Renown
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Renown is earned as a personal reward for fighting (and winning) in RvR, much like you can earn victory points for your realm. It functions as an experience system for PvP. Players will have a Player Rank and a Renown Rank.
Renown Ranks are limited depending on the the player's Player Rank, so a low-rank player can't achieve a high-rank Renown. After achieving career rank 40, player can gain higher renown rank than 40. There are a total of 80 renown ranks in the game at launch.
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[edit] Earning Renown
Players will receive renown for killing other players. The amount of renown they receive (and the amount that is deducted) depends on the ranks of both killer and victim. Players that have been killed recently will be worth less Renown, and might even be worth no Renown.
Renown is shared between group members. Group members must be nearby and active in RvR in order to share Renown. For instance, if a group deals 50% damage to a target they will split 50% of the Renown, while the rest goes to whomever dealt the rest of the damage. Healers will receive Renown for healing from a separate pool. Players who heal others who have been in combat recently or who are currently in combat will receive a little bit of Renown. This encourages healers to keep healing rather than try to deal damage.
Participating in RvR activity, such as capturing and defending objectives and keeps, will also earn players Renown. Each of these is worth a certain amount of Renown that is distributed between the players who captured (or defended) it and that amount depends on the number of players killed in the area. Higher Tier keeps are worth more Renown. Players will be rewarded Renown for their participation in scenarios, regardless of who won. The amount received by each player is related to the amount of points that their realm has earned in that scenario. The winning side will receive more Renown, but everyone who participates will receive some Renown separate from any Renown they've earned from kills. Taking over an enemy zone will reward players 5 times their base's worth in Renown if they're actively fighting in RvR.
[edit] Renown Trainer
You can find Renown Trainers in allied warcamps, any fortress under ally control, and in each of the capital cities, respectively.
[edit] Renown Rewards
Characters will receive one Renown point per Renown rank reached. Renown points can be used to purchase special advancement rewards from your trainer and special renown gear from a merchant. While obviously leaning towards improving your RvR abilities, some improve your PvE abilities as well. Achieving renown ranks 10, 30 and 45 grants an ability, like Pick lock or Shield the Skies. On renown rank 40 and after it every 10th rank, player gains total of 4 mastery points.[1]
[edit] RvR Tactics
For instance, you can purchase special RvR tactics. These can only be purchased with Renown points, and have their own unique slots in addition to the existing career slots. Renown tactics focus on improving RvR performance against a particularly hated enemy. For example, a player could purchase a lot of anti-Greenskin Renown tactics, therefore making them a lot more effective against Greenskins.
[edit] Examples
- Stuntie Stompa – One slot tactic that increases your damage by 2% when fighting in Dwarf RvR areas & scenarios
- Emperor’s Champion – Two slot tactic that gives you a 5% increase in morale generation if grouped with an Empire player.
- Malekith’s Vengeance – Two slot tactic that lightly heals the player every time they kill a High Elf player.
- Bane of Kings – One slot tactic that gives you 5% more damage when fighting Realm lords and kings.
[edit] Stat Bonuses
Players can also increase their stats by buying stat bonus packages using Renown points. These bonuses aid both in RvR and PvE. Each package has multiple levels, with rising benefits (and costs!), although the total ratio of cost to benefit remains the same at all levels. For instance, Hard as Nails will give you 3 Toughness for every 1 renown point spent in it.
[edit] Examples
- Hard as Nails I – Increases your Toughness by 3, costs 1 Renown point
- Hard as Nails V – Increases your Toughness by 42, costs 14 Renown points
- Blade Master III – Increases your Strength by 9 and Weapon Skill by 9, costs 10 Renown points
- Fireproof I – Increases your Elemental Resistance by 20, costs 5 Renown points
- Improved Heavy Armor III – Increases your Armor by 900, costs 15 Renown points.
[edit] Renown Items
There are both Renown Trainers and Renown Gear Merchants in every keep, as well as in your main city. They are very similar to regular stores, except that in order to purchase a certain item, you must have reached the minimum renown rank required for that item. This may give players an incentive to keep their renown and player ranks close. Some of the RvR set items will be purchasable through these stores, although the rest will have to be obtained via other means.
Renown Gear Merchants only sell gear requiring ranks which are similar to the Tier in which they are located. In other words, if the Renown Gear merchant in Tier 1 has run out of gear to sell you because you have increased in rank, you'll need to go to a keep that is controlled by your faction in Tier 2 to get gear for your rank.
After achieving Character Rank 40 and Renown Rank 40, players who participate in city captures will be able to purchase RvR armor sets. Keeping a high Renown Rank and participating in city raids will allow players to acquire the best renown gear in the game. With a higher renown rank, better items will become available at the renown stores.
When you kill another player, the quality of the loot you can pickup from their corpse will depend on their renown. The loot is randomly generated and does not result in the dead player losing any items or money. Loot can be removed from the game if the enemy player is ressurrected in battle.
- See also Equipment#RvR_Set_Equipment
[edit] Renown titles
As you gain renown levels, a title will appear below your name. There are 10 titles for each race. A new title is granted every 10 renown levels.
| Realm | Destruction | Order | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army | Dark Elf | Chaos | Greenskin | Dwarf | Empire | High Elf | ||
| Race specific | Orc | Goblin | Male | Female | ||||
| Rank 1-9 | Raider | Minion | Bully | Little Git | Beardling | Beardlingess | Militiaman | Steward |
| Rank 10-19 | Taskmaster | Enforcer | Smasha | Git | Prospector | Soldier | Protector | |
| Rank 20-29 | Reaver | Plunderer | Bonebreaka | Sneaky Git | Defender | Lieutenant | Harbinger | |
| Rank 30-39 | Captain | Despoiler | Tough'Un | Useful Git | Stone Guard | Captain | Sea Guard | |
| Rank 40-49 | Lordling | Chieftain | Strong'Un | Best Git | Forge Guard | Griffon Guard | Shining Guard | |
| Rank 50-59 | Deathbringer | Destroyer | Big'Un | Backstabbin' Git | Grudge Guard | Griffon Warden | Lightbringer | |
| Rank 60-69 | Master | Aspirant | Boss | Veteran | Griffon Marshal | Illuminati | ||
| Rank 70-79 | Dark Lord | Champion | Tough Boss | Crazy Boss | Longbeard | Longbeardess | Griffon Chancellor | Noble Lord |
| Rank 80-89 | Dread Lord | Exalted | Strong Boss | Smart Boss | Greatbeard | Greatbeardess | Baron | Shining Lord |
| Rank 90-99 | Drachau | Warlord | Warboss | General | Count | High Commander | ||
