Ronin Talgar
19-02-2008, 07:56 AM
Its always been about fun vs character advancement. Whenever the two do meet, WoW has some shining moments. If you were around for patch 1.4, chances are you had a good long fight at SHvTM- a fine (if zergy) example of how great World PvP could be.
So based on that principal of reward vs advancement we have the following idea- the basics:
In much the same way as you can form a raid, once you have five people, you can form a Warparty. By being in this party you will offer yourself as a PvP target, and be allowed to claim the rewards from other such PvP targets. Besides enemy Warparties, other targets will include Faction leaders, Settlements and Arenas.
The leader of a Warparty will recieve a banner, akin to the WSG one apon thier backs, aswell as an item, the Warchest.
-The banner appears on the maps for both sides, showing the name and guild of the player, their campaign history(Banners taken/lost for example) the amount of people in his group and the amount of money he has raised for his war effort. If it is dropped then the enemy must take and hold it (ala AB flag) whereas an ally can retrieve it quickly(ala WSG).
-The Warchest is carried by the leader. Upon the creation or joining of the Warparty, members must contribute to the chest, to stake their claim in any loot the party may aquire. If the banner is successfully captured by an enemy, then the warchest is immediately looted, its gold divided up amongst the victors.
You can probably see wher I'm going with this- PvPers an advertise and entice PvP, and the cities can get the ball rolling. To make this thing work It'd need more than just gold I imagine- an option to add an item would add some flavour, aswell as some high Honor.
I'm aware that this would be open to exploits, notably gold farmers for 1, but I wanted to keep this post to the basics. One thing though:
-To loot an enemy banner, your banner must be in proximity of the enemy's banner when it is 1st dropped on the ground.
Sound ok?
So based on that principal of reward vs advancement we have the following idea- the basics:
In much the same way as you can form a raid, once you have five people, you can form a Warparty. By being in this party you will offer yourself as a PvP target, and be allowed to claim the rewards from other such PvP targets. Besides enemy Warparties, other targets will include Faction leaders, Settlements and Arenas.
The leader of a Warparty will recieve a banner, akin to the WSG one apon thier backs, aswell as an item, the Warchest.
-The banner appears on the maps for both sides, showing the name and guild of the player, their campaign history(Banners taken/lost for example) the amount of people in his group and the amount of money he has raised for his war effort. If it is dropped then the enemy must take and hold it (ala AB flag) whereas an ally can retrieve it quickly(ala WSG).
-The Warchest is carried by the leader. Upon the creation or joining of the Warparty, members must contribute to the chest, to stake their claim in any loot the party may aquire. If the banner is successfully captured by an enemy, then the warchest is immediately looted, its gold divided up amongst the victors.
You can probably see wher I'm going with this- PvPers an advertise and entice PvP, and the cities can get the ball rolling. To make this thing work It'd need more than just gold I imagine- an option to add an item would add some flavour, aswell as some high Honor.
I'm aware that this would be open to exploits, notably gold farmers for 1, but I wanted to keep this post to the basics. One thing though:
-To loot an enemy banner, your banner must be in proximity of the enemy's banner when it is 1st dropped on the ground.
Sound ok?