Kaios wrote:setup some walls and start sieging cairns
Now I say "but we're just several small 2-3 people settlements and a bunch of hermits, we don't have fighters and resources" and you say what basically translates to "welp, then bend over and relax your sphincter".
Didn't we have this discussion few worlds back? =)Yeah, a powerful group of dedicated players (I took it upon myself to stop using cuss words now) can claim small/hermit settlements by force and deny them any beneficial buffs, with little to no possibility for victims to ever fix their situation, lest they move far, far away.
I'd say, "rebel against King" should be a toggle
Spell, like criminal acts or swimming;
- it can be activated only on a territory of one kingdom, and have an internal cooldown of a week or more;
- it should put you in a state of "active rebel" for some time, maybe 12-24 hours (similar to "criminal", but only on the territory of said kingdom) - I feel the possibility to add some bonuses to destroying cairns, but with that comes a lot of exploitables, so this one needs a think tank;
- after "active rebel" wears off, you become a "passive rebel" (a partisan or whatever, a sleeper hunta cell member) for until the internal cooldown of "rebel against king" reaches zero (let's say, a week). Some limitations apply as well on the duration of this one - anything making your life inconvenient from increased travel weariness cost to inability to acquire/complete quests on the kingdom's territory.
- and finally you receive a permanent "denounced the King" buff that prevents you to receive ANY kingdom bonuses. All debuffs and limitations wear off. This can be removed by pledging allegiance to an active kingdom (lawspeakers or chiefs or whatever you guys who are not hermits have).
This may even be a non-random quest side-Credo. I mean, this won't be easy and will be dangerous, players will think twice about Rebelling, 'cause if you do it, there's no turning back. But it is a way to at least show griefers the middle finger, also, I believe this will add at least some fun to being a hermit under a "fake" cairn.