[GVE] Artifact System

[Merlin]

Continuing the series of topics about innovations of the upcoming update GVE server, I want to talk about Artifacts. This system was designed to create a greater variety of mass events in the game, in addition to existing ones, and as an additional reason to create conflict between factions.

In the center of the game world there are 6 Artifacts, which give special bonuses to the players of the faction that owns them. Each Artifact has its own bonus, so it's in a faction's interest to have as many of them under their control as possible.
All Artifact locations are marked on the game map, so they can be easily found and, if necessary, quickly reached from one of the nearest teleport points.

Artifacts on the game map

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Like any other valuable item, Artifacts are always protected by faction guards, who will try their best to repel enemy attacks in order to keep a powerful relic for their faction. Therefore, members of the enemy faction will likely need additional forces to break through the Artifact's defenses.

Guardians of the Artifact

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Initially, all Artifacts are neutral, so the first capture will not be a problem for members of either faction. In order for a faction to take possession of an Artifact any of its members must seal it with a special skill -  Seal of Ruler.
Once one of the players completes the ritual, the artifact will come into the possession of the faction it belongs to, and an allied defense unit will appear near the artifact. In addition, members of the faction that captured the artifact and were within 2,000 radius at the time of capture will receive a reward of 300 Adena.

 

After a successful capture, the artifact cannot be attacked again for 2 hours.
An important feature is that one faction can hold no more than 4 Artifacts at a time. This limitation allows to avoid a cardinal advantage of one of the sides and to keep the balance of power between the factions.

As long as an Artifact belongs to a faction, all of its members gain an additional passive skill, the bonus of which depends on the type of Artifact.

 Artifact Of Strength - Increases STR by 1.
 Artifact of Intelligence - Increases  INT by 1.
 Artifact of Dexterity - Increases DEX by 1.
 Artifact of Wit - Increases WIT by 1.
 Artifact of Constitution - Increases CON by 1.
 Artifact of Mental Strength - Increases MEN by 1.

Each player can find out at any moment which faction this or that Artifact belongs to by using the special information box on the Alt+B menu.

Artifact Status in Community Board

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As soon as a faction tries to seize an Artifact, all players will receive a special notification stating which Artifact is under attack, so that representatives of both sides can assemble to attack or defend as soon as possible.