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CPT Space Bomb

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Aug 2006

Knights of the Ring

W/Mo

10 Sep 2006 at 21:25 - 361

Quote:

Originally Posted by Teranicus haleblade

Hi...
Been thinking bout this for a while and can think of two events I'd like to see.

Firstly make certain Gold chests drop upgrades rather than items. In honesty most people farm items because the want the upgrades and it can be more than a little frustrating to find that perfect +30hlth mod only to have it salvage into 5 wood (guess most have been there)

I think this would have a dual impact as it would give some of the less experienced player a chance at a perfect mod and also flood the market with mods and push the seriously over infalted prices down to a more affordable level for Mr/Mrs Average.

Secondly I think a new elite mission is way overdue...of course I have no doubt nighfall will bring its own versions but there are still a number of Avatars in TOA currently serving no purpose to the kneeling faithful. Far be it for the game designers to tempt the wrath of these as yet under revered Dieties.
Melandru with a forest area with lots of anti ranger critters would be good..can just see trees firing off barrage at would be treasure seekers for a weekend....spoken to a lot of peeps and they all agree the elite missions are the real test of a players mettle and, as you can tell by the attendance these areas have, they are greatly used and greatly liked......

WOW, that is an awesome idea, BUT, that should not be a weekend event, but a regular deal. I have always wondered why Grenth's Underworld and Balthazar's Fissure of Woe were the only other realms you could visit. Why not give Dwayna and Melandru the same courtesy? I just don't get it. GW, please help us out here.

Kijik Oni Hanryuu

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

the 7th level of HELL! J/K Somewhere in GW assassinating things

[acid]members of the KAWS alliance

A/

10 Sep 2006 at 21:37 - 362

ok umm I vote for no more weekend events but anyway, if I wanted a weekend I think a Double Monsters in certain areas would be a nice challenge. Umm double ectos and shards drop. oh and umm a reduced drop weekend but all drops are gold items or high amounts of gold would be nice, excluding the low level areas. Dont need everyone farming those areas. Also I vote we stop weekends for atleast to while to make Cantha's Sorrow's Furnace.

Ess Age

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

10 Sep 2006 at 23:51 - 363

How about a "revert to 1st day" event?
Just upload the first version of GW to your servers.

nostalgia ftw

Hicks

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

11 Sep 2006 at 05:00 - 364

A Return to Pre-Searing Ascalon weekend.

Ascended players could return to the old, pre-searing Ascalon during the event. Have new quests and stronger enemies, etc.

Mooglepinoy22

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2006

TLON

A/

11 Sep 2006 at 07:34 - 365

There should be a skill roulette event where for the weekend if somebody didn't have a skill in their skill bar then it would be filled with a randomly chosen skill from any profession in the game. But there would be some limits, like you'd only get a skill if you also have the weapon for it (so you wouldn't get useless ones), and if you get more than one elite on a random skillbar you could only have up to...7. I'd like this idea because it could be applied in both pvp and pve!

Ranger Rog

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

UK

[TOG]

11 Sep 2006 at 08:06 - 366

Monster skill weekend - For the duration of the weekend all of the monster only skills are unlocked for everyone to use and players can equip one of these skills at a time for PvP and PvE.

Survivor title weekend - Death count is reset on characters created before the introduction of titles, double xp is awarded for the duration of the weekend.

Triple attribute staff amnesty weekend - An NPC is placed in every major town who will convert all the attributes on your triple attribute staff to the same as the main req attribute

Lynxius

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

11 Sep 2006 at 09:42 - 367

Make another "Shouts affect a wide area" event.
I say another because this effect was in use during the last Nightfall Beta preview event.
And i think people liked how shouts were working.

My own opinion about an event is the following:

An event should be something where you place new concepts and new interesting things that could be a possible permanent add to the game in the future.

Do events where you test new things and see the reaction of players, if the reaction is good, implement it in the game.

I think Anet is only making events that "suposedly" balance the game.
Let me try to explain this in the best way possible.

Lets see, during this Double fame weekend, they were trying to make more people discover the wonderful world of pvp, and lower the Rank discrimination, in hopes of geting at least a big couple of to rank 3. (which is where the real fun starts, since most groups are more inclined to accept a rank 3 rather than a rankless person or bellow rank 3)

The open elite mission weekend, clearly trying to interest people in these elite missions by simply making them more acessible and with double gold drops.
I guess it opened a few eyes to them, mine at least(specially the fact that they carry more than 8 players)

The double exp scrolls event I simply cant understand this one, its already quick as hell to get to lvl 20.
Why speed this process even more? Let low levels take their time, they will give more valor and be hapier when they reach lvl 20 for the first time without scrolls.

Anyway, i have nothing else to comment.

Lbs Cold

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

TcsB

R/

11 Sep 2006 at 13:11 - 368

Heres a weekend idea , Double faction in Alliance battles but also add a faction transfer representative to the staging area before going into AB. Not only one for transferring to guild, but also a faction reward person for the coresponding amber or jade trades. Then after the weekend is over, you can be super nice and leave the faction transfer people in the staging areas before AB. So when we find a good team we like gaming with, we dont have to leave and go to guildhall or cavalon or house to transfer our faction potentially losing our newly found team-mates!. I think this would be the bees knees

.
Lbs

CoRrRan

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

ZH, Netherlands

Sour Patch Kids [sP]

Me/

11 Sep 2006 at 14:09 - 369

How about this for an event:

Have unrated Guild team (6 players per team) battles on "Burial Mounds" old-fashions style (6 teams against each other).

Or rather a special rating (with negative rating for camping/inactivity) and at the end of the weekend, the team with the highest rating gets a golden cookie.

IllidanIcerage

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

In front of a computer

Siege Turtles [ST]

E/

11 Sep 2006 at 14:52 - 370

Quote:

Originally Posted by DsKiSS

Bring Back The Rift Weekend Event :P

Old times ftw...

My thoughts exactly. I've really missed those rifts

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lynxius Pardonus

The open elite mission weekend, clearly trying to interest people in these elite missions by simply making them more acessible and with double gold drops.
I guess it opened a few eyes to them, mine at least(specially the fact that they carry more than 8 players)

I am in the guild that split from The Crusaders (the guild that freed Cavalon) when the fame farming got too much, but when we saw this what most of us were saying was, "Well, it is a step in the right direction, but hopefully ArenaNet will keep the elite missions open. If they don't all of our work on trying to keep the elite mission open to all was wasted."

Hopefully, ArenaNet will have seen what we did in the elite missions and never make something like them again. And, maybe, they will use one of their weekend events to open the elite missions permenently. I remember how much everyone liked the Balthazar's faction weekend when it went from two to 20 faction per kill, and they made that permenent

Nexus Icon

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Natis Ignigena

Me/

11 Sep 2006 at 15:08 - 371

Experimental kick function weekend, PLEASE.
I know ANet are scared to implement it as it may be abused, but try and find a way around it and test it using one of these weekends.
Leeching is getting ridiculous.

Oh yeah, and a "Bring back /bug" weekend, so you can see just how many things are wrong with the game without insisting that people resort to the support channel.

Lynxius

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

11 Sep 2006 at 16:52 - 372

Quote:

Originally Posted by IllidanIcerage

I am in the guild that split from The Crusaders (the guild that freed Cavalon) when the fame farming got too much, but when we saw this what most of us were saying was, "Well, it is a step in the right direction, but hopefully ArenaNet will keep the elite missions open. If they don't all of our work on trying to keep the elite mission open to all was wasted."

Hopefully, ArenaNet will have seen what we did in the elite missions and never make something like them again. And, maybe, they will use one of their weekend events to open the elite missions permenently. I remember how much everyone liked the Balthazar's faction weekend when it went from two to 20 faction per kill, and they made that permenent

Quoting myself, and agreeing with the above quote.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lynxius Pardonus

My own opinion about an event is the following:

An event should be something where you place new concepts and new interesting things that could be a possible permanent add to the game in the future.

Do events where you test new things and see the reaction of players, if the reaction is good, implement it in the game.

This is exactly what we want, innovative things.

The current event (double exp scroll drops) is a possible atempt at making people realize how usefull they can be.

Although i personally dont agree with powerleveling, nor geting to lvl 20 fast, exp scrolls takes the fun of reaching it the normal way, infact i even remember when i reached lvl 20 for the first time with my first character, it was over an year ago, and i was really happy, anouncing to everyone in ToA " Whooo im level 20 yeeeeeeh" , until someone said "Bah another noob that reached lvl 20".
Anyway it was really great, and when things are hard you feel more acomplished when you successfully complete them.

So instead of trying to make something more popular, namelly exp scrolls which so many people find useless (except power levelers, people going for survivors title, and people who want extra skill points if they want skill hunter title), why not try testing something new, seeing the reaction of players and deciding to implement it or not if the players find it(or not) favorable?

In my opinion if players knew something new in guildwars was about to arise, maybe they would be much more inclined to play in this addition's beta.

The mentality of many players right now is "oh another double event, great, screw it i dont need double drops, im RICH" or "Bah i dont neet 2 times faction, i have everything unlocked" or "Pfff, i dont need double fame, im rank 12" or "BLeeeh, i dont need more exp scrolls, im level 20".

Anyway im not trying to sound harsh or anything, i believe i made what can be called constructive criticism, and I am in hope of geting replies that favor my point of view.

-Lynxius

Epinephrine

Master of Beasts

Join Date: Mar 2005

Ottawa, Canada

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

11 Sep 2006 at 17:06 - 373

Instead of just double-weekends, some interesting event-type things, like when the gates were opening up during the dragon festival?

They don't need to be compplex with new enemies/graphics, but I recall when the scarabs arrived in the desert for example - similar things could happen - odd monsters appearing in new areas, a weekend long plague of undead crawling through the echovald, because some rogue student of Verata was about. Titans that had been dispatched, and landed on Shing Jea; a mission to defend the Shing Jea monastery, as waves of afflicted attack from the south (opening the area that is used for the "insignia" testing as an explorable with enemies for the weekend, allowing both mapping and some fun in there).

Since these mini-assaults/plagues are all based on existing enemies only the location/spawning needs to be done, with quests to spawn them for example? The idea of a dwarven ship having made it to Cantha, and trying to push the dwarves out of the Echovald/Jade sea sounds fun, bringing some exotic foes to those who only have Cantha so far, and letting us fight off our old enemies if we are Tyrian-born.

Ivan gk

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2006

Athens

Hellas team

W/E

11 Sep 2006 at 17:08 - 374

double money!!!you farm trolls instead of 100gold you take 200:P!!!
double keys for chests!!i would like this for title
thats all

Torvald

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2006

House Gold Star [GOLD]

W/Mo

11 Sep 2006 at 17:46 - 375

I suggest:
-Double Reward for the Luxon and Kurzick Challenge Missions. Get in there and collect that jade and amber!!!

Enchanted Warrior

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

W/Mo

11 Sep 2006 at 17:49 - 376

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hicks

A Return to Pre-Searing Ascalon weekend.

Ascended players could return to the old, pre-searing Ascalon during the event. Have new quests and stronger enemies, etc.

This would be an awesome idea. Have the Charr storm the gates and let us defend it!

/AGREE
/SIGN

Scotty Tan

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2006

[LoT]

R/E

11 Sep 2006 at 18:08 - 377

I second the Octoberfest idea.

gameshoes3003

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

12 Sep 2006 at 01:53 - 378

Adding Quests to the Prophecies Campaign for Alliance Faction like that did for the pre-view.

KZaske

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2006

Boise Idaho

Druids Of Old (DOO)

R/Mo

12 Sep 2006 at 06:12 - 379

As strange as this may sound, I like the idea someone mentioned above. A limited time quest. One that could be completed in both Prophecies and Factions but does not require both. Hmmm... Perhaps even finish Gwens quest!
Now that would be cool.

babau

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2006

12 Sep 2006 at 06:27 - 380

sry for my bad english:

*) a event were you can play a lvl20 charr-quest

*) a event with a farming-ring/arena with 20 minotaurs or trolls in it

*) a event were you can faster lvl-up in kryta tut

*) a event with a quest with prinz rurik in the underworld

*) a event were you can visit the underworld or the fissure of woe you cant be attackt oder attacking enemies only watch around >> safari

*) no event but a idea: a "book" which everyone has were all monsters are listed that you have killed, as an monster-encyclopedia

*) a event were you can bet on battles

*) a event about draging monsters. a zone with different high lvl monsters, the goal is to pull a certain group in an other zone or a certain amount of monsters without to die.

*) a event were you are able to win skills

*) a event which make it possible to change your hair-style

*) a event with areas with chests with gold in it > treasure-hunt

*) a dragonslayer-event with hight lvl dragon

*) a event which makes it possible (in form of statues for example), that you can watch every 15k-armour of every class.

*) a pirate-event, you can plunder a island. reward: patch, parrot :>

*) e event were you can travel back in time and play a quest in the tut as a child. would be nice if the quest is based on your future prime-class

*) a event with a mission on an iseland or in a prison. your group starts naked without weapons only skills. you have too escape the location by using only skills, teamplay and dropt items on the way lol

*) a time-based event. you have to "drive" some animals into a deer park

*) a event which make it possible to print your initials on your underwear lol

*) a ranger-event with a zoo and many animal that you can charm

hope you can decrypt this

Trema

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Netherlands

E/

12 Sep 2006 at 08:23 - 381

Nerve IWAY weekend

unmatchedfury

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Cookie Cutter [FTW]

12 Sep 2006 at 11:33 - 382

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tetris L

I'm a PvE player, so all of my ideas are PvE related:

Elite Skill Weekend:
* Double XP for elite skill capture
* Optional: Reduced price for SoC's (but limit the number of SoC's you can "store" on a character!)
* Optional: Allow to have two elite skills in the skill bar

Mission Masters Weekend:
* Double XP/Gold for achieving Master's Reward on co-op missions (but not skill points!)

Cartographer Weekend: (a.k.a. the "Wallhugging Weekend"

)
* Get a small reward (like 50 gold and/or 50 XP) for every x % of the map you explore.
-- x = 1% if you're < 80%
-- x = 0,5% if you're between 80 - 95%
-- x = 0,1% if you're > 95%

Challenge Mission Weekend:
* Double reward for Challenge Missions (Dragon's Throat, etc)
* Give PvP characters access to Challenge Missions

Blessing of the Gods Weekend
* Gods' blessing have double duration (40 instead of 20 minutes)
* Optional: Half price for gods' blessings (not for Kurzick/Luxon blessings!)
* Optional: All statues in explorable areas are active, regardless of which territory has favor

Shing Jea Quest / Mission Weekend
* Quests on Shing Jea Island become available for Tyrian characters. But: No skills or skill points are given, only XP and gold!
* Missions on Shing Jea Island give Tyrian characters a reward. But: No skill points, only half XP and half gold!

Dye Weekend
* Double drop rates for "standard" dye
* Tripple drop rate for silver dye
* Quadruple drop rate for black dye
* Optional: Add "test dyes" to the dye trader, available free of charge, so you can test any dye combination. All test dyes will disappear after the weekend and all items dyed with test dye will go back to default color after the weekend.

Morale Boost Weekend
* Double morale boost for killing bosses
* Half death penalty for being killed

Crafting Weekend
* Double drop rate for materials
* Double chance to salvage rare materials
* Slightly reduced prices at all crafters (incl. artisans, 15k armor crafters, weaponsmithes, etc.)

Collector weekend
* Collectors demand only half amount of input (rounded up)

Quest Weekend
* Double reward items for quests, but only the following:
** Monastery Credits
** Imperial Commendations
** Equipment Requisition
** Luxon Totem

Favor of the Gods Weekend
* Favor of the Gods for all!
* Half access fee for UW/FoW
* Double duration for blessings (see: "Blessing of the Gods Weekend")

Insignia Weekend
* Give Tyrian characters access to the Insignia quests (incl. skill rewards!), but make the opponent MUCH harder to beat.

... more to come ...

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And last but not least I want to suggest not a special event, but a contest:

Name the Location Contest:
I love the fact that all the places on Shing Jea Island have names. I mean not only the outposts/town, but also the places in explorable areas. (You know, these little signposts.) It gives the island so much more atmosphere. You can feel that every place has some kind of background story. Why was that done only on Shing Jea Island, but not on the Cantha mainland?? Very often I looked at some extraordinary object or location and thought: "I wonder what's the name/history of this place!"

How about a contest? People should submit name suggestions for places/objects (identified by screenshot and marker on map), complete with a background story that fits well with the game lore. The winners' locations will get a signpost with the location name ingame, and maybe an NPC in the area can tell some of the background story.

Sorry, I know it's OT, but I had to use the chance.

yea those locations names you'd run across near water falls and little ponds were sooooo cool. i love the atmosphere if shing Jea islands and its a a pty so much care wasnt put into all of Cantha.

Shadow of Light

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Australia

Mo/

12 Sep 2006 at 13:24 - 383

Are there any rewards for those little 'mission' areas (like Dragon's Throat) besides seeing your team's name on the high score table?

Perhaps an event pertaining to those? It'd be nice to hand out some kind of prize to everyone in the teams that are at #1 for each area+server at a given time of the Event. If there were physical prizes, they could be limited to 1 per account to prevent teams/guilds monopolising each mission area.

The thing is that there's no real *recognition* for being a whizz at these missions... that I know of, anyway. Perhaps a trophy at each of the map areas which records the ladder at the end of the event?

Anyway, just throwing some ideas out there.

Etta

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

Mancland, British Empire

12 Sep 2006 at 13:26 - 384

How about Mini Pets Racing?

Brustow

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2006

Beer me!

Hey Look Over There [gAnK]

Mo/

12 Sep 2006 at 13:41 - 385

Favor for all nations (americas, europe, etc) would be a much highly regarded event. I don't think the PVP players would mind cause they mainly play for Fame/Rank.

A Gold Rush event (as in money not items) would be cool too. Though botting would be in full swing then

Nanaki Era Draconis

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Sep 2006

12 Sep 2006 at 15:22 - 386

There are many players who cannot spend her rewards any more. Balthasar flames were a great idea. With open one got 1000 rewards. If one could convert rewards into flames, these could be at least even sold to other players. Then these could get faster in pvp. Everything happily lasts.^^ Even if this lasts only for a week-end.
I have extinguished my rewards by mistake.

This contribution was translated by machine. Sorry. It is also embarrassing for me.
wfg Nanaki

Max Xavier

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Doomsday Device <TdD>

12 Sep 2006 at 15:44 - 387

Heres one that can benefit everyone if they wish to use it and not toally screw up the games economy No double gold drops double rare drops nothing like that... Have a set amount if different types of decently challenging quests and reward is some kind of collector item then turn these into a collector and you can Change your character name once...I am quite sure there are alot of people out there that wish they woulda named there Character something different then what they did and this would be a good chance for them to do it..Again mass XP or wealth is not the key to GW. and i beleive a weekend for name change would be a big hit and fun...

Pyro Invocallamas

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2006

Little Big People [siZe]

E/

12 Sep 2006 at 16:05 - 388

A low level PvP weekend it's a good idea

Heroe's Ascent with lvl 10... lol!

BahamutKaiser

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Heightened state of mind.

P/W

12 Sep 2006 at 18:09 - 389

I have a great idea

How about reduce the cost of Skills "Mini" event, so people can buy skills without breaking the bank. Skills cost 500 gold instead of 1 plat, and unlocked skills cost 100 gold. Just one other change, make it permenant...

I think a "Shadow Steps don't suck" weekend would be good too, where Death Charge, Dark Prison and Heart of Shadows have their recast times reduced by more than half like 60% faster recast. That way people can enjoy their Assassin skills for a weekend.... Oh wait, that should be a permenant event too.....

OH I have another great one!, how about replay missions Weekend!, where you get exp, skill points, or gold for redoing missions, that way we actually have someone to party with in mission areas..... except every day.

Honestly I am glad Anet likes to give us special bonuses on the weekend, but outside of sampling new content like Nightfall or Holiday events with minigames, Anet would be much better off making permenant improvements where they are needed, not temporary pep rallies with silly rewards like double exp. The best thing they could do over the weekend is test permenant changes like the PvP characters in Jade Quarry and Fort Aspenwood, or altering some very unappreciated skills to see if players enjoy them more, instead of silly stuff.

Peddy

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

Denmrak

Furians Reborn [FR]

12 Sep 2006 at 20:29 - 390

Reduced Skill Bar Weekend
Skill bar is decreased by 2 slots so there will be a total of 6 slots.

Increased Skill Bar Weekend
Skill bar is increased by 2 slots so there will be a total of 10 slots !

Dual Skills
You have the option of bringing 2 of the same skills on your bar

Onslaught Towns
Towns act like "combat" zones. Your weapon, armor and skills are available to you for full use against all the other savage players who pose as a threat (that means everyone - even NPCs

)
Let the onslaught begin..

Blade Avitar

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jun 2006

Nomad

Blade Avitars

W/

12 Sep 2006 at 22:45 - 391

Some ideas i would like to see are:
-double/tripple dye drop weekend
-double/tripple green drop weekend
-double/tripple experince from quests weekend
-double/tripple experince from monsters weekend

if you could put 1 or 2 of my ideas in there(some are probobly other ppls ideas as well as mine)i would be estatic!

Nanood

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Supermans Crystal Palace

Legion Of The Dark Sun

12 Sep 2006 at 22:48 - 392

I have thought how cool it would be to be able to take more than one elite skill along many times so just a little fun idea.

An arena where you could take as many elite skills along as you like. All eight if you want.

Just for fun.

DawnFrostbringer

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2006

Virginia

House Of Eire

E/Mo

13 Sep 2006 at 07:12 - 393

The Bonus and DP cap removal weekend..

Raise the bonus gained on boss kills to 4%, uncap the bonus and the DP limit.. then double the non boss monsters everywhere. Wacky fun.

Dawn

IllidanIcerage

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

In front of a computer

Siege Turtles [ST]

E/

13 Sep 2006 at 14:02 - 394

Quote:

Originally Posted by DawnFrostbringer

The Bonus and DP cap removal weekend..

Raise the bonus gained on boss kills to 4%, uncap the bonus and the DP limit.. then double the non boss monsters everywhere. Wacky fun.

Dawn

Double monsters = faster DP

faster DP = quick 100% DP

100% DP = lying on the ground doing nothing

Lynxius

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

13 Sep 2006 at 14:59 - 395

......Must....have.... Candy Canes!!!!

Seriously, remember the xmas event? i wish i farmed the hell out of candy canes by then.

Candy Canes for teh win......
They taste good.... and remove DP ^o^

Lite Sabre

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2006

Watford, UK

Star Cainam

W/E

13 Sep 2006 at 15:40 - 396

Hi all - how about some event held at the temple of Blathazar and the Nameless Island area? There are all manner of practice targets and things in there. Could there be competitions, such as timed events to see which archer or melee character can knock down all the targets in the quickest time, which ele blasted all those targets in a circle the fastest, which melee character can take down the targets, even one on ones with the various trainee champions who wander that part of the island.

There could be a leaderboard outside for each event and prizes given for the best times - gold, silver, bronze medals maybe :-)

quest3d

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

13 Sep 2006 at 15:43 - 397

My Top Favorites for Event Ideas:

1. Lost Grounds- Players have access to maps from the early beta's. (Ah, nostalgia. I'd love to see the maps that were cut out/heavily changed from the preview events again.)

2. Oktoberfest - I reckon drinks should last the normal amount of time but count as being drunk for twice as long. I'd like to see new alcoholic beverages with different funky drunk effects! the different drinks could drop from certain enemies, or all of them could just be bought from a NPC.

3. RA/TA Fame - Gain fame from a 10 streak win.

4. Gracious Favor - Free entrance to UW/FoW and/or all regions have favor.

On a side note:
I see some mentions of bringing back the zaishen medals/balthazar flames. Personaly I didn't like the medal system. I quite often I forgot, or was to lazy to use them and they got deleted when I rerolled my pvp char slot. Perhaps if you could trade balthazar faction for items (like you do for jade/amber for luxon/kurzick faction) instead of using the medals. That I wouldn't mind. This way you can trade 1000 faction for a balth's flame and pass it on to a friend or *cough*buyer*cough* who then gains 1000 faction from using it.

Dwiggit

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Heroes Unlimited (HaCK)

R/Mo

13 Sep 2006 at 16:42 - 398

To expand on a similar theme I've seen, how about

Equinox of the Gods!!!

All is in harmony with the omnipotent powers, so they have turned their graces on the Tyria and Cantha.
- No charge for UW/FoW access
- All elite/restricted areas open for everyone
- Rez shrines always active (favor for everyone!)
- DP capped at -20% or removed completely.
- Double XP everywhere
- Blessed Orb of the Gods drops (Removes DP like candy canes, or gives you +3 energy recharge for 5 min, etc.)
- Special "Mission of the Gods" quest that activates when a party kills three bosses (>lvl 20) in a single zone. ("You have proven yourselves worthy and have been chosen to complete a special task.")

Of course it should start on Sept. 23, 2006, 12:03 A.M. EDT (Autumn Equinox)

One other crazy idea is to put some monsters in the PvP areas! Maybe have a "team" of 8 bosses (1 from each profession) to stir things up a bit.

I also like the mini-pet racing/competion.

Dwig

baynewoods

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2006

Bayne The Mercenary A/x, Bayne The White Mo/W, Bayne The Phenom M/x, Bayne The Vicious N/Mo

13 Sep 2006 at 17:29 - 399

I think it would be SHUWEET if they held a one on one weekend tourney.

They could accept one character per account and you enter through a guy in shing jea monastary for say 1k or some monatary amount. The winner gets 50% and they make a boss named after that winner with the same skills set that's placed somewhere in the new nightfall game. Second place gets 35% and a green weapon of choice . 3-5 get 5% and a gift like a birthday gift with a minipet in it.

What do yous guys think?

Tobias Funke

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Following of Xanthar

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13 Sep 2006 at 20:02 - 400

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Originally Posted by Etta

How about Mini Pets Racing?

Mini Pet gambling weekend. Minipet races, minipet fights and a mini pet obstacle course with a bookie you could place bets with. The bookie of course would have to be wearing a panama hat, a loud hawaiian shirt and generally look like he was from Tampa Bay.