Darkwind: War on Wheels News

The new Camp Wars system operates on a hexgrid, laid over the game's map. Competing player-run camps take control and fight over each hex. The hexes themselves offer valuable resources to the camps (water, food, scrap metal, etc.) and also various types of unique resources which only appear in one place – e.g. controlling a hex with a mutant village in it will boost a camp’s chances of attracting mutant recruits.

Camp Wars runs on a two-week cycle. In the first week, camps secretly deploy their forces to hexes under their control (for defence) or bordering on hexes they control (for attack). At the start of the second week, battles for contested hexes are scheduled, to be played within that week.

The best reason to fight is for resources. This system aims to add the motivation for PvP that Darkwind has lacked in the past.

Another key thing which this system aims to introduce is a proper route for newer players to get involved in camps. At first, they can assist the logistics and supply, and can use their vehicles and characters to assist a camp in battle. Later, they can become full members of camps, and finally can own their own camps - probably under the protection of a larger camp at first. We have designed a maximum cap on how much hardware any individual player can bring to a battle: this is specifically to promote cooperation and to make newer players valuable.

This adds a set of new Solo Missions (with more coming soon). Try out various cars and lorries, and different types of weapons, on different types of combat map. Successful completion also wins weapons, vehicles and DW$ for your gang.

These also serve as quick-play missions for new players who just want to try the game out a bit, without waiting for scheduled town combats/races or for other players to be ready for a multi-player scout.

The Northern Triangle Deathrally league has been added to the game. This is a 3-event wilderness deathrally league, spanning the towns of Somerset, Elmsfield, and Gateway - the so-called 'Northern Triangle' - which is the part of the world map available to free players. Deathrallies are races with guns across wilderness maps, with randomly defined checkpoints.

Come and join us the Darkwind! - we're experiencing an increase in player numbers over the past few months, with many veteran players from the past having returned.

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