Guild Wars: Factions Preview Weekend details, part 3
Lots of details released today on the Game Update page. Choice tidbits for the too-lazy-to-click:
Very exciting stuff. But we get some actual game engine updates too!
- An alliance is a collection of guilds, led by the guild leader that created the alliance. Each guild that isn't in a larger alliance is considered an alliance of one. (During this Factions Preview Event, forming alliances is not supported, so each guild is its own alliance.)
- The alliance leader may talk to a Kurzick or Luxon Ambassador, located in the Kurzick or Luxon capital, to choose a side for his or her alliance. Doing so costs 500 gold.
- Once an alliance has chosen a side, alliance members may talk to the Kurzick Scribe in House zu Heltzer (for Kurzick alliances) or Luxon Scribe in Cavalon (for Luxon alliances) to spend the appropriate faction to raise the standing of their Alliance. This is the only way for an alliance to gain standing and have an opportunity to be granted control of a territory.
- # The on-going war between the Luxons and the Kurzicks is most directly manifested in the form of Alliance Battles, which support 12 players (3 parties of 4 players each) per side.
- To join an Alliance Battle simply talk to the Kurzick Kommandant in House zu Heltzer or the Luxon Navigator in Cavalon.
- Every three hours, the nation that has won more Alliance Battles moves the battle lines and takes territory away from the opposing nation.
- There are several potential Alliance Battle maps. Map layouts vary, but all the maps have the same goal: be the first side to reach 500 points. Points are gained by controlling strategic locations on the map and by killing enemies. Only one map is active at a time, depending on where the current battle lines are located. As the battle shifts deeper into Luxon or Kurzick territory, the Alliance Battles are biased to favor the losing side.
- Control of territories is granted to the alliances with the highest standing. The best territories -- the ones closest to the capital city -- go to those with the very highest standing.
Very exciting stuff. But we get some actual game engine updates too!
Guild Wars Factions uses DirectX 9 if available for video rendering. Guild Wars will still continue to run on systems that have only DirectX 8 installed, but the new Factions content will look much better if DirectX 9 is available.
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posted by Clamatius | Thursday, March 23, 2006
2 Comments:
Hiya -- I discovered your blog today and am impressed by the helpfulness and intelligence demonstrated in your postings.
I was wondering if you'd be so kind as to author an entry on how to go about finding a good guild within Guild Wars; if you could provide any advice on that topic, it'd be much appreciated :)
Flattery will get you everywhere! I'll see if I can at least dig up a list of relevant links soonish since that does seem like a useful topic. I'm pretty sure I've read several articles on the topic so it may not warrant one from me.
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