Albion Online Previews Guild Season Changes Coming In Season 14
Aside from giving Albion Online’s biomes a massive makeover, the upcoming Lands Awakened update will also be shaking up the PvP meta with sweeping changes to guild warfare and rewards. Sandbox Interactive explains what’s coming in a new dev blog:
“[Lands Awakened] ushers in a new era of guild warfare, with a completely new Guild Season structure that offers countless ways for resourceful players of all types to make seasonal progress and earn rewards, even those not affiliated with a guild. Traditional guild activities such as territory control and ZvZs will still provide a path to success, but individual players – and their guilds in turn – will also benefit from playing other smaller-scale activities.”
To encourage more player activity and take some of the focus away from territory control and passive income, Sandbox Interactive will be introducing a new system called the Conqueror’s Challenge. “This dynamic, season-long system for tracking progress opens Albion's higher-level activities to guild members and non-guild-affiliated players alike, and introduces two new reward systems, Might and Favor,” explained the devs.
“The Conqueror's Challenge offers players the freedom to earn Season Rewards in countless different ways, with a wide range of activities contributing to progress. Ultimately, any player willing to put in the work during a season will have a chance to unlock some of the most valuable and powerful rewards in the game,” they added.
In addition to the Conqueror’s Challenge, the team will also be adding invulnerable Outlands hideouts, called Headquarter Hideouts, to further encourage activity and power struggles while also allowing smaller guilds to stay competitive.
“Earning enough Season Points in the preceding season allows a guild to designate one of its Outlands Hideouts as an HQ, making it invulnerable. This status must be maintained, however, through capturing new Power Cores as they appear across the landscape. Alongside Energy Crystals, which can be used to boost Territories, this will bring a whole new dynamic and competitive edge to Guild Seasons.”
The aforementioned changes will be rolling out on November 27th with the start of Season 14. The Lands Awakened update will be arriving a few days earlier on November 24th. More information can be found on the Albion Online official site. Game Director Robin Henkys also talks about the upcoming Guild Season changes in the video below.
