another suggestion for a DDO event...

[knghtstalkr]

...from the weird and kooky mind of Knghtstalkr:

For Halloween

Since, there prolly isn't any Eberon holiday equivilent... how hard would it be to code this:

STORMREACH INVADED BY THE UNDEAD!!!

[... yeah, its cliche' I know...]

There are a number of doors to buildings that have the quest swirley sigil on them and appear to be inactive. What if... a few random doors would activate, and if someone clicks on them they spawn a message "You hear screams of terror from inside!".

At this point the quest window (with the Solo/Normal/Hard/Elite option) pops up. The quest is Undead Unrest. The quest takes you to a one room instant where level appropriate undeads are attacking a random NPC. The model for the map can be the same floor plan as one of the small taverns without all the tavern furnishings... except maybe a table with chairs and a fireplace.

Save the NPC and he gives you a chest. The chest might have a treat (random quest level appropriate loot) or an edible treat (special holiday flavored goodies similar to versions from the tavern) or its a trick... the NPC aggros and is really a necromancer .

You can prolly put in a special collectible in the chests that could be turned-in to the Coin Lords for a special holiday reward.

Have the frequency of this random event timed so that a casual player can experience it maybe a couple of time with average gameplay over the holiday weekend. You can reward the hardcore players who valiently save numerous homes and citizens [re: rush and zerg to get all the collectibles!] with the special holiday reward.

Have the event occur at a set time if you want to be nice to the players (like at the top of the hour)... or if you want to see players scurrying around like frustrated gerbils on crack, have the events occur random times. Have the window of opportunity to click on the door be about 3-5 minutes.

Have the level of difficulty/type of undead determined by the region where it spawns. For example, zombies or skellies in the Harbor... ghouls and wights in the Marketplace and specters and wraiths in the Houses. If the Necromancer appears, have the undead spawn again. And get Gary Gygax to record his best manical diabolical evil laugh to broadcast... errr that might be too scary - nevermind!

Maybe only have the events spawn in the city of Stormreach... so no Undead Unrest in Zabawi's Refuge or 3 Barrel Cove.

Thank you for reading!

Flames are welcome!

[Taur]

use something other than undead and i'm all for it.

[knghtstalkr]

... to see new beasties coded just for a holiday event...


..but I'd love to see jack O' the laterns, goblins and little boggarts for Halloween.

[Rowanheal]

Ok, so Halloween happens to be my all time fav holiday.

I would love to see this. I don't know that they have time, but gods it would be fun.

I remember the events in EQ... I was standing in a cave on Halloween night when all of a sudden there were ghosts, big mean ghosts, coming from every direction. I promptly died, and had fun watching all the higher level characters all around me fall over dead as well.

Such fun... good times...

See ya in Stormreach,

-R

[knghtstalkr]

... wonderful & delightful Halloween events in City of Heroes/Villains! For a whole weekend missions would be utterly ignored as everyone went door to door tricker-treating or battling 100' tall jack'olantern villains in the streets! I remember all kinda of goodies from the CoH/CoV X-mas events (very similar to the Festivus goodies - the last DDO events that I remember fondly) and hording them to show off later in the year.

I guess if Turbine has moved most of the developement resources of DDO to LoTRO, I'll probably expect Turbine to just spawn undead in the taverns and voila! - instant holiday event!

Maybe for the Festivus we'll might get elementals or beholders wearing red stocking caps spawning in the tavern...

[PhoenixFire31]

As cool as this would be keep in mind that somewhere (I'll try to find it) a dev said all events would be based on Eberron calender events not RL ones. Good or bad? Eh, we will see.

[knghtstalkr]

... I guess if thats true, then we won't see the Marketplace Flying Blue Dragon chasing a flying caravan wagon being drawn by 8 antler'd kobolds around the big Red Tent top.

So, anyone know what day it is in Stormreach? Is there a in-game calendar we can look up the date?

When is the next Silver Flame Holy Day celebration? I gotta celebrate because I wouldn't want the Church of the Silver Flame to brand me a heretic and kill my family...again.

[In_Like_Flynn]

Put little Harry Potter costumes on all the Kobolds.