Ragako

The town of RagaKo will be used for King of the Castle.

Access to the Castle of RagaKo is limited to Level 126+

The has Castle vendors with the best buy/sell rates available.

"Trickle" Experience and Luminescence is gained by players who are within the Castle walls

The Castle is surrounded by walls with two entrances.

The Castle Entrances can be found on the East and West sides.

The two entrances remain OPEN until the town has been taken by a Monarchy.

Castle RagaKo is a NO-LOG landblock

Castle OWNERSHIP

Ownership of the Castle is achieved my a player killing The Heart of RagaKo

Ownership of the Castle with remain in place for (7) days if the Castle is not re-taken by another Monarchy

Once town ownership is achieved several things will happen inside and around the Castle:

Castle RagaKo will have a grace period where it can not be taken over again for(30) minutes.

During the grace period, a large bonfire will appear in the place of The Heart of RagaKo.

Walls that can't be attacked will be added to the East and West Castle entrances

The RagaKo Owners Stone will appear outside Castle near the town Lifestone.

The RagaKo Owners Stone can be used by the monarchy of the town owner for entry into the Castle

When the grace period expires:

"Trickle" Experience and Luminescence gained by players of the Castle owner Monarchy who are within the Castle walls is "increased significantly"

"Trickle" Experience and Luminescence gained by players NOT in the town owner Monarchy who are within the Castle walls is "increased"

The Vendors(yellow) that are in Castle are replaced with (pink)Vendors with slightly better exchange rates

An East and West Gate Guardian will spawn outside each of the corresponding Castle entrances

When an East or West Gate Guardian has been killed:

An attackable Gate will be added at to the corresponding entrance to prevent entry from people not in the monarchy of the Castle owner until the Gate has been killed.

Gate Guardians do not respawn immediately

When the East OR West Gate has been killed:

The Large Bonfire inside the Castle is replaced with The Heart of RagaKo which can once again be attacked to take control of Castle

Attackable Gates do not respawn immediately

HEARTBEAT TIMERS:

Normal Castle Heartbeat(Neutral)

The Heart of RagaKo is ACTIVE(Alive)

Castle not Owned my a Monarchy

(5) Minutes

Owned Castle Heartbeat(Owned)

East AND West Gate Guardians are Active(Alive)

(4) Minutes

Owned Castle Heartbeat(Owned)

East AND West Gates are Active(Alive)

(3) Minutes

Owned Castle Heartbeat(Owned)

East OR West Gates are NOT ACTIVE(dead)

The Heart of RagaKo is ACTIVE(Alive)

(2) Minutes

"Trickle" Experience and Luminescence Notes

The rewards are gained by RED players who are within the landblocks that surround Castle Ragako.

If you are NPK you will not receive a payout until you turn RED

Eventually code will be added to flag for an additional payout when you are within the Castle walls

While the Castle is under ownership, any ranked kills that occur within the Castle walls will receive a significant ranking kill bonus.

When a player is rewarded "Trickle" Experience and Luminescence they are PK tagged and can't exit the area for the normal 20 second PK tag time

Players who are rewarded are PK tagged and can't exit the area for the normal 20 second PK tag time

When players are rewarded, they will show color animations when they "fire"

Green = Castle not under control

Players in any monarchy will "fire" show Green

Red = Castle Under control, you are in the Castle owner monarchy

Players in the Castle owner monarchy "fire" show Red

Yellow = Castle Under control, you are not in the Castle owner monarchy

Players not in the Castle owner monarchy will "fire" Yellow

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

Current Server Population

Ranked PK Kills per hour

Players in the area that are considered targets to "YOU" at the time of reward

"Trickle" Experience and Luminescence Calculation:

BASE PAYOUTS have server options that can be adjusted higher or lower real-time events

Payout multipliers are only applied to the Castle Owner Monarchy.

Players who are not in the Owner Monarchy will only receive the BASE experience and no Luminance is paid out.

Eventually code will be added to flag for an additional payout when you are within the Castle walls

Population Bonus:

Each online player adds Experience to the payouts.

Each online player adds Luminescence to the payouts.

Ranked Kills Per Hour Bonus:

Each Ranked Kill for the last hour adds Experience to the payouts.

Each Ranked Kill for the last hour adds Luminescence to the payouts.

Targets in Town Reductions:

Each Target in the area REDUCES Experience to the payouts.

Each Target in the area REDUCES Luminescence to the payouts.

BASELINE EXPERIENCE: Creepy Canyons

SOLO 225,000,000 hr max

BASELINE LUMINESCENCE: Luminescence Statues

30,000 hr max

Town Neutral(no owner)

Heartbeat (5) minutes

60 minutes / 5 minutes = (12) payouts an hour.

Town Under Ownership

Heartbeat of (4) minutes

60 minutes / 4 minutes = (15) payouts and hour

East or West Guardian is dead

Heartbeat (3) minutes

60 minutes / 3 minutes = (20) payouts an hour

East or West Gate is dead

Town is owned and Heart of RagaKo is spawned

Heartbeat (2) minutes

6 minutes / 2 minutes = (30) payouts an hour

The middle slice is (15) payouts an hour and is used in the estimation calculations below.

GOAL EXPERIENCE / LUMINESCENCE

225,000,000 hr / 15 = 15,000,000 XP per tick MAX

30,000 hr / 15 = 30,000 Luminescence per tick MAX

ACTUAL SERVER CAPPS PER POPULATION:

POPULATION <= 75

350,000,000 hr / 15 = 23,333,335 XP per tick MAX

40,000 hr / 15 = 2,670 Luminescence per tick MAX

POPULATION > 75

700,000,000 hr / 15 = 46,666,670 Experience per tick MAX

80,000 hr / 15 = 5,340 Luminescence per tick MAX