Event Idea: BLAST NETWORK--KROGMO RETURNS! [Low/moderate dev time; more stuff to do IG; Guild activity; $ Prize Box]

KROGMO'S BLAST NETWORK FREE-FOR-ALL!
Wherein King Krogmo decides to search for the gladiators on Cradle with the shortest fuse!
An event idea using
EXISTING GAME COMPONENTS
in a new way, with some light development work to make it into a full two-week event!
The event is repeatable and could appear several times each year!
I remember when Blast Network came out. It was the COOLEST.
1.EVERYONE could jump in and play no matter their gear
2.The bombheads were REALLY awesome--everyone wanted one!
3.Knights earned Krogmo coins for recipes
4.People love PvP
5.It was simple, straightforward fun, just like SK itself
You've already got BN in the game. You've already got bombheads. Add a couple things and you can turn this into a full two-week event:
SK would benefit greatly from adding more content-type events to the rotation. Please consider this idea. It is assuredly less work than some of your other planned content updates, and only a little more work than a costume-type event.
Thank you!
--Cheshireccat

Thanks!
I feel like the crown is the most important part of the event. It's bling. It's bragging rights. People will want to win so they can hang around in Haven and show off something that declares, "I am a badass. I win things." or "My guild is awesome. We win things."
THAT is something that will get knights to play BN for two weeks.
Maybe there's a better way to do it, or to decide who wins the crown. Maybe one day is too short (a week is definitely too long--you want people to keep playing BN to keep their crown up). I'm sure OOO would know better than I.
But you're right--I DO think a lot about how OOO could implement my ideas. I used to work for a small software developer. I know how hard it is to fulfill customer feature requests and make new content. Doing the most with the least is a reality you live with.
It's one of the reasons I defend OOO so vocally when people venomously armchair quarterback the direction of the game. :)
And if OOO thinks this idea has merit maybe they'll implement it in some form.
I know for certain that if they do, it'll be... a blast. :D rimshot

I love any idea the will boost BN's popularity. It'll be nice to see more than one game happened more often than not.

I think it would be cool to also have a variety of bombhead-themed demo suit costumes to go with them. All it needs is the retexturing process.

let's make PvP more interesting!! Really great Idea!
Quick question: why not for LD, I mean I have the feeling LD and BN will have the places swapped, BN will be the new hype and LD will be the meh…useless…
I agree with magmarce, we need bomb suits :D
And watch out not to give Mad bomber a HUGE buff cuz it shouldn't be better than the other demo suits (merc, volc….)

I've been speed farming bombheads with friends and I've got a bunch of the fun ones--but I really wish I could just play BN and win the rest.
...I might also just really really really want more bombheads. :P
@OOO
Looking back at my idea, I think I agree with some of the responses. I think #5 and #6 are optional. They'd be awesome, but they are a bit less important than the rest.
Sadly, I see Blandaxt's point. #4 is a pretty big dev deal, and you probably don't want to bring back something from the past.
Might there be some other, easier way to integrate the crown costume?
* You already have the code for expiring costume helms.
* You already have the code for crafting/token trading for costumes.
Why not integrate those two? (Idea added into OP).
@Jungle-Sword
Good idea. Reskins of Demo Suits to match the Bombheads would be pretty easy.
Granted, I like pairing my bombheads with other costume models but it would be a neat/new idea!
Oh! Maybe make this a prize box?
(Idea added into OP).

This is exactly the sort of thing they need to do to make the game not feel like something terrible is happening behind the scenes, even though there probably is something terrible happening behind the scenes. There are a few things I could nit pick you on, like the brawl crown-- we all have our own idea of how that should work.. I like the idea of it being permanent and marked with the date when it was won... So like if your guild wins the event everyone in the guild (that participated?) gets an untradeable brawl crown with the event number on it. Players hate temporary things. But that's just me and there are obviously other ways that it would work.
I really, really hope they implement something like this. I suggested something like it a while ago, that they just make easy and fun events that everyone can partake in. This fits the bill perfectly. Hits the nail on the head.

I need me some bombhead masks. I also love the idea of moar furniture.
If this takes off, I'd love to outline a pvp mode where we engage combat with Krogmo himself, the team who does the most damage wins. He is of course amused by this "defeat" and hosts it for various reasons.
On a side note, what would a bandolier made from shrunken bombhead masks imply...?

Because it is an idea whose time has come. :D
Viva la Krogmo!
To OOO: If you skip #3 Super Brawl Crown idea, this event could probably be implemented in days. :)

oh my chess this is amazing, hats off to you ma good sir i like all of these ideas as many may have noticed im a gh design fanatic and a collector and i like bombheads but theyre so hard to get :ccc and well about super brawl i had a pretty good idea too why dont you make a whole new kind of pvp a deatmatch a big gaint circular "cage" with 4-8 entrances for participants too enter 4-8 people go in 1 goes out maybe something in the lines of 2-3 lives bombing eachother, stabbing, and pew pew their asses off :3 winner takes brawl coins :D (sort of a ffa ld)
I love your suggestions. Every single one of them feels like you really put some thought into how it would be easy or less frustrating for them to inplement. I feel the only one that devs might not agree with is the super brawl crown just cause it was only a beta thing. There not big on bringing old things back from the past (ex: the tortodrones took forever to come and they only came out as an event and will the jelly green giant ever be unsealed?). I would be estatic to have that crown back though. It would really highlihht the guild trying their best or has the most capabilities. Although, i would change it so that all the guild members who is part of that winning guild would be able to wear it for that week So it can be fair for all the members who participated. Well again, great ideas, keep it up.