Original Post — Direct link
Hi, I love the idea of this game and looking forward to it, I'm just a little confused on how mobs are shared. From my understanding, once a mob is killed all players have to wait for the mob to re-spawn to kill it again. E.g. I remember in a previous thread something about a Winter dragon that only appears once when a node reaches a certain point in Winter season.

If I get a quest to slay this dragon and someone beats me to it, simply cause I wasn't fast enough, will I ever be able to complete the quest? Will I have to wait for the node to reach a new level? or just the re-spawn timer to reset? Did I just waste my time travelling across the whole map to find out it was already defeated for nothing?

Also, how do the devs plan to stop a guild monopolizing a boss? Cause personally I don't like PvP and don't see myself beating a high leveled guild for a chance to defeat a boss with my friends. I feel like a good solution for this is some bosses are in non-PvP areas and you get a chance at a drop based on your contribution to the fight.
Some boss in PvP areas for those whole love PvP but I would prefer as a PvE lover that those bosses drop loot thats better for PvP and PvE lovers won't particularly want.

Let me know what you guys think and if you can answer any of my questions, Thanks.
about 3 years ago - Vaknar - Direct link
Steven and the team's vision is all about risk and reward and the symbiosis of the two. With the nature of open world PvP and a majority of non-instanced dungeon and raid fights, PvP in direct correlation to boss fights, quest objectives and other desirable objectives is unavoidable!

However, that doesn't mean you need to directly fight a war for a chance to kill a monster to complete a quest. For example, perhaps you're a crafter for your guild and instead of fighting in a guild war, you choose to spend your time and energy supplying your guild for a battle.

If they win the battle, you win! And you'd get your chance at that quest objective without fighting the front lines of a PvP war, if that is what pleases you. The opportunities are endless and the possibilities are many! :)