STORY:
Water supplies in Haven have always come from the Fountain in the Plaza but recently the flow of usable water has been running dry. A team of Avid Explorers and Highly Respected Geologist went on a search for any evidence of water on this mechanized planet.
The team went to trace the origins of the fountains water and to there surprise they found a entire tropical oasis with flooded lvls of the clockwork there was enough water to supply the residence of the Planet "this is how the plants and animals stay alive in this unforgiving environment" explains Weigner Expedition leader. after discovering this new land further research was needed so as the knights set bases from island to island to gather said info they were stopped by the Gremlin pirates who had plundered the seas from the beginning of time only safe place was beneath the surface into the depths. New problems arose like the simplest, oxygen. Knights devised safes houses and oxygen stations for longer stays but the development of the seas has only begun we need your help to learn more.
THREE MAIN LEVEL TYPES:
Tropics- The land levels where you don't have to worry about oxygen supplies but the Enemies are much more dangerous as they are Pirate themed
Sandy with palm trees and water flowing over the edge of the map into the clockwork below,
Reef- Beautiful colored and Coral Reef themed map with monsters resembling reef life, and rusted metal. Oxygen stations can be found easily in these . zones and instead of heat you get oxygen. under the water movement is slowed
Abyss- The Deep dark levels of the under sea clockwork, sporting dim lighting and rusting metal, ship wreckage and doom is all around Beware Oxygen is rare down here as only a few creatures drop it when they die and only a few air vents work under the pressure, you may need to have someone bring some oxygen bombs that explode and give oxygen to allies and yourself or build up so tier 5 Sea Shields that when up slowly recover oxygen. under the water and extreme pressure your movement speed is slowed.
BOSSES:
Tropic- is the Pirate King
Reef- is the Mighty Puffer (a King Puffer fish monster)
Abyss- is the biggest boss the Ruler of the seas, the Poseidon of the clockwork, Neptsidon a reptilian sea monster sporting an impressive trident and with an arsenal of lethal attacks.
EASE OF ACCESS:
Must have a certificate from the Leader of the expedition approved entrance, this certificate is granted after defeating vanaduke, these lvls create a new experience where once you build your new weapons (where many materials or need from the classic areas) you may want to lvl them up in the classic areas to get heat. The weapons are like a tier 6 weapon as they create new goals for veteran players to achieve.
NEW WEAPONS/ARMOR:
I need Help on this but there will be an
Oxygen bomb- that is free basically you just need to craft it which it cost no energy and only 200 CR it takes a few materials from both the classic lvls and the sea lvls but will prove useful for your team to have at least one of these creating more co-op work
Cutlass Series- that buffs allies when charged increasing stats (need help on which stats maybe Attack speed or Attack damage or movement)
Trident Series a class of swords that when charged summon a sea monster to instantly deal damage to the area in front of you (may cause a status affect) and then dies off after 3 seconds- has a relatively long charge time
Sea Shields- that once you build the tier 5 version grant oxygen back to you when up, these are good but other shields are better if you have oxygen bombs on your team. -Shell shield (much stronger shield comparable to many current 5 tier shields but is very poor oxygen regain) -Star shield(best oxygen regain shield but only helps yourself, very weak as a shield but is strong against shadow) -Scuba shield (by far the best for teams with AoE oxygen regain)
Urchin Bomb- is a sticky bomb that once placed is idol until a monster hits it then the urchin attaches itself to the enemy and slowly kills it and dmgs all enemies in an area around the enemy it is attached to. this has a long charge and deals non lethal hits good to have to lower health on a large mob but will not kill them
Swash Bucklers Pistol Series- Pistols that when charged deal bonus damage to the first target it hits then bounce from target to target dealing less and less damage
Spear Gun Series- a heavy gun dealing allot of damage and is especially strong in the reef, when charged latches onto the target giving the player the ability to drag the enemy around
Wave Pulse Gun- a unique high tier 6 gun able to destroy enemies, when charged unleashes a tsunami damaging all enemies in front of the user and pushing them back , very long charge time
TRAPS
Whirl Pool trap- slows your movement speed greatly leaving you vulnerable to attacks.
Sea Spout trap- shoots jets of extremely hot water out of the ground causing a burn status
Land Mine- traps pirates have placed to protect there treasure
Sea Mine- remains of an ancient war these things are just waiting to explode
Shocking Anemone (turret/trap)- Not only if you touch this thing you get shocked it shoots little fishies at you
Note on the tropic lvls you may find the same traps as in the classic levels
******MONSTER LIST (I listed all Ideas, it will need to be narrowed down tell me which ones you like)********
TROPICS
Boss: Pirate Captain- uses all sorts of tactics to
keep his treasure safe
Deck Hands- Germlings in pirate gear
Mecha Pirate- what the name imply's
Scuttle Crablings- like Scuttle Bots
Cannon Turrets- average turret like Gun Pup
Evil Snipe Parrot- the bosses pet
Parrot Silk Wing- silk wing wanting the
bosses attention the disguise didn't work
Thieving Apes- pirate monkeys
REEF
Boss: The Mighty Puffer- poisonous display of
sharp pointy needles
Puffer series- followers of the Mighty one
Zombie Mecha Pirates- the dead walk the Plank
Chompers- Rawr Clockwork Sharks DUNA DUNA
Sea Jellies series- Always can inflict shock + other
Urchins- little spiky balls of pain O.O
Little school'o minnow- like the hoard of small
jellies
Shocking Anemone(turret/trap)-look in traps
ABYSS
Boss:Neptidon- the powerful god of the seas
Sea Corpse- rotting bones of a strong fish
Gaint Squid- SO MANY TENTACLES
Scuba Phantoms- those Phantoms in scuba
Heal Eel- annoying eels that heal and shock
Mermidon- Angry fish person
Sword Fishers- Jab jab stab stab basic
fighters
Long but I like it It takes pirates out of my sky idea which I replaced with valkeriye
Love to here constructive responses, I always do... I have Incorporated Ideas from peoples comments so far
I might draw up some pics too
-Creig
Really cool idea!!!
Suggestions:
Alternative option: Instead of mist energy, you need oxygen, which of course, is in oxygen tanks (possible to upgrade to more)
Also, maybe when you get damaged, it does damage to your armor instead of directly at you (similar fashion to shield health), and when your armor runs out of health, it "leaks," and you slowly run out of oxygen until you die. Of course, that can be repaired by your fellow players, etc.
Maybe instead of an actual bomb, you can have oxygen capsules that you can buy and bring with you. Either that, or you can have a complete "medic" class based off a oxygen bomb who's main job is to replenish the group's oxygen, with other gear in the same category (ex: armor grants more oxygen, like a vitasuit-> health, but decreases attack power. Also, shield can cover a large radius like lockdown's guardian shield, which slowly recovers oxygen for those in it, but also breaks sooner as well. Weapons could be relatively weak but have high knockback as to help preserve medic's health, or maybe weapons that do little to no damage but have a high chance of inflicting status)
The urchin bomb idea sounds interesting but may be too overpowering if a group spams it and simply runs away while the monster dies. Maybe a mine-like bomb that detonates on contact? Ranging from explosion to status to spike mines?
Boss ideas: +1, i'll let someone else elaborate on that...
Ease of access: +1, great for veterans like you said
Underwater "floor" traps:
Whirlpools that restrict your movement if you are caught in one, you can get out, but you move slowly through it, leaving you open to attacks.
Underwater volcanoes: Sends projectiles everywhere, can cause "fire" status (or an underwater version of it)
Underwater mines: Remnants from a previous war? Contact will cause them to explode, or can be underwater version of explosive blocks.