Friday, August 1, 2008

CTF Update

Hey, just a small update on the CTF.
Some may be wondering about a few things that might ruin the game. I will quickly address a few things that will ruin the game, and how they are being dealt with.

An Assassin grabs the flag while cloaked: Picking up the flag will automatically uncloak you.
A character uses some sort of Hide, Chasewalk, Cloak, etc, while holding the flag: When holding the flag, you will not be able to use any skills or items, to prevent people spamming potions, or speed enhancing items while running with the flag as well. Also, if the flag doesn't dispel all buffs, SP consumption of skills will be increased by 100%, so any soul linker with self healing turned on will waste his SP very quickly, and it will turn off.
Someone logs out while holding the flag: The game checks where the flag is every second, and records who is holding it. This means if the person who was holding the flag last is suddenly not online, or on the CTF map, the flag will be deleted from his inventory, and a new one will immediately be spawned at the base.
Q&A
How will deaths work?: When you are in the CTF arena, if you die, you will respawn in the CTF map. But since this can make a very hard defense (People respawning at their base as soon as they die), being killed will warp you to a "Jail" on that map, which you can see all the action but will need to wait 5 seconds before the game auto warps you to your base with full HP/SP, so the enemy has a chance to get your flag without you instantly spawning on top of it all the time.
What will the damage settings be?: CTF will have WoE rules.
What if your own team tries picking up the flag?: If the respawn on pickup (If the flag has been stolen and dropped somewhere, your own team can pick it up to recover it and have it spawn back at the base) is enabled, picking up your own flag will do just that. If it is not enabled, trying to pick up your own flag will just immediately drop it.
Sup?: Sup.
So what are the victory conditions?: Victory conditions may be different each time, but they will range from- First to 3/5/10 flag captures, most captures in a certain amount of time, and who ever can chant the phrase "J-Rok Rules!" the most in 1337 seconds.
How can you score a flag capture?: The main way to get a point in CTF, is to steal the enemies flag, and bring it back to your base. BUT, you will only get the point if your own flag is already at your base. So if the enemy has your flag as well, half your team will have to go hunt them down, while the othe half protects the flag carrier from them, who are probably doing the same thing.
So you said the flag was an item right? What if it automatically dissapears on the ground after some time passes?: It won't. ;)
Are you single?: If you're a guy, no. But if you're a girl... no.

And that's all I've got. If you can think of any other things, feel free to make a comment and I'll get to it and update this post within a day.

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