[February 26th] Faction Warfare Playtest Challenge - Rewards Inside!

Mytherceria · Feb 25th 2021, 8:48pm

This event has ended. For the winner announcement, see here.

Hi everyone,

Have we got a surprise in store for you!

First things first: join our upcoming Faction Warfare Playtest, which we’re hosting as part of our update preparations and to gather feedback on the Faction Warfare rework (check out our latest Dev Talk on this feature here).

HOW TO PARTICIPATE?

On Friday, February 26th at 18:30 UTC, log into the Test Server (Staging) to begin the playtest
Choose whether you would like to fight for Martlock or Bridgewatch faction by heading over to the respective Faction Warmaster and enlisting in that faction (note: your character(s) from the Live Server will be available on the Staging Server, so you are able to use the skills and items you have. There will not be cheat stones to unlock the Destiny Board or create free items)
Open up the World Map and select Faction Warfare in the dropdown menu
See where the action is taking place and join in or try to capture the outposts! (note: any Faction Warfare zone is open to play, but please only flag as either Martlock or Bridgewatch)
If you need to repair your gear, there is a repair station at each outpost
Continue this process for 2 hours until the playtest ends at 20:30 UTC

Please make sure to update your Staging client in advance, so you can jump right in at the start of the playtest.

After the playtest, we will hand out a feedback form to those who participated via the in-game chat, so that we can gather your thoughts on how this feature played out for you.

FAQ

As for the Challenge you’re all waiting to hear about…

CHALLENGE INSTRUCTIONS

During this playtest (Friday, February 26th, 18:30 UTC to 20:30 UTC), earn as many faction points as you can by capturing certain clusters within the Highland and Steppe Biomes marked out in this map below:

Note that the clusters crossed out in red will NOT be counted.

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For the full list of clusters that you can earn faction points from capturing, please click on the spoiler button below:

Earn points in these clusters!

The Top 20 players from the Martlock Faction and the Top 20 players from the Bridgewatch Faction who earn the highest amount of faction points during the playtest (Friday, February 26th, 18:30 UTC to 20:30 UTC) will be rewarded!

REWARDS

Each player in the Top 20 from either faction will receive 800 gold
We will announce the winners in this thread by Monday, March 1
These rewards will be granted to characters on the Live server with the same name as the ones you used in this playtest

Sounds good? Then what are you waiting for, soldier, start sharpening those axes!

(Good luck

)

- Mytherceria & Dev Team

LibraAera29 · Feb 25th 2021, 8:55pm

Hasn't it been said that it would be Fort Sterling and Thetford? ^^' This is kind of contradictory and confusing...

Choose whether you would like to fight for Martlock or Bridgewatch faction by heading over to the respective Faction Warmaster and enlisting in that faction

(note: any Faction Warfare zone is open to play, but please only flag as either Thetford or Fort Sterling)

MadSkillzDLR · Feb 25th 2021, 8:58pm

LibraAera29 wrote:

Hasn't it been said that it would be Fort Sterling and Thetford? ^^'

Half the text says that, the other half is martlock and bridge lolol

LibraAera29 · Feb 25th 2021, 9:00pm

Yeah, I edited my first comment about that lol

Mytherceria · Feb 25th 2021, 9:03pm

Hey,

Yeah you got me

I've corrected and will write it again to be sure it's MARTLOCK or BRIDGEWATCH!

Tired™
- Mytherceria

LaffyTaffy · Feb 25th 2021, 11:33pm

Will the "RED" parts be accessible still even if not counted for score?

Guirssane · Feb 26th 2021, 12:09am

Why don't you allow the cheat stone and free items? It's a playtest after all...

DildoSwaggings · Feb 26th 2021, 9:01am

Why this terribile decision to not have the crafting/skill stones? Richer people have more sets to throw away

Like I am really curious of the thought process

SHARKY · Feb 26th 2021, 9:56am

DildoSwaggings wrote:

Why this terribile decision to not have the crafting/skill stones? Richer people have more sets to throw away

Like I am really curious of the thought process

But if you can get on the test server before the stones are removed, then you can craft yourself plenty

On a serious note, I guess the playtest will be more accurate with players only using what they can on live?

Obelis · Feb 26th 2021, 10:23am

SHARKY wrote:

DildoSwaggings wrote:

Why this terribile decision to not have the crafting/skill stones? Richer people have more sets to throw away

Like I am really curious of the thought process

But if you can get on the test server before the stones are removed, then you can craft yourself plenty
On a serious note, I guess the playtest will be more accurate with players only using what they can on live?

This is exactly why; ultimately this is a test and we want to mimic the live environment as much as possible. That environment will not consist of 100% T8.3 with full destiny board unlocks. We may add a free T4 station at some point during the test if people are running out of equipment, but regrettably even T4 stations result in free T4.3 (T7) equipment, so we can't guarantee this will happen and will be very reluctant to do so.

LaffyTaffy wrote:

Will the "RED" parts be accessible still even if not counted for score?

You're still able to go there and even conquer these areas, but they will not be counted for the score.

Orchiz · Feb 26th 2021, 12:06pm

What gear will we get? or do we just get our actual gear from the game

DildoSwaggings · Feb 26th 2021, 12:15pm

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Obelis wrote:

SHARKY wrote:

DildoSwaggings wrote:

Why this terribile decision to not have the crafting/skill stones? Richer people have more sets to throw away

Like I am really curious of the thought process

But if you can get on the test server before the stones are removed, then you can craft yourself plenty On a serious note, I guess the playtest will be more accurate with players only using what they can on live?

This is exactly why; ultimately this is a test and we want to mimic the live environment as much as possible. That environment will not consist of 100% T8.3 with full destiny board unlocks. We may add a free T4 station at some point during the test if people are running out of equipment, but regrettably even T4 stations result in free T4.3 (T7) equipment, so we can't guarantee this will happen and will be very reluctant to do so.

LaffyTaffy wrote:

Will the "RED" parts be accessible still even if not counted for score?

You're still able to go there and even conquer these areas, but they will not be counted for the score.

Thank you for kind reply, I see what you mean, but t7 is pretty accessible these days, you wouldnt want to give players 4.3 weapons because most skills are missing on them, just a heads up in case... I think armor doesnt have all passive slots unlocked either for some lower tier.
Of course it's two opinions so neither is wrong or right... but I think ultimately it will penalise a lot of players and benefit fewer.

MadSkillzDLR · Feb 26th 2021, 1:23pm

There is no chance i will be crafting or buying stuff in the live server to use it in the test server lol

GokuBlackBR · Feb 26th 2021, 1:42pm

I might be blind and I'm really sorry for that but i still not seing anything about IP control in Blue and Yellow Zones?
So many informations maybe i didn't see anything about that.

Mytherceria · Feb 26th 2021, 1:51pm

Orchiz wrote:

What gear will we get? or do we just get our actual gear from the game

Hey,

Depending on which of your characters you choose, the gear you'll have is what your live character had on them recently, when the database was updated onto the Testserver.

- Mytherceria

Mytherceria · Feb 26th 2021, 3:25pm

Hi Faction Fighters!

Just a quick reminder that our Faction Warfare Playtest and Challenge begins today on the Test Server (Staging) at 18:30 UTC!

See you soon

- Mytherceria

ZeroTestament · Feb 26th 2021, 6:16pm

Fix battlemounts Half of arch wants these in game to be useful we don't ever use battlemounts for nothing they need to be more useful in game to use them more. This needs to allow battlemounts in the faction fights!!!!
Reasons this needs fixed
1. We don't use battlemounts for almost nothing.
2. It will make them more useful ingame.
3. They will be not only for zvz's they will be for almost the entire game content if they get re-added to faction fights.
4. There is plenty in the game to be used and enjoy fights this should change the out come if your a small zerg or a big zerg.
5. If all the other battlemounts are useable command mammoths should be too.

sh1ny · Feb 26th 2021, 6:28pm

This is NO fun.

Cmon guys, you didn't expect to have more players when you announce a test with rewards ?

SHARKY · Feb 26th 2021, 6:32pm

58 mins for me!!!!

Eltharyon · Feb 26th 2021, 7:05pm

Hi everyone,

its really hard to estimate how many people will be responding to playtests like this- we were far more successful than anticipated in mobilizing the Albion playerbase. Thank you for that! We've already collected lots of interesting technical data that helps us fix bugs before a release. We're also considering running another test once those issues have been adressed, and we'll be sure to boost up the test servers even further to allow for more players if we do.

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