What about a town invasion event? The undead of Felucca have opened a necromantic portal to Moonglow and have inhabited the island! Free the scared shopkeeps of Moonglow from their demise and make it snappy! The zombies are breaking through their blockades every 10 minutes! Each shopkeeper rewards the players with a share of their private goods or valuables relative to each shopkeeper. Think you have saved the town? Think you can pack up your loot and store it away for a trinket? WRONG! After a well calculated time period the dread lord Dietras will appear to reap his new kingdom island at the Moonglow graveyard. What's so special about Dietras? He's not only Neira's husband, he's a +! Think the town folk are alright? WRONG! The farmers need saving as well! And who knows what terrors await players at the Moonglow Zoo?!
Make it so players will have no recalling ability. Strategize the battlefield, first on the menu would be the healer building, so they can res quicker and get back to the action! Not having the right ranged weapon to defeat the evil mages? Free the blacksmith and acquire some upgraded armor and weapons. Hephestus the warlord too difficult to beat with his evil minions at the blacksmith? Take over the mage shop and pick up a powerful spellbook! Need a companion? Free the innkeeper at SW Moonglow city with his stablemaster right outside to gain a pet to help tank! Want some special ointed bandaids? Free the herbalist! Want a powerful potion? Free the alchemists! Running out of time? Free the carpenters to gain a bonus to other town folks blockades! I hear the tailor has a mystical cloak and robe available that will grant superior hiding and stealth to sneak past the random patrols and sentries located throughout the island. Lock the hedgemaze off so players will have to decide what sections of glow are most important to free and in what order.
The final boss Dietras will have slow run speed, but a powerful punch. Use your knowledge of Moonglow to kite him through obstacles set up by the Moonglow governor (also a +) to set up blockades. The more npc's you save, the more the governor and his players can manage blockade set up, mage bombardments, resource supplies, and gold distractions. We all know what the undead crave... and that is flesh. What better way to distract the dread lord Dietras than to have the banker lure powerful dragons in to the fight with stockpiles of gold accumulated every five minutes?
After an allocated amount of time, the town will hold a celebration in honor of its heroes and each saved NPC will reward the player with a momento.
Have the event start at the building north of the Empath Abbey so players are encouraged to work through the town to reach the powerful arch mages of the Papua portal mage shop, and the renowned alchemists of eastern Moonglow. Perhaps the telescope can be infused with magical energy to charge a lense-focused heat cannon every few minutes! Don't forget the farmers, they have been known to see extroardinary animals breed in their stables due to the magical nature of Moonglow island. The crops are important as well, for how will one be able to control these super powers without first feeding them their special magic infused food? This will promote team leader development, guild cooperation and alliances, and task distribution to determine just how to damage this colossal Dietras. Is the cannon too slow to charge an attack to beat him in time? Sure! Is it made of machinery and easy to dismantle? Of course! That's why you need to find these special animals in time to tank the monster and defeat him before he retreats (at the +'s discreption). Are the dragons the banker lured to distract the boss catching on it's a trap or just running low on population? I hear the pirates that ravage the seas around Moonglow are known to be quite versatile archer mercenaries when paid enough tribute, however, it's not always gold they seek. They want spices, potions, and bread to feed their fleet and be equiped with magical infused arrows.
It will take everything we have to stop this invasion and end the dread lord Dietras' reign of terror once and for all. With the slaying of Dietras, there is always the dispute as to who claims to glory? Dietras may dismantle every super powered attack launched, however, he may be too weak to finish the task of conquering Moonglow with his force dismantled. This will prompt a foreboding message of vengeance for the following Halloween next year. Manage to defeat him? Let the renowned nightmare known as the Headless Horseman come for his prized head, dragging the dread lord to his final rest in hades. Beware... Niera is not one to take the slaying of her husband lightly. She may be back next year to see just how powerful the peaceful hamlet of Skara Brae is...
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Event idea!
Re: Event idea!
Quite the epic event idea, I like it a lot! That being said, logistically, this would be a huge project to complete for the staff. There is a lot that would have to be done to make this work. We did a town invasion event years ago that was a lot of fun, I think it was Britain that was invaded. It was quite a long time ago. I just don't think something this involved could be ready to run by Halloween, but then, I am not staff. I know that with the new facet coming soon, any extra work they have to do on the side for events only slows down the bigger project.
It does sound like an epic event though.
It does sound like an epic event though.
Re: Event idea!
This was actually posted not too long again and there was a dev response to it as well. Was along the line of possible but not likely in the short term.
But yeah I do like events like this myself.
But yeah I do like events like this myself.