Rival Wings
Rival Wings is a large-scale PvP battle involving up to 48 combatants. Participants are divided into two teams, the Falcons and the Ravens, comprised of six light parties each.
Patch 4.15 will see the introduction of Astragalos campaigns, large-scale war games incorporating powerful goblin-made machina.
Unlock
Complete the quest Earning Your Wings
- Level requirement: Disciple of War or Magic level 30
- Starting NPC: Softknox in Wolves' Den Pier (X:5.7 Y:5.4)
- Prerequisite quests: Players must first complete either the quests A Pup No Longer (Maelstrom), A Pup No Longer (Twin Adders), or A Pup No Longer (Immortal Flames)
Overview
The rules for Astragalos campaigns are as follows:
- Level Requirement: Job level 30
- Time Limit: 20 minutes
Participating in Campaigns
Players can queue to enter Astragalos campaigns alone, or in a party of up to four players. There are no role restrictions when queueing as a party.
Role Requirements
When participating in Astragalos campaigns, there are no role requirements or restrictions for parties. Moreover, players can freely change jobs at their team's landing.
- The recast time of skills will not be reset when changing jobs.
Preparing for Battle
Rival Wings participants will be placed on one of two teams: the Falcons or the Ravens. Players will then begin the match at their teams' respective landing points. Matches will begin after a 90-second countdown.
Chat
The Say, Party, Alliance, Yell, Shout, Free Company, Linkshell, and Novice Network chat channels can be used during Rival Wings.
- Say, Yell, and Shout can only be used with players on the same team.
Retaliation
Incapacitated players will be returned to their landing point, where they will be allowed to rejoin combat after a short delay. Furthermore, players will be invulnerable so long as they remain at their landing point. This effect will be lost upon returning to the battlefield.
Mounts
Players are free to use mounts during Astragalos campaigns. However, players taking damage while mounted will be inflicted with the Limp status effect.
- Flying mounts cannot be used to fly during Astragalos campaigns. Furthermore, two-person mounts cannot be ridden.
Return
Using Return will teleport players back to their landing point. Moreover, this action has no recast time during Astragalos campaigns. Please note, however, casting will be interrupted by attacks.
Abandoning Matches
Players who abandon an Astragalos campaign (not including players who join a match in progress or are vote kicked) will receive a penalty. Players so penalized will be unable to register for PvP duties for 30 minutes. Players inactive for over a period of two minutes will automatically be removed from play.
Basic Rules and Objectives
The first team to destroy the core located on the opponent's base will be declared the winner. In the event neither team destroys a core, victory will be decided based on each team's remaining number of towers, tower HP, and core HP, in that order.
- In the event these values are the same for both teams, the match will end in a draw.
Cores
Each team has a core located at its base, and the chief objective is to destroy the enemy's core. The core is protected by a magitek field eminating from two towers. As such, before you can strike at the core, you must first destroy the towers and deactivate the magitek field.
Towers
Each team has two towers that serve to protect their core. Each tower, meanwhile, is enveloped in a magitek field that mitigates damage taken by team members and restores their HP. Players can take advantage of this protection when hard pressed by the opposing team.
Display of Core and Tower HP
A unique UI is used to display the HP of cores and towers. Because each team's core cannot be damaged until their towers are destroyed, only the HP of towers will be displayed at the start of a match. Once the core is exposed, however, its HP will also be displayed.
Machina
Players can deploy three types of powerful machina in battle. Before they can be deployed, however, players must obtain Ceruleum (CE). Ceruleum stores can be built up by collecting tanks in the field or defeating enemy team members and mammets up to a maximum of 100 units.
| Means of Procurement | Amount |
|---|---|
| Found on the field | 10 units |
| Defeating enemy mammets | 10 units |
| Granted by power generators | 1 unit per 3 seconds |
Hangar terminals are located near the starting area for each team, from which machina can be deployed.
Accessing a terminal will display a unique UI containing information on available machina.
Cruise Chaser
A next-generation machina ideal for combat against enemy players and machina.
- HP: 30,000
- Required Ceruleum: 50 units
- Maximum Simultaneous Deployment:: 6
- Requirements to Deploy: None
Actions
Spin Crusher
- Cast Time: Instant
- Recast Time: 3s
- Cost: 25 EP
- Range/Radius: 0y/5y
- Effect: Delivers an attack with a potency of 6,000 to all opposing warmachina in a cone before you. 600 when attacking a player, mammet, or object.
Laser X Sword
- Cast Time: 2s
- Recast Time: 10s
- Cost: 100 EP
- Range/Radius: 0y/15y
- Effect: Delivers an attack with a potency of 8,000 to all opposing players and warmachina in a cone before you. 800 when attacking a mammet or object.
Optical Sight
- Cast Time: 2s
- Recast Time: 5s
- Cost: 50 EP
- Range/Radius: 50y/10y
- Effect: Deals magic damage with a potency of 4,000 to all opposing players and warmachina near point of impact. 400 when attacking a mammet or object.
Oppressor
A hulking machina engineered for siege warfare, it excels at wreaking havoc upon structures.
- HP: 75,000
- Required Ceruleum: 50 units
- Maximum Simultaneous Deployment: 2
- Requirements to Deploy: -
Actions
Steam Release
- Cast Time: Instant
- Recast Time: 5s
- Cost: 50 EP
- Range/Radius: 0y/10y
- Effect: Deals magic damage to all opposing players and warmachina nearby with a potency of 1,000. 100 when attacking a mammet or object.
- Additional Effect: 15-yalm knockback
3000-tonze Missile
- Cast Time: 2.5s
- Recast Time: 15s
- Cost: 200 EP
- Range/Radius: 75y/10y
- Effect: Deals magic damage with a potency of 200,000 to all objects near point of impact. 2,000 to opposing players, warmachina, or mammets.
Potency decreases the greater the target's distance from point of impact, to a maximum of 30 yalms.
Lore
On the forgotten fringes of the Dravanian Hinterlands, there lie the remnants of a Sharlayan testing site known as Astragalos. With their boundless ingenuity, the goblins of Idyllshire have transformed the place into an expansive training ground. Here, brave adventurers can take control of mighty machines in large-scale war games reminiscent of battles against the Garlean Empire. A furious struggle for territorial supremacy awaits!