Guild war mechanics
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- Guild wars can be declared at any time, but the objectives will only spawn during server prime-time.[1][2]
- Players can kill each other at any time during the war (not only during server prime-time).[1]
- Guild war objectives are intended to dynamically spawn based on various conditions that exist within each guild.[3][4][5][2]
- Guild wars are not permanent. Definitive victory/surrender conditions exist that are based on the level of the warring guilds and the assets that those guilds have.[4][6]
- Guild wars operate outside the PvP flagging system.[7][8][9][10][6]
- Death penalties (mostly) do not apply to objective-based events, such as guild wars.[7][8][9][10]
Guild war objectives
There will be default guild war objectives as well as objectives that dynamically spawn in the world based on the assets guilds own, the activities guilds have participated in, and other conditions.[3][4][11][5]
- If the guild owns a guild hall, objectives might be related to capturing a quest item in or around the guild hall that is only visible to the warring guild. Capturing this objective may require channeling time.[3][5][11]
- If you have a guild hall and a certain type of guild war is declared that is maybe a higher stakes war, some of those objectives will be centralized either at your guild hall, at the opponent's guild hall; could be a progression step towards the guild hall. It might be a specific a period of time that accumulates into into a central battle at the guild hall for an objective.[11] – Steven Sharif
- If the guild has recently completed a raid, objectives might include stealing one of the quest items that the guild received from killing that raid boss.[3][11]
- Objectives may be based on whether a guild is a patron guild of a node.[3]
- Objectives may spawn based on the home node of the guild leader and/or officers.[3]
- Guild wars can be declared at any time, but the objectives will only spawn during server prime-time.[1]
- There may be bounty objectives to kill a particular guild member. The target may have increased damage mitigation and/or health against the warring guild and can call for help.[5]
- Guild war objectives are intended to be more fluid than castle siege objectives.[5]
Server prime-time
Objective-based PvP events such as node sieges, castle sieges, guild wars, and node wars will occur within a prime-time window somewhere between 3PM and 9PM server time. This is subject to testing.[12][13][14]
- Guild wars and node wars can be declared at any time, but the objectives will only spawn during the prime-time window.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Livestream, May 22, 2017 (52:01).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Interview, September 10, 2023 (18:10).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Livestream, December 22, 2020 (1:08:41).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Podcast, August 18, 2018 (1:12:34).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Livestream, May 15, 2017 (17:20).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Livestream, February 24, 2023 (1:29:45).
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Livestream, June 30, 2022 (1:14:52).
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Livestream, August 27, 2021 (1:22:56).
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Livestream, December 22, 2020 (1:13:51).
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Podcast, August 4, 2018 (1:54:15).
- ↑ Interview, July 29, 2020 (31:05).
- ↑ Interview, July 18, 2020 (13:13).
- ↑ Interview, July 8, 2020 (22:37).