Raid bosses

Elder Dragon of the Tundra raid boss in Alpha-1 castle sieges.^[2]

There will initially be between 12 to 15 raid bosses in the world.^[3]
Légendaire equipment is only dropped by Legendary world bosses.^[3]
A single digit percentage of the population will be capable of defeating certain content.^[4]

There will be some in-depth raiding that has multiple stages that will be extremely difficult and... It would definitely be in the single digits of population that will be capable of defeating certain content... It doesn't mean that there won't be content available for the larger percentages as well... There should be a tiered level of content that players can constantly strive to accomplish. If there is no ladder of progression and everything is flat and all content can be experienced, then there is no drive to excel.^[4] – Steven Sharif

Liste des boss de raid

Cette section contient des informations sur les tests Alpha-1. Il sera mis à jour lorsque de nouvelles informations seront disponibles.

Raids

Alpha-1 Brood Queen raid boss.^[5]

Entering an Alpha-1 open-world raid.^[6]

Raids will either be based on triggered events or more traditional systems. Traditional world bosses will change based on node development.^[7]

We want things to be more fluid and one of the ways that we make them more fluid is through our triggered event system. That is one of the methods by which we make these more spontaneous. We make them more accessible to a wider audience. You can be just in the city and not normally be a part of a raid team, but now get to participate in this organic event that's popped up around the city and if you are not participating then buildings are gonna get destroyed and NPCs are going to die... It's not just how fast can we do it, how will we get it done in its schedule, but oh my god this thing popped up if we don't kill it we're not going to access to our stables this week and we can't get our animal husbandry certificates... It's that risk versus reward that gives you a sense of adrenaline.^[8] – Steven Sharif

Raid tiers

Tiers of raid difficulty are in accordance with the world's node structure.^[9]^[10]

The more developed a zone the more challenging the content; and we feel that's a good progression when it comes to actual adventuring class, because it will match both world development and it will also continue to allow for participation for new players, if they may go into a zone that's recently been reset by either a siege or some other event.^[10] – Steven Sharif

Raid strategies

Raids will have elements that can be pre-planned.^[11]

Required composition of DPS, healers, and support.^[11]
Key positioning.^[11]

Raids will also have dynamic elements that can change from session to session.^[11]

The types and numbers of bosses and mobs present in the raid and their skill repertoire.^[11]
Variables are manifested based on node progression.^[11]
- The number of metropolis nodes developed.^[11]
- The types of metropolis nodes developed.^[11]

One of the design elements that we're implementing into our raids is that the raid will not be exactly the same every single time. You're going to have variables that can't necessarily be pre-planned out for. You can pre-plan out for a lot of the raid like how many DPS do you need and healers and support; where the key position and all that stuff; but I think the compelling aspect of Ashes raiding will be the difficulty in achieving this content and having that content change from session to session as well. We want there to be variables that get manifested by what type of node got developed elsewhere. Is he going to have acolytes or cultists? What will the acolytes have skills [available] to them? What kit is the boss gonna have? What available skill repertoire will the boss be able to [wield]? ... A lot of those systems are influenced obviously by world development. So the raid takes into account at what stage has the world developed: Are there two metropolises now available in the world? Okay well let's activate this skill in this skill. Now you have five metropolises, well now all these skills have been activated. Are there are they all economic nodes? Are they all military nodes? That we can change things based on that stuff. And it really is a threat assessment from the environment against the players.^[11]{{ndash|Steven Sharif}

Mécaniques de raid

Boss fight concept art.^[12]

Boss fights will have fairly intricate mechanics.^[13]

Combat itself will be pretty intricate mechanics-wise. We're going to have different phases of the bosses, there's going to be a lot of adds stuff, there's going to be random oriented skill usage. We're not going to have telegraphed templates on the ground, but we will have telegraphed animations, so it's going to be location, mobility, strategic. It will be something that can not be repeatable in the exact same way from raid to raid, but has a variance between the combat, so raiders are going to have to be fluid in thinking on their feet.^[13] – Steven Sharif

Multiple phase fights.^[13]
Adds.^[13]
Random skill usage.^[13]
Fights will require location, mobility and strategy.^[13]
Boss mechanics may be affected by changes in climate or time of day.^[14]
Telegraphed animations, but no obvious telegraphed templates on the ground.^[15]^[13]
Players can utilize boss mechanics against other players.^[15]

Anytime the boss is telegraphing an ability, that is an opportunity for you to direct the location of that effect; and so in that sense, yes you could use a boss's mechanics in an interesting way to affect an enemy raid.^[15] – Steven Sharif

Télégraphes

In specific circumstances there will be telegraphs (tells) to communicate something that's happening.^[16]

Animation tells.
Templates.

Bosses

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Avant-première du boss de donjon "Pyroclastic Wyrm" pendant l'Alpha-1 .^[17]

Un lieutenant des "The Ancients" en rendu 3D.^[18]

Ces deux modèles particuliers, avec l'alpha un, ils seront animés et présents en tant qu'adversaires dans certains des emplacements de donjon dans Ashes of Creation.^[19] – Steven Sharif

Les bosses appartiennent aux types suivants, avec des niveaux de difficultés et des tableaux de butin croissants, nécessitant un plus grand nombre de joueurs pour être tuer selon le niveau de difficulté.^[3]

Certains bosses et rencontres comporteront des bandes sonores originales spécifiques composées par Bear McCreary.^[20]

PvE difficulty

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La difficulté du contenu JcE, tel que les raids et les dongeons, s'adaptera sur la base de la performance du raid du groupe contre les bosses précédents dans cette confrontation.^[21]

Une performance élevée dans les premières phases de la confrontation augmentera la difficulté des phases suivantes.^[21]
Plus élevée est la difficulté, meilleures seront les tables de butin.^[21]
Les Bosses et monstres se seront pas calibrés automatiquement sur la base de la taille du groupe.^[22]

Pillage

Alpha-2 looting UI preview.^[23]

In the group loot obviously there's a lot of functionality here that parties have the ability to customize. There can be loot master, there can be round-robin, there can be need/greed/pass that's applied on a per rarity basis depending on the party's choices.^[23] – Steven Sharif

Alpha-2 vote to change loot allocation method UI.^[24]

Ashes of Creation intends to use traditional loot rules, selected by the party or raid leader.^[25]^[26]^[27]

Group loot rules are defined on a per-rarity basis.^[23]
A majority of party members must vote to approve any changes to group loot allocation changes.^[24]
The developers are considering using a double-tap interaction to loot all containers within a close proximity radius.^[28]
There won't be auto-looting pets.^[29]
It will be possible to kick a player from a party prior to them acquiring loot.^[30]

Yes, technically it would be possible for you to kick a player prior to acquiring loot. However, again because we are a game that relies on social interactions, there are reputations to be had; and if you acquire a reputation as a raid leader, or as a party leader, of doing something dirty like that, then it's unlikely you'll be able to Garner the support of future party members and/or raids to lead efforts against these raid bosses.^[30] – Steven Sharif

Free-for-all.^[27]

Whoever is first to loot gets the loot.^[25]

Lootmaster.^[23]^[27]

A master looter (or lootmaster) is a player designated by the party leader to decide how loot is distributed in a dungeon or raid party.^[27]

Round-robin.^[23]^[27]

With round-robin looting, party members take turns looting.^[27]

Need or greed.^[23]^[27]

This is a traditional need before greed system based on dice rolls.^[27]
Since there is very little gear binding in Ashes of Creation, it's left to the party to deal with players who excessively roll Need on loot.^[31]

Certaines des informations suivantes n'ont pas été récemment confirmées par les développeurs et peuvent ne pas figurer sur la feuille de route de développement actuelle.

Bidding system.^[27]

Intrepid are investigating a potential bidding system, which allows players to bid on items instead of rolling for them.^[27]
- The highest bidder wins the item.^[27]
- The gold then goes into a pool that is split among the rest of the party members.^[27]

Tables de Butin

Alpha-2 Pillage UI.^[23]

Monstres drop glint, Articles, and crafting materials in preference to gold.^[32]^[33]
- Glint is not bound to a specific region and can be also dropped by players on death as stolen glint, based on applicable death penalties.^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37]^[32]^[38]
- The rarity of glint increases with the mob's level.^[39]
- Loot tables are disabled for player controlled monsters.^[40]
- There is a small RNG chance of looting rare and legendary items or crafting materials from mobs based on the level, status and type of mob. This also applies to harvesting resources with a gathering profession.^[41]
- Experience debt decreases the drop rate percentages from monsters.^[42]

Loot (loot tables) from world bosses or dungeon bosses has a small RNG chance of dropping gear (completed items).^[43]^[44]
- There is a much higher chance that materials and unique recipes are dropped that can be used to craft items of equitable value.^[43]^[45]^[46]
- Legendary equipment is only dropped by Legendary world bosses.^[3]

Statistiques on dropped items will vary based on the rarity of the item.^[47]

Loot tables will likely not be affected by weather conditions.^[14] This was previously listed as a possible effect.^[48]

There won't be specific loot drops for artisans.^[49] Previously it was stated that master gatherers may have the ability to "spoil" a boss' loot.^[50]

Q: Can only one gathering artisan harvest resources from a single boss, or can multiple different artisans harvest different parts from a boss for different resources? For example, a lumberjack gets a special wood from Tumock's tree weapon, while a herbalist gathers the flowers from that same tree.

A: We don't have the concept of harvesting from bosses. NPCs follow a reward table format, where those reward tables are global. They're not unique to particular players. So, once the NPC is vanquished, you have access to the loot container that is its corpse; and it has a static value of either materials or items that get dropped; and whatever the party loot settings are that you might be a part of, or if you're a solo player you will be able to recover those things.^[49]

Glint

Glint in a player's inventory in Alpha-2.^[51]

You're hovering over an item we call Glint. [It] comes in a few different rarities. It was formerly known as the monster certificates but we have rebranded them.^[51] – Chris Justo

Glint rarities in Alpha-2.^[51]

Glint (previously known as Hunting certificates and Monster certificates) is a bound currency that drops from mobs and players, and is offered as a reward for completing certain quests, events, and achievements. Glint is intended to be the primary method for generating gold in the Ashes of Creation economy.^[52]^[53]^[35]^[54]^[32]^[33]

Glint serves a very integral role in the economy within Ashes of Creation. It is a material substance that is acquired through various means, but primarily hunting different antagonists within the world; and it is the physical form of Essence within the beasts of Verra. So when you acquire this it is bound to your character, and that is a very important component of the economic systems here because glint will be used to pay for certain services, such as taxation for buildings that you have, or citizenship dues that are necessary.^[55] – Steven Sharif

Glint is not localized to specific regions.^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37]^[32]^[38] Previously it was stated that glint was specific to an economic region.^[56]^[32]^[57]^[33]

The rarity of glint increases with the mob's level.^[39]

Glint occupies space within the spatial inventory system and must be transported via crates when in large quantities.^[34]

Glint can be sold directly to commodities vendors at hunting lodges within nodes to "make some quick money".^[58]

Glint may be traded with commodities vendors for player commodities. These commodities can then be transported to other nodes (via caravan or merchant ship) where they can be traded for gold.^[35]^[56]^[32]^[57]^[33] The gold value is based on the demand for the commodity at the destination node (over the last seven days) as well as its distance from the originating node.^[59]^[35]

Glint will drop as stolen glint on a character's death, based on applicable death penalties.^[35]^[36]^[37]^[32]^[38] Glint taken from caravan wreckages is also classed as stolen.^[60] Stolen glint is not bound and may be redeemed for less than its original value at black market locations.^[35]^[36]

Glint may be used to pay housing taxes and citizen dues.^[55]^[35]^[54]

Glint can be stored within node warehouses.^[32]

Glint is not intended as crafting materials.^[54]

Glint is a substance that embodies the Essence of the beasts of Verra.^[55]

Loot tagging

Looting rights (also known as Loot tagging) is based on a blended tag and damage done system.^[61]^[26]

The first party to obtain a tag (on a mob or boss) will gain an approximately 5-10% edge over competing parties in terms of the total damage done when determining looting rights.^[61]^[26]
- These numbers will be balanced based on testing.^[61]
At the end of the fight, the party with the highest damage done, including first tagging bonus, will be granted looting rights.^[61]^[26]

We have a blended approach of damage done and a tag benefit. So if you tag the boss first, or you tag the loot- whatever the loot target is first- you're gonna get a benefit in the damage overall determination. So if you need to have 51% of damage done in order to qualify your raid, or the plurality of damage done if there's even three or four raids, then tagging first might give you a five or ten percent edge. We'll play with that number- balance it based on testing, but generally that's our approach in competing loot rights^[61] – Steven Sharif

Q: If looting rights are based on a blended tag and damage done system, will there be any mechanics in place to ensure roles like tanks and healers have an equal shot even when they haven't dealt as much damage?

A: That's the reason for the blended approach. The reason that we're doing a hybrid system between tag and damage done is for the purposes of those classes who may not be as DPS oriented as other classes. The tag system- all classes are going to have a sprinkling of immediate effects- of instantaneous casts and they can use that to tag a target, and that'll give them a modifier on the looting rights: So plus 10 or plus 15 will balance that, but it'll give them plus 10 to 15 on overall damage done if they tag the target and then their damage will make up the remainder of that percentage completion. So if I do 50 damage to a target but someone else has the tag I'm not going to be able to claim that looting right. They'll have done the other 50 plus 10 or 15.^[62] – Steven Sharif