[dev1026] Changes to Claiming and Engaging Enemies

[Kiote]

Their intention is to do a lot more things like the imperial invasions but on a much grander scale and if people can't help each other in combat the system won't work. Thus you need to rework the system from the ground up. Remember Hamlet Defense concept? Now imagine 500 imperials washing over the town. Your not going to be able to beat that alone or even in a single party.

And think about multiple party Raids. This new system will make that very easy to implement with the simple addition of the lotting system everyone has been begging for.

[Perrin_Aybarra]

Their intention is to do a lot more things like the imperial invasions but on a much grander scale and if people can't help each other in combat the system won't work. Thus you need to rework the system from the ground up. Remember Hamlet Defense concept? Now imagine 500 imperials washing over the town. Your not going to be able to beat that alone or even in a single party.

And think about multiple party Raids. This new system will make that very easy to implement with the simple addition of the lotting system everyone has been begging for.

That's what I think the reasoning behind it is also.

@Meowy I think maybe you are right in that they could have thought it out maybe a bit more and come up with something allowing the grand scale content they want. Like maybe when under hamlet defense (exemple) you can kill anything regardless of claiming. Maybe time constraint and ease of implementation was what pushed it toward this easier way out.

[MeowyWowie]

Their intention is to do a lot more things like the imperial invasions but on a much grander scale and if people can't help each other in combat the system won't work. Thus you need to rework the system from the ground up. Remember Hamlet Defense concept? Now imagine 500 imperials washing over the town. Your not going to be able to beat that alone or even in a single party.

And think about multiple party Raids. This new system will make that very easy to implement with the simple addition of the lotting system everyone has been begging for.

Both of these could have been done with the current system. Again, look at the bolded part.

[Kiote]

Both of these could have been done with the current system. Again, look at the bolded part.

As I said Meowy, a Lotting system would be a very easy way to implement multiple party raids with the NEW system. But without the Combat Sharing aspect of the new system, it is impossible. You can't have multiple party events if multiple parties can't share a single target. The new system effectively adds that possibility. Essentially it is the Alliance System of FFXI without the invite and shared loot. The bonus for not having those is you are now no longer restricted to 3 party alliances. You can have infinite party alliances. They have effectively stolen the ONE good aspect that Rift invented. Zone wide Massive Alliance Battles. And as an added bonus they took out the downside of that system being of course that in rift you have to group with the people to fight together.