The Big Reveal: Crows and vessels - Official discussion thread

[Pann 8,068]

The day has come to drop the curtain for the Big Reveal! 

 

FULL STORY

[VIKINGNAIL 5,680]

Yay

 

Edit:  The ramifications of this system on the dregs will be very interesting.

Edited December 29, 2015 by VIKINGNAIL

[chancellor 1,803]

Opening soon in an EK near yours!

 

BARON VICTOR VON FRANKENSTEIN'S USED BODY EMPORIUM

 

You can't beat Frank's meat!

Edited December 30, 2015 by chancellor

[ren 1,350]

Player bodies as craftable objects - pretty cool.  Now not only do you need to gear out your character in a fully lootable pvp environment, you have to have a stockpile of vessels as well!

[Naur 165]

Step into hardcore. Good

Now if only the game delivers on interesting combat / performance I will be happy to have  this addition.

[Caenth 3,893]

While reading the FAQ question after question popped in my head. But it seems they covered all of them.   

Bit disappointed there is no info on the warmth conversion (yet). Still hope our avatars need food and other mechanics to stay warm!

 

Edit: Still unsure when we will pick our deity. On a crow or vessel level? Does this mean guilds are useless on the outer bands? Lots of questions still.

Edited December 29, 2015 by Canth

[Finkregh 201]

wuhuuuu 

[ren 1,350]

Bit disappointed there is no info on the warmth conversion (yet). Still hope our avatars need food and other mechanics to stay warm! 

 

Maybe that impacts the vessel decay rate?  In this case, staying warm would slow the hunger-induced decay.

[Azeron 190]

interesting concept. Similar to the clones in eve online. 

[Destrin 3,071]

Neat concept.  I hope the power disparity between a common and legendary vessel isn't huge

[VIKINGNAIL 5,680]

Also I am curious as far as subscribing to campaigns, will there be a limit to how many campaigns a person can subscribe to at once? 

Edited December 29, 2015 by VIKINGNAIL

[IamMe 565]

Morbid, just how I like it! It is way better then perma death. If you can make being a crow fun and not an annoying nuisance this system should be great!

[freeze 3,759]

more info on the crow form in the CW pls...

 

don't let them become free scouting tools

[ren 1,350]

more info on the crow form in the CW pls...

 

don't let them become free scouting tools

 

Kinda like ghosts in UO?

[thomasblair 3,357]

Also I am curious as far as subscribing to campaigns, will there be a limit to how many campaigns a person can subscribe to at once? 

 

We have always intended for there to be a limit on number of campaigns an account can subscribe for a number of reasons.

 

more info on the crow form in the CW pls...

 

don't let them become free scouting tools

 

Yes, we will more than likely apply a post filter to the camera, and not send down information on other characters from the server to any crows. This will prevent them from being used a scouts. (We have talked about this internally multiple times already)

[McTan 2,029]

This is a really interesting design, and I am psyched about the implications for character advancement.  I'm hoping for seriously so many branches to train because I still hope to feel very different than my peers for a long time.

[ZYBAK 2,961]

I REALLY REALLY like this...like a lot!

 

I was worried about having to constantly re-do character progression but once I read that even the archeype specific skills are account based I got pretty happy. 

 

It's a pretty genius system. You have the permanent character progression (the crow itself) and you've also got a ton of reset mechanics that will keep the gameplay fresh. I have a feeling that when people die they'll try out something new and it'll lead to all kinds of replayability.

 

Maybe I missed it but did they say how promotion classes work with the vessel system? Do you just pick the promotion class you want (if available) when you start up your new vessel?

[FenrisDDevil 3,474]

 VIP just got way more important

 

Also I am curious as far as subscribing to campaigns, will there be a limit to how many campaigns a person can subscribe to at once? 

 

im more concerned about a possible lock on the number of players that can subscribe to a campaign

Edited December 29, 2015 by Fenris DDevil

[Caenth 3,893]

Can we breed humans and kill them to become vessels?

[NicholasLionRider 484]

Interesting but it's another one of those systems that will be easier to explain when you show us. Currently the gist I got was I am a ghost bird searching for my body (kinda like when you die in World of Warcraft) and when I find it (or another on the ground), I can take it and play as it. If I want I can craft stuff to make my new body ascetically appealing. This is the weird part. It makes it seem like we will be able to take the arm of a centaur, the leg of a minotaur, and the head of a guinicean and make a new body (which would be absurd).

My biggest question is, can we only jump into our own body when we die, or any body. That being said, if I jumped into say a champion's body (that wasn't mine originally) and someone didn't loot him, would I obtain his inventory?