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UPDATE Stronghold Project

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Rasputin
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UPDATE Stronghold Project

Post by Rasputin »

The first public meeting for the Stronghold Project went well.
Attendance: Apothos, Arnaya, Coraal, Dimitri Raith, Em'et, LadySilver, Purple Lace, Rasputin, and Uthanatos.
There were three main topics discussed at length.

First, we discussed the Siege art.
It was suggested that multiple attackers be required to initiate a Siege in order to disincentivize lone wolf attacks on Strongholds.
It was also suggested that there be active defenses that would trigger if a Stronghold is attacked without a defender present. Initial discussion suggested the Stronghold evoking the House Art of the defending Stronghold. After some discussions about how non-aggressive House Arts would work in this situation non-House arts are possibly the better way for this to manifest.

Second, we discussed how the Proof of Concept testing should go forward.
Most present agreed that the Planesmithing Method is outside of the scope of the project and would distract too much from the primary goal. There is a split opinion between testing on if the Closed Stronghold Method or the Proxy Stronghold Method would be a better starting point for testing. The Proxy method was advocated by those who advocate starting small and working to something larger. While the Closed Stronghold method was advocated based upon the theory that it is hard to simulate the unique aspects of a Stronghold.
I am personally in favor of the Closed Stronghold Method over the Proxy Method and will be adjusting the original Project Proposal to reflect Closed Stronghold Method as Plan A, Proxy Stronghold as Plan B and Planesmithing as Plan C.
I will move forward with discussing with EA how they gained limited access to the Basin Stronghold and attempt to talk to an Elder to see if there is some way they might aid us gain limited access to the Trinity Stronghold for this Project.

Third, we visited the Kabal, with the aid of Purple Lace.
Purple Lace showed us the Prime Artifact that is being used by the Kabal in order to maintain the various aspects of their Guild Hall. The Artifact is anchored in place and the Guild itself uses it's reserve of strength to keep the portals locked as well as maintain at two storage rooms and two negative DreamSoul pads. This is a proof of concept for the Stronghold Customization aspect of the Project. However, the process to add strength to the Artifact requires powerful dreamers to unanchor the Artifact first, so further testing is still required.
--Rasputin
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