Faction as Fiction – Bridge the gap on PTS!

[Elrar]

But I also think that the factions still have their own stories to tell, and faction exclusive quests and hubs are need for that.


I wonder how the normal mode dungeons are going to be though - the Defiant DSM is different than the more bare (in quests) Guardian version 0_0

Indeed they do!

And I believe the group leader determines which faction's dungeon you'll run

Cheers,

[Wylt]

Any plans to make the quest hubs throughout the world friendly, or at least neutral, to the opposing faction?

[Contay]

A fascinating way to fix faction population imbalances -- although it won't resolve much if there's a population imbalance problem on a PvP shard where such imbalances can prove to be a severe gameplay problem if you're at the wrong end of the stick, so to speak.

[xanduin246]

Indeed they do!

And I believe the group leader determines which faction's dungeon you'll run

Cheers,

Elrar, do you guys know if you are going to make this a choice or not yet?

the OP says, "but as Ascended the choice to work together is now yours to make outside the city walls."

but i have a feeling this will be like the merc system, where we dont have a choice

[Kyera]

Good change.

tbh, from a lore perspective, it seemed the cross-faction antagonism was somewhat downplayed as content went along, with more emphasis on planar foes, so I'm not surprised to see this land.

[Caydin]

I approve of this~ More options to play. There's no real reason to separate people from playing with each other.

[Haptiic]

Any chance we will see Race changes anytime soon since we are pretty much removing the factions, I would love to make my toons into Bahmis.

[BehemothDog]

Hi all,


With the death of four of the dragons much has changed in Telara. Old rivalries are questioned as new challenges arise, the greatest the Ascended have ever had to face. Destruction of the Blood Storm is now essential if this world is to ever find peace - Guardians & Defiants must unite if they are to ultimately travel to the planes and defeat them.

I was skeptical about this until I read this..

It makes too much sense!! Good EFFING JOB !

[Morvick]

If you did the fire saga quest in a past event, asha and the hippie defiant dude get kidnapped.

When you save them Asha yells at the guy that they shouldn't be enemies, that they have the same enemies who want them both dead.
The guy doesn't agree but states he needs to think about things.

So lore wise it's been hinted for a while, however in the end, game mechanics should always get priority over story, and these are great changes.

The same is hinted during the Guardian life saga quest, where many in Sanctum reveal themselves to be quite open to a truce with the Defiant Faction and the Cults, seeking to forgive rather than to murder (once any Bloodstorm corruption has been cleansed, of course).

Cyrill himself always has been pretty hard-nosed and unwilling to bend the knee to anyone but the Vigil, so he may take much longer to come around than anyone else I can think of. Once he does, though, I wouldn't prefer any other ally -- a half-giant in thick Plate blessed by a pantheon of Gods, yeah I'll stick next to him during the melee.

I'm excited to see where this goes in terms of what the Vigil has to say for the Guardians, and their doctrine against Magitech (ergo, if that decree extends to Brevanese technology or God Engines like the Infinity Gate -- "Go, our Ascended Army, bring victory for the Vigil across all the Planes!"). Not that the Guardians have ever needed the tools of the Defiant or Eldrich, but a change in the course of the river would be juicy for lore-hounds like myself.

[Nadili]

Great change I was hoping this would happen I remember when it did in EQ2 the game became alot better for guilds trying to recruit and such.

+1 Trion

[Exxyy]

+1 for Trion

I'm a lore guy, And it was predictable, I saw this coming since the launch of Rift

Story, and why guardians and defiants were ennemies to start with,

Defiants were technology users, and guardians were believing in god

Now, Together We Stand

Maybe in the world, We will have to change our mindset to,

Together We Stand

<3, Exxy

[Slipmat]

But but but what about the "Skirmish" zone events !!!

Awesome changes, i wonder will it lead to cross faction IA's as well, although as some have pointed out, would need some changes to NPC's in the open world

Or maybe have only each Factions guards in Meridian and Sanctum remain hostile, IA aggro sorted

[Rounded]

I came here prepared with a massive rant, Cloak of Flame-Proofing, 3 buckets or troll repellent and a bag of popcorn, but these changes just make too much sense.

Damn you Trion for making sense and making changes in a way which pleases multiple sides of the board in one go.

[Wryn]

I smell dwarfs. >;]

Interesting change... wonder if we also get (in SL maybe?) some quests around our faction leaders. Would like to know what they are thinking about "our teamwork". ;)
Generally I would like to see more lore about them.

Anway, nice Trion. *bows*

[pidde]

Nice, now I can group up in WF with my friends from other shards!