Node governments
Positions within a node's government are attained through seasonal titles that grant special powers and benefits within the node.[3][2][4][5]
There are other node-based positions. Most of them relate to social organizational structures like the temple and the social organization building that the node might construct. Those are ladder systems of achievement that players can work through on a seasonal basis to achieve the highest level of that for the particular node; and by doing so they will then have titles bestowed upon them, which grants certain types of powers and benefits.[3] – Steven Sharif
- Mayors.[6]
- Priests, bishops, or acolytes of temples.[3][7][4]
- Social organization positions.[3]
- Patron guild leaders.[4]
- Chief bounty hunter.[4]
City hall
Town hall (also called City hall) is a default service building that comes pre-built with nodes.[10][11][12][9]
- Players can interact with the node board to get a list of its citizens.[13] Clicking on a citizen will reveal information about their guild, society, religion, and property ownership.[13]
- Mayors and node governments use city hall to visualize and control activities within their node. These capabilities will also be available via mobile/web interface.[6]
- Status of the node's economy.[6]
- Status of upcoming elections.[6]
- Status of trade agreements.[6]
- Status of caravans.[6]
Election cycle
Node elections may occur on a monthly basis.[14]
Leadership powers
Government officials will have wide-ranging abilities to influence their node.[15]
- Declare war on another node and rally citizens to the cause.[16]
- Enter into trade agreements.[16]
- Node names will be predetermined. Governments may be able to choose the name from a list.[18]
Node development
Node layout and style is determined by several factors:[22][23]
- The way that the node system is built is that they can exist across a spread of 18 biomes, but at the same time have to represent the cultural influence of these cultures that are intrinsically a part of a specific biome.[24] – Steven Sharif
- Environment (biome) and location of the node.[24][22][23]
- Nodes will adjust the local topography to fit the aesthetic and mechanical requirements of the node.[25]
- Currently the way that the platform system is set up, is it's capable of adjusting the topography of the node's footprint, regardless of the surrounding terrain. So the reason for that is we want to have flexibility in the presentation of the node's layout and how it is essentially both from an aesthetic standpoint as well as a mechanical standpoint with node sieges- how it's constructed and that construction should have the ability to take on a variance of different types of topography. So it shouldn't be dependent on the surrounding area. Now that's not to say that the surrounding area isn't going to have some influence over. So for example... we're experimenting a little bit with the platform tech and putting up a node up against the side of a mountain or on the edge of a cliff or something that has a beautiful vista. Those are things that we're going to test out obviously as we continue to work on the node tool and how that platform system works, but the idea is to have the node independent of the surrounding terrain.[25] – Steven Sharif
- Some parts are determined by the area it's in. Some parts are determined by the type it is. Some parts are determined by the race it is; and then the rest of it is determined by the mayor.[23] – Jeffrey Bard
- Race that contributed the highest percentage to the node's advancement will alter the racial appearance of its buildings, NPCs, and props.[26][27][22][21][23][28][29]
- All nodes, whether they're associated with a castle or associated with normal node structure, has cultural influences that replicate over to the buildings that are produced and the NPCs that are present.[31] – Steven Sharif
- The rest is determined by the node's mayor.[23]
- It should be possible for a node to complete several building projects within a mayor's one month term in office.[32]
- Q: How long would you say it will take players on average to fill/build up a node completely from wilderness to metropolis?
- A: It's one thing to get a node to a certain level: it's another thing to develop the node; and I can't really give you an on-average expectation, because there's a lot of variables at play. There's how many citizens does the node have attracted to it; what's the type of traffic that the node is attracting to it based on things like its tax rates, or the specialization that it chose to spec into, based on the building types it's chosen to build. All of those things are variables that can affect the quote-unquote "average build-out time" of a particular node. So it's difficult to give you an average when there's so many variables along those lines. But the idea is that if there is a particular project that players are interested in in developing based on the node stage, that they would have the ability to complete several of those projects as within a single term of a mayor; and a term of a mayor is one month.[32] – Steven Sharif
Trade agreements
Node governments can enter into trade agreements with other nodes. Each node entering into the agreement can designate caravans with materials to be sent to the other; improving the economy of both nodes. This gives experience to all involved, contributes to the node’s growth and helps to construct buildings.[16]
Taxation
Mayors are able to set a generalized node tax rate as well as overrides for different activities within their node. Mayors gain additional taxation controls as their node advances.[33][34]
- Amenities tax override.[33]
- Artisanship tax override.[33]
- Commerce tax override.[33]
- This may include taxes that apply to tavern games.[35][36]
- Property tax override.[33]
- Freehold property taxes scale according to the number of freehold building permits issued for that freehold.[37][38][39]
- Citizenship dues and property taxes scale based on the stage of the node when a player became a citizen.[11][40][41][42][43]
- The goal is to exert financial pressure on node populations by making taxes increasingly expensive as nodes advance, rather than putting in place hard population caps.[41][42]
- Node tax rates will be visible on the world map by hovering over a node location.[44]
- Tax revenue only goes toward funding node development. This cannot be withdrawn by the mayor or any other player.[45][39]
Regent nodes take a cut of taxes from various activities that occur within their vassal node structure.[45][46]
- This tax doesn't necessarily impact the individual citizen, because citizen's tax levels are determined by their node, but the node's finances are affected by the taxation levied by its parent nodes.[46]
When a node reaches stage 3 (Village) and a player run government has formed, all player housing will pay taxes.[47]
- A player's tax charge will be determined by the number of structures built on their plot.[38][39]
- Freehold taxes are calculated based on the number of permits issued for buildings on a freehold.[48][49][37][38][39]
- Buildings that require permits will have additional upkeep costs.[48]
- Maintaining businesses requires licensing and payments to the node your Freehold is associated with. This permitting system allows for a certain number of buildings to be constructed on a Freehold. Permits can be obtained from the same node the Freehold was certified from, and buildings that require permits will have an additional upkeep cost.[48]
- Housing foreclosures result from failing to pay property taxes or other fees.[48]
Node politics
There won't be a civil war mechanic within nodes but there will be scope for internal political conflicts; such as undermining the current leadership and disrupting trade.[50]
- The only way to remove an elected mayor prior to the end of their term is by destroying the node.[51]
We want consequences to matter and if that person got elected then you need to work within the means of the mechanics to get them unelected.[51] – Steven Sharif
See also
Riferimenti
- ↑ Trasmissione in diretta, 2020-03-28 (1:02:46).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Trasmissione in diretta, 2023-09-29 (1:07:01).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Trasmissione in diretta, 2019-07-26 (1:20:48).
- ↑ MMOGames interview, January 2017
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Trasmissione in diretta, 2017-11-17 (9:49).
- ↑ Trasmissione in diretta, 2020-07-25 (1:52:45).
- ↑ Video, 2023-08-31 (49:05).
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 City hall.
- ↑ Video, 2023-08-31 (33:07).
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Blog: Development Update with Village Node.
- ↑ Trasmissione in diretta, 2023-08-31 (50:25).
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Trasmissione in diretta, 2020-10-30 (1:01:00).
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 City hall.
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ Livestream, 19 May 2017 (36:09)
- ↑ Blog - Know Your Nodes - The Basics.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Blog - Know Your Nodes - Advance and Destroy.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Trasmissione in diretta, 2020-10-30 (39:17).
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 Trasmissione in diretta, 2018-09-27 (53:06).
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Trasmissione in diretta, 2022-02-25 (41:00).
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Trasmissione in diretta, 2021-02-26 (1:12:18).
- ↑ Trasmissione in diretta, 2022-03-31 (4:57).
- ↑ Podcast, 2021-04-11 (29:47).
- ↑ Colloquio, 2018-05-11 (54:34).
- ↑ Trasmissione in diretta, 2017-05-26 (21:23).
- ↑ Podcast, 2021-04-11 (23:36).
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 Colloquio, 2018-05-11 (47:27).
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 Trasmissione in diretta, 2022-07-29 (1:13:09).
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.4 33.5 33.6 33.7 Video, 2023-08-31 (28:04).
- ↑ Trasmissione in diretta, 2020-03-28 (1:03:38).
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 Colloquio, 2023-07-09 (54:46).
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 Trasmissione in diretta, 2023-06-30 (1:45:22).
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 39.3
- ↑ Trasmissione in diretta, 2023-08-31 (15:51).
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 Colloquio, 2023-07-09 (38:14).
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 Colloquio, 2020-03-27 (0:30).
- ↑ Video, 2018-04-05 (41:48).
- ↑ Trasmissione in diretta, 2023-09-29 (1:11:22).
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 Trasmissione in diretta, 2022-08-26 (1:10:16).
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 Colloquio, 2018-05-11 (57:02).
- ↑
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 48.2 48.3 Blog: Exploring the Boundless Opportunities of Freeholds.
- ↑
- ↑ Trasmissione in diretta, 2017-05-24 (40:50).
- ↑ 51.0 51.1 Trasmissione in diretta, 2019-06-28 (1:26:14).