Bloody footstep replacement ideas

[FURYous]

It seems as if SSG can't get the Bloody Footprint reward to work without breaking the game.

They also seem short of replacement ideas and are trying to sell the broken footprints as if they intended it that way from the start.

I think we can come up with a serious list of effects/replacement ideas that would work so they can fix this issue and everyone will come away with something they can take pride in (you can't convince me the devs are proud of coming up with a self only cosmetic).

1. Expeditious retreat effect, Blood Red with some tampering of the graphics (blood liquid effect instead of sparks?) to make them stand out
2. Ioun stones that are blood drops floating around your head or little HC logo skull heads
3. Something like the memorial ribbon that floats above your shoulder but instead of a ribbon make it a little death's head like the HC logo
4. Weapon Aura. Something with blood? It can be an item just like the Ravenloft and Sharn cosmetic weapon Auras that players apply to their cosmetic weapons.
5. Cosmetic Armor.
6. Cosmetic Helm.
7. Player Aura. Think Shadow Form from Shadowdancer or a new colored fireshield type effect (white, purple, black/grey?).
8. Some kind of cool /emote. For instance /5kfavor transforms you briefly into a pit fiend that roars and breaths fire. No combat effects whatsoever, just a cool emote.
9. blood red boot/shoe cosmetic you could toggle on or off. People see your bloody shoes then they can imagine the footprints better that the owner can see
10. DO the footprints but only within the aura of the player toon so it acts like existing stuff (Like expeditious retreat you mention). So you have the footprints, they just don't last that long

(the list is numbered so you can refer to entries via number and not have to type out the whole thing. They are not sorted by priority or anything, just for reference.)

I will edit the list as other ideas are posted.

[DYWYPI]

You were thinking on the lines of a ribbon cosmetic like the: https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Memorial_Ribbon

[FURYous]

You were thinking on the lines of a ribbon cosmetic like the: https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Memorial_Ribbon

Updated, thanks

[Fivetigers33]

Assuming there is no way to "fix" the bloody footsteps (make less of them, make them disappear faster, let other players toggle them off, etc.), here are a few more just off the top of my head.



Weapon Aura. Something with blood? It can be an item just like the Ravenloft and Sharn cosmetic weapon Auras that players apply to their cosmetic weapons.
Cosmetic Armor.
Cosmetic Helm.
Player Aura. Think Shadow Form from Shadowdancer or a new colored fireshield type effect (white, purple, black/grey?).
Some kind of cool /emote. For instance /5kfavor transforms you briefly into a pit fiend that roars and breaths fire. No combat effects whatsoever, just a cool emote.

[Paisheng]

I simply suggest make a blood red boot/shoe cosmetic you could toggle on or off. People see your bloody shoes then they can imagine the footprints better that the owner can see.

[Saekee]

I suggested this elsewhere--

DO the footprints but only within the aura of the player toon so it acts like existing stuff (Like expeditious retreat you mention). So you have the footprints, they just don't last that long

[FURYous]

I want to clarify that I think the footprints were a great idea!

I am just worried that they won't spend much time getting them to work correctly and figure they will come up with something better for the next time leaving people stuck with the broke footprints this time.

There are plenty of ways they can make this right, ANYTHING is better than a self only cosmetic.