Player Driven Logistics
Player Driven Logistics
Player-driven logistics means that players can transport special packs by using wagons and bring them to the bastion of the primary location to fulfil the stronghold's needs without spending their own gold and resources.
How it works
At the last stand fort of every nation - Mereley, Serai, and Dunfen - the players will find Bastion Supplies Packs divided into four categories: Armaments, Tools, Food and Building Resources. These packs are located in a new building, the Supply Centre, and this building generates them infinitely and automatically. These packs are free and spawn very quickly to avoid bottlenecking players who want to complete the logistics caravan. The player can put the supply packs on the wagon or can walk with them in their hands (not recommended). Players can still supply the bastion's needs by using their own items, but that is a less profitable method - although useful if we need to supplement it urgently or when the player is levelling up their crafting.
Packs taken from the Supply Centre have to be delivered to the bastion in another location to fulfil its needs. In each bastion near the construction table, there is a wooden pallet where players have to place their packs.
In case someone has transported more packs to a location than is needed, they can store packs at a warehouse, which is in all main locations and earn a guaranteed reward. In the warehouse, players will find a pallet for pack storage, and that pallet is public, which means that everyone can use it and pick up or put down objects on it. For picking up the pack from the warehouse (not the Supply Centre), the player will pay a deposit equal to the guaranteed reward, but he will still be able to make a profit on that pack by delivering it to another location that is poorly stocked. Also, a player can supply a bastion in the same location from where he took the pack; in this case, a player will receive the deposit money back plus up to 50% of the deposit value, depending on the current bastion need level.
Rewards from delivered packs
The rewards from delivering packs to a given location bastions are personal and are based on the % of fulfilled needs. Players are rewarded with character experience, coins, and fief points (To earn fief points, a player has to be in a guild).
The reward increases with the Distance from each nation's last stand location - Mereley, Serai, and Dunfen - which means that the max value is at locations farther from the last stand of any nation. Also, it increases and depends on the location's zone and the percentage of fulfilled needs.
Planning your logistic route
In each warehouse and in the Supply Centre, players will find a special board that gives them information about each controlled location and their demand for needs. The list is sorted based on the demand, and to maximise earnings, players should transport supplies from locations with lower demand to locations with higher demand.
Wagon types
There are 5 different carrying wagons that players are unlocking through a dedicated Character Development Tree – Logistics. Each wagon is different and carries a different number of packages. Players can spawn the wagons for free by talking with an NPC called Siege Engineer next to barracks, or they can craft them and spawn them in the same way as a barricade or tent. Players will not be able to spawn Tier 5 wagons from the NPC; they will have to craft them. The player can only spawn the wagons which the player has unlocked on the Logistics tree. Without unlocking better wagons by developing that tree, the player will not be able to spawn or use better wagons.
