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:
1. Costume Reskins:
C'mon, this is a no-brainer. Add another 5-6 Bombhead reskins to the Krogmo bribe prize table.
Light dev: Add some basic bombheads in Divine, Shadow, Lovely, etc.
Moderate dev: Add two or three special bombheads, like Frenzy (with dark effects), Dazed (with a built-in Dazed Halo), Ancient (with the moss), Splash (with shadow round shades to be summer-y), etc.
$$ Money Dev: $$ Maybe make this a prize box?
Common. You could have bombhead reskins in modern colors (Sapphire, Dazed, Hallow, etc).
Uncommon. Demo suit reskins to match (making them less common will make buyers happy--more players will want the
heads than the suits)
Rare. Nitronome reskin that reuses an existing bombhead model (Plasma? Prime?)
1%. Some kind of aura. Maybe reuse the Dazed model but with little bombs instead of stars?
1%. Bomb Drakon Reskin. Use the Ruby model up to lvl 90. Final form: Concussive Firebolt uses Starry model, Meteoric
Firebolt uses Volcanic model.
Extra value. Include one of THE 34 BANDO RESKINS as an additional item. People like getting two items in a box. They're
twice as likely to get something they want and they'll buy more. :)
2. Free Bribes:
NO dev: Every game has the bribe meter filled for free. Knights will play just for the extra 1-3 Krogmo coins--but most people will want the bombheads too!
3. Temporarily increase the bombhead drop rate:
NO dev: The estimates in my experience are around 1:30 for a bombhead and 1:80 for a rare bombhead. That won't do for an event--people will get WAYYY too frustrated. Drop that down to 1:15 or maybe 1:20, max. At 4 minutes a game you don't want people playing 40 games and not getting a bomb head--they'll complain. A lot.
4. Bring Back the Super Brawl Crown!
This is only Light Dev, but is THE MOST IMPORTANT & BIGGEST DRAW FOR THE EVENT:
You KNOW that people will go nuts for the crown. :D
* You already have the code for the Super Brawl Crown.
* You already have the code for Krogmo BN winners getting tokens.
* You already have the code for bribes getting extra tokens.
* You already have the code for token purchases and a NPC to do it.
* You already have the code for expiring costume helms (Hallow).
Create a separate GvG prize table. Don't give out any Krogmo coins or bombheads. Instead, create a Super Brawl Token.
Go to Sullivan. Trade in 30 Super Brawl Tokens to get a crown. 30 is a high but not impossible number. It means your guild wins
30 games (~2 hours of winning, 4 hours at 50% wins) or 10 games with bribes (~40 minutes of winning, 90 minutes at 50%
wins).
Expire all Crowns on a date 2 months after the event ends. At 30 tokens, these crowns are hard to earn. They should be hard
to earn. It may take the full two weeks to earn and only if you're skilled. Therefore you want to allow plenty of time to show off,
but you don't want them sitting in inventory forever. Make players earn the crown again next time if they want to continue their
bragging rights. Expire the crowns like the Hallow masks.
This is something that will encourage a guild to cooperate and play.
Making this the GvG prize means that you can also do #2 and #3
MOST IMPORTANTLY: THIS IS A TWO STEP CHANGE.
Step 1. Separate the BN GvG prize table from BN solo/LD.
Step 2. Add the crown to Sullivan.
That's practically no effort at all!
Agree with other posters. My original idea is probably too complicated. See simplifications above.
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5. OPTIONAL: New use for Krogmo Coins: Krogmo Furniture Statue!
Moderate dev project: We all know someone who LDs all the time and has 3,000 Krogmo Coins. Let's give them (and the people playing the event) something other than costumes. After the event ends they will have a new INFINITE KROGMO COIN SINK. They can't complain that the coins are "useless" when they can always buy more furniture.
5a.NO DEV: Trade in Krogmo coins to get an Enamorock.
5b.Low dev: Use the Enamorock mat in Armero's alchemy machine to make a bomb statue. Use an existing model. It could
be a spinning Heavy Deconstructor sitting on the ground or a bomb pedestal statue (Take a bombhead. Keep the
sparking wick for a cool effect. Put it on a pedestal.)
5c.Low Dev: Use four statues to make a Krogmo box or the guardian shield or the backpack flag from LD (in green or pink).
5d. OPTIONAL Use four Krogmo Boxes to make... a Krogmo Boss Statue!!
The Krogmo Boss Statue would probably have to be a completely new model. That's moderate dev time. Maybe you can come up with something PvP-related that is better/easier than Krogmo?
A Krogmo Coin sink via furniture is a really good thing; it adds new furniture to the GH and gives LD'ers a new use for their tokens.
Possibly pair this idea with this idea and make the first level Bomb statue cost no Cr to craft? :D "Free" is worth considering; it costs Cr to play PvP & Krogmo Coins are harder to earn than Almirian Seals and Jelly Gems.
6. OPTIONAL: Fix Mad Bomber, since Chaos made Mad Bomber a joke. :(
This would be a perfect opportunity for Morlin to fix some of the weaknesses in the Mad Bomber suit.
Maybe Morlin figures out how to remove the fire AND shock flaws in the equipment? Maybe it gets half a bar of Shadow or Pierce defense? Maybe it becomes CTR High/Damage High?
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
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.