The Land of the Dead, RvR dungeon, is fast approaching. When it gets here, it will likely becomes WAR's new end game. That honor currently resides with the city siege, which is widely criticized. Why will the LotD become the new end game?
Accessible. City sieges, on average, happen probably once a week for 2 hours. I have no data to back up the frequency and it varies on the server. They can last longer than 2 hours (the first stage), but our server never passes. The LotD will be accessible by one or both of the realms at all times. It will likely be a daily occurrence to fight in the LotD.
Rewards. The token system in the LotD (silver, golden scarabs) will allow you to acquire equipment up to and equal to Warlord level. I'm going to make another baseless claim and say that most of WAR's population is still wearing some Annihilator gear. Even though the best equipment (Sovereign) will not be obtainable, many upgrades will be found for players here.
Tokens can drop from everything in the LotD, so they will likely come at a faster pace than back in the old world. Also consider the Renown required for the Sovereign sets (70's). It won't be a concern for a lot of people.
Fun. I don't know too many people who find the city siege fun. The LotD may turn out not to be fun either, but it hardly seems like it could be less fun than what we have now.
Conflict of Interest. Locking zones is how you make it to the capital city. Now locking zones will also contribute to your taking control of the LotD. It seems likely that once access is obtained, most people will abandon the campaign and board the airships. Now the other side will reclaim the lost zones to gain access. Rinse and repeat.
So we may not see any city captures for a while. That is probably a good thing as it will hopefully give Mythic some time to figure out what they want to do. Players will need a pretty good reason to go to the city rather than the LotD.
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