Gloria Victis Adds Durability Penalties For Death And Two New Central Map Events
Over the holidays, Gloria Victis players have had the chance to test out the recent changes made to full-loot and non-loot zones and castle mechanics in the PvP MMORPG. This has given developer Black Eye Games the data that it needs to make sure that PvP encounters remain balanced. Now that the team is back from their holiday break, they’ve now acted on that data with the addition of durability penalties when dying.
“With the recent changes in the loot and non-loot zones, we have found out that without the fear of losing their gear, players are much more willing to fight for the territories, however, this has also the side effect of players paying less attention to the number of deaths their suffer, as there is no penalty to it,” said the devs. “We hope that this change will bring more organization and discipline to the combat, while still not being as punishing as losing a part of armor due to looting. What is more, risking losing a portion of items’ durability creates a risk vs reward type of gameplay, that brings more emotions to the fights, which is a much-needed addition to the loot-free fight in the non-loot zone.”
Players will now incur a 3% base durability hit to all of their gear upon death, which can be reduced by leveling up the armor tree. “This change is an important preparation for the incoming changes in gameplay, that will bring better rewards for roaming in the middle of the map as well as better rewards for active players and guilds that earn high places in the rankings. In order to make place for these changes, we need a bigger "sink" of items and materials so that the new rewards will not flood the economy too much.”
Black Eye is also planning to add two new events in the central, full-loot part of the map this week with more events to be added alongside the next updates.
The latest update also introduces tweaks to movement speed and the rules governing the use of horses during combat. Players will no longer enter combat mode when hit by a mounted player and summoned horses will spawn with no stamina instead of half to prevent them from being used to chase down and gank solo players.
The team has also introduced a new login screen, achievement window summary tab, new horse skins, and several quality-of-life improvements. Details can be found in the full patch notes on the Gloria Victis Steam page.
Partake in new Events, see our improved Shadows, showcase your glorious Horse Skins, and much more! Weekly Update 346 for Gloria Victis MMORPG is live. Read about all of the changes: https://t.co/0BFgbsVFRU#mmorpg #game #pcgaming #pvp
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