Template:Alpha-1 castle sieges
An initial implementation of castle sieges based on Ashes of Creation Apocalypse castle sieges is ready for internal Alpha-1 testing by the developers.[3]
- Players will be able to join guilds. These guilds can register for the siege events.[1]
- Castle siege events will be 100v100 battles that occur daily and will last for three hours.[1]
- Attackers will start on the opposite end of the map (from the defenders).[1]
- Attackers will be able to use trebuchets to drive to and assault the castle.[1]
- When the attackers have breached the castle they will be able to channel a cast on the relic in the throne room to try to capture the castle from the defenders.[1]
- The victors of castle sieges will receive benefits, such as cloaks, flying mounts for guild leaders and potentially also for guild officers.[1]
- Alpha-1 castle sieges may or may not be instanced.[4]
- The castle siege area in Alpha-1 includes the following raid bosses.[5]
- The opposing team is notified when these raid bosses are being attacked.[5]
- Players who get the last hit on these bosses will get buffed.[5]
Last year, I spoke of attempting to incorporate sieges into the Alpha One experience. This has obviously been a goal of mine because it provides considerable data and a consistent event within the world that players can participate in to help stress test the deployment. Well, I am happy to say that it is appearing more and more likely by the day! Initial implementation of the Apocalypse siege code has been migrated into the Alpha One client, and we should begin internal testing next month. I will caveat this expectation with the fact that we are cutting it a bit close from an internal QA standpoint, but I have some confidence that the system will be online and capable of inclusion for the Alpha One test in the month of June. The siege component will obviously not be representative of what the siege system will be at launch, or even in Alpha Two.[3] – Steven Sharif