Political System - just fluff?

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Ioci on 2012-02-07 01:07:10 UTC
I'd rather it be fluff than game breaking. if it becomes too powerfull RMT will take it over. With things as they are, this game is in serious danger of becoming an RMT haven. No, I think they need to leave poli right where it is thank-you very much.


Where are you getting this from? There is no reason to think this game will have that issue, and from what I've seen so far with Chronoscrolls and IP Blocking, En Masse has been taking the issue seriously for a long time. Quit crying wolf.

Vure on 2012-02-07 01:14:23 UTC
As of now, I think the political system will be pretty much what we, the players, make it.


I agree. As for zerg guilds, there are two ways to earn Vanarch. Via PvP (which can only be done in battlegrounds in an organized team, so any team of 5 can win this), or via popular vote. One zerg guild isn't going to overcome everyone's vote.

I do think there will be a lot going on with this PvP system. From what I've seen in some other games, there's always drama and leaders of different types on the different servers, so the political system will serve to enhance that and give players an additional thing to do at endgame. I'm personally excited for it, but in the end it does all come down to server community, and what your server makes of it all.

As for it just being controlling taxes, there is more to it. They can add or delete certain NPCs and town features like class trainers, specialty shops, teleporters, etc. They also can only do these things by spending vanarch points. In order to gain those points, they have to do certain quests (supposedly hard stuff).



Side note: Am I the only one whose noticed the influx of negative, uninformed junk that's been posted on these forums the past two days?
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On the RMT issue, I'm fairly sure if that every arose then it'd be within reason that GMs/Devs would step in and dethrone the 'player' in question.
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Leil, the game has been getting a lot of hype, so people who havent been following the game for two years like us are joining with limited knowledge and that leads to skepticism or maybe un-intentional negativity.
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Destian on 2012-02-07 01:18:27 UTC
I hope the political system will be ONE thing:

SOMETHING TO DO AT MAX LEVEL!!!!

That's what SWTOR and WoW alike are missing. What the HELL is the point of grinding gear unless you can actually do something cool with it, like take down PvE dungeons or take power through PvP?


I personally haven't played SWTOR but in wow, PvE is the whole point of grinding gear lol. How can you list that as endgame content if you aren't satisfied with it in another game? O_o
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[quote name='Leiloni' at='2012-02-07 01:25:32 UTC'][quote name='Ioci' at='2012-02-07 01:07:10 UTC']
Side note: Am I the only one whose noticed the influx of negative, uninformed junk that's been posted on these forums the past two days?[/quote]

Happens on most forums. It's either trolling or genuine stupidity. Not much we the people can do except counter the "points" with actual info.
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omocho on 2012-02-07 01:18:55 UTC
Unless the info here:

http://www.onrpg.com/MMO/TERA-The-Exiled-Realm-of-Arborea/news/E3-Details-released-regarding-TERA-Onlines-Political-System

has changed, it seems like more than just "fluff", just from those few details released.
Especially that last one.


The last one is the Jailing System which is not in the game anymore. I am telling you, the political system is just useless fluff, specifically because Vanarch have no real power on anything.
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lycrates on 2012-02-07 01:37:28 UTC

The last one is the Jailing System which is not in the game anymore. I am telling you, the political system is just useless fluff, specifically because Vanarch have no real power on anything.


What are you basing this on?
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Leiloni on 2012-02-07 01:25:32 UTC
Ioci on 2012-02-07 01:07:10 UTC
I'd rather it be fluff than game breaking. if it becomes too powerfull RMT will take it over. With things as they are, this game is in serious danger of becoming an RMT haven. No, I think they need to leave poli right where it is thank-you very much.




Where are you getting this from? There is no reason to think this game will have that issue, and from what I've seen so far with Chronoscrolls and IP Blocking, En Masse has been taking the issue seriously for a long time. Quit crying wolf.


Chronoscrolls and taxation scream RMT and you damn well know it. EME can't stop it, they can only stop it from impacting my game. You stay in that happy place, I could care less. Don't ask let alone tell me to brush it off though. I'm no that naive.
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Destian on 2012-02-07 01:18:27 UTC
I hope the political system will be ONE thing:

SOMETHING TO DO AT MAX LEVEL!!!!

That's what SWTOR and WoW alike are missing. What the HELL is the point of grinding gear unless you can actually do something cool with it, like take down PvE dungeons or take power through PvP?


At both SWTOR and WoW you have a ton of Group Progression PvE that you are supposed to do. For example in SWTOR you do normal Operations, then you do Hardcore Operations then Nightmare Operations. By the time you are done with Nightmare, new content should be around the corner and thats how you progress into the game.
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Aicasia on 2012-02-07 01:07:36 UTC
Any government is just fluff, but only without the people. A king is nothing without his subjects, just like a president is nothing without the citizens of his country.

I don't quite see what you're getting at here.