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‎The parts of a lair

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‎Game Mechanics

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‎The parts of a lair

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‎Lair Behaviors

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	Note: The NGE still has boss mob spawning from certain lair types and the behavior is still testable to an extent. Data collected here however is exclusively from pre-cu reports from players and is possibly suspect.		Note: The NGE still has boss mob spawning from certain lair types and the behavior is still testable to an extent. Data collected here however is exclusively from pre-cu reports from players and is possibly suspect.
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		+	'''Baby Spawns'''
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		+	Babies spawns are infant varieties of certain creature types. These creatures start out with 10% of their adult form stats and challenge level. These mobs are spawned as non aggressive entities that will seek out the nearest same social group creature and will follow it. Other than this behavior, these creatures follow the normal behaviors of other creatures within their social group. Babies will respond to attacks on their lair and other social group members. Generally, only up to two babies can spawn at a lair but the system was setup so that in rare circumstances more than 2 could spawn. Baby creatures are able to be tamed by creature handlers.

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 * 1. Randomization of the lair spawn size between 1 and 5.
-* 2. Assign a Randomized Challenge Level to the lair with the min CL being the highest cl mob from the creature grouping selected.  The challenge level would use the same spawn size multiplier that missions use:
+* 2. Assign a Randomized Challenge Level to the lair with the min CL being the highest cl mob from the creature grouping selected.  The cap on the challenge level would be the highest CL of the player that enters the spawn range. For example a cl 25 player entering an area will spawn any mob between CL 1-CL 25. A cl 10 player will spawn only mobs ranging from cl 1-10. The challenge level would use the same spawn size multiplier that missions use:
 ** 1.0-1.27 x cl for 1 mob
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 Note: The NGE still has boss mob spawning from certain lair types and the behavior is still testable to an extent. Data collected here however is exclusively from pre-cu reports from players and is possibly suspect.
 == Terrain Transforming ==

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−	== ~~Environment Effects~~ ==	+	== Terrain Transforming ==

	When a lair is spawned it will not transform physical terrain, unlike other structures (houses and camps as an example). What lairs will do however, is temporarily remove all collidible objects (such as trees and rocks) within a 64 meter radius. This has the effect of "clearing out" terrain objects that might interfere with the lair targeting or server as pathing obstacles for creatures/npcs.		When a lair is spawned it will not transform physical terrain, unlike other structures (houses and camps as an example). What lairs will do however, is temporarily remove all collidible objects (such as trees and rocks) within a 64 meter radius. This has the effect of "clearing out" terrain objects that might interfere with the lair targeting or server as pathing obstacles for creatures/npcs.

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−	'''~~Game World~~ Effects'''	+	'''Environment Effects'''

	* Terrain Transforming		* Terrain Transforming

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	* Boss Spawns		* Boss Spawns

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	== Lair Types ==		== Lair Types ==

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−	Creatures are stored inside of a lair and will spawn out into the game world based on what type of lair behavior is occuring. The 2 types of behavior for a lair are Active and Passive. Most are acquainted with Active behavior. If you hit a lair, critters will pop out. During active behavior, the initial creature to spawn from the lair after it has been hit will take 10 seconds. After this creature spawns, a new creature will appear ~~every~~ 15 seconds until the wave amount has been reached. Both mission lairs and wild lairs allow for the active behavior to occur. Passive behavior is seen only in invisible lairs and wild lairs and can be thought of as spawning creatures that are kept in a hidden reserve. Each creature in in the initial wave of a wild or invisible lair has 3 replacements kept in queue. Whenever a creature is killed, its replacement is automatically set to spawn based on a 3 minute timer. This can be observed on the NGE where if a player kills the entire initial spawn, each mob killed will have its replacement spawned almost exactly 3 minutes after the previous creature died. In the case of invisible lair; if a player singles out one enemy in a spawn to kill 4 times in a row (the initial wave and the 3 replacements) the spawn will despawn after the other remaining mobs are killed since the server thinks that 4 waves have been killed as all 3 replacements and the initial spawn for that particular mob were used up.	+	Creatures are stored inside of a lair and will spawn out into the game world based on what type of lair behavior is occuring. The 2 types of behavior for a lair are Active and Passive. Most are acquainted with Active behavior. If you hit a lair, critters will pop out. During active behavior, the initial creature to spawn from the lair after it has been hit will take between 5-10 seconds. After this creature spawns, a new creature will appear randomly between 5-15 seconds until the wave amount has been reached. Both mission lairs and wild lairs allow for the active behavior to occur. Passive behavior is seen only in invisible lairs and wild lairs and can be thought of as spawning creatures that are kept in a hidden reserve. Each creature in in the initial wave of a wild or invisible lair has 3 replacements kept in queue. Whenever a creature is killed, its replacement is automatically set to spawn based on a 3 minute timer. This can be observed on the NGE where if a player kills the entire initial spawn, each mob killed will have its replacement spawned almost exactly 3 minutes after the previous creature died. In the case of invisible lair; if a player singles out one enemy in a spawn to kill 4 times in a row (the initial wave and the 3 replacements) the spawn will despawn after the other remaining mobs are killed since the server thinks that 4 waves have been killed as all 3 replacements and the initial spawn for that particular mob were used up.

	== The parts of a lair ==		== The parts of a lair ==

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	At 20% of the lair's maximum condition, certain lairs will spawn Boss Spawns. Boss spawns are a spawn of a single creature (or single creature with a group of linked mobs) from the center point of the lair itself, that will rush the lair's attackers if they are anywhere within 64 meters of the lair. Lairs that spawn boss mobs are linked to the creature family tables. Boss mobs are linked to particular creature family groups and appear when that grouping has spawned with at least 3 or more creatures per wave. Boss mobs have some unique behaviors in that some lairs can spawn different types of bosses and boss groupings. Some bosses spawn with their own entourage of creatures to assist them. These creatures are in effect, linked to the boss creature and will spawn in varying amounts anywhere from none up to 15, depending on the boss creature type.		At 20% of the lair's maximum condition, certain lairs will spawn Boss Spawns. Boss spawns are a spawn of a single creature (or single creature with a group of linked mobs) from the center point of the lair itself, that will rush the lair's attackers if they are anywhere within 64 meters of the lair. Lairs that spawn boss mobs are linked to the creature family tables. Boss mobs are linked to particular creature family groups and appear when that grouping has spawned with at least 3 or more creatures per wave. Boss mobs have some unique behaviors in that some lairs can spawn different types of bosses and boss groupings. Some bosses spawn with their own entourage of creatures to assist them. These creatures are in effect, linked to the boss creature and will spawn in varying amounts anywhere from none up to 15, depending on the boss creature type.

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		+	* [[Boss Mobs (Game Mechanics)\|Boss Mob Spawn Listing]]

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	** 1.98-2.22 x cl for 4 mobs		** 1.98-2.22 x cl for 4 mobs
	** 2.23(onward) x cl for 5 mobs		** 2.23(onward) x cl for 5 mobs
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		+	Note: we could cap the max random potential multiplier at 4 so we can get a more even distribution of difficulty levels for the lair. Leaving it uncapped would add higher probability that the lair would only spawn high amounts of mobs.