Given that the ranger "faction", has yet to be fully implemenmted, how about something for the Ranger folks who are denied access to many rewards in game ? The "new area" could be explained away by the kitins burrowing into our "known world" from a neighboring region ... prior to which homins had no access. The new "buffer" region could be outfittd with defesive outposts, owned / manned by Rangers which could then defend the region from Kitin Invasions (all mechanics already in place). This could then provide Rangers with "equal opportunity" access to game rewards in the way of:
Equivalent, not same, OP Mats
Large scale battles
Hero points, equivalent to PvP points
The beauty of this is that there is no negative impact on anyone, rangers would no longer be restricted from game rewards and all of the previously mentioned ideas (other than creating yet another Pvp zone) can still be implemented.
I'd even like to see a method (admittedly stolen from GoT) whereby existing players could "conscript" for a period of time whereby they are assigned to the Ryzom equivalent of "Castle Black". Guilds / individuals could enter into a conscription agreement committing to serve for defined periods of time (say two weeks). I am kind of "sitting on the fence" so to speak as to whether, while under conscription, conscripted players would have access to faction based rewards.
Mechanics:
-OP Owners (guilds) could not belong to factions ... no "double dipping".
-By conscripting for a defined period, other factioned players could earn hero points and access to a share OP produce.
-Everything else proposed for the region remains the same
Equivalent, not same, OP Mats
Large scale battles
Hero points, equivalent to PvP points
The beauty of this is that there is no negative impact on anyone, rangers would no longer be restricted from game rewards and all of the previously mentioned ideas (other than creating yet another Pvp zone) can still be implemented.
I'd even like to see a method (admittedly stolen from GoT) whereby existing players could "conscript" for a period of time whereby they are assigned to the Ryzom equivalent of "Castle Black". Guilds / individuals could enter into a conscription agreement committing to serve for defined periods of time (say two weeks). I am kind of "sitting on the fence" so to speak as to whether, while under conscription, conscripted players would have access to faction based rewards.
Mechanics:
-OP Owners (guilds) could not belong to factions ... no "double dipping".
-By conscripting for a defined period, other factioned players could earn hero points and access to a share OP produce.
-Everything else proposed for the region remains the same
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