Outlands Patch February 10, 2023
2023-02-10
Released
2023-02-18 - 2 years ago
Outlands Patch February 27, 2023
2023-02-27
Outlands Patch February 18, 2023 is an update for Outlands.
This patch marks the end of the initial 30-day Factions launch window, implementing standard cooldowns for Faction switching and participation changes. It adjusts Alliance/Faction flagging priority, reduces Waypost Potential Score, limits concurrent Flag Steals/Carries, removes Potential Score from Flag Steals/Secures, updates Player Kill scoring, modifies Faction Dungeon spawn score and Flag bonuses, changes Battle Commendations delivery, and introduces Party Kill Damage Sharing for Faction kills.
Factions
Faction Change and Participate in Factions Cooldowns
- Initial 30-Day Faction launch window ended. Standard cooldowns now in effect:
- Guilds restricted to joining/leaving Faction at most once every 7 days. Cannot change within 24 hours of Tabula Rasa.
- Players can change 'Participate in Factions' setting at most once every 24 hours (Note: Changed to 1 hour in Patch 23.03.27).
Alliances
- Guilds in Alliances no longer forced to be in the same Faction.
- If participating Faction members from Allied Guilds are in opposing Factions, they flag Orange (Faction handling overrides Alliance).
Wayposts
- Max Potential Faction Score from control reduced to 50 (was 100). (Note: Changed later).
Stealing and Grabbing Faction Flags
- Factions can no longer attempt to Steal more than one Faction Flag simultaneously.
- If a Faction has a Steal Attempt in progress OR a member Carrying a Flag, no other members of that Faction can begin a Steal Attempt.
- Players cannot pick up Dropped Faction Flags if another member of their Faction is already Carrying a Flag.
Flag Steal and Flag Secure Potential Faction Score
- Players no longer receive ANY Potential Faction Score for participating in Flag Stealing or Flag Securing. (Note: Escorting score remains/was added later).
Player Kills
- Baseline Faction Score for Player Kills increased to 50 (Note: Changed multiple times later).
Upgraded Kills
Faction Kills Upgraded to 100 Faction Score (was unspecified, likely lower) if occurred:
- Within 100 tiles of a Waypost.
- Within 100 tiles of a Faction Flag.
- Inside a Faction Castle.
- Inside a Faction Town (entire region).
- Inside a Faction Dungeon.
- *(Note: Base/Upgraded values changed multiple times later).*
Held Flags
- +25 Faction Score bonus earned from Player Kills for each Faction Flag Secured in player's Faction Castle (Note: Bonus removed later).
Killing a Flag Carrier
- Killing Flag Carrier worth additional 250 Faction Score (victim must have KTG, not recently ressed). (Note: Value changed later).
Faction Dungeons
- Faction Spawns score value = 33% of Gold Value (Note: Changed to 20% later).
- +25% Bonus to Faction Score from Faction Spawns per Flag Secured in player's Faction Castle (Note: Value changed later).
Battle Commendations
- No longer received during Tabula Rasa based on rank/score.
- Now received immediately (1 placed in Backpack) for every cumulative 500 Faction Score earned during participation.
Party Kill Damage Sharing
- If same-Faction players are in a Party and kill an enemy Faction player:
- All party members within 50 Tiles with "Share Experience" toggled ON will have their Damage Dealt % averaged evenly amongst themselves.
- Faction Score earned from the kill is divided based on this shared Damage Dealt %.
- Valid party members who dealt 0 damage are included in the sharing calculation.