Thoughts for next "weather" promo - storm/rage stuff - let there be ocean weather! The deeps are restless, and someone went ahead and insulted the aqua gods when we were on vacation during the Splash Promo.
Gods and unfavorable weather, you say? How bout next time (next year?) we have:
Blue! The tempest cannot be tamed! It will be a promo that salutes the violent storms of the seas, and the blubbery gods of the deeps, and the lords of where the horizon kisses the ocean, an eternity away, never reached.
Let's call them...Squall! (And Tumultuous for the "plate" mail).
Really though, I just want a shiny blue dragon helm. The white would make sense too! Parts of waves and sea foam are white and such, and the stormy/rage weather stuff always has white on it somewhere. This logic pattern is based on two events! Flawless!
Let the blue be cerulean...I loooove cerulean blue. Like these dark shades of cerulean blue. Plx.
Storm had "Eyes of Fury", Rage had "Tomes of Rage." Squall could have...my long-desired Shard Bomb Bandoliers! Instead of calling them "shard bomb bandoliers" we could call them "Shards of Wind."
In addition to these aesthetics, I'd like a weapon reskin for the Voltaic Tempest bomb, and the availability of The Third Troka - make this awesome (yet somewhat silly) attack-style weapon be available to players. It can be a single 5* unbox like the Celestial Shield, or be added to the game via crafting recipes, or even the mysterious alchemy machine. This is a zappy weapon, and what is zappy? A lot of kinds of weather!
Heck, we could even have little prestige missions related to these Weather Promotions - perhaps even hinting at potential future Aether Lairs (polar opposite of shadow lairs, but equally as corrupted)...since the lore on these armors is not only about being gods, but fighting them too...okay getting ahead of myself.
ANYWAY: voltaic tempest reskin: It would just be a constantly roiling, little puffy grey cloud that you hold in your hand. Occasionally blue-green electric sparks will flash around in it. It leaves behind the same particle effects as the Voltaic Tempest. I. Want this. SO MUCH.
And the year after that, shiny purple (or green)! For um... mint-berry crunch! (mature content)...I am serious about the purple though...shaaablagooo! I feel like he could summon a very tasty storm.
So the promo could have this stuff (I don't like putting the % chance per prize...it's arbitrary and silly to me...rares are more rare, there ya go):
Squall Box Contents:
Tumultuous Plate Mail
^This could have a very intense built-in Soaked Aura (squish squish walking sounds included but scarier sounding).
Squall Rider Mantle
Squall Crusader Helm
Squall Dragon Helm
Squall Warrior Helm
Squall Champion Helm
Squall Avenger Helm
Crest of Squalls
Wings of Tumult (hnnng shiny blue sheen with blue-green zappy yes hnnnng!)
Cool Shards of Wind
Dusky Shards of Wind
Fancy Shards of Wind
Heavy Shards of Wind
Military Shards of Wind
Regal Shards of Wind
Toasty Shards of Wind
Divine Shards of Wind
Prismatic Shards of Wind
Shadow Shards of Wind
Volcanic Shards of Wind
And a super-special: Tumultuous Shards of Wind - these constantly change between all the colors, slowly fading in and out. Disco time!
And a super-special:Midnight Shards of Wind - these are pure black. (Shadow would be shadow-orange in color).
And a super-special:Dawn Shards of Wind - these are pure white. (Divine has that yellow+blue thing going on - see Eye of Fury).
Voltaic Storm (The Voltaic Tempest bomb re-skin).
The Third Troka (whatever it will be called).
Each "Squall Prize Box" also has a chance for some Squall Caller confetti. This would look like a bunch of swirling, whirlpool-like wind, and have a bit of a wet splashy impact, like a tidal wave. Perhaps lots of bubbles (violent looking bubbles!) could be involved.
Other thoughts...the watery god Poseidon had a passion for horses. Perhaps we could even have "new" enemies, trojans that are all watery-looking - like a rare spawn, similar to mewkats/imposts etc...their charges look like rushing waves, and so on. This is only an aesthetic, their combat statistics would mimic a regular trojan's. I imagine they would be EVEN MORE ANGRY in the firestorm citadel, since that place is more dry than my humor without coffee, and a watery horse would be very uncomfy there. These trojans might hold great tridents...
Oh yeah! Trident weapon for players please.
EDIT: you guys decide what it should be colored like, behave as, etc.
And forum posters' ideas!
I quite like this! I would imagine the shiny blue armours would be quite pretty.
But, as for the Trident weapon you suggested at the end, would this be a complete reskin of a previous weapon? Or would it be similar in nature to the Apocrean weapons in which they are slight modifications on pre-existing weapons?
I was also thinking that this could affect the atmosphere of Haven as well. You know, make it all rainy and stormy to match the theme?