PvP Rulesets

[Kethra]

The newsday isn't over yet! Elrar just released information related to the PvP rulesets on the upcoming live servers. The biggest tidbit of note is that the US alt PvP and EU PvP servers' ruleset is TEAM BASED!



Details on each ruleset

Free for all server:
Minimum level 7
20% soft level difference (explained below)
15% coin loot
PvE item durability is disabled on ability activation and PvP death causes a chance for each equipped item to take a large hit
Releasing your spirit after a PvP death takes you to your bind point. You will not drop a corpse.

Team server:
Minimum level 7
20% soft level difference
15% coin loot
Durability is no different than a PvE server
Releasing your spirit drops a corpse (with no experience loss) and transports you to the nearest altar
Defensive targeting and grouping is restricted

The Teams

Shadows of Kaerellun

• Dark Elf
• Kurashasa
• Varanthari
• Orc
• Goblin
• Vulmane
• Varanjar
• Lesser Giant

Order of Alurad

• Wood Elf
• Raki
• Dwarf
• Halfling
• High Elf
• Half Elf
• Qaliathari
• Mordebi
• Gnome
• Kojani
• Thestran Human

Details as quoted from Elrar -

We have support for additional teams, but we feel this is the best initial setup that supports the content and has people able to find opponents from a fairly low level.

The soft level difference means, while your ability to attack someone above the minimum level is unrestricted, if you are more than 20% of their level higher than them, they suffer no penalty and you gain no reward.

The percentages are easily adjustable and we will be enabling coin banking for PvP servers.

Whose team will you be on?

[Eyse Gage]

Wait, I thought there were 3 continents. 2 teams, seems a little...uneven? hopefully they'll be changin that.

[tehgeek]

Originally Posted by Eyse Gage

Wait, I thought there were 3 continents. 2 teams, seems a little...uneven?

I've not looked at the maps, but I believe I've read that the "Q" continent (forgotten it's real name) is much larger then the other two. I believe this is why.

[Kethra]

Qalia and Thestra are rather large, while Kojan is just a small string of islands.

[Kethra]

Edited post to clarify that the alternate ruleset US pvp server is also teams.

[thomasdt12]

I wonder if they will change this ruleset. It becomes a problem when my son and I want to make characters on the same team, and then at some point are separated because we chose different races on different continents. Hopefully, my High Elf or Gnome will be on the same continent as his Vulmane is (not sure of the Gnome, I think High Elf is though)..

[Acadius]

Originally Posted by thomasdt12

I wonder if they will change this ruleset. It becomes a problem when my son and I want to make characters on the same team, and then at some point are separated because we chose different races on different continents. Hopefully, my High Elf or Gnome will be on the same continent as his Vulmane is (not sure of the Gnome, I think High Elf is though)..

High Elf's and Vulmane start on Thestra, but Gnome's start on Qalia.

[lunaris888]

The thing is, that each of these teams have about an equal number of starting locations on each continent, except for kojin, but even there the evil starting locations are a bit more fortified than the good starting locations (ie open tree city, kill 2 guards and youre into a majority of the city without much worry.

[Devious]

not a single human race on the shadow team? bah that suks I want to play a human but a shadow player ....:-(