Ark Wars

Ark Wars

Clan PvP:

Each team has a base, with a huge power plant in it's core.
Break into your opponents' base!
The goal is to destroy your opponents' main energy source.

During the match small Arkfalls and spaceship parts fall from the sky.
Each team can salvage ressources from the crystals and technology from the ship-parts.
Fight for ressources, use them in order to strengthen your teams position!

Technology

Use technology in order to build machinary:
-Vehicles
-Defense auto-shot turrets
-Shield generators which block a small path, but can be destroyed
-Advanced weaponary*1 (crack those shield generators!, when dropped they can be used by both teams)


Salvage:

Salvage can be used in order to bribe Raiders, 99ers and some mutants of minor intelligence to aid upon assaulting the enemy base or recruit miners which collect salvage for you.

-Each team has an ambassador, this ambassador can be sent to negotiations.
-The ambassador can be killed on his way an takes a certain amount of time to respawn.
--[By Epyon *2] Also ambassadors can revived if you manage to make it to them in time, to continue their way from the very same spot.

Bribing:

-Bribed enemies can
--Attack the base
--Guard your ambassador
--Harvest ressources for you
--Betray the enemy*

*When both sides bribe the same group the higher bribe will count. However the NPCs e.g. Raiders will follow the last "customer"(team).
However, when it comes to a battle they will fight for the highest bidder, eventually turning against who just hired them.


Trivia:

-[By Gratty*3] Certain capture points grant bonuses to your team.
-[By Gratty] You can capture spawnpoints which are closer to your enemies base





*Updated

*1 http://forums.defiance.com/showthrea...l=1#post760039
*2 http://forums.defiance.com/showthrea...l=1#post748652
*3 http://forums.defiance.com/showthrea...l=1#post751758

Sidenote: Yes, I did play a lot of Guild Wars 1

How about you make so the shield only covers the main energy source and is powered by the stuff you salvage from the arkfalls. That way both teams would HAVE to continuously get some and compete for it.
Raiders i believe could be bribed, the other two, 99ers n mutants, not so much.
Would the turrets be connected to a generator?
Will there be vehicles available before you build them? or only if you do.
Would the bases have a physical form or just a random place in the area of the triggered Ark War.
What would the main power sources well...power?

Also how would we approach said raiders to bribe? a new kind of chief raider? dekuso?
And then would they help the side that approached them first or the one with the bigger bribe?
Btw what would be the number of players on each side and would it be only for clans? why?

The shield covering the generator is a good idea.

About the bribe:
It'ld be much more fun if you were in danger of getting betrayed by them - so I'ld say the higher bribe counts.
When it comes to approaching the fractions (raider, 99ers, Dark Matter) I thought about an NPC in your base which can be sent to negotiations but also be killed your enemies on his way.

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Originally Posted by Sdric

The shield covering the generator is a good idea.

About the bribe:
It'ld be much more fun if you were in danger of getting betrayed by them - so I'ld say the higher bribe counts.
When it comes to approaching the fractions (raider, 99ers, Dark Matter) I thought about an NPC in your base which can be sent to negotiations but also be killed your enemies on his way.

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How about the NPC getting intercepted, and downed like normal NPCs. The team would then get a message saying the messengers been attacked and needs to be revived. Well, that or just make him killable. Would add yet another thing for the teams to do, mantain their opponent silenced without allies.

Wow. This suggestion is actually a really good one. The way I am imagining it, it would be an incredibly fun gametype to play.

+1

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Originally Posted by Gratty

Wow. This suggestion is actually a really good one. The way I am imagining it, it would be an incredibly fun gametype to play.

+1

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Feel free to contribute in order to build up upon the idea. You seem to be one of the most reasonable people Ive seen commenting on things regarding PvP.

I think one thing that could be cool to see would be 3 points (all equidistant from opposing teams bases) that are capturable. Each capture point providing some kind of bonus (each one could offer a different bonus, or they could all offer the same one just stacking if you have 2 or 3 points capped).

Also, I am quite unsure about the advanced weaponry idea. It seems like it could be done well, but advanced weaponry is vague. There are the rockets that do about 25k damage, and the miniguns with an extremely high DPS, no need for reloading, and extremely high ammo capacity. I think the latter could be balanced though, especially since there is a significant drop in mobility when handling the weapon. The only standing issue would be the ridiculous rockets.
(The Pulverizer fist weapon could also cause imbalance issues since it is a melee weapon. We can cross those bridges later though)

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Originally Posted by Gratty

I think one thing that could be cool to see would be 3 points (all equidistant from opposing teams bases) that are capturable. Each capture point providing some kind of bonus (each one could offer a different bonus, or they could all offer the same one just stacking if you have 2 or 3 points capped).

Also, I am quite unsure about the advanced weaponry idea. It seems like it could be done well, but advanced weaponry is vague. There are the rockets that do about 25k damage, and the miniguns with an extremely high DPS, no need for reloading, and extremely high ammo capacity. I think the latter could be balanced though, especially since there is a significant drop in mobility when handling the weapon. The only standing issue would be the ridiculous rockets.
(The Pulverizer fist weapon could also cause imbalance issues since it is a melee weapon. We can cross those bridges later though)

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The bonuses could be stat boosts, like maybe an adreno stache? or abandoned piper tech that allows you to get some allied hellbugs. You know small fun things, because I think it shouldnt be a requirement to capture them to win the war, but theyd help. Also randomize what each spot would have each war so that at times you would be able to stack the effect up to 3.

As for the Advanced weaponry.
-Rocket Launcher: Its only two shots and not homing, maybe nerf the damage a bit and itd go in.
-Minigun: Make it slow down the player more and add a shiny spot in the back to make it go boom.
-Grenade Launcher: Fine as it is, underwhelmed by it.
-Pulveriser: Take away the shield or limit it, make it compete with the charge blades.

If the 4 person vehicle thats coming in the DLC can be used for PvP, thisd be a great way to implement it.