06-04-2009, 03:30 AM
Also, think outside of the box in regard to these factions. A guild trying to compete with the Red Court Vampires cant simply take 200 people and pull one vampire at a time. Im envisioning a group actually trying to protect its borders/resources. If a party is attacking scouts, how will the NPCs react? If you get into the inner tiers of a minor camp, will they send troops to defend the attack?
We think of attacking factions with a guild of 200 people to be easy. But if the Red Court Vampires have 2000, cant they send them all to defend?
The living world idea works so much better when its not aggro 1 or 2 and whack em down, rinse, repeat. Think of these encounters as war. Guilds working together to take them down or help hold them up against other guilds. Massive PVP scale wars. Not poke aggro- kill a vampire, and move into the camp.
We think of attacking factions with a guild of 200 people to be easy. But if the Red Court Vampires have 2000, cant they send them all to defend?
The living world idea works so much better when its not aggro 1 or 2 and whack em down, rinse, repeat. Think of these encounters as war. Guilds working together to take them down or help hold them up against other guilds. Massive PVP scale wars. Not poke aggro- kill a vampire, and move into the camp.