BATTLEGROUND

What is a Battleground?

Battleground is a new PvP game mode where you can participate in exciting battles using your combat and tactical skills. Both your performance and teamwork are important. In the Battleground, you can earn Battle Points, achievements, as well as Gold and EXP, so you can improve your character in this game mode as well.

You can join the different battles either alone or with your group. The randomly selected teams can defeat each other, defend strategic points, and capture crystals, according to the type of the battle. The system checks your level and your earlier performance on the Battleground to sort the teams. During the losses and wins, your Experience Points and Gold will increase, so you can develop your character even if you like only this game type.

You can enter from level 6 (immediately after you finished the tutorial map), so if you do not like the quests and the fight against the monsters, then from the first moment you can choose this game mode and the development by the battles against others.

The system sorts the teams based on the abilities, levels, and earlier results on the Battleground. After the sign-up for the Battleground, the system will move you to a waiting list, and if there are enough characters, the system will inform all the players. After it, there is a small amount of time (60-90 seconds, depending on the battle type) to teleport and prepare for the battle: you can hide or stand out in an open place, etc. After this time, the battle begins with the tasks according to the selected game mode.

You can choose from four different battle modes on the Battleground. The different tasks, the randomly selected companions, and opponents will make the battle unique. The four battle types:

• Domination: Capture and keep strategic points with your team.
• Power Hunting: Charge the randomly appeared crystals with your team and prevent the other team from doing it.
• Deathmatch: Kill as many opponents as you can with your team and get points in exchange for it. The team which collects the most points will be the winner.
• Last Man Standing: All vs all, the last surviving player is the winner.

You can join on the Lobby surface. You can access it by the Battleground icon in the bottom right corner of the user interface, or by the hotkey B.

• This button opens the Help menu if a player is already in a battle.
• If somebody is on a run, this button is not available.

Battleground Chat: The Lobby shows you information about the average waiting time and the available game modes, and here you can reach the ranklist and help menu too. You can see a chat here which shows only the BG messages, this messages appear in purple in the normal chat window.

Waiting time: The time which the player spends on the waiting list. It starts when the player clicks on the 'Sign Up' button. If the player has not signed up yet, this field is empty.

On the picture the upper counter shows the time passed since the sign-up. Below it, the average time is visible. This shows how much time the last 10-50 players have to wait before the battle begins. If the player puts the Lobby window into a small size, then the window which shows the waiting time will appear in the upper left corner. The waiting time starts with the sign-up to the waiting list and finishes when the battle begins and the player enters the map.

There are 4 game modes:

• DEATHMATCH
• DOMINATION
• LAST MAN STANDING
• POWER HUNTING

Player statistics: Player statistics appear in a window. The stats include win/loss ratio and position in the world ranking list.

If the player is in the first 60% of the ranklist, a bronze star is visible beside its name,

a silver star in the first 30% and a gold star in the first 10%.

The owners of the 3rd , 2nd and 1st places get a trophy beside their names.

A detailed statistics can be displayed by a small button beside the statistics. The system refreshes the stars and trophies every day, the statistics are always up-to-date.

Function buttons on the interface:

Spectator Mode button: the players can join a battle as a spectator.

Battle Shop button: It opens the Battle Shop, the list of the items which is buyable by Battle Points, where the players can buy items for the Battleground. These items and potions are usable only on the Battleground. The Currency tab shows the amount of the acquired Battle Points.

Help button: Opens the Battleground Help which explains you the most important information about the Battleground. This text can be found in the normal Help menu.

Ranklist button: Detailed ranklist of the players. There is a total ranklist on the main page of the Battleground ranklist which orders the players based on their wins/losses ratio. Furthermore, there is a ranklist according to the battle modes on different tab which lists the best ones of the given battle type. On the third tab, there are further ranklists based on the other statuses.

Sign Up button: The biggest button is the 'Sign Up' button. You can join the Battleground on every map, except for the runs. After the battle, the player will be teleported back the map from where he/she entered the Battleground. If the player is on the waiting list, this button will be grey. At the left side of the Lobby, the available Battleground modes are visible, the players can sign up one or more types too at the same time. If the player does not select a mode, he/she will registered for all the types. After the sign up, the player will be registered for the waiting list of the selected game modes. It is possible to join with a group, this time the group leader has to sign up. In this case, the waiting time may increase because all the group members will be added to the waiting list together. The system will choose players from the waiting list based on their level and earlier performance on the Battleground. The goal is that the selected groups to be in balance. The first battles will be used for the listing of the players, so it can happen that you will not fight with the right companions.

Cancel Sign Up button: It can be found beside the 'Sign Up' button, by it the player can cancel the sign up, then he/she will be deleted from the waiting list and the time counter closes. This button is inactive (grey) until the sign up.

Profile button: The player can view the detailed statistics about his/her performance in a different window.

On the surface the players name is visible with the status stars. Under the name there is a summary: , and Karma

In the window, a detailed statistics can be viewed, according to the game modes.

It shows how many battles the player participated in, furthermore the 'Wins', 'Losses', 'Defeated players' and 'Other statistics'.

Status stars will show if a player provides an excellent performance at the given statistics.

The icon at the bottom of the window opens the ’Achievements’ window where the players can see the Achievements acquired so far.

Battleground Chat Channel: A special chat where the players can talk about the Battleground. This chat is available in the normal chat window too.

Tips: At the bottom of the surface short tips are visible, change every 5-10 seconds and show information about the Battleground.