Developer Blog: The Lifecycle of a Stronghold

strumslinger · July 2015

Read about what awaits when you first encounter your stronghold and the early stages of building it: http://bit.ly/1FVHCtm

j0shi82 · July 2015

At some point I think you have to clarify whether the boons and gear obtained through Stronghold will only be usable (or useful) in SH or viable beyond.

I personally wouldn't like to be forced into a guild and participate to get the latest stuff. If that's the case however, I wanna be prepared.

Unknown · July 2015

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yodaminion · July 2015

If this was the kind of game I wanted to play, I would play Evony or something like it on FB. This type of content is not why I have been playing since beta and does very little to impress me. Whoever thought this was the way to go should be fired immediately before it's too late to prevent you from taking this suicidal plunge.

balthezar2 · July 2015

You don't have to have a stronghold, you can go on playing the way you always have.

henryloenwind · July 2015

Doesn't sound very interesting.

Please put a (NPC) guild map out there so we can do some sightseeing without being in a guild.

katamaster81899 · July 2015

Yay! This content looks interesting! Can't wait for it to hit preview, gotta start re-organizing my guilds in the meantime!

-Deko- · July 2015

I am really excited about this and I hope this is gonna be a good mod. Ofcourse there are questions popping up, like the one posted above. Are the boons going to be gameworld wide, or just in the SH zones?
It stated there will be more buildings than spots to build them on. This could be nice, but also quite bad. Is there a balance where you'll say: this boon / bonus will not affect pvp, but is ok for open world pvp, or only available during pve.
Or will guilds have to specialize in either pve or pvp, if they want to be competative in the top ranking?

Anyways, that was the first thing that came to mind. Everyone wants to go somewhere with their character and dont wanna be hold back, because their guild made a different decission than they would have. Just curious how..uhm, mobile, people can stay outside a guild without these bonus things, or inside a guild where the leaders decide to go a certain route.

grottol · July 2015

I'm liking the idea of this. Will be able to do dailies that do something meaningful. I've gotten a bit sore of doing WoD stuff and IWD stuff with little progress in months.

instynctive · July 2015

grottol wrote: »

I'm liking the idea of this. Will be able to do dailies that do something meaningful. I've gotten a bit sore of doing WoD stuff and IWD stuff with little progress in months.

I think this pretty much echoes my own sentiments.

ASSUMING they can pull of the Strongholds expansion without having it reduced to some crappy experience like Mod 6 (which sounded AMAZING on paper, but in reality is the most gawd-awful thing I've ever experienced in a game), that, for me (and most of mu guildies) will go a long, long way towards really turning this game around.

So, please.. don't suck.

adent086 · July 2015

This is sounding exciting. Indeed, it SOUNDS very exciting. I sincerely hope the reality lives up to the potential sited in the blogs. For the sake of my guild, and largely I think the game as a whole, it needs to. The pressure and expectations are high on this module. Can you guys deliver? Time will tell. Best of luck!

forthegamer · July 2015

Looks like I may need to find a guild to join in order to benefit from this. Hm.

Developer Blog: The Lifecycle of a Stronghold

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