You know... With all this talk of raiding caravans.. Why not just add a raider caravan?
Basically while the Caravan guards are trying to get to the next city, make a separate option for people to attempt to take out the caravan guards and players protecting it. For a magic locker spawn? The opposite reward for caravan guards should be either be x2 x3 x4 cap reward and experience while raiding caravans only offer magic locker spawn and extra random loot, no experience.
This of course will require a big buff on the caravan guards essentially turning them into Slags, while having the raider NPCs weaker than the guards.
So how this would work.
On front of hub, theres the caravan guards. People join for the great experience and maybe 3,000 cap journey to junktown.
In the market of hub, theres a raider who offers you a chance of going after a caravan. If there were to have raider NPC's, they should be normal npc raider strength. So not very good.
They follow the same path as the caravan is and randomly be able to join their encounters. So the fatal encounter isn't 100% guaranteed.
They spawn in and the fight starts, if caravan wins. They can continue to their destination, if raiders win they loot the bodies of players and the caravan loot. Caravan loot looking like 1 magic locker spawn, random ammo, armor, mats, drugs whatever. But not XP
This will encourage players to go do more caravans and get better XP more caps, at the bigger risk of dying. This also encourages players to go into the encounter risking more than their m60's and leather armor. Or preventing shit players who join in blue suit and no weapon contributing nothing to the caravan.
Or players who want some PVP and essentially roleplay raider culture and lifestyle. Instead of patrolling wastelanders for their shit.
Topic: Raiding Caravans suggestion. (Read 1132 times)