New ideas for Events

[FuriousRexusTV]

Howdy fellow pumpkin-lovers!
Well, to pass the time, while we wait for the Dodorex and other nasty goodies, I thought Id spam a little brainfarts around, concerning ideas in the scary department.
Feel free to dump more below, if you got any.

The ideas are supposed to only be there during the Event, so should be considered temporary (even though they are cool!):

We can craft normal tombstones already, in normal Ark. And during the event, we can also make Stolen Tombstones. Atm, they only serve an aesthetic purpose. THe idea is to make them usefull and interactive. Imagine this: Place X number of different tombstones (maybe should be placed in a pattern like the ACs?) like a small graveyard. In front of each tombstone, the earth can be used to bury a (fertilized, maybe?) dino egg in the ground. They will then start hatching (like when using ACs). Once they hatch, a skeleton/zombie version of the dino-egg-type erupts from the ground, and can be claimed. Maybe you need a certain talisman on you, or they will attack? If you got the talisman on you, they act as tamed, as long as you wear the talisman. Talisman can optionally despawn after the event.

To make the idea even more interesting, there could be several different tombstones; So we need specific ones, in order to animate different dinos. So we need a large rare one, to make the larger dinos etc. And make the larger tombstones take more and rare mats to build etc.
It would make it fun to search ruins for the specific mats, BPs and recipes, to set up your own Zombie-dino hatching, during the event. And the actual rituals could be fun too, to hatch them from the hallowed earth lol.
Itll be more fun, than just getting the skins. More immerssive and them-based. And would look pretty epic, once you get those rotting corpses to raise from the ground lol. The Talisman-idea makes it a double-thing. You either summon them to fight them, or to hold them enslaved (if you wear the talisman), during the event.

Anywho, I think it would be an awesome thing. So far, the events usually are just a lot of window dressing (although it does look pretty cool). But if it became something interactive and immerssive, it would really be a fun experience.

[FuriousRexusTV]

Idea #2:
Maybe make a temporary potion, like the one used in Voodoo-rituals in Haiti etc.? So if you die in the game, you will wake up a Zombie. Lots of ideas for bonuses and restrictions on the condition, could be used too.

Idea #3:
Have low level bats flying around at nights, all over the map. Maybe spiders crawling around in new areas too. The occasional howling in the distance at night too. Need the ambience to make it really cool, imo.

Idea #4:
Have the rivers and waterfalls turn red, at dusk and dawn.
Make some trees without leaves (like the tree of the dead in Sleepy Hollow). Maybe make those indestructable and have them spawn a few undead raptors, when getting near them.

[FuriousRexusTV]

Imagine the scene on the picture lol. And then skeleton/zombie dinos erupts from the earth in that little graveyard lol....
http://steamcommunity.com/id/WotanRexus/screenshot/396707750022216793

[FuriousRexusTV]

idea #5:
I wanna fly on a magical broom!

[FuriousRexusTV]

Idea #6:
On PvP servers, maybe a rare voodoo doll can be created, if you get the flesh of a dead player, and use it in the cooker or chem-bench. You can then hurt the doll, and the player who´s the target, would get weird symptoms, and flames around him etc. lol. Ofc it needs to be a fair balancing, but something could be fashioned to make it fun, I think. WOuld also give reason to hunt each other at night, for that flesh for the dolls lol.

[Jessonic]

How about.. bringing it on Center map?

[FuriousRexusTV]

Originally posted by Jessonic:

How about.. bringing it on Center map?

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Yep, that sure would put the skull on the cake :-)
However, this thread is mostly for ideas for future content. Given the intrcate ways of Wildcard Development, though, who knows what madness will be unleashed.....eventually!

[Datlen]

Originally posted by WotanRexus:

idea #5:
I wanna fly on a magical broom!

Top priority for me XD
Besides, I'd love if we could keep the halloween skins (skeleton dinos, hats ect.) as little trophies untill next halloween. There could be something like a trophy crate for skins which you can only use during events and it's desing changes to show which of the items you can use! And how about skeleton/Zombie dinos that should be aggressive become neutral near graves at your base, so the decoration protects you a bit but increases the chance for the bosses to spawn near your base?

[Quarks Khelas]

Idea #7 How is it the Devs finish the Game first and do then some Event stuff that works

[TomHud™]

damn next halloween - we got the xmas event to do yet :)
and maybe even bonfire night

[FuriousRexusTV]

Originally posted by Datlen Ohana Sithlord:

Originally posted by WotanRexus:

idea #5:
I wanna fly on a magical broom!

Top priority for me XD
Besides, I'd love if we could keep the halloween skins (skeleton dinos, hats ect.) as little trophies untill next halloween. There could be something like a trophy crate for skins which you can only use during events and it's desing changes to show which of the items you can use! And how about skeleton/Zombie dinos that should be aggressive become neutral near graves at your base, so the decoration protects you a bit but increases the chance for the bosses to spawn near your base?

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Yeah, thats a good point. Was wondering if the pumpkins and scarecrows would despawn when the event stops?

[FuriousRexusTV]

Originally posted by Quarks Khelas:

Idea #7 How is it the Devs finish the Game first and do then some Event stuff that works

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Yep, I agree fully. However, since we have now tried speaking some sense into Wildcard, I thought, wth, why not just join the madness of spamming extra stuff into the game. And if so, why not make that content actually functional and fun, instead of just windowdressing?

But yeah, enough threads deal with all that development-priority stuff. This thread is for ideas.

[Datlen]

Oh damn right, Krishmush! Make it an all event idea post please x3 Then my event crate idea here makes more sense <,<

[FuriousRexusTV]

Originally posted by Datlen Ohana Sithlord:

Oh damn right, Krishmush! Make it an all event idea post please x3 Then my event crate idea here makes more sense <,<

lol
As you wish...

[FuriousRexusTV]

Idea #8:
I want a leprechaun invasion at Xmas! Small annoying pixies, running around and moving your stuff around lol. And maybe some options for the Deers already in the game, that on that event, they can fly lol. Or make a few rare reindeers in the wild, we can tame and fly with.

[Datlen]

Originally posted by WotanRexus:

Idea #8:
I want a leprechaun invasion at Xmas! Small annoying pixies, running around and moving your stuff around lol. And maybe some options for the Deers already in the game, that on that event, they can fly lol. Or make a few rare reindeers in the wild, we can tame and fly with.

Nice idea, maybe there could be small ones that only ruin the order in your crates (cuz stupids like me have crates for almost each damn item xD) and a bit bigger ones that mess with other stuff xD