City hall
Town hall (also called City hall) is a default service building that comes pre-built with nodes.[3][4][5][2]
- Players can interact with the node board to get a list of its citizens.[6] Clicking on a citizen will reveal information about their guild, society, religion, and property ownership.[6]
- Mayors and node governments use city hall to visualize and control activities within their node. These capabilities will also be available via mobile/web interface.[7]
- Status of the node's economy.[7]
- Status of upcoming elections.[7]
- Status of trade agreements.[7]
- Status of caravans.[7]
Node governments
Positions within a node's government are attained through seasonal titles that grant special powers and benefits within the node.[10][9][11][12]
There are other node-based positions. Most of them relate to social organizational structures like the temple and the social organization building that the node might construct. Those are ladder systems of achievement that players can work through on a seasonal basis to achieve the highest level of that for the particular node; and by doing so they will then have titles bestowed upon them, which grants certain types of powers and benefits.[10] – Steven Sharif
- Mayors.[7]
- Priests, bishops, or acolytes of temples.[10][13][11]
- Social organization positions.[10]
- Patron guild leaders.[11]
- Chief bounty hunter.[11]
Leadership powers
Leadership powers may refer to.
Node wars
Node governments may declare war on another node and rally citizens to the cause.[14][2]
- This mutually flags the citizens of the warring nodes, including their allies, as combatants.[15]
- Social organizations quests will either be cooperative or adversarial based on the war status of their parent nodes.[15]
- Vassal nodes cannot declare a node war on their parent node or any of their vassals.[16]
- Node wars can be declared at any time, but the objectives will only spawn during server prime-time.[17]
- Players can kill each other at any time during the war (not only during server prime-time).[17]
- Node wars affect reputation between the nodes.[4][18]
- We have conditions that you can set between nodes with regards to either nodes being friendly with each other and acting trade alliances, or they can declare war on nodes similar to how guild wars may function in different games, where those citizens become hostile to each other based on the player government that's elected in the particular node. So those systems all cater to allowing a conflict that's meaningful and that also provides a non-imbalanced relationship between stronger guilds and not as strong guilds.[19] – Steven Sharif
Battle maps
Battle maps allow players to strategize, gain bonuses on planned attacks, and see the blueprints of attackable points. Whether attacking a node or castle, players will be able to discern defenses, analyze possible weak points and gain tactical advantages before the battle begins.[20]
- Battle maps might not fit into lower level or smaller sized taverns.
- Battle maps are not currently on the official roadmap for launch.[21]
Usage
Battle maps offer an interactive command map instead of the standard World map. The system would be accessed through City hall or battle planning center. Battle maps work similar to a Risk board, with the node siege map laid out with moveable pieces that would represent defenses. Moving pieces would create buff zones that would give active siege players access to special items or perks. The map does not show the currently active battle: pieces will have to be moved before the battle commences. The idea is to make sieges more strategic and avoid simple zerg tactics.[21]
Node politics
There won't be a civil war mechanic within nodes but there will be scope for internal political conflicts; such as undermining the current leadership and disrupting trade.[22]
- The only way to remove an elected mayor prior to the end of their term is by destroying the node.[23]
We want consequences to matter and if that person got elected then you need to work within the means of the mechanics to get them unelected.[23] – Steven Sharif
Artwork
See also
References
- ↑ Video, August 31, 2023 (49:05).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 City hall.
- ↑ Video, August 31, 2023 (33:07).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Blog: Development Update with Village Node.
- ↑ Livestream, August 31, 2023 (50:25).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Livestream, October 30, 2020 (1:01:00).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Livestream, November 17, 2017 (9:49).
- ↑ Livestream, March 28, 2020 (1:02:46).
- ↑ 9.0 9.1
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Livestream, September 29, 2023 (1:07:01).
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Livestream, July 26, 2019 (1:20:48).
- ↑ MMOGames interview, January 2017
- ↑ Livestream, July 25, 2020 (1:52:45).
- ↑ Livestream, April 29, 2022 (27:42).
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Interview, July 19, 2020 (24:34).
- ↑ Blog - Know Your Nodes - The Basics.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1
- ↑ Livestream, August 31, 2023 (44:21).
- ↑ Video, April 5, 2018 (41:48).
- ↑ The mighty beard!
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Livestream, October 31, 2017 (33:28).
- ↑ Livestream, May 24, 2017 (40:50).
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Livestream, June 28, 2019 (1:26:14).