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 (30) 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 Respawn 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/NPC List

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.
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

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

Heartbeat Mechanics


Event Status	Heartbeat Base	Payouts Base
Neutral is not owned by a Monarchy The Heart of Ragako is alive	Heartbeat (20) minutes	60 minutes / 20 minutes = (3) payouts an hour
The castle is owned by a Monarchy East Gate Guardian AND West Gate Guardians are both alive Solid Walls are up at the Ragako East Gate and Ragako West Gate entrances	Heartbeat of (5) minutes	60 minutes / 5 minutes = (12) payouts and hour
The castle is owned by a Monarchy The Ragako East Gate AND Ragako East Gates are both alive The East Gate Guardian or West Gate Guardians is dead	Heartbeat (10) minutes	60 minutes / 10 minutes = (6) payouts an hour
The castle is owned by a Monarchy The Ragako East Gate OR Ragako West Gates is dead The Heart of Ragako is alive	Heartbeat (15) minutes	60 minutes / 15 minutes = (4) payouts an hour

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

Castle Message

F -Friends

Trickle Experience and Luminescence Calculation

Heartbeat Payout 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 by 1/4
If the castle is not owned, the experience and Luminance the calculated heartbeat payout is cut by 1/10

Heartbeat Payout Scale Factors

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

Maximum Experience allowed based on server population
Maximum Luminance allowed based on server population
Current server population
Server ranked PK kills in the past (60) minutes
The players ranked PK kills in the past (60) minutes
The players ranked PK kill streak
The players ranked PK death streak
Non-allegiance players in the area that are considered targets to YOU at the time of heartbeat

Server Population Bonus

When the server population reaches 126+ the maximum payouts for the castle are doubled.
Players online INCREASES the calculated payout Experience by 0.005% per player when population is 126+
Players online INCREASES the calculated payout Luminescence by 0.005% per player when population is 126+

Server Ranked Kills Per Hour Bonus

Server ranked Kills for the last 60 Minutes INCREASES the calculated payout Experience by 0.003% per kill.
Server ranked Kills for the last 60 Minutes INCREASES the calculated payout Luminescence by 0.003% per kill.

The Players Ranked Kills Per Hour Bonus

Players ranked Kills for the last 60 Minutes INCREASES the calculated payout Experience by 0.03% per kill.
Players ranked Kills for the last 60 Minutes INCREASES the calculated payout Luminescence by 0.03% per kill.

The Players Ranked Kill Streak

Players ranked current kill streak INCREASES the calculated payout Experience by 0.01% per kill.
Players ranked current kill streak INCREASES the calculated payout Luminescence by 0.01% per kill.

The Players Ranked Death Streak

Players ranked current death streak DECREASES the calculated payout Experience by 0.05% per death.
Players ranked current death streak DECREASES the calculated payout Luminescence by 0.05% per death.

Targets Reductions and Bonuses

Each Target in the area DECREASES Experience to the payout by 0.10% all the way down to 0
Each Target in the area DECREASES Luminescence to the payout by 0.10% all the way down to 0

Fellowship Bonus

When a player in the Castle owner Monarchy receives a payout, if there are (0) targets, an additional payout of 0.01% Experience is paid to a fellowship and passes up the Allegiance chain.
When a player in the Castle owner Monarchy receives a payout, if there are (0) targets, an additional payout of 0.01% Luminescence is paid to 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

Experience and Luminescence Limits


POPULATION	MAX PAYOUTS POTENTIAL
POPULATION 1-126	600,000,000 an hour / 12 = 50,000,000 Experience per tick MAX 60,000 an hour / 12 = 5,000 Luminescence per tick MAX
POPULATION 126+	1,200,000,000 an hour / 12 = 100,000,000 Experience per tick MAX 120,000 and hour / 12 = 10,000 Luminescence per tick MAX

Notes from FX

This shit was fucking hard to get working correctly...