Ragako

Castle Ragako Details

• Castle Ragako can be found on Titan Island
• The portal to Ragako can be found on the Sho side of the Town Network and is limited to Level 126+
• The Castle is surrounded by walls with two entrances.
• The Castle Entrances can be found on the East and West side walls and remain OPEN until the Castle has been taken by a Monarchy.
• INSIDE Castle Ragako is a NO-LOG landblock
• A flaming disco ball that will randomly buff players nearby with level 8 buffs
• Uber vendors

Taking Ownership of The Castle

Taking Ownership of the Castle

• Ownership of the Castle is achieved when a player who is either a Monarch or part of a Monarchy kills The Heart of Ragako.
• The player who makes the kill on The Heart of Ragako MUST be in either a Monarch with followers or part of another allegiance in order to take control of the castle.
• Ownership of the Castle will remain in place for an initial (24) hours if it is taken by another Monarchy.
• Ownership Time of the castle can increase or decrease with increased activity around the server

Castle Ownership

Once castle ownership is achieved several things will happen inside and around the Castle.

• A large bonfire will appear in the place of The Heart of Ragako.
• The Castle Stone will appear outside castle near the island drop from Town Network.
• The Castle Stone can be used by the castle owner Monarchy for entry into the castle.
• The Vendors(yellow) that are in Castle are replaced with (pink)Vendors with slightly better exchange rates.
• The East and West Gates A Gate Guardian will spawn outside each of the corresponding Castle entrances.
• Several useable Hatches will spawn inside the castle walls
• The Ragako Wishing Well will spawn in the center of the castle
• The castle will be surrounded by walls
• Entry into the castle is sealed-off to prevent entry into the castle by walls that can't be attacked are added to the East and West Castle entrances.
• NPC Buff Agent will de-spawn and leave town

Taking Ownership away from a Monarchy

East and West Gate Guardians

• Either the East Gate Guardian or West Gate Guardian must be killed by an attacker who is either a monarch or part of a monarchy
• Once killed an attackable Gate will replace the corresponding entrance solid wall to prevent entry until it is killed by an attacker who is either a monarch or part of a monarchy

Gate Guardian Re-spawn Dynamics

• When the East Gate Guardian has been killed a (60) minute timer is set for the East Gate Guardian.
• When the West Gate Guardian has been killed a (60) minute timer is set for the Wast Gate Guardian.
• Ranked player kills in the RagaKo Red Zone by a castle owner DECREASES BOTH Gate Guardian respawn timers by (5) minutes of either if active
• Ranked player deaths in the RagaKo Red Zone of a castle owner INCREASES BOTH Gate Guardian respawn timers by (5) minutes of either if active

East and West Gates

• Either the Ragako East Gate or Ragako West Gate must be killed by an attacker who is either a monarch or part of a monarchy
• The Large Bonfire inside the Castle is de-spawns
• The Fog around the castle turns red
• (3) minutes after killing the Ragako East or West Gate, the blue base of the Heart of Ragako will appear at the spawn location in town.
• After another (2) minute wait The Heart of Ragako will spawn
  • If there is less than (16) minutes left in ownership time, the (5) minute wait after killing either Gate the Spawn of the Heart of Ragako will spawn in just (2) minutes

Gate Re-spawn Dynamics

• When the Ragako East Gate has been killed an initial (30) minute timer is the respawn time.
• When the Ragako West Gate has been killed an initial (30) minute timer is the respawn time.
• Ranked player kills in the Ragako Red Zone by a castle owner DECREASES BOTH Gate respawn timers by (5) minutes of either if active
• Ranked player deaths in the Ragako Red Zone of a castle owner INCREASES BOTH Gate respawn timers by (5) minutes of either if active

Castle Ownership Expiration

When the castle Ownership time expires, several things happen in the area of the castle.

• The Fog around the castle turns black
• The castle hatches are removed
• The Ragako Wishing Well is removed
• The Uber castle vendors are removed
• The Castle Ragako Respite Event is started and will last for (42) minutes
• The Castle Stone Embers will spawn around the outside of the castle
• The Respite Titans will spawn around the outside of the castle

Castle Respite Expiration

When Castle Respite expires after (42) minutes, several things happen in the area of the castle.

• The Castle Ragako Respite Event ends
• The Fog around the castle turns White
• Vendors low level vendors return to the castle
• The Large Bonfire inside the Castle is de-spawns
• The Heart of Ragako spawn where the Large Bonfire was
• The Castle Stone Embers Event will end, and Titans and Embers will stop spawning outside the castle
• The Buff Agent returns to town

Castle Benefits

Castle Vendors

• The has Castle vendors have the best buy/sell rates available.
• When the castle is under control, Uber versions of many of the vendors spawn and are pink dots on radar.
• Vendors with yellow radar dots indicate the town is not owned
• Vendors with pink radar dots indicate the town is owned by a monarchy

Vendor List

• Talida Farnham the Witch
• Omelette Du Fromage
• Woodchuck Chuck
• Vincenzo Gambi
• Shi No Kikai
• RuPaul

Hatches

When the town is under ownership several hatches can be found around inside the castle function as portals to various destinations

• Ragako drop
• Asheron's Castle
• Portal to Town Network
• Forest Surveyors Gift Shop

Other Benefits

• Experience and Luminescence is gained by players who are within the Castle walls every heartbeat
• Ragako Gold is sometimes gained by players in the Castle owner's allegiance if there are no targets in the area.
• Bonus Experience and Luminescence are made if gained by players in the owner monarch if no targets are in the area.
• Castle Ragako owner monarchy members are granted and additional 3% of earned Luminance elsewhere other than from Castle Ragako payouts
• Castle Ragako owner monarchy members are granted and additional 5% of earned experience elsewhere other than from Castle Ragako payouts
• Ragako Wishing Well. Place your Ragako Gold in the well and wish for something Uber.

Heartbeat Mechanics

Event Status	Heartbeat Base
Normal Castle Heartbeat(Neutral) The Heart of RagaKo is ACTIVE(Alive) Castle not Owned by any Monarchy	(10) Minutes
Owned Castle Heartbeat(Owned) East Gate Guardian AND West Gate Guardians are Active(Alive) Solid Walls are up at the East and West entrances	(5) Minutes
Owned Castle Heartbeat(Owned) East AND West Gates are Active(Alive)	(4) Minutes
Owned Castle Heartbeat(Owned) Ragako East Gate OR Ragako West Gates are NOT ACTIVE(dead) The Heart of RagaKo is ACTIVE(Alive)	(3) Minutes

Ownership Mechanics

Ownership Time Bonus

• When a castle defender(owner) receives a Heartbeat if attacker targets are (0), the Castle Ownership time INCREASES by (10) seconds for each defender up to a MAX gain of (2) minutes every Heartbeat cycle
• When a castle defender(owner) receives a Heartbeat if attacker targets are >=(1), the Castle Ownership time DECREASES by (1) minute for EACH TARGET
• Ranked player kills in the RagaKo Red Zone by a castle owner DECREASES the Castle heartbeat time by (30) seconds
• Ranked player kills in the RagaKo Red Zone by a castle owner INCREASES the Castle Ownership time by (1) Hour
• Ranked player deaths in the RagaKo Red Zone of a castle owner INCREASES the Castle heartbeat time by 30 seconds
• Ranked player deaths in the RagaKo Red Zone of a castle owner DECREASES the Castle Ownership time by (1) Hour

Castle Loitering / Griefing

• When a castle attacker receives a Heartbeat if defender(owner) targets are (0), the Castle Ownership time DECREASES by (10) Minutes
• Players marked as META they do not have ANY effect on the castle dynamics

Trickle Experience and Luminescence Mechanics

• Players who receive a heartbeat are PK tagged and can't exit the area for the normal 20 second PK tag time
• Castle Rewards are not earned if a player is inside a building
• Castle Rewards are not earned if a player is NPK
• Castle Rewards are not earned if a player has a Vitae Penalty
• Castle Rewards are not earned if a player has been marked as META

Payout/Proc Indicators

When players are rewarded, they "fire" an animation color.

Blue = Castle not under control

• ALL Players will "fire" a Blue animation on Heartbeat Payouts.

Green = The Castle is Under monarchy control and you are in the Castle owner monarchy.

• Player is in the Castle owner monarchy "fire" Green animation.
• Player is in the Castle owner monarchy "fire" Green circling animation when they receive a fellowship BONUS payout when there are (0) targets are in the area.

Orange = The Castle is Under monarchy control and NOT you are in the Castle owner monarchy

• Players not in the Castle owner monarchy will "fire" Orange animation

Trickle Experience and Luminescence Calculation

Payouts Factors

• If the castle is owned, players who are not in the Castle owner Monarchy the experience and Luminance the calculated heartbeat payout is cut 1/4
• If the castle is not owned, the experience and Luminance the calculated heartbeat payout is cut 1/10

Scale Factors

The Experience and Luminescence rewards and how often they rewarded are scaled by several factors:

• Current Server Population
• Ranked PK Kills per hour
• Non-allegiance Players in the area that are considered targets to "YOU" at the time of reward

Population Bonus

• Each online player INCREASES Experience by 1% of cRagaKoPayXP to the heartbeat payouts.
• Each online player INCREASES Luminescence by .05% of cRagakoPayLum to the heartbeat payouts.
• When the server population reaches 126+ the maximum payouts for the castle are doubled.

Ranked Kills Per Hour Bonus

• Each Ranked Kill for the last 60 Minutes INCREASES Experience by 0.05% of cRagaKoPayXP to the heartbeat payouts.
• Each Ranked Kill for the last 60 Minutes INCREASES Luminescence by 0.05% of cRagakoPayLum to the heartbeat payouts.

Targets Reductions and Bonuses

• Each Target in the area will REDUCE Experience to the payout by 10% all the way down to 0
• Each Target in the area will REDUCE Luminescence to the payout by 10% all the way down to 0

Target Bonuses

• When a player in the Castle owner Monarchy receives a payout, if there are (0) targets, they will also receive an additional payout of 0.05% more that shares in a fellowship and passes up the Allegiance chain.
• When a player in the Castle owner Monarchy receives a payout, if there are (0) targets, they will also have a 13% chance to receive (1) Ragako Gold.

Castle Monarchy Ownership Server Bonuses

• Castle RagaKo owner monarchy members are granted and additional 3% of earned Luminance elsewhere other than from Castle RagaKo payouts
• Castle RagaKo owner monarchy members are granted and additional 5% of earned experience elsewhere other than from Castle RagaKo payouts

Heartbeat Dynamics

Event Status	Heartbeat Base	Payouts Base
Castle Neutral (no owner)	Heartbeat (10) minutes	60 minutes / 6 minutes = (6) payouts an hour
Castle Under Ownership	Heartbeat of (5) minutes	60 minutes / 5 minutes = (12) payouts and hour
East or West Guardian is dead	Heartbeat (4) minutes	60 minutes / 4 minutes = (15) payouts an hour
Castle is owned by a monarchy Heart of Ragako is spawned	Heartbeat (3) minutes	60 minutes / 3 minutes = (20) payouts an hour

Experience and Luminescence Limits

POPULATION	MAX PAYOUTS POTENTIAL
POPULATION 1-126	480,000 an hour / 12 = 20,833,333 XP per tick MAX 40,000 per heartbeat * 12 = 3,333 Luminescence per tick MAX
POPULATION 126+	960,000 an hour / 12 = 41,666,666 Experience per tick MAX 80,000 an hour / 12 = 6,666 Luminescence per tick MAX

Notes from FX

This shit was fucking hard...