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title: Raids and multi-stage group coordination
summary: >-
  A shared encounter requires roles, attacks and recovery to align. In Albion
  Online a group coordinates a boss fight in a dungeon.
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    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Raids and group coordination
    description: >-
      A shared encounter requires roles, attacks and recovery to align. In
      Albion Online a group coordinates a boss fight in a dungeon.
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      src: images/mechanics/rpg-albion-online-06.webp
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      credit: Sandbox Interactive GmbH
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        Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Official game guide or
        publisher-distributed screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT
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        Make duties and phase transitions visible to everyone and allow recovery
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      - title: Albion Online
        url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/761890/'
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  Original bilingual editorial overviews authored for gamemechanics.pro on
  2026-10-20 and reviewed on 2026-10-21. Scenarios are hypothetical design
  examples; prototype checks describe work to perform, not completed playtests.
  Primary sources support the stated techniques and implementation context, not
  every proposed variant.
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# Raids and multi-stage group coordination

id: online-participation--t322
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/online-participation--t322
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/online-participation--t322/

A shared encounter requires roles, attacks and recovery to align. In Albion Online a group coordinates a boss fight in a dungeon.

## At a glance

![A group expedition into an Albion Online dungeon](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/rpg-albion-online-06.webp)

[Albion Online](https://store.steampowered.com/app/761890/) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Official game guide or publisher-distributed screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. Party members act together in a shared encounter

- Make duties and phase transitions visible to everyone and allow recovery from errors.

- [Albion Online](https://store.steampowered.com/app/761890/)

## How it works

Raids divide a large objective into phases with distinct responsibilities, connecting execution to recovering a shared plan after mistakes.

## Variants

### Mechanic variants

<a id="t322-variants"></a>

- Phases change threats and priorities. <a id="t322-v1"></a>
- Assignments establish specific responsibilities. <a id="t322-v2"></a>
- Role handoffs cover a removed participant. <a id="t322-v3"></a>
- Debriefs explain causes of shared failure. <a id="t322-v4"></a>

## Design example

Two participants pass a charge along a chain while others hold routes to a central device.

Prototype check: Test distinctions between personal errors and network delay and recovering a role after a disconnect.

## Context and limits

Online mechanics connect individual contributions to shared state, participation timing and explicit commitments between players. Each overview separates player actions, state changes and alternative rules. Examples are hypothetical design scenarios, not claims about a named game. A prototype check states an observable question for the next iteration. Existing detailed references remain separately linked from the direction map.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original bilingual editorial overviews authored for gamemechanics.pro on 2026-10-20 and reviewed on 2026-10-21. Scenarios are hypothetical design examples; prototype checks describe work to perform, not completed playtests. Primary sources support the stated techniques and implementation context, not every proposed variant.

- [Steamworks: Multiplayer](https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/multiplayer) (id: source-d6403e86b24cf114)
- [Albion Online](https://store.steampowered.com/app/761890/) (id: source-a98e2425ef7a18e6)

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