Talk:2017-05-25 Video - Monster coin system
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hey everyone this is stephen sharif creative director here at Intrepid Studios i'm excited to debut an exciting new system that we have been working on in the game something fresh to the MMO experience we call it our monster coin system you're about to see what the system looks like in its pre-alpha state and I'd like to explain a little bit of how it works in Ashes of Creation a large portion of world events revolve around the environment reacting to the player this means that as the players are exploring the world and developing civilization around them the environment is responding to this encroachment by spawning dynamic events and creatures to attack those developing cities these events occur in three different types the Legion level the elite level and the epic level a Legion level event would occur for nodes that exist between the first and fourth stages this might include a horde of zombies rolling across the countryside finding something or someone to feast on these zombies would have a clear objective and the players who wish to keep their advancements would need to be vigilant server messages will appear for players within regions of these dynamic events an elite level event would occur for nodes that exists between the 3rd and 6th stages this level of event would include something along the lines of what you are going to see in this video a dungeon level boss and his gang of cohorts coming out from the dens of their deep dark delves with clear objectives these creatures will look to pillage the land you have settled to store a specific centers of activity and lead destruction in their wake finally the last event level is the ethic 1 this level of event occurs randomly in the world as well as in realms where nodes have advanced to the fifth and sixth stages of development our city and metropolis stages this would be a legendary boss awoken from their long in deep slumber a mighty dragon perhaps whose sole purpose is to plunder to punish those who have summoned his malice and hate now for the reveal we have designed a system that allows the players to participate in these events as the monster our monster coins will let the players to come to the darkness inside their soul and inhabit one of these monsters in the game with clear objectives outlined during the event your performance entitles you to unique cosmetics and while no drop can be taken from your corpse should you fail the defenders are rewarded by advancing their note and by gaining unique cosmetics themselves enjoy the small preview of pre-alpha footage with myself and some of my designers playing with the system thanks for watching and I hope you'll join us on our Kickstarter get over here into my belly those horses there's so much bigger though for successful people Oh God all right only 49 money for fireball we got your leg dance to me I'll kill all of you last one standing I've responded in the tavern [Music] that pretty garver oh i exploded me [Music] [Music]