PvP and Org rep

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Tytanya_MxO wrote:

The idea has been raised before and musing on my way back from work made me consider the viability of re-enforcing the character of each org by linking reputation to pvp in addition to the missions etc. My problem is finding a fair symmetry to the award, so it remains a work in progress.

The basis for the distinction is the presence of the truce and the broad definition of Zion=citizen, Machine=authority, Merov=underworld with a kick to the appropriate aggression factors involved.

For example

If you are Zion you would lose 1 rep point for every x cq's gained from machines, you would gain 1 rep for every 2x cq's gained from Merovs.

iF you are Machine you would lose 1 for every 2x cq's taken from Zion, you would gain 1 rep for every x cq's gained from merovs

If your are Merov you gain 1 rep for every 4x cq's

I was figuring x=8 as a rule fo thumb.

An alternate approach might be to have a terminal screen in game (a la CoH) which can be iterrogated to list the online players for each org with a rep over 110 and effectively make reputation point only 'gainable' when the cq comes from one of them...in this way you become a target by your status relative to your organisation etc and it gives a degree of meaning to the resulting pvp.

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That would really hurt us mechs.  There are, after all, many more zion targets than mervs and to make me suffer for pwning them... suxors.  I like the storyline theory, but not the practicality.

 I would of course like to see CQ's mean something, the possibilty of rep gained from PVP. And Cyph and EPN would need different rules too

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Ntrails wrote:

That would really hurt us mechs.  There are, after all, many more zion targets than mervs and to make me suffer for pwning them... suxors.  I like the storyline theory, but not the practicality.

 I would of course like to see CQ's mean something, the possibilty of rep gained from PVP. And Cyph and EPN would need different rules too

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I appreciate the problem although the aim here is to begin to make the choice of Org have a meaning beyond the story...the more identity each org is given the more likely are people to actually make a conscious descision to join etc and the population would inevitably become more even. In any event I offered that as a suggestion the frequency or ease with which Machines gain rep from Merovs could be adjusted so that in a typical session the gain outweighs the loss to Zion cq's etc

i.e say adjust

iF you are Machine you would lose 1 for every 2x cq's taken from Zion, you would gain 1 rep for every 0.5x cq's gained from merovs

That way as long as you dont kill 4times as many Zion as Merov you will finish with a net gain.

I feel there has to be a reward for conforming to the stroyline and a penalty for not doing so, but perhaps there is an alternate manner to offer only a reward....the main aim is to make the character (or terms) different for each org to promote the identity.