The Saga of Ryzom – PvP Tag Revamp

The folks behind The Saga of Ryzom have announced that they have decided to change the faction PvP Tag. “After reading some of your concerns, we’ve decided to revamp the faction PvP Tag, to make it more convenient and easier to understand. So, we’re modifying some of the timers and the icons system (but the pictures stay the same), as well as the tooltips. These changes should appear in the next patch; feel free to give your opinion!”

Full details are after the jump!
The folks behind The Saga of Ryzom have announced that they have decided to change the faction PvP Tag. “After reading some of your concerns, we’ve decided to revamp the faction PvP Tag, to make it more convenient and easier to understand. So, we’re modifying some of the timers and the icons system (but the pictures stay the same), as well as the tooltips. These changes should appear in the next patch; feel free to give your opinion!”

I. Faction PvP icons

In the energy bars window, the 2 icons are replaced by one single button, which can show 3 states:

• Deactivated PvP: icon with a green background (corresponds to Tag OFF and Flag OFF)
• Activated PvP: icon with an orange background (corresponds to Tag ON and Flag OFF)
• Engaged PvP: icon with a red background (corresponds to Tag ON and Flag ON)

You will find more details in part III. below.

II. Timers

With this new PvP tag system, several timers are being changed. HereÂ’s a comparison between the old and new versions.

• Timer of the faction PvP activation (Tag ON). Currently: 5 minutes.
New version: 2 minutes.
• Engaged faction PvP (Flag ON): it remains 10 minutes after a PvP action; it doesn’t change.
• Timer of the faction PvP deactivation (Tag OFF). Currently: 1 hour.
New version: 30 seconds.
• Timer of the minimum mandatory activated PvP (Tag ON): Currently none.
New version: 30 minutes.

III. Details on the PvP Tag states

1. The faction PvP Tag is deactivated (green icon)

When you are not faction neutral, you can click on the button to switch on the Tag, which is then displayed pushed down during 2 minutes (the timer is shown with a small bar under the icon and in the tooltip), and remains green.

After these 2 minutes, you are in activated faction PvP mode, and the button becomes orange.

Before the end of the timer, you can click on the button again to cancel this transition.

2. The faction PvP Tag is activated (orange icon)

You can click on it to deactivate the Tag. However, if you have been in PvP mode for less than 30 minutes, you wonÂ’t be able to switch off your tag yet; a message explaining this will appear.

If you have been in the faction PvP activated mode for more than 30 minutes, then clicking on the button will make you leave that mode. The button, displaying an orange icon, will stay pushed down during 30 seconds, which is the time needed to switch off the PvP Tag (the timer is shown with a small bar under the icon and in the tooltip).

After these 30 seconds, you are in deactivated faction PvP mode, and the button becomes green.

Before the end of the timer, you can click on the button again to cancel this transition.

The transition is automatically canceled if you are attacked within the 30 seconds.
It is also canceled if you enter the engaged PvP mode (Flag ON), meaning youÂ’re attacking a factioned enemy, or healing an ally who is in engaged PvP mode.

3. The faction PvP Tag is in engaged mode (red icon)

This state appears when you are in faction PvP activated mode, and are doing a PvP action.

While being in engaged PvP, a decreasing timer of 10 minutes is displayed below the button. Each time you perform a PvP action, this timer is reset to the initial 10 minutes.

If you click on the button within these 10 minutes, a message will explain that you canÂ’t switch off your PvP Tag yet.