Factions raiding and taking over each other's assets

[Sculpur]

Hello,

I saw on the roadmap that more complex city invasions are planned, but did not understand if these would be available to the player alone or would automatically happen between factions as well.

I think if the latter was true, that would be the final step towards making the world of Kenshi feel alive.
Some examples:

• Considering the Holy Nation's nature, they would be fighting pretty much everyone else on regular basis with the goal of exterminating the other significant factions.
• Outlaws of the HN would occasionally raid Holy Farms and Holy Mines, and could try kidnapping higher ranking HN citizens.
• Bandits would try to raid, kidnap and etc. anything within their area.
• The Tech Hunters would mount an occasional expedition (instead of only talking about it in the bar) to an ancient structure the location of which they are aware of. This could cause the easy to find labs and armories to get emptied over time, forcing the player to trade (or raid or steal) with the TH for whatever was in them if they want to get their hands on it.

The outcomes of these endeavors would be determined by game mechanics like everything else. If the goal was conquest, this could lead to a city/village/farm/whatever changing faction. This would reinforce the "you are nothing special" vibe in Kenshi, since it would lead to the world changing and progressing regardless of what the player does.

[Hatsune_Neko]

a version of this is already planned.

[Yosli]

a version of this is already planned.

Could please provide more details? How are you plan to implement it?

"Living world" is one of the most wanted game features i believe...

[Hatsune_Neko]

from roadmap

ALSO WORKING ON…

Town Assaults: Assaults and raids with more interesting goals such as kidnapping, looting, vandalising, rather than just trying to “kill everyone”. Partially finished but not in-game.
Factions: Faction diplomacy, alliances. Faction AI and interaction with your hometown, so for example a major faction might send a diplomat offering trade or demanding taxes.

base raids have been in game and should be partially in now. like river raptors attacking your town or bandits., this is just the start of a more dynamic system they working on.