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Pre-alpha 大都會 node.[1]

Nodes are a pre-set location, wrapped in a zone of influence, in our world that can form into towns of different sizes. These sizes range from a small camp to a sprawling metropolis. The size of the towns depends on the contribution by players and how far they’ve advanced the Node. Players do not create the footprint of a Node, but within that footprint they do have the ability to own land. Players who are part of the government for a specific Node will have the ability to modify building types and services further, but for the most part, a Node will grow along its own specific path (think about this more as NPCs building these towns out, rather than PCs individually putting buildings and walls up). A Node’s contribution area is larger than the actual town itself, allowing for players to adventure while building upon the town. We call the contribution area the Node’s “Zone of Influence,” and it’s the area where players help to advance the Node they are in.[2]

每個伺服器都佈置了不同種類且可發展的地點,這些地點稱為節點[4]

Nodes are the heart of the world, they create the ebb and flow of life. At their core, Nodes are pre-set points in the world, wrapped in a Zone of Influence and surrounded by geographic areas that change over time based upon player participation. The world map is divided into regions, with each region containing multiple Nodes. As a Node advances, it influences the types of content within itself and the surrounding areas. Players do not create Nodes, but if they are a part of the government for a specific Node, they have the ability to influence diplomacy, and modify building types/construction and services within that Node. There will be 103 Node locations at launch, each with its own impact on the narrative and development of the world.[8]Margaret Krohn

Nodes exist all throughout the world and the location of said node will determine its type; but this type will be... seen at the first stage of development when the first stage when a node propagates real-time assets in the world; is basically these NPCs, these merchants that come into an area and they offer services and/or of stores or whatever the deal may be. You will see the flavor of the node from those merchants. So if it's a military node you'll see military people. If it's... an economic node you'll see merchants. If it's a scientific one you'll see scholars; and if it's a divine one you'll see priests and clerics. So players will have a very firm understanding of which node is which type in order to know how they want to progress.[13]Steven Sharif

據點會被分配為四種據點種類的其中一種,不同種類的據點都會有其獨特的專業。[8]

  • 玩家能夠在據點發展成第一階段(Expedition)時,透過辨別據點內的NPC從而識別該據點的種類。[13]
據點種類.[8] 獨有專業[8] NPCs.[8]
神聖據點 信仰和技能/裝備強化 牧師
經濟據點 交易商貿 商人
軍事據點 戰鬥職業訓練 守衛
科技據點 工匠和建築 學者

Ashes of Creation allows you, the player, to decide the fate of the world around you. With each Node Type, you can change the flow of resources and goods in the world. Will you grow the largest Economic Metropolis and help guide the riches of Verra, or will you choose another path unlocking new stories filled with allies and enemies?[14]

所有伺服據點種類都是預先預設的。[8]

For example, if a level 4 Scientific Node is destroyed, it will become a Level 0 Scientific Node. It will never be any other Node Type other than a Scientific Node. The location of these Types relates to the influences of the area around the Node.[8]Margaret Krohn

節點種類會影響每個發展階段中的各種服務和系統。[8]

節點優勢

每種節點發展成第六階段 (大都會) 時,也會解鎖一個超能力 (絕招)。[14]

影響區域

節點有預設位置及其影響區域[2]

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.[8]Margaret Krohn

每個節點都有預設的影響覆蓋範圍,稱為影響區域。玩家在影響區域內的活動將影響該區節點的發展[2]

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 .[16]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.[2]

There is not a space where you will move in to do something and no node will get that experience.[18]Steven Sharif

節點發展

概念圖 — 位於較高等級的節點的影響區域內時,節點的可發展等級會設有上限。[23] 影響區域的形狀將會是不規則,圖中的圓形只用於方便解說。

從第三階段起,節點升級時,鄰近的節點會被納入成附庸節點。附庸節點是由上級節點擁有,且等級必須低於上級節點一級。這代表上級節點升級後,附庸節點才能升級。附庸節點會提供大量經驗給其上級節點,且同時可以有自己的附庸節點,但條件是這些節點也位於其上級節點的影響區域內。附庸節點受上級節點的政府、同盟、戰爭、稅務和貿易影響,且可以獲取聯邦援助。附庸節點不能對上級節點或自己的附庸節點宣戰。附庸節點的公民亦受上級節點的外交狀態約束。[8]Margaret Krohn

玩家 (公民或非公民) 於節點影響區域內進行活動 (任務採集團隊戰鬥等) 時,將有助該節點發展提升節點至更高階段[24][4]

隨着節點發展,其發展區域將會是出現文明的地方。節點發展至不同階段時,其發展區域內將會出現不同的建築物、NPC 和服務。節點等級愈高,發展區域便會變得愈繁盛,人口亦會變多。發展區域也會根據節點種類 (經濟、軍事、科技、神聖) 而變化。未來我們將會更詳細介紹每種節點種類。[24]Margaret Krohn

隨着節點發展,將會有獨特遊戲內容解鎖,但其影響區域會同時擴大,限制相鄰節點的可發展等級[25]

[[{{{2}}}|⧼{{{2}}}⧽]] (階段 3) 時生效,但相鄰節點

[[{{{2}}}|⧼{{{2}}}⧽]] (階段 1)便會限制鄰近節點的發展。[27][28]

  • 遊戲的領土擴張算法會考量最鄰近的海岸、相鄰節點、以及過去數週或一個月周邊地區玩家的熱圖。[29]
    • 此算法計算領土 (影響區域) 擴張的方法,最終會導致兩個相同等級的節點位置鄰近,但機會很小。[30]

The way that the algorithm expands the territories takes into account a few things: One it takes into account the coast like where's the closest coast. Two it takes into account the neighboring nodes so it can take over and essentially vassal state those nodes, but what's more important is essentially the initial population based on like how players choose their races. Because we have nine different races and four different starting points that branch out, each server's population density is going to dictate essentially the first few nodes that are highly populated and then that initial seed is what's going to determine the node structure as it moves inland into the into the world essentially; and based on the performance and successes of different sieges will determine which nodes that got locked out from the previous the initial advancements what nodes can now be available to advance further. So I really think that with so many variables that are present in the equation of how nodes advance and stay existing with the more variables you have, the higher likelihood there is for there to be a significant diversion in world progression.[29]Steven Sharif

Normally the algorithm that's applied to the node territorial expansion will prevent significant nodes from being in close proximity to each other... There could be a perfect storm where all of the algorithmic progression of territory leads to having these nodes very close to each other because there's certain requirements that should that need to be available to satisfy node vassal takeovers; and it's possible that two nodes would never take each other over as vassals and end up close together and spanning their territories in opposite directions: The Tale of Two Cities thing.[30]Steven Sharif

  • 影響區域內的其他節點達到等級上限後,才會從這些節點獲得經驗值。[23]
  • 玩家在節點升級時,與新出現的建築物處於同一位置的話,會被傳送至安全場所。[31]
  • 某節點的公民仍可以協助其他節點發展。[32]
  • 為了避免出現「為做而做」的情況,玩家不會明確知道節點升級實際需要多少物品或擊死多少隻怪物[33]

Different people have different resources invested in nodes progressing and it would be a little "gamey" if you could know exactly what was necessary at that point because that would disincentivize people from participating.[33]Steven Sharif

區域與發展

地下城, 大型副本, 世界頭目, Mobs, 任務, Events, 資源, Narratives and other content within a node's ZOI will have a diverse level range; but will scale with the advancement of that node and its racial influence.[34][35][8]

  • Portions of the spawn tables (for mobs and resources) are static and other portions are dynamic and adapt to node development.[36]
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.[37]Steven Sharif

節點衰退

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節點 accumulate an experience deficit each day based on the node's level, called node atrophy. The deficit is subtracted from any experience earned that day. If any deficit remains, then this is subtracted from the node’s experience pool.[24]

  • An atrophy system may be implemented, where accumulated atrophy points will progressively disable services within a node. The node may be destroyed if a significant points threshold is reached.[30]
  • A previous design concept was that nodes could delevel based on accumulated atrophy.[30][24]
There are intrinsic problems with reducing a nodes level as opposed to removing the node and it may be possible I'm just gonna say now that we don't actually atrophy nodes to delevel but rather accrue atrophy points that must be replenished over time; and if not it begins to disable services and further compound the atrophy problem; at which point when it reaches a certain atrophy point then the node would just disappear.[30]Steven Sharif

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故事任務 (Storyline quests/Narrative quests) contain objectives for each chapter of a story arc.[38][39][40][41][42][43]

  • Players can progress each chapter by completing story arc quests within the timeframe that each chapter is active.[40]
    • Phase timers are shown (in the quest UI) to indicate how much real-world time is available to complete the quests in each phase.[39]
    • If the player completes all quests in a particular chapter, they will need to wait until the next chapter to obtain further quests.[44]
  • Story arcs can branch into different stories with multiple possible endings depending on the quest objectives that players complete during each chapter.[38][39][41]
You can't really farm the quests in any meaningful way, because once you've done the quests in a chapter, that's it until the next chapter. Whether 1000 people participate or 10, the chapters will stay active for the same length of time, and as long as you participate in the clearly-marked time frame in your quest journal, you're good. The only thing that a concentrated effort can help with is influencing the narrative paths through the arcs.[44]Skott B
  • These quests stages can be failed. The ability to retry a failed quest depends on Node progression.[41]
There will be many different quests that actually have stages of the storyline; and these stages can actually be failed. You can actually fail a storyline; which sucks when you think about it, but at the same time that risk makes your investment that much more important.[41]Steven Sharif

戰利品公園

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戰利品公園 is an area within Town, City or 大都會 nodes that has available spots for trophies. These trophies show the character names of players who are the first to complete world bosses and dungeon bosses that were spawned as the result of the development of that particular node.[47]

  • Server announcements and achievements are designed to encourage groups to experience new content.[47]

Node development

⧼{{{2}}}⧽]] (階段 3) node on different servers. Dünir Dwarven influence (top). Kaelar Human influence (bottom). Alpha-1 非 NDA 截屏.

The layout and architecture within a Node’s development area are determined by influential race. For example, a stage 3 Node with the majority of player contribution being Py'rai would have a Py'rai village with Py'rai architecture. Most NPCs would be Py'rai elves, and offer questlines within the Py'rai narrative.[8]Margaret Krohn

Each player’s contributed experience is flagged with their character race and other identifiers. When a Node advances, the race with the highest experience contribution determines the Node’s style and culture. This style and culture change can happen at every Node Stage. For example, if a Node advances to Level 2 - Encampment Stage and 51% of all experience was earned by Ren’Kai players, the Node will be a Level 2 Ren’Kai Node. If that same Node advances to a Level 3 - Village Stage Node, but the Py'Rai contributed 62% of all the experience earned, then the Node will be a Level 3 Py'Rai Node.[24]Margaret Krohn

節點佈局與風格 is determined by several factors:[48][49]

The way that the node system is built is that they can exist across a spread of 18 biomes, but at the same time have to represent the cultural influence of these cultures that are intrinsically a part of a specific biome.[50]Steven Sharif
Currently the way that the platform system is set up, is it's capable of adjusting the topography of the node's footprint, regardless of the surrounding terrain. So the reason for that is we want to have flexibility in the presentation of the node's layout and how it is essentially both from an aesthetic standpoint as well as a mechanical standpoint with node sieges- how it's constructed and that construction should have the ability to take on a variance of different types of topography. So it shouldn't be dependent on the surrounding area. Now that's not to say that the surrounding area isn't going to have some influence over. So for example... we're experimenting a little bit with the platform tech and putting up a node up against the side of a mountain or on the edge of a cliff or something that has a beautiful vista. Those are things that we're going to test out obviously as we continue to work on the node tool and how that platform system works, but the idea is to have the node independent of the surrounding terrain.[51]Steven Sharif
Some parts are determined by the area it's in. Some parts are determined by the type it is. Some parts are determined by the race it is; and then the rest of it is determined by the mayor.[49]Jeffrey Bard
All nodes, whether they're associated with a castle or associated with normal node structure, has cultural influences that replicate over to the buildings that are produced and the NPCs that are present.[57]Steven Sharif
  • The rest is determined by the node's mayor.[49]
    • It should be possible for a node to complete several building projects within a mayor's one month term in office.[58]
Q: How long would you say it will take players on average to fill/build up a node completely from wilderness to metropolis?
A: It's one thing to get a node to a certain level: it's another thing to develop the node; and I can't really give you an on-average expectation, because there's a lot of variables at play. There's how many citizens does the node have attracted to it; what's the type of traffic that the node is attracting to it based on things like its tax rates, or the specialization that it chose to spec into, based on the building types it's chosen to build. All of those things are variables that can affect the quote-unquote "average build-out time" of a particular node. So it's difficult to give you an average when there's so many variables along those lines. But the idea is that if there is a particular project that players are interested in in developing based on the node stage, that they would have the ability to complete several of those projects as within a single term of a mayor; and a term of a mayor is one month.[58]Steven Sharif

節點建築

Template:Node buildings

種族任務

任務 may be based on a character's race.[59]

Different quests may relate to who the primary cultural contributor is to a node. This won't lock out content, but will add flavor to the quests.[59]

There might even be different directories of the quest that exist for specific races, and even though you're sharing a quest to kill a boss, if you're human and I'm an elf, I will have a different arc potentially that leads in a different direction than you, even though we took the same quest; and this can relate to who the primary cultural contributor is to a node unlocking different arcs for cultures that share the primary culture of a node - not that locks out content but it gives a flavor in a different direction so that not everything is so cookie cutter.[59]Steven Sharif

Race matters because narratives have paths that also are influenced based on the primary contributing culture to the node... If you're a Niküa and you have you're in a Niküa node that's predominantly Niküa, you're going to have certain services and/or abilities as a member of the Niküa race that other races may not have access to... They may have alternative quest lines, but they won't have specific ones. Now those specific Niküa quests will then relate to the meta-narrative that's present in the world and they'll start to direct some of that meta-narrative; and that'll be beneficial for your kind because it will unlock certain content for your race that other races haven't unlocked yet. So there is an incentive there to see progression along that line now in order to curb the progress of a dominant race.[60]Steven Sharif

任務 that are race specific, title specific, or guild specific will likely be less than 10% of the total number of quests. 90% of quests should be able to be shared by everybody.[61]

玩家房屋

Pre-alphaEmpyrean 族個人土地房家宅[62]

Players will have the ability to survey and develop land anywhere in the world. Be a pioneer deep in the wilderness, build the home of your dreams, and work the land to cultivate resources and supplies. Alternatively, stick with civilization and safety in numbers – purchase a home within the confines of a village and watch your investment grow as that village turns into a city. Homeowners in our game will have the ability to develop their plot of land as they see fit. Focus on farming, animal husbandry, or own your very own smithy. You’ll be able to specialize your land to maximize your profits or your comfort – be sure to choose wisely.[63]

玩家房屋有三種:固定房屋公寓個人土地房[1]

玩家最多可同時擁有每種房屋各一間。[65] 固定房屋公寓為每伺服器一間〕﹔個人土地房為每帳號一座。

玩家房屋 種類 解鎖條件 起始數目 擁有限制
公寓 獨立區域[1] 村莊階段及以上[66] 5[67] 伺服器每名角色一間[68]
個人土地房 開放世界[1] 村莊階段及以上[1] 充足'[67] 每個帳號一座[68]
固定房屋 節點內[1] 村莊階段及以上[1] 8[67] 伺服器每名角色一間[68]

固定房屋

固定房屋 provides non-instanced player accommodation within a node, also known as in-node housing.[1]

[[{{{2}}}|⧼{{{2}}}⧽]] (階段 3).[1][67]

公寓

公寓 provide instanced player housing functionality on a rental basis.[72][1]

[[{{{2}}}|⧼{{{2}}}⧽]] (階段 3) apartment buildings offer 50 rental apartments. Additional apartments can be added at

[[{{{2}}}|⧼{{{2}}}⧽]] (階段 4) if the mayor chooses to construct them and if there is an available plot for the expansion. This includes different types of apartments, such as penthouses.[73][74][72][67][1]

[[{{{2}}}|⧼{{{2}}}⧽]] (階段 6) node will be in the hundreds, if that node specs into all apartment expansion upgrades. This number is subject to change based on testing.[72]

  • Prices for apartments will fluctuate depending on the number of units already sold in the node.[1]
  • Different price points offer different apartment sizes and types, such as penthouses.[74][1]
  • It was previously stated that apartments would be available at

[[{{{2}}}|⧼{{{2}}}⧽]] (階段 4) or above.[1]

The mayor may additionally construct apartment buildings when the node hits stage 4 at one of the building plots in the node, along with cities gaining additional static housing and apartments by default as a normal part of the leveling process.[66]Steven Sharif

個人土地房

Alpha-1 個人土地房[75]

個人土地房的整個目的就是賦予一切用途。不只可以讓你覺得「噢,我設計得真漂亮」,更是一個對你的角色、對世界有用途的設計。[76]Jeffrey Bard

個人土地房是較大型的玩家房屋,可以建造於

[[{{{2}}}|⧼{{{2}}}⧽]] (階段 3) 或以上的影響區域內。[1]

個人土地房與遊戲內多個系統相互影響。[81]

地產買賣

Players buy the deeds for housing from the node itself, or may buy and sell properties from other players.[82][80][83][43][1]

  • The developers are considering an auction-based method for listing new properties that become available for purchase when a node advances.[84] Currently freeholds may be acquired via auction.[85][86][87][88][89][90]
    • A grace period will occur before the housing becomes available for auction.[84]
    • Bids will then be accepted starting at a minimum reserve value that is based on the number of citizens in that node.[84]
    • At the end of the auction, the highest bidder will win the house.[84]
  • Housing will have a base price that scales with the number of citizens in the node.[91]
    • There is no cap on the price of player-originated housing sales.[71]
    • In-node housing will be at a premium, and is expected to be hotly contested.[1]
    • The more apartments that have been purchased in a node, the higher the price scales.[92]

[[{{{2}}}|⧼{{{2}}}⧽]] (階段 3) or higher node.[85][86][87][88][89][90][95][96]

    • The seller may decide if their freehold should be auctioned or sold directly to other players.[97]
    • Previously it was stated that freeholds may not be sold to other players.[80][98]
    • Players cannot be denied from buying a freehold.[99]
We're establishing a real estate market that players can invest in and then sell within the in-game economy, but also they are a resource that's subject to removal through the sieging system as well, so there's a bit of risk implied there but the idea is that this is something for players to strive for.[94]Steven Sharif
  • Housing ownership can default back to the node if the owner fails to pay their property taxes. A balance and penalties will be charged to the new purchaser of the home in the manner of a "foreclosure process".[91]
  • Players will not be able to exceed their allotment of housing in the game.[100]
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  • Rental and leasing concepts are under consideration.[100]

節點公民權

房屋授予玩家申請節點公民權[102]

  • Citizenship tickets may also grant citizenship to certain node stages. This mechanic will be decided based on testing.[103]

We want these places to be populated and people to be attracted to them and so right now we think housing is enough for that. But we don't want to design ourselves into a corner where we don't have any other options, so the hope is that yes citizenship will be only gained through housing; with our caveat that if that doesn't work well we'll change it.[103]Jeffrey Bard

玩家可以申請成為

[[{{{2}}}|⧼{{{2}}}⧽]] (階段 3)或以上的節點公民[43]

Your account is bound to one declared citizenship per server, which means that if you have two alts and your main character on one server you may only be a citizen of one node between those three... If you have an alt on a different server, it could be a citizen of a node as well.[107]Steven Sharif

Changing citizenship has a cooldown of two weeks.[102]

  • This applies to players who renounce their citizenship in a node.[105]

You can declare citizenship to only one node and when you declare that citizenship. Let's say for example, one guild perhaps wanting to take all their members and have them all declare the same citizenship to a location. The longer a node exists the higher the prize it is to take and some systems with regards to crafting progression and/or rewards and bonuses or the reliquary that we haven't really touched on a lot, those systems are going to be so enticing that from an incentive standpoint it will compel other groups to either potentially break alliances or siege the city in order to take the goods that are potentially in it. So, from an incentive standpoint we have that at play. Additionally, we don't have a cap per-se that we've announced yet on the citizenship aspect of being in a node, but we do have soft caps. It becomes costlier the higher number of citizens each time one new person wants to join to be part of a node. So, there is sort of a soft cap on how many citizens one node can have and it might be that not all in the guild can participate in that area. So, there's a natural divide: A pseudo faction, so to speak between who is a part of that node and who is not.[110]Steven Sharif

Players can interact with the node board to get a list of citizens of the node.[111]

A player does not need to declare citizenship of any node. These players won't need to pay taxes but will miss out on benefits of citizenship.[112]

節點戰

節點戰 (Pre-alpha footage).[113]

As some areas in the world grow, others will fall. This is the foundation of the living, breathing world that is Ashes of Creation, where players will have the ability to make important decisions that matter in the longevity of an area becoming a city, or whether to siege a rival town. Rise above the ashes, create the world around you, and be a part of the story that unfolds because of your actions and decisions.[24]Margaret Krohn

節點戰 enable players to destroy nodes starting at

[[{{{2}}}|⧼{{{2}}}⧽]] (階段 3).[24] This paves the way for new development and access to the locked content in surrounding nodes. Due to this dynamic, political strife and intrigue play an important role in the structure of the world.[4]

  • Sieging nodes will not be an easy task for the attackers. Cities and metropolises will have a considerable defensive advantage.[4]
  • There will be systems that mimic some of the mechanics of sieges, but there won't be practice sieges.[114]
If you own a home in a node and you don't want to see that home destroyed, you need to defend that city![116]Steven Sharif

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Node deleveling

Template:Node deleveling

對個人土地房的影響

Template:Freehold siege

節點重建

A node that was successfully destroyed by a node siege may develop differently due to the following influences:[48][118]

節點政府

Alpha-1 winner of Mayoral election.[119]

There are a number of different seats that can exist within a node, and carry different responsibilities.[120]Steven Sharif

Positions within a node's government are attained through seasonal titles that grant special powers and benefits within the node.[121][120][122][43]

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.[121]Steven Sharif

市長

Depiction of a mayor.[125]

Mayors have a unique ability to elicit change within the node proper, either through the destruction of certain buildings that have been constructed previously, because there's a limited number of slots that buildings can be constructed within, or the kickoff of additional projects, or the certain types of policies that can be enacted, like... the changing of a tax rate. They all have a unified source of energy requirement and the energy requirement is a mandate.[126]Steven Sharif

市長 are chosen through different election methods according to the node's type.[1][8]

  • Previous mayors won't have any special system driven bonuses to help them get reelected.[127]
  • Players will be able to view a historical listing of mayors of a node.[128]

領袖能力

領袖能力 may refer to.

節點稅務

Alpha-2 Node treasury work-in-progress advanced node taxes UI.[129]

As the node levels up, you're gonna get access to deeper controls on the taxes, so that you as a Mayor can incentivize players to come to your node to do certain things. If you're a node that loves smithing, you're probably going to want to lower your taxes on artisanship to incentivize players to be here. But then you might want to drive up taxes on other avenues that players aren't necessarily coming to your node for, but are using out of convenience.[129]Chris Justo

市長 are able to set a generalized node tax rate as well as overrides for different activities within their node. Mayors gain additional taxation controls as their node advances.[129][130]

Regent nodes take a cut of taxes from various activities that occur within their vassal node structure.[139][140]

  • This tax doesn't necessarily impact the individual citizen, because citizen's tax levels are determined by their node, but the node's finances are affected by the taxation levied by its parent nodes.[140]

同盟

Ashes of Creation may have specific content that revolves around 同盟.[141]

Content that revolves around alliances specifically and progression within the development of that alliance; and the ability to share some common services between guilds that are part of that alliance. I think that additionally allowing alliances to toggle certain relationships with nodes as an interaction is beneficial. That's going to provide an interesting dynamic for players who are either members of the particular node that has the relationship established or members of the Alliance. So I think that obviously building systems is is about creating the channels by which these players can form bonds and the more layers you have around those channels of bonding between the different guilds or players, the more sustainable that relationship.[141]Steven Sharif

地底節點

地底節點 and nodes directly above them are considered adjacent but do not exist in the same ZOI.[19][20][21]

  • There will be "bleed over" between underrealm nodes and surface nodes in terms of influence and interaction.[20]
    • There may be visual cues above ground that indicate influence from underrealm nodes in that area.[20]

That might be a little bit of a departure from our design in the past. I know originally like two-plus years ago we were discussing how those would be independent of each other, but I think as we further defined the layout of the world map itself it made more sense for those to have some interaction and influence that's combined.[20]Steven Sharif

沿海/島嶼節點

Pre-alpha naval concept.[146]

There will be healthy amounts of sea content within the coastlines of the continents that does not fall into the "open sea" area.[147]Steven Sharif

There will be nodes along the coast and on islands.[148]

  • These nodes will have specific water oriented influences, services, and questlines, that relate to the seas.[148]
    • There is a healthy amount of sea content within the coastlines of the continents that does not fall into the open sea area.[147]
  • Coastal nodes change the spawn tables of the nearby water content and can also trigger specific events.[149]
We've gone back and forth a little bit on whether or not the design intent for sieging of nodes is intended to include, for certain nodes, the naval component. The concern there was that it would be a difficult thing to balance around that particular node having accessibility from the water for those types of defenses. So what we've presented as an opportunity where harbors are the focal point of those naval interactions; and during sieges you are aware that nodes have certain objectives, which have ramifications and can influence the outcome and/or the ongoings of a particular against a node. And if one of those objectives is a naval objective, because that node might own a harbor, which is a point of interest that gets adopted by a node which advances far enough around it. So you might have one harbor and five nodes that can own that harbor. And the first to hit the village stage adopts the harbor. Then that can become an objective point during a siege that has naval interaction. So that's the direction we've moved towards, rather than allowing the naval component to interact directly with sieging the node itself as opposed to being a part of the objective-based gameplay that exists for a node siege.[150]Steven Sharif

海底節點

Underwater points of interest that have NPC structures may appear to be like cities, but they will not be nodes.[155]

  • There won't be nodes underwater or in the water.[148]

聖物

聖物之泉 concept art.[156]

Each city has what's called a reliquary and the reliquary begins to spawn unique items for the citizens to take advantage of based on the performance, progression and achievements that those citizens have within the world. So if your citizens are part of downing a world boss or completing a dungeon in a record time or crafting a legendary item or whatever: all of these different types of progression paths for the cities could result in the production of a relic that exists within the reliquary.[157]Steven Sharif

聖物 are achievements for a node that unlock over time. They allow node citizens to craft certain legendary items and progress in certain legendary quest lines.[158][159]

Relics are embodiments of certain types of achievements. You may have the scale of a dragon that's been defeated- the all-scale aspect of it- and from that every week a citizen might be able to derive one scale material component that can be used across a plethora of high-end types of crafting.[158]Steven Sharif
  • Relics automatically manifest in the node's reliquary when specific conditions are met by that node. For example, it may require a certain number of citizens to accomplish a particular achievement a number of times before the relic is granted to the node.[158][157]
Let's say for example there is a dragon nearby and this dragon is a large raid boss; and the number of citizens that the node has that participates in that raid the first time- if you have 30 citizens present you may not achieve the relic. And it's not a matter of capturing it at that location taking back to the city. It'll automatically manifest within the reliquary if a number of citizens accomplish a particular achievement a number of times necessary to create the relic. So if you only have 30 citizens present at that raid boss you may need to do that raid boss four or five six times in order to unlock the achievement which grants the relic in the reliquary. So it's essentially incentivizing the citizens to participate in the world events around the node.[158]Steven Sharif
The other component of relics that's important to note is that it's not just adventuring relics, these are accomplishments that span a lot of the different progression paths. So you could have accomplishments get unlocked by how many number of citizens achieve the creation of a particular type of item. You may have now an alchemical genius that is a citizen of your node and as a result there is an alchemical relic that's been granted to your reliquary in a similar fashion to the dragon.[158]Steven Sharif

股票市場

Stock exchanges (also called Stock markets and Share markets) enable players to buy and sell shares in 節點, 行会 and 社会组织.[175][176][177]

info-orange.png以下某些信息最近尚未得到开发人员的确认,可能不在当前的开发路线图上。
  • There is no regulatory commission to restrict the purchase and sale of stocks.[178]

內部衝突

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.[179]

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.[180]Steven Sharif

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