Return of Reckoning

I'm just coming back to RoR, although admittedly, I haven't played much since "live" due to that nasty "life" thing that gets in the way. However, I often find myself thinking about ways to make RvR a little more interesting--more personal. Look, I know it's just a game, but when I play and PvP-centric game, I enjoy becoming vested in the Realm/Race/Side that I'm playing. That said, this is an "in the moment" thing for me, as I like playing many of the Classes on both Chaos and Order.

Anyway, how about providing a small Racial buff, based on the location of the RvR lake? Obviously nothing game-breaking, but something that says, "WAAAAGH!!", when I'm trying to defend or take back my Homeland. Obviously, this would made even more fun if it could somehow be presented as a temporary ability, with an animation to go with it (I know, I'm really stretching now--but maybe the ability could be tied to an already existing emote)

I honestly haven't thought through any of the mechanical details of this idea, and maybe it's already been tossed around and dismissed. I just wanted to float it out there and see if it received any traction.

Thanks for reading!

easiest thing i can think of is +5% renown in your pairing, nice to have, immersive and not that op

You get a 50% inf bonus in your own pairing. At least in PvE.

I could see this being a little divisive in split parties/warbands when some want to go to their home pairing. Any bonus would need to be party wide.

Telen wrote: Sun Mar 10, 2019 3:44 pm I could see this being a little divisive in split parties/warbands when some want to go to their home pairing. Any bonus would need to be party wide.

Point well taken, Telen. I would hope that during a single play-session, that each of the three races per side would have the opportunity to experience their own buff, but with any new idea, you never know how it will play out until it's implemented.

How about a small increase to the buildup bar to hit your Morale abilities? Nothing crazy, of course, and it would be shared equally amongst both sides of Racial paring dependent on the RvR lake location.

Id love to see something to give the races more of a link to their pairing. Not sure about inf because once you cap it, which is pretty quick, its useless. Something in vicinity of keeps of the races of that pairing might be more balanced as then just random fights out in the lake arent affected.

It could also be 1% more healing received by pairing healers and also 1% more damage received. Something like orc vs dwarves, elf vs dark elf etc

you get double medallion reward in your pairing.
that's good enough to play class pairing and not to cause any issues.

anarchypark wrote: Mon Mar 11, 2019 12:40 am you get double medallion reward in your pairing.
that's good enough to play class pairing and not to cause any issues.

Rewards are nice, for sure. I didn't realize this was the case, thanks!

I may have not done the best job in my OP of explaining what I was trying to suggest. What I'm thinking of, is something that's both an aesthetic element along with a clear perk--albeit small--that players will informed of when they are attacking/defending a keep or B.O. in their RvR lake. Maybe even an Emote. I know I'm probably an outlier, but I enjoy the extra element of immersion, especially in such a fantastically deep world of lore like this one.

Make orks /waaagh if they cap BO/kill lord in their pairing. Make others /warcry in theirs.