AuraCollector
Member
Following the latest discussion on discord regarding the worldboss situation, I wanted to adress the problem of players always switching kingdoms tho whichever kingdom is dominating at the moment, I suggest an Underdog Kingdom Bonus, much like the actual underdog bonus, only instead of being calculated by level difference, this one should be calculated solely on the number of active players in the world boss map per kingdom. The dominant kingdom would receive no bonus, while less populated kingdoms would receive a progressive bonus proportional to the population gap.
The bonus would apply only to World Bosses, affecting damage, contribution, or ranking. It would not apply to normal PvP, duels, or solo content.
To prevent abuse, the bonus should be calculated dynamically, capped at a maximum value, and disabled when population differences become insignificant or when the underdog kingdom becomes dominant.
Also, an “Active player” should only be counted only if he interacted with someone else in that map, dealt pvp damage/received pvp damage/dealt pvm damage/received pvm damage.
Im thinking it should be the same bonus as for the level underdog bonus, calculated at every 10 players
EG: 25 blue 15 red 1 yellow
Red gets the underdog bonus, (+3% PvP damage dealt, -3% PvP damage taken)
As for the yellow, which would now be in a massive underdog situation, the bonus should scale more agressively, up to a hard cap, so the outnumbered kingdom can still be meaningful rather than it being completely excluded.
Furthermore, I think this would also eventually balance kingdoms, at least in high level brackets, becouse if the bonus would be implemented right now, the kingdom that would benefit the most out of it would be the yellow one, so they will eventually even out by their own, without too much of a headache.
Having something like this would let everyone take part in those bosses, regarding of how the dynamic shifts through time.
The bonus would apply only to World Bosses, affecting damage, contribution, or ranking. It would not apply to normal PvP, duels, or solo content.
To prevent abuse, the bonus should be calculated dynamically, capped at a maximum value, and disabled when population differences become insignificant or when the underdog kingdom becomes dominant.
Also, an “Active player” should only be counted only if he interacted with someone else in that map, dealt pvp damage/received pvp damage/dealt pvm damage/received pvm damage.
Im thinking it should be the same bonus as for the level underdog bonus, calculated at every 10 players
EG: 25 blue 15 red 1 yellow
Red gets the underdog bonus, (+3% PvP damage dealt, -3% PvP damage taken)
As for the yellow, which would now be in a massive underdog situation, the bonus should scale more agressively, up to a hard cap, so the outnumbered kingdom can still be meaningful rather than it being completely excluded.
Furthermore, I think this would also eventually balance kingdoms, at least in high level brackets, becouse if the bonus would be implemented right now, the kingdom that would benefit the most out of it would be the yellow one, so they will eventually even out by their own, without too much of a headache.
Having something like this would let everyone take part in those bosses, regarding of how the dynamic shifts through time.
