Challenges/invaders/heros BONUS CONTENT

While sitting around thinking of what this game could possibly be missing I starting thinking of what made it all great in the past.  Many cool things happened that changed history in this game, for instance everyone always talks about the shade invasion, however I feel that if something like that happened now and one of our lvl 10's got wrecked by a shade we would quickly delete, pissed.  But sitting around at 50 everyone there isn't much to do outside of quests and getting what you need to pk in, then it's waiting to fight or die.  

I think we could remedy this by adding a new challenge to the game, or three!  

Challenges

Challenges could be something that happen randomly, like clan quests but everyone gets the opportunity to complete it.

A challenge has occurred!  The challenge keeper requires a party to conquer Gear!

You could add a score system for damage done/healing/taking damage

Prizes could include lockboxes/cps/gold/rp points even.

Invaders

This would work similarly to challenges but instead of having to go there they would invade an area.

Zha'rek and an army of changed clockmen and warlords have invaded elium forest!

I came up with this idea first but I rather like the challenges one more.  However, I think they are both interesting ideas.

HEROS

This one is by far my favorite and I think it would really add a lot of fun.  Heros could be like bots in a sense, I thought it them originally like mobs that could be dressed in full

sets of eq and use skills/spells.  Like, A black knight comes into Maelbrim and begins attacking the villiage, he would chase much more quicker than a regular mob does and killing him would yield the same rewards as a pk would.  

Also, I like this one a lot more 

Create toons that are full on ready for pk, nothing too bad ass but definitely able to hold their own, have the imms log them regularly and stir things up.  They can be ganged, killing one

would yield the rewards of a pk but all the eq would rot on any deaths, or return to the toon.

I can't understand this nostalgia about the absolutely terrible events we've suffered in the past, like the shade invasion and the second blood letting. It's like being nostalgic about home abuse you've suffered.

You want those back? Walk through the forsaken lands, at night, while there's a stong enemy on your heels. That will remind you of what it was like during those events.

I know many people who stopped playing the game till the second bloodletting was not over. Some of them never came back.

Yes, we all love realism and we know how hard real life can shit on us sometimes, I wouldn't mind if we keep that part of RL out o the game though.

I'm can't either, which is why I donated these to be different, no one would be forced into it or take a dark souls look before you leap death.

Both of these already exist as watcher abilities, but people rarely do one of them. You could open these abilities to every cabal, either they raid (different rp than a raid perhaps, but similar mechanics), or send their cabal hero in.

The knights send the vanguard to kill the mayor of gal ranidon. Kill him, or help him, your decision.

Recently my experience has been if you raid a city the tribunal typically logs out, waits 15 min then is back.

 This reduces the cp to near nothing.  As the raid completes without the enemy around. I was able to set a timer against a certain one a while back.

19 minutes ago, Kyzarius said:

Recently my experience has been if you raid a city the tribunal typically logs out, waits 15 min then is back.

 This reduces the cp to near nothing.  As the raid completes without the enemy around. I was able to set a timer against a certain one a while back.

Which is also abuse of OOC mechanic/knowledge and is VERY punishable.. Trust me... lol

3 hours ago, Kyzarius said:

if you raid a city the tribunal

I don't like the way raids affect Cabal warfare. If you raid the city and the Tribunal doesn't defends because he is fighting you, you weaken the Tribunal cabal Defender ???. And if you are good he will not be able to defend and fight you at the same time.

But if there are sub 50 around, they can ruin your raid and there isn't anything you can do about it.

I find it unfair for both parties. In my view a raid should be a win/win situation for both.

I rank it up there with the other unfair stuff like Trib Council Ensnare, Syndicate Bloodmark and Shadow Protection, Nexus shadow clone, Psi Kinetic plague (not that one you use for taking mobs, the other one, although that one can be nasty buggy),  Vamp Bite , Fury zerk cleaving spam of doom, Sader Highsighter of 1 rounder.

9 minutes ago, mya said:

I don't like the way raids affect Cabal warfare. If you raid the city and the Tribunal doesn't defends because he is fighting you, you weaken the Tribunal cabal Defender ???. And if you are good he will not be able to defend and fight you at the same time.

But if there are sub 50 around, they can ruin your raid and there isn't anything you can do about it.

I find it unfair for both parties. In my view a raid should be a win/win situation for both.

I rank it up there with the other unfair stuff like Trib Council Ensnare, Syndicate Bloodmark and Shadow Protection, Nexus shadow clone, Psi Kinetic plague (not that one you use for taking mobs, the other one, although that one can be nasty buggy),  Vamp Bite , Fury zerk cleaving spam of doom, Sader Highsighter of 1 rounder.

If you're good enough you can defend the raid AND fight the enemy at the same time. I've done it plenty.

3 minutes ago, Fireman said:

If you're good enough you can defend the raid AND fight the enemy at the same time. I've done it plenty.

You must be good enough then? 

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First of all, nothing like what I described is even close to have existed in this game or ever has.  But, thank you for horribly derailing my thread.  You all make me want to slap myself and delete it.

This is not a raid, it's an INVASION.

I just wish raids could be sent against cabals you're not at war with, thereby inciting the possibility OF wars. After all, the cabals that raid(Syndicate and Watcher) are more the "sneaky" types anyways. The types that wouldn't really announce their attacks to clearly.

Just read this. 

Im interested in the heroes thing. Have random boss mob enter the realm and he has a chance to have some type of eq. A tough ass boss mob ike the gorgarak or something.

Hes. Not aggro, but like, "a ruthless rogue knight has arrived in Maelbrim and is accepting all challengers". Get a group, go take him on.  Sounds cool to me.

I liked these ideas a lot too...FL needs something.  A lot of us get to 50 and its great for a week or two, maybe a month....I'm ready to delete already just because I don't have anything to do.

And no, go RP with yourself/random NPC is not acceptable lol

I wouldn't mind some automated raids started by the mud.  Or pvp events personally.  I suggested them before actually but the idea was not received well.  

You could have arena challenges, or hunts, no looting, no con loss.  Just free pk time.  That way people  will not feel they have to be super cautious.  Would you run from that big bad pvp guy if you had nothing to lose but a bit of pride? probably not.  I know I wouldn't.  

Games like POE reinvent themselves every few months.  Add themed items.  More things like Kreyis for example. 

just brainstorming tbh

Yeaaaahhh. Pk mini-madness.

Arena challenge has begun, type 'join arena' to participate.

Teleports you to an arena zone where you are frozen till the warhorn blows after x amount of ticks to give everyone a chance to join in.

Could have diff modes. Death match free for all. Team death match. Capture the flag. (Depending on how many join).

Winners get random shit. You die you just get teleported back to where you were. 

Have this as an automated event that happens maybe like once a full moon or something (arent moon cycles coded in? Believe aabahrans 3 moons are a huge part of the lore). 

Maybe keep arena record in your score sheet. 

Id like that. It would also give people a chance to test pk. 

Also, maybe have an occassional 1v1 tournament.

Not bad ideas.  I wouldn't mind killing a lot of you with some sort of godly creation - god that would be satisfying... I'm all for it.

There is only one God(dess).

Hi.

1 minute ago, Lloth said:

There is only one God(dess).

Hi.

Yes, @Erelei does wonderful work, doesn't he?

Emote whips out a dirty old paint brush and draws a few imms.

Emote reaches for a special feather pen to draw Zoichan and Rygothran.

53 minutes ago, Magick said:

Yes, @Erelei does wonderful work, doesn't he?

He does. 

Buuuuut Lloth is faith. The One God is faith. Coincidence? I think not.