequency that's set where we want to see randomization of how nodes get affected by sieges. Sometimes they'll be destroyed in the simulation. Sometimes they'll have disabled services again, similar to an event, because they didn't succeed necessarily at sieging the node but they did succeed at disabling some of the buildings as part of that siege.[45] – Steven Sharif

  • It simulates what outcomes may happen in the live game as a result of player activity, such as splitting up a particular אזור השפעה across a waterway, or having territories expand out to islands or across continents.[45]

It simulates what players could potentially do as well when the game goes live; and that might include things like splitting up a particular Zone of Influence across a waterway, having your territory expand out to an island, or across continents. These are these are the types of things that we want to see players do eventually obviously but this tool provides the design team the opportunity to see it repetitively and over a fast period of time so they see these different types of outcomes.[45] – Steven Sharif

פיתוח צומת

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ןשוימ תויהל יושע הז םוגרת

פעילות של שחקנים אזרחים ושחקנים לא אזרחים (משימות, איסוף, פשיטות וכו.) בתוך אזור השפעה של צמתים נוספת לפיתוח אותו הצומת (התפתחות). [46][47]

איזור ההתפתחות של הצומת הוא היכן שציביליזציה תופיע כאשר צומת מתפתח. ככל שהצומת עולה שלבים, בניינים שונים, דמויות ללא שחקן (NPCs), ושירותים יהפכו לזמינים באיזור ההתפתחות. ככל שרמת הצומת גבוהה יותר, כך איזור ההתפתחות יהיה מורכב ומאוכלס יותר. אזור ההתפתחות ישתנה גם בהתאם לסוג הצומת - כלכלי, צבאי, מדעי, או שמימי; נרחיב יותר על כל אחד מהסוגים בפוסטים עתידיים בסדרה הזו. [46] – Margaret Krohn

התפתחות של צומת חושפת את התוכן הייחודי שלו, שבאה במחיר של נעילת טבעת הולכת וגדלה של צמתים שכנים מלהתפתח לשלב הבא. [48]

  • צמתים מתפתחים לשלב הראשון במהירות. זה מאפשר שירותים של דמויות ללא שחקן כמו מכר או בנקאות של חפצים.[49]
  • ככל שצומת מתקדם כך אזור השפעה שלו גדל.[50]
  • צמתים פחות מתקדמים (מכונים צמתים צמיתים) שנמצאים בתוך איזור השפעה של צומת מתקדם יותר יכולים עדיין לצבור XP, אבל חייבים להשאר בשלב התפתחות נמוך יותר מהצומת הדומיננטי.[51]
    • מערכת הצמיתים מתחילה כאשר צומת מגיע לשלב 3 (כפר), אבל צמתים שכנים החל משלב משלחת (שלב 1) יכולים גם לחסום את הגדילה של השכנים הקרובים שלהם.[52][53]
  • אלגוריתם הרחבת הטריטוריה לוקח בחשבון את החוף הקרוב ביותר, צמתים שכנים, ואת מפת החום של שחקנים באזורים הסמוכים במהלך השבועות או החודש האחרון.[54]

הדרך שבה האלגוריתם מרחיב שטחים לוקחת בחשבון כמה דברים: דבר ראשון היא לוקחת בחשבון את החוף לדוגמה היכן החוף הכי קרוב. דבר שני היא לוקחת בחשבון את הצמתים הסמוכים כך שהוא יוכל להשתלט עליהם ולהפוך אותם לצמיתים שלו, אבל מה שחשוב יותר זה בעצם האוכלוסייה הראשונית שנקבעת על ידי בחירת השחקנים את הגזעים שלהם. מכיוון שיש לנו תשעה גזעים שונים וארבע נקודות התחלה שונות שמתפצלות, צפיפות האוכלוסייה של כל שרת הולכת להכתיב למעשה את הצמתים הראשונים שיהיו מאוכלסים מאוד ואז הגרעין הראשוני הזה הוא זה שהולך לקבוע את מבנה כל צומת תוך כדי שהוא נע בתוך היבשה בעצם אל תוך העולם; ובהתבסס על הביצועים וההצלחות של מצורים שונים יקבע אילו צמתים שננעלו ממקודם בהתקדמות הראשונית יוכלו להיות זמינים כעת כדי להתקדם הלאה. אז אני באמת חושב שעם כל כך הרבה משתנים שנמצאים במשוואה של איך צמתים מתקדמים ונשארים קיימים ככל שיש לך יותר משתנים, ככה תהיה הסבירות שתהיה התפצלות משמעותית בהתקדמות עולם גבוהה יותר .[54] – Steven Sharif

בדרך כלל האלגוריתם שפועל על הרחבת הטריטוריה של צמתים ימנע מצמתים משמעותיים להיות קרובים זה לזה ... יכולה להיות סערה מושלמת בה כל הרחבה של אלגוריתם הטריטוריה תגרום לכך שצמתים יתקרבו זה לזה מאוד מכיוון שקיימות דרישות מסוימות שצריכות להתקיים בכדי לספק את האפשרות של השתלטות על צמתים צמיתים; וייתכן ששני צמתים לעולם לא יהפכו אחד את השני לצמית ובסופו של דבר יהיו צמודים זה לזה וימשיכו להרחיב את הטריטוריה שלהם בכיוונים מנוגדים: בערך כמו בספר "בין שתי ערים".[55] – Steven Sharif

  • צומת לא מקבל XP מהצמתים האחרים שתחת אזור ההשפעה שלו עד שאותם הצמתים מתפתחים לרמה הכי גבוהה שהם יכולים.[51]
  • שחקנים יועברו למקום בטוח אם הם נמצאים במקום של נכסים חדשים שצריכים להווצר במהלך התרחבות של צומת.[56]
  • אזרחים של צומת אחד יכולים לתרום להתקדמות של צמתים אחרים[57]

ההזדמנויות להשיג ניסיון עבור צומת יהיו שוות עבור כל ארבעת סוגי הצמתים

  • האחוז המדויק של התקדמות מהשגת חפצים או מהריגה של מפלצות לא יהיה ידוע במפורש כדי להימנע מ"לשחק" את המערכת.[58]

לאנשים שונים יש משאבים שונים שהושקעו בהתקדמות של צמתים וזה יהיה קצת "משחקי" (gamey) אם היית יכול לדעת בדיוק מה נחוץ באותה נקודה מכיוון שזה יבלום את התמריץ של אנשים להשתתף.[58] – Steven Sharif

צמתים צמיתים

Vassal node structure.[59]

This vassal mode structure tells you what it looks like for a sovereign at a level six metropolis stage; and what it can control at a maximum vassal network is two level five nodes, of which a level five node can control one level four and one level three as direct vassals; and then the four can control a three; and every three can control a one or a two. Now if the three gets removed through siege, the one or the two is removed as well. So that's an important distinction between the three's vassals, which technically isn't really a vassal relationship because there's no citizenships possible. Those vassals don't exist between three and X, but they do exist between four and three, five and four, and six and five. And what this also allows is that because there are 85 nodes that are within the world, we have a buffer zone of about 20 nodes that lives in a max server state. So if you had maximum five metropolises form in a world, you will have a number about 20 nodes that can live alongside those metropolis networks; and when or if a metropolis falls, that extra cushion of nodes around the five metropolis structures allows for the map to be redistricted in a way that is unique. It doesn't mean that one of the fives is just going to pick up where the last six left off and form the same exact metropolis structure. From a territory perspective it has ancillary nodes to play with and expand towards that redistricts the map, so that if a metropolis falls there's a significant difference in the layout of the world and the layout of these almost nation-like territories.[59] – Steven Sharif

Village (stage 3) or higher nodes enslave nearby nodes, converting them into vassal nodes.[3][53]

There is a layer of intricacy between how the neighboring nodes advance and what potential parent structure they have in the vassalship tree.[60] – Steven Sharif
  • Vassal nodes gain benefits from their regent node (also referred to as sovereign node or parent node) even if the node type of the parent is different to the vassal.[61][62]
It is not a bad thing to be vasseled, it is a good thing to be vasseled. It brings many benefits from the Sovereign, which is the ultimate parent of that vassal network down to the vassal node itself; and it allows that vassal node to even live outside of its normal mechanics. You get to adopt some of the benefits that the node type of your sovereign is, even if your node type as a vassal node isn't the same.[62] – Steven Sharif
  • Regent nodes collect taxes from their vassal nodes. These taxes cannot be taken by the mayor or other players.[64]
  • Vassal nodes give excess experience to their parent node and may have their own vassals; so long as they fall within the parent node’s zone of influence.[64][3]
    • If a node is capped and is both a vassal and has its own vassals, any experience earned from itself or its Vassals is first applied to its own deficit. Experience beyond that is then sent to its parent node.[46]
When the vassal reaches its cap it overflows experience up to the parent; and so it can be very good early on for parents to get vassal nodes that are very productive- that have a lot of traffic.[64] – Steven Sharif
  • Vassals are subject to the government, alliances, wars, taxes, and trade of their parent node, and are able to receive federal aid from them.[3]
  • Vassal nodes cannot declare war on their parent node or any of their vassals.[3]
  • Citizens of vassals are bound by the diplomatic states of the parent node.[3]
If a Node is a Vassal Node and is capped from advancing further, it first applies any experience earned to its own deficit (see Node Atrophy section), and then applies excess experience earned to its Parent Node. If the Parent Node advances and the Vassal is able to grow, it becomes uncapped. If a Node is capped and is both a Vassal and has its own Vassals, any experience earned from itself or its Vassals is first applied to their own deficit. Any experience beyond that is then sent to its Parent Node.[46] – Margaret Krohn

See also

הפניות

  1. ↑ רֵאָיוֹן, 2020-07-19 (19:35).
  2. ↑ שידור חי, 2017-05-15 (30:53).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Blog - Know Your Nodes - The Basics.
  4. ↑ שידור חי, 2022-08-26 (1:28:50).
  5. ↑ Interview: Ashes of Creation on Building Their Virtual World, 2017-04-13.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 שידור חי, 2022-04-29 (44:13).
  7. ↑ וִידֵאוֹ, 2023-09-29 (12:18).
  8. ↑ וִידֵאוֹ, 2023-09-29 (2:59).
  9. ↑ steven-world-events.jpg
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 שידור חי, 2020-07-31 (1:05:58).
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 שידור חי, 2022-10-14 (23:15).
  12. ↑ leveling.png
  13. ↑ שידור חי, 2023-10-31 (5:27).
  14. ↑ פודקאסט, 2023-07-15 (13:51).
  15. ↑ רֵאָיוֹן, 2018-10-20 (2:53:53).
  16. ↑ רֵאָיוֹן, 2018-10-20 (1:55).
  17. ↑ פודקאסט, 2023-12-03 (15:05).
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 שידור חי, 2022-05-27 (1:11:10).
  19. ↑ שידור חי, 2017-05-24 (46:27).
  20. ↑ שידור חי, 2020-07-25 (1:33:37).
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 שידור חי, 2022-07-29 (1:24:58).
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 רֵאָיוֹן, 2021-06-13 (48:27).
  23. ↑ שידור חי, 2018-09-27 (52:41).
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 שידור חי, 2020-07-25 (1:34:55).
  25. ↑ שידור חי, 2022-04-29 (1:06:34).
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 רֵאָיוֹן, 2023-07-09 (42:51).
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 וִידֵאוֹ, 2018-04-05 (40:08).
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 פודקאסט, 2023-07-15 (11:21).
  29. ↑ שידור חי, 2017-12-15 (58:48).
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 רֵאָיוֹן, 2020-07-08 (1:07:59).
  31. ↑ שידור חי, 2017-05-24 (19:25).
  32. ↑ שידור חי, 2021-04-30 (41:18).
  33. ↑ שידור חי, 2023-12-19 (1:41:54).
  34. ↑ שידור חי, 2023-03-31 (1:24:21).
  35. ↑ שידור חי, 2022-01-28 (15:35).
  36. ↑ רֵאָיוֹן, 2020-07-08 (1:12:51).
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 Node series part I
  38. ↑ רֵאָיוֹן, 2018-04-20 (7:22).
  39. ↑ Ashes of Creation FAQ.
  40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 שידור חי, 2018-07-09 (39:32).
  41. ↑ שידור חי, 2019-03-29 (58:14).
  42. ↑ שידור חי, 2019-03-29 (29:17).
  43. ↑ שידור חי, 2017-05-05 (37:52).
  44. ↑ רֵאָיוֹן, 2018-05-11 (55:16).
  45. ↑ 45.00 45.01 45.02 45.03 45.04 45.05 45.06 45.07 45.08 45.09 45.10 שידור חי, 2021-09-24 (30:26).
  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 46.3 46.4 Blog - Know Your Nodes - Advance and Destroy.
  47. ↑ A reactive world - Nodes.
  48. ↑ וִידֵאוֹ, 2017-04-20 (0:02).
  49. ↑ Npc vending.jpg
  50. ↑ Node series part II – the Metropolis.
  51. ↑ 51.0 51.1 שידור חי, 2017-10-16 (50:20).
  52. ↑ 52.0 52.1 steven-quote-neighboring-nodes.png
  53. ↑ 53.0 53.1 53.2 jahlon-steven-vassal-nodes-quote.png
  54. ↑ 54.0 54.1 רֵאָיוֹן, 2020-07-18 (10:04).
  55. ↑ 55.0 55.1 רֵאָיוֹן, 2020-07-08 (1:00:15).
  56. ↑ שידור חי, 2017-11-17 (55:27).
  57. ↑ node xp.png
  58. ↑ 58.0 58.1 שידור חי, 2017-05-26 (28:16).
  59. ↑ 59.0 59.1 59.2 שידור חי, 2022-08-26 (1:07:34).
  60. ↑ steven-vassals.png
  61. ↑ שידור חי, 2023-08-31 (52:56).
  62. ↑ 62.0 62.1 שידור חי, 2022-08-26 (1:04:35).
  63. ↑ steven-stream-clarifications-august-2022.png
  64. ↑ 64.0 64.1 64.2 שידור חי, 2022-08-26 (1:10:16).

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