In March, everything in the MMORPG Ashes of Creation revolves around the Node system. Meanwhile, more has been revealed about diminishing and destroying a Node.
What are Nodes? Nodes are the central feature of Ashes of Creation. They are 103 locations in the world that can be claimed and then developed.
The more people gain experience points for a Node, the larger its influence area becomes and the higher its development level rises. Small tent camps can develop into a massive city or even a metropolis.
However, Nodes do not remain at such a high level forever.
Do Nodes lose levels? In order for a Node to maintain its level, experience points must be collected daily. These are based on the current level of the Node. Every activity within the Node’s influence area grants it experience.
If you collect more than the required daily experience, the Node’s level increases. If you collect less, it falls into deficit. If this deficit is not resolved soon, the Node loses a level.
But in addition to de-leveling, Nodes can also be weakened by other players.
Destroying Nodes in Ashes of Creation
The fastest way to reduce a Node’s level is a direct attack by other players.
How does an attack on the Node begin? From the third level of a Node, it can be attacked. The attacking faction must collect an item that becomes harder to obtain if the Node being attacked has a high level.
Once the item has been acquired, it can be activated. A countdown begins, which is visible to all players in the region. When the countdown expires, the attack begins.
How does the attack proceed? Nodes can be attacked and defended by players with siege weapons, similar to the siege of a fortress.
However, the battles over a Node will be significantly smaller. After all, a fortress controls 20% of the game world, while a city is just one of 103 Nodes.
What happens at the end of the battle? If the attack is successful, the Node is reset to level 0. All citizens of the city lose their rights and their houses as the system saves the content and construction as blueprints.
Additionally, the Node loses its vassal Nodes. These are smaller cities that were within the influence area of the larger Node. This also happens if the Node loses levels.
The release date for Ashes of Creation is also not yet set. However, we know that it won’t be coming in 2019:
If the attack is not successful, there is a cooldown that protects the Node from further attacks. The stronger the Node, the longer it is protected.
Will players be able to test sieges beforehand? Before Ashes of Creation is released, players should be able to test the sieges of fortresses.
These are supposed to appear as an additional game mode in PvP standalone Apocalypse. However, when this will happen is still not known.
The release date for Ashes of Creation is also not yet set. However, we know that it won’t be coming in 2019:
