Making the region a unique land for forage and loot mats, rather just being another place to get PR mats, could be a way to bring new colours for armour into the game. These mats could be used as a way to introduce new plans for armour etc.
As far as forage is concerned, PR is so easy, even after the return of KP, that it is a joke. As it stands, PR forage xl and sups are limited in supply by a long refill mechanic and limited ammount per spot, and 'aggro' guards. Due to the small player base, this does not work; it is ridiculously easy to fill a GH with highly sought sups. It might be better with Virg's idea of a truly hostile environment to make all grades (fine and basic could be included to give more colour and crafting options) of forage mats in the new region refill as choice mats do in PR. Supply would be then be limitted by the environment being truly evil. Further, the new region should have a new hidden weather pattern, one you cannot look at BM to then just turn up and dig. The weather could be made to be very erratic, so mats would pop often, but for very very small weather windows. With no safe spots to just sit and wait on weather, and small weather windows, with frequent weather changes, teams would not get bored waiting to dig. If you want sup zun to grind your rubbarn with make the region so hard that this is not an option. This region could be unique in making forage mats rarer than looted ones.
If I get Virg's idea (which I probably haven't), he wants a region where the reward is more in the sense of accomplishment (though you will also get very few sups compared to PR), like raiding a kitin nest without exploiting and healing through walls. It will be easier to get your NPC HA than +3 Parry HA crafted with mats from this new region. As far as forage is concerned, you will have lots of opportunities to dig, but most will be degrades or lost due to dead digger syndrome.
Perhaps putting bosses on timers, a combination of Shooketh and Kizokoo, could make the region even more evil.
Ofc, KP with 175m range, 250m for males (males are stinky so it makes sense that KP would smell them out quicker), would help a lot!
As far as forage is concerned, PR is so easy, even after the return of KP, that it is a joke. As it stands, PR forage xl and sups are limited in supply by a long refill mechanic and limited ammount per spot, and 'aggro' guards. Due to the small player base, this does not work; it is ridiculously easy to fill a GH with highly sought sups. It might be better with Virg's idea of a truly hostile environment to make all grades (fine and basic could be included to give more colour and crafting options) of forage mats in the new region refill as choice mats do in PR. Supply would be then be limitted by the environment being truly evil. Further, the new region should have a new hidden weather pattern, one you cannot look at BM to then just turn up and dig. The weather could be made to be very erratic, so mats would pop often, but for very very small weather windows. With no safe spots to just sit and wait on weather, and small weather windows, with frequent weather changes, teams would not get bored waiting to dig. If you want sup zun to grind your rubbarn with make the region so hard that this is not an option. This region could be unique in making forage mats rarer than looted ones.
If I get Virg's idea (which I probably haven't), he wants a region where the reward is more in the sense of accomplishment (though you will also get very few sups compared to PR), like raiding a kitin nest without exploiting and healing through walls. It will be easier to get your NPC HA than +3 Parry HA crafted with mats from this new region. As far as forage is concerned, you will have lots of opportunities to dig, but most will be degrades or lost due to dead digger syndrome.
Perhaps putting bosses on timers, a combination of Shooketh and Kizokoo, could make the region even more evil.
Ofc, KP with 175m range, 250m for males (males are stinky so it makes sense that KP would smell them out quicker), would help a lot!
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