Aion Riftshade

Hello everyone

As most players are aware, there's this age-old mechanic that cuts off your AP gains when you acquire too much quickly. Initially, it was designed to stop players from trading AP when rankings heavily relied on it.

Currently, the system caps AP, which effectively discourages AP trading (if you kill the same player multiple times within certain minutes, you won't earn any AP...), this is actually a nice feature. However, as I argued to the admins at Goldaion, who are "very likely" the same bunch running EuroAion, this becomes an issue during large-scale PvP battles (At each siege, within just a couple of minutes, I'm unable to earn any AP even after damaging various players, and I'm sure other players face this problem too.) This mechanic is familiar to many players.

My suggestion along with a poll: Should the admins increase the "cap" (the amount) of necessary AP for capping? (If possible just remove it unless AP is from the same player)

As always: feel free to discuss this topic, keep it courteous, and respect the forum rules

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I answer NO. Admins shouldn't change anything. Just do not be late for siege, go with the league and get your GP. Otherwise people will just level up the character of opposite race and bring him to siege to farm ap and get GP. Siege is for war and unification of race, not for farm. Developers were right to prevent AP trading. Just enjoy the game and play the way it's intended. Do not turn sieges into shit.

3 hours ago, Hayter said:

My answer is NO. Admins don't need to mess with the system. Just make sure to be on time for siege, tag along with your league, and earn your GP. Any other method would just mean folks switching to the rival faction's character just to rack in more AP and score GP. The point of the siege is uniting your race and fighting, not farming. The devs were spot on in stopping AP trading. Just dive into the game as it's supposed to be and don't ruin sieges.

Lol you totally missed the point! You actually believe this changes anything in Sieges? This idea has zero to do with sieges lol! If people tried AP trading during sieges, they’d farm more AP and end up with better rewards than joining alliances - had so many sieges with triple R1 rewards without any AP cap... The AP cap isn’t affecting AP trading during sieges AT ALL - would be straightforward R1 rewards if people traded.

Like OP mentioned, it's a relic - and isn’t it kinda odd you can earn more AP per hour battling PVE mobs than through PVP, especially when AP was meant as a PVP-currency? Plus, taking down AP mobs gives you loot too.

AP cap doesn’t stop AP trading in any way whatsoever now - so what’s your point? - if anyone is worried about AP trading, having an individual AP cap per enemy would be much more efficient - it's the only actual deterrent to leveling a char + trading.

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Maybe I didn't explain myself well...

But personally, it’s about the sieges and massive PvP action. Traders actually lose out here: Without an AP cap, traders who want rank 1 will have to log their accounts more frequently than others kill enemies, eventually making it obvious and risking a ban.

For those with AOE skills, on Sillus engagements, after 3-4 minutes, they need to AFK for 5 minutes for rewards. In a league or coordinated alliance, it's similar... If I hit 24 people with AOE, it'll take around 20-30 minutes to hit the cap, then I exceed it. But honestly, what's the benefit of PL alliances members AFKing at the back? Is that really advantageous for the faction? It’s better to motivate people to reach rank 1 by actively gaining AP, meaning they must engage enemies.

This mechanic feels old and irrelevant now that ranks aren't tied to AP. Just penalize AP trading, configure it so AP gain stops after 5 or 6 kills on the same target. Then, increase the overall AP cap from 25-35k to 150-200k.

As it stands, if you hit multiple targets, within 1-2 minutes of siege, you're capped. There's no incentive to push further since there's no additional gain...

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