World size

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1,200 km2 (square kilometers) is the expected total world size of Verra at launch, including land (480 km2) and water/ocean (750 km2), but excluding the size of the Underrealm.[1]

  • This has increased from the previously stated total size of 480 km2 including land and water/ocean[2][3][4]; but excluding an additional ~100 km2 of Underrealm.[5]
    • The Underrealm did not increase "too much" in size.[6]
  • The reason given for expanding the map size was to better accommodate 海军 content and to reduce the overall content density in the world.[1]
The purpose of it becoming bigger is as I said to make sure that density isn't overwhelming: that it isn't everywhere I look there is immediately something. I have no opportunity to see areas of the world that are expansive and are just wanderlust adventure feeling. Everything was sitting on top of you, POIs and nodes and houses and everything. It was like an urban area everywhere. But we wanted to expand that because a large portion of the game is a sandbox element; it's coupled with a lot of curated content but it's that sandbox element.[1] – Steven Sharif
  • The shape of the continents has also changed and two new large islands have been introduced.[1]

Number of nodes

在开服时，将有103个常规节点位置，另外还有15个|城堡节点。(5个城堡x每个3个城堡节点)[7][8][9] 共118个节点.[10][11]

世界地圖

Updated Ashes of Creation map.[15][1]

The new world map in all its 1,200 square kilometer glory. So you're gonna see some names here- a little bit of a reveal of some of these locations in these areas- and you're also of course seeing similar biomes that are present as well. But more importantly what you are seeing is the orientation of these continents and these islands that are facilitating specific types of inter-continental trade gameplay; and they support the relevance of these caravans moving across the land mass to locations that will now incorporate these harbor areas, which aren't identified on the map here... But the important part was providing a lot of coastal naval gameplay between these zones and trade routes between land base.[1] – Steven Sharif

Alpha-2 work-in-progress map UI.[16]

The world of Verra features an in-game viewable world map. This map is not randomly generated, and begins covered in a fog of war.[17] Players will not be able to see the world until they have explored it or gathered information about it. The world is also full of imperfect information, which will require the player to act on it for verification.[18]

For example, you may hear a rumor in a tavern that tells you the location of a cave full of weak Kobolds, but this was not accurate as the rumor was started by well-equipped bandits in order to waylay overconfident adventurers.[18]
  • Not every server will share the same map, as player decisions will vary between servers.[24][25][20]
Even though we're an open-world that doesn't mean that from a design perspective, especially with the way our economic systems work, that we will want to create Geographic choke points.[27] – Steven Sharif
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。

伺服器人口

Population limits will be enforced on each server.[30]

  • Around 8-10k concurrent users per server is projected.[31][32][33][34]
  • Initially there will be a limited number of registered accounts (approximately 15,000) per server to help mitigate login queues.[35]
    • This limit will increase over time to around 50,000 registered accounts per server.[35][36][37]
  • There may be queues to get into high population servers, but the aim is to avoid excessively long queues.[37]
  • The developers intend to carefully manage server populations via the use of character creation throttles to avoid the need to merge servers.[36][38]
  • The developers may occasionally release stats relating to server populations and archetype/class makeup, but there isn't going to be an official page that surfaces this information.[39]

探索

探索 in Alpha-1.[40]

We want to put things in the world that are dynamic, so there are reasons to keep going out and keep exploring.[41] – Akil Hooper

Riverlands biome concept art.[42]

Players will be rewarded for exploring.[43][44][45]

Exploration is a huge part of the game and there are a lot of systems that are dedicated to rewarding exploration..[44] – Steven Sharif
  • Utility skills exist that can help players discover hidden paths and entrances and may lead to discovering hidden quests.[44]
  • Certain relics can only be discovered through exploration.[44]
  • Constellations may only be seen at certain times at specific locations.[44]
It's widespread how exploration can affect many different progression paths within the game; and it's not just about visiting an area once and never coming back, because timing matters as well.[44] – Steven Sharif
It'll be easy for you to get lost in AoC. That is our goal from an exploration standpoint.[46] – Steven Sharif
Q: Since travel times are important, what is there to discover that will distract you from going straight to your initial destination? What makes traveling adventurous in Verra?
A: Aside from threat and opportunity, which are probably the two biggest distractions that you can encounter while traveling through Verra- those come in different forms: Threat. in the form of monsters and events. Opportunities, in the forms of resources and POIs. There's also achievements that are based around exploration. There's treasure maps that can be found. There's a lot of different things that intersect with travel: The movement of resources. The storage of those resources. In which locations, what are available to be sold and purchased at different locations. They might make you detour for. All of those things contribute to why I would go somewhere and instead change my direction.[43] – Steven Sharif

Zones of influence

節點有預設位置及其影響區域。[49]

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.[10] – 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。[49]

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 .[50] – 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.[49]

There is not a space where you will move in to do something and no node will get that experience.[52] – Steven Sharif

其他

引用

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 直播, 2022-08-26 (46:52).
  2. ↑ 直播, 2020-01-30 (1:18:12).
  3. ↑ world size.png
  4. ↑ waterlandsize.png
  5. ↑ 訪談, 2018-08-17 (10:43).
  6. ↑ 直播, 2023-04-07 (22:48).
  7. ↑ Blog: 10 facts about castle sieges in the MMORPG.
  8. ↑ castle nodes.png
  9. ↑ Podcast, 2018-04-23 (15:14).
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Blog - Know Your Nodes - The Basics.
  11. ↑ 訪談, 2018-08-24 (3:44).
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 直播, 2020-11-30 (37:16).
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 alpha-1-nodes.png
  14. ↑ alpha-1-zoi.png
  15. ↑ Blog - Development Update with New Map and Feature Discussions.
  16. ↑ 影片, 2023-01-27 (4:39).
  17. ↑ 訪談, 2017-05-22 (22:54).
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 The mighty beard!
  19. ↑ 直播, 2023-09-29 (1:14:29).
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 MMOGames interview, January 2017
  21. ↑ 直播, 2023-09-29 (1:11:22).
  22. ↑ 直播, 2022-05-27 (2:33).
  23. ↑ Blog: Know Your Nodes - Scientific Node Type
  24. ↑ roshen servers.png
  25. ↑ 直播, 2017-05-19 (37:03).
  26. ↑ 直播, 2022-08-26 (53:26).
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 直播, 2020-06-26 (1:25:11).
  28. ↑ 直播, 2020-10-30 (1:19:13).
  29. ↑ 直播, 2017-05-15 (30:53).
  30. ↑ 直播, 2017-05-17 (59:25).
  31. ↑ 直播, 2021-10-29 (1:14:00).
  32. ↑ 直播, 2018-04-8 (AM) (26:41).
  33. ↑ 影片, 2018-09-06 (4:25).
  34. ↑ server population.png
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 steven-jahlon-accounts-per-server.jpg
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 steven-server-accounts.png
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 訪談, 2020-07-18 (12:56).
  38. ↑ 訪談, 2020-07-18 (10:04).
  39. ↑ 直播, 2021-11-19 (52:35).
  40. ↑ steven-a1-exploration.png
  41. ↑ 直播, 2017-11-17 (36:22).
  42. ↑ Ashes of Creation wallpapers - April 2022.
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 43.3 43.4 直播, 2023-05-31 (1:09:04).
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 44.2 44.3 44.4 44.5 44.6 直播, 2023-02-24 (6:51).
  45. ↑ exploration.jpg
  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 直播, 2018-07-09 (1:00:00).
  47. ↑ 直播, 2022-10-28 (24:28).
  48. ↑ pvp meaningful.png
  49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 49.2 Node series part I
  50. ↑ 訪談, 2018-04-20 (7:22).
  51. ↑ Ashes of Creation FAQ.
  52. ↑ 52.0 52.1 直播, 2018-07-09 (39:32).
  53. ↑ 直播, 2019-03-29 (58:14).
  54. ↑ 直播, 2019-03-29 (29:17).
  55. ↑ 直播, 2017-05-05 (37:52).
  56. ↑ 訪談, 2018-05-11 (55:16).
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