Okay sorry about the long title. Below you will notice a bunch of place holders. I will finish them at another time. It'll be worth the wait. Trust me
So this is supposed to be a huge wall of text and posts, but please read through this as this is probably one of the best ideas ever. I spent a lot of time on this, so, OOO, I would be glad to see even a bit of the content implemented into the game. So basically what I’m suggesting is we open the core. No, it’s not hurr-durr trololololol we find energy and fly back to Isora. It’s more like 6 new clockwork levels before the core, with 6 guardians of the core, each level having 5 depths, which are the depths after the core research site (aka depths 30-34) So what happens is, your team will collect artifacts after each boss battle, and each level leads to a level that’s on top of the core. After you place all 6 artifacts in some place, The Core will open, but then, to your (and all those npc knights’s) horror, it seems you released the Swarm Core, which has been trapped in the core ever since the Alpha Squad jumped in the core.
Now, you may be wondering how the swarm got in there in the first place. Well, I kinda have a theory for that. You know how the core had opened when Alpha Squad was there while the swarm was after them? I think It opened for the Swarm, not the Alpha Squad. The core probably a prison built to trap the swarm.
So anyways, the swarm core started powering this huge mass of the swarm. It started consuming everything, consuming the core, and even Cradle. There happened to be 5 (moar) depths inside the core, with more monsters inside. In these levels, the monsters won’t be void monsters, but rather darkened monsters with swarm auras who still drop stuff.
Oh yeah, and this is supposed to be endgame. Like after Vana.
As I said earlier, you will be getting artifacts to open the core later on. You get 1 different artifact per “Core Guardian” level. After getting to the level before the core, you will have some sort of giant lock where you can place the artifacts. One party member must place the artifacts, and the Core will open, revealing the stages leading to the Swarm Core.
If you're wondering why I'm using placeholders and multiple posts, It's cuz I don't like cramming it all into one post
AAAALLLLRIIIIIGGGGGGHHHHHTTTTTT. Now, there are supposed to be guardians of the core underneath the research site. They’re right under this post, but for moar detail, ya gotta keep going down.
So far, Here’s the list of bosses I’ve came up with
Vog- Fire Beast of death. First guardian of the Core with many Fire-Based attacks.
Oiler Baron- Giant Oiler wearing a crown. Many Fire-based attacks as well.
Exterminator Drone- A Mech with a hax brandish and bazookas.
King Tinkinzar- You all know him. Lotsa attack boosting and a giant dark matter hammer. Oh yeah, he gets away after you wound him.
Phantom Howler- Like the Wither from Minecraft. 3 Howlitzer heads on a pile of bones. Shoots Howlitzer skulls and shadow bullets
Arkus MkII (or just Trojan lord lol)- ULTIMATE TROJAN OF DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM (lol)
Also guys, there should be rank missions for this. But they can only be played once, with the exception of the Swarm Core. But you need all 6 artifacts to be able to play that one.
At the core research site, there will be 6 elevators, each one with one of the levels.
MOAR COMING SOON NOOBS, I WILL COME UP WITH WALLS OF TEXT DESCRIBING THE GUARDIANS AND THE SWARM CORE. Don’t expect it anytime soon.
And don’t you think the Echo Stones from SL is basically recordings of the core “talking”? Seems like it to me. That’s where I came up with a few ideas for this suggestion.