Activity: Raiding
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Overview
Raids have been designed to be some of the most challenging content in the game and are intended to be completed by large numbers of players working together as a team. A raid can last for as little as a few weeks, to as long as several months and are most often part of a larger story in the world.
Key Information
- Raids are influenced by world events and are not always available for all races.
- All raid submissions get a +2 XP bonus and should be noted as (+2 (name of raid)) in the level tracker notes.
- Raids are intended to be plot driven and we encourage players to plan their pieces out thoroughly instead of attempting to create the maximum number of pieces possible.
- Submissions submitted for raids cannot be submitted for any other activity.
Submission Requirements
- All characters must be at least 75% visible in order to be counted.
- Written submissions should have a clear beginning and end, and while may be written in a series, should be able to stand alone as a single piece of work centering around the given prompt.
- You may only submit to each prompt once per character every 24 hours.
You can find the entirety of our raid rules on the journal provided here. Always refer to the rules and guidelines provided in the current raid journal before preparing your raid submission.
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Raiding Terminology
- Wave: Phases of the raid that increase in difficulty as the activity progresses. Players may only work on one wave at a time. The next wave will be revealed once the current wave is won.
- Prompts: Specific requirements to earn victory points.
- Max Out: Submitting the maximum number of submissions to a single prompt.
- Victory Points: Point system that tracks completion of the wave.
- Boon: Special raid bonus that increases prizes or decreases the difficulty of the raid.
- Loot: Prizes. The cashish. Money honey (and items).
- Complications: The positive action of the enemy that results in a negative consequence to the player, such as lost health.
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What is Raiding?
Raiding is when one party attempts to claim an area currently held by NPCs, creatures or other environmental factors. Raids are always players vs. environment. Raids consist of several waves which will include prompts to earn victory points. A certain amount of victory points is required in a given time frame in order to win the wave and move on to the next. Each prompt can only be completed a set number of times but maxing out a prompt is not required, as long as the required amount of victory points are reached. You may not max out any prompts in a single wave, however, maxing out a prompt will give the group boons for future waves and prompts which can help secure their victory and earn more loot.
A raid consists of a number of waves, which act as different phases of the raid itself. The number of waves will vary in each raid. Each wave consists of several prompts, which will also vary per wave. Harder raids will have more waves and more prompts per wave, while easier ones will have fewer waves and fewer prompts to complete.
Failing to reach the minimum number of points in a wave will cause the party to fall back a wave and restart the previous section. Restarting the first wave twice will cause a raid to fail and the event will end. Some raids may be able to be reattempted at a later time.
There are three types of prompts in raids;
Success Prompts
These types of prompts will only require a specific type of submission and will always earn victory points and prizes when submitted within the time limit and before the prompt is maxed out. These prompts will usually consist of needing to depict a warg in a certain area completing a certain task. These prompts can only be submitted to once per character.
RNG Prompts
These types of prompts will only earn victory points if the prompt submitted succeeds in a challenge. These types of challenges will require a certain amount of luck or skill to complete. These prompts will usually include finding a specific item or completing a difficult task. These may be submitted to multiple times by the same character, but the character may only succeed once. Once the character succeeds and earns the victory point, they may not submit to that prompt again. You may only have one pending submission to an RNG prompt at a time.
Combat Prompts
These prompts work similar to boss battles, in that combatants have a pool of hit points that the group may work together to deplete. Each submission will be for one attack and all talents are permitted. Unlike other prompts, victory points for combat prompts will be earned when the enemy is defeated in a large cache instead of per warg. Loot will also only be handed out once the enemy is defeated to everyone who participated. If the enemy is not defeated by the end date for the wave, no loot or victory points will be earned for that prompt.
Complications
Complications can occur on any prompt. Complications are the actions of the enemy that may result in things such as lost health, lost progress on prompts, stealing supplies and more–however, Complications do not mean you failed. The enemy fights back! The best way to prevent complications is by maxing out prompts that lower the complication rate!
Boons
Boons are special raid bonuses that help you in your raid. The default prompt for a raid will have one (1) loot item per submission, one (1) warg per submission, (1) victory point per warg per submission, and a 50% chance of complications. However, these odds can all be improved by maxing out prompts and receiving a boon. Prompt responses cannot be submitted once they are maxed out.
Boons can:
- Increase the max number of prizes gained per submission
- Increase the number of wargs allowed to earn victory points per submission
- Increase the number of victory points each warg earns per submission
- Decrease the chance of complications occurring
How to Submit to a Prompt
Raid submissions work in a similar manner to Boss fights where they take place on a specially designed deviation with featured comments to each wave and each prompt for that wave.
- Locate the raid deviation. Locate the wave & select a prompt
- Read the prompt carefully and complete it according to the requirements set out. All prompts will require some type of submission, please ensure you read the requirements carefully as the requirements for each prompt may vary wildly and may have additional requirements that your character must meet in order to complete. It is highly recommended to discuss with your party to determine who is completing what prompts to ensure prompts are not exceeding their max out and are being completed on time.
- Post your submission under the specific prompt.
If you are submitting to a success prompt, an admin will comment with your prize(s), complications (if any), and victory point(s) will be added to the running total and the max submissions will be marked down. If you are submitting to an RNG prompt, an admin will roll your results. For a success, the same as a success prompt will occur. For a failure, the admin will respond accordingly and you may attempt to post with a new submission under that same prompt. - If you are submitting to a combat prompt, the admin will roll for your attempt to damage the enemy and for the enemy to damage you! Remember, you do not receive loot or Victory points until a combatant is defeated.
You do not have to participate in every prompt to win a wave. Your party may complete any number of prompts in any combination to earn the required number of victory points.
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Winning a Raid
To win a raid, the party must complete all waves with enough victory points before the deadline by completing prompts. Each successful prompt submission will earn one victory point or more, that will go towards completing the wave, though prompts do not need to reach 100% completion to reach this threshold. However, maxing out a prompt by having the party succeed the maximum number of times will result in a boon that will carry over for the duration of the raid.
Each character may only complete each prompt once. Each prompt will have its own requirement to complete, which may be as simple as a large illustration or a piece of literature with minimum and maximum word count, or may require collaborations or more specific character requirements.
Raid Rewards
To the victors go the spoils! When you earn victory points, you will receive loot items. All winnings will be listed in the comment replying to your submission. These can range from anything like coin to lore, or items. The number of prizes received is defaulted to one per submission, however this can be increased to a max of 4 through maxing out prompts.
Where Can I See Potential Loot?
You can view every item with a chance to appear in the loot rotation on the HvallaAdmin account here.