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A companion app (mobile app/web interface) allows players who are not logged into the game to have authority over certain services and mechanics.[1][2] Some functionality may come post-launch.[3]

Specific dates that you can have running as reminders in your guild UI, this will also be something that I would like to be available on the mobile companion app as well. So essentially you can receive notifications via a calendar update on guild events that the leaders or the officers have the ability to pin within the game will also give you notifications on the mobile app as well. That's my intention at least.[7] – Steven Sharif
Some of it may come post-launch... but we do want people to interact with the game on their phones when they're away from the computer; and we're going to do as much as we can to make that cool.[3] – Jeffrey Bard

City hall

Kaelar node buildings.[8]

City hall is a government building within a node.[9]

We want the City Hall to be the place where big decisions are made for each Node. It should be where the “ruling class” comes together and decides what to do (these decisions can quickly make them the “old ruling class” too).

Mayors and node governments use City hall to visualize and control activities within their node. These capabilities will also be available via mobile/web inteface.[5]

Players can interact with the node board to get a list of its citizens.[10]

Parlor games

A companion app (mobile app/web interface) allows players who are not logged into the game to have authority over certain services and mechanics.[1][2] Some functionality may come post-launch.[3]

Specific dates that you can have running as reminders in your guild UI, this will also be something that I would like to be available on the mobile companion app as well. So essentially you can receive notifications via a calendar update on guild events that the leaders or the officers have the ability to pin within the game will also give you notifications on the mobile app as well. That's my intention at least.[7] – Steven Sharif
Some of it may come post-launch... but we do want people to interact with the game on their phones when they're away from the computer; and we're going to do as much as we can to make that cool.[3] – Jeffrey Bard

Farmhands and NPC assistance

Based on node type and progression, players will be able to hire NPCs to work as farmhands on their freehold farms. Players will be able to command these farmhands online in-game as well as offline via an application (mobile app) or web interface.[4][2]

  • Crop rotation management.
  • Plant or harvest specific crops.
  • Sell food or crops.

Character page

A character web page (character sheet) will be available closer to live launch that shows the following:[11]

  • What a character looks like.[11]
  • Achievements and server firsts.[11]
  • Info on a player's class.[11]
  • Character's back story via journal entries (that are shared publicly by the player).[12][13]
  • Traits can be applied that describe a character's history.[13]

You will have a unique homepage for each character and that homepage will be able to be customized by the user to display unique information. It will have a small out-of-game RPG component where you can construct background and traits and stuff like that.[13] – Steven Sharif

The character page will be accessible in game by opening a browser through the UI.[12]

That's part of the character sheet desire for us which hopefully will be accessible in game as well by opening a browser through our UI where you can get back history of a character that that character has input themselves into journal entries that they may choose to share with others... For role play perspective we want people to be in depth with their characters.[12] – Steven Sharif

The player can manage what info is shown on the character page.[11]

Announcements

Goblins attacking a Town (stage 4) node due to a triggered event.[14][15]

Enemies can only really grow stronger as the node grows, becoming outposts essentially for exiled or rivals of the existing order.[16] – Steven Sharif

There will be local, regional, or global (server-wide) announcements/notifications of important events.[16][17]

Event notifications will utilize different methods depending on the stage (scope and level) of the event.[16]

  • Local events
    • Local events (such as caravan PvP)[21][22][23] may prompt players via the UI asking if they wish to participate or not.[16]
    • Other local events may offer audible or visual cues without any UI notifications.[16]
    • Local events that have not been addressed may start to expand regionally or even globally.[16]
One important thing to note about events in general is notifications are sent to the players. Players can opt into these events in a similar way that you would into a quest. You're going to be presented with a 'would you like to participate' but they might not always be that way. You might hear trees falling in the forest and that may be an audio cue to tell you something's happening over there. It's out of the ordinary. This is not normally an audio cue that I hear in this area and i'm gonna go investigate that thing. So it might not just be always that kind of UI window represented with a 'participate or not' but I'm going to go investigate and in that sense it could be stage driven. So you might have the more local stage where it is just the visual or audio cues and you get to go participate in that stage; and then when it advances, or if you don't answer the problem in time, then it starts to expand regionally and then it might send out particular notifications to either citizens of the node from which it falls under its purview or even broader than that. It could be global driven events and then it could have things that are are visual cues that are really big like a giant blizzard that's affecting the zone, because the event hasn't been addressed; and that can affect the crop rotations or it can affect passages and roads and how caravans move. There's a lot that the predicate system informs to the event system and then the event system reacts to those types of predicates.[16] – Steven Sharif
Whether it be like a siege or a triggered event against a city or like a unique dungeon opportunity... those types of things are going to involve notifications. Especially to the citizens of the city; where you'll be informed of an impending event. Basically it will give you time.[20] – Steven Sharif
  • Regional or global events
    • Wider events may be broadcast regionally or even globally.[16][17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Livestream, January 18, 2018 (30:18).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Livestream, November 17, 2017 (11:00).
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 Livestream, May 4, 2018 (54:09).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Livestream, May 9, 2017 (28:57).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Livestream, November 17, 2017 (9:49).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Livestream, November 17, 2017 (11:53).
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Podcast, November 15, 2020 (52:50).
  8. ↑ Blog: Creative Director's Letter
  9. ↑ City hall.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Livestream, October 30, 2020 (1:01:00).
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Livestream, November 17, 2017 (13:59).
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Interview, August 8, 2018 (28:50).
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Interview, August 24, 2018 (6:30).
  14. ↑ Types of Events on Verra.
  15. ↑ Livestream, April 29, 2022 (32:29).
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 16.8 Livestream, April 29, 2022 (42:31).
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 Livestream, May 4, 2018 (48:14).
  18. ↑ Livestream, April 29, 2022 (39:00).
  19. ↑ Livestream, June 25, 2021 (1:13:30).
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 Interview, August 17, 2018 (24:48).
  21. ↑ Interview, March 27, 2020 (16:19).
  22. ↑ caravan UI.png
  23. ↑ Livestream, May 22, 2017 (40:40).
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 Livestream, April 30, 2021 (1:01:10).
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