Spiral Knights - Christmas Event Suggestion (WIP)

Christmas Event Suggestion (WIP)

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Thu, 10/25/2012 - 21:26

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Why am I trying to come up with an event? Because as much as I liked the Halloween event, it has a couple issues.

1: Flooding the market. Punking King is too easy to grind, especially for EP users.

2: This kind of event, finding the Clockworks Tunnels Punking King or Anniversary thing, has been rehashed for every event like this so far. Though this was the best one so far, I think maybe they could use a new idea.

ToC:

Jump to: Themes, Armors and Accessories

Jump to: Impostorm Citadel

Jump to: Impostorm Stage 1

Jump to: Impostorm Stage 2

Jump to: Impostorm Stage 3

Jump to: Impostorm Stage 4

Jump to: Impostorm Final Stage

Jump to: Clarifications

Theme Colors: Red & White. Armor Recolors, accessories, etc. will be colored after 'Impostoclause'.

Recolored armors, for the sake of simplicity, will be the same as the past events; Hallow, Surge, Hunter, etc. and will encompass accessories as well. Of course, unless OOO decides otherwise, which I find rather unlikely. There's a trend going on here. I sense it.

Accessories and costume pieces would have the same drop rates as the past events - 32% for Helmet Costumes, 32% for Armor Costumes, 32% for general accessories, 2% for a Candy Cane (Re-textured Flourish) and 1% for an aura. The aura might be a Snowflake Aura or something like that. (Suggestions here needed for an original aura)

Impostorm Citadel. Trust me, I haven't had too much eggnog. Now, you may wonder why I chose to re-texture an already existing place. The answer is simple: OOO will likely not build something totally new just for Christmas. So without further adieu...

Operation: Charity
Stage 1: Impostoclause Lane: Firestorm Citadel has been given a makeover! The basic structure is the same, but instead of all the flame everywhere, it's snowing. Christmas lights string the walls, and snow piles up in corners. For starters, the wheels that first come rolling at you are re-textured to look like peppermint patties. The chocolate-covered wheels are deadly as ever though, so don't be fooled.
Stage 2: Child Court: This one is for the children! Impostoclause now sits on his "throne" in the middle of the room (Where you normally put the water spritelings), with presents abound. The children all want something from Impostoclause this year, but the baddies have captured them. Instead of fire blocking the path, there's a mess of impassable snow. The festive theme continues in this stage. Once the spritelings are reunited with Impostoclause, they will spawn warm water that will melt away the snow.
Stage 3: Many Steps of Generosity: This stage is all festively themed like the others, with snow traps and abominable snowmen (Maybe not snowmen). Your goal here is simple: clear one of the paths. Which path you take will determine what happens in Stage 4.
Stage 4: Dynamic Stage: Stage 4 (Left): If you took the left path, you will have found some enchanted reindeer feed, allowing Impostoclause to fly over Stage 4's arena. In this case, clear Stage 4 as normal.; Stage 4 (Right): If you took the right path, you will have found extra health boxes and treasure boxes at the end. However, Impostoclause will not be able to fly over Stage 4. He is trapped here. He has also drawn unwanted attention by being stranded here for too long - there are more monsters, particularly trojans, in this last arena.
Vanaduke's Citadel: (Costs 0E to go down the 5th Elevator, you only spend 40E on this mission): You do not battle Vanaduke here. Instead, Impostoclause and Vanaduke engage in conversation. Impostoclause gives Vanaduke a gift of his own. Vanaduke's fiery heart is calmed by this act, and surrenders his mace to the ground.; These boxes work a bit like Basil - you must have all cleared the stages prior to this stage in order to get his boxes. In addition, it acts like Vanaduke's stage. You cannot be invited at this point. He has two boxes for 0 crowns. Inside these boxes are your recolored treasures! Yay!

Clarifications & Extra Infoz:

Traps, Flame Plots and Enemies - Traps are changed into the snow traps, like the ones seen on Frostbite or other ice missions. Flame plots are replaced with impassable snow plots, but do not harm you when touched. Remember, this "FSC" is for all tier players, so is a bit easier than FSC itself. Enemies will be replaced with their icy counterparts.

Crown Output

- Unlike normal FSC, you will not get 8k crowns every run here. There will be less monsters than normal FSC, as even T1 players will be able to do this mission. I'm thinking anywhere in the vacinity of 3,000 CR for full completion.

Impostoclause Authentic Hat

- last year there was a 30-day Impostoclause hat...they re-released the Authentic Halloween masks, so I think this is reasonable.

How do I get an Authentic Impostoclause Hat?

A: You can donate some boxes back to Impostoclause. In exchange for returning 5 prize boxes back to him, he will give you an Authentic Impostoclause Hat (Bound on purchase).

Snowflake Aura

- Unlike the Snowfall Aura's misty appearance, the Snowflake Aura would closely resemble the Leaf Aura, except that of course they would be star-shaped snowflakes rather than leaves. I was thinking of an Evergreen Aura, but that would too closely resemble the Leaf Aura.

Wind Aura (Suggested by Artistbma)

- Winter Winds swirl around the player, flecked with snow. Unlike the Snowfall aura, which emits a frost around the player, this one will move slowly and have 20-30 snowballs floating in the wind.

- Concept art by the creator himself, Artistbma.

Snowbombandolier (Suggested by Grittle)

- Oo triple portmanteau oO. The recoloured bandolier would actually be a little different than just red and white recolored (Or possibly two Bandoliers could be released, like the Hallow & Pumpkin ones). This bandolier would actually be made of snowballs slung over your torso...with fuses.

Snowdrift Aura (Suggested by Oatmonster)

- Small piles of snow on your knight, similar to the sprinkle aura. Small drops of snow will fall off, also similar to the sprinkle aura.

Festive Aura (Suggested by Oatmonster; stolen from another thread)

- An aura with the appearance of holiday lights draped on your knight.

Not all of these auras would be implemented of course. They're all just options for OOO to use.

Arcade Festivities (Suggested by Oatmonster)

- Create a version of Winterfest in all the boss areas, which will be playable through the Arcades.

- The Prestige WILL be playable once a day, and will give 3 boxes. Snarby will give 1 box via Arcade, Jelly/Roarmy 2, and Vana 3. T1/T2 players will be able to do Vana via the Prestige once a day; of course it'd need to be scaled for T1/T2 in terms of heat, crowns, and difficulty.

- Finally, the other versions of Winterfest will only be reskinned maps. There will not be any Impostoclause appearances. It is not necessary to do all that extra work when T1~T3 players will be able to play the Prestige mission.

~Sev

Fri, 10/26/2012 - 06:08

Darklordskull

edit it please. i didnt even

edit it please. i didnt even read the whole thing.

and OOO already probobly has plans for christmas.

Fri, 10/26/2012 - 06:35

Derpules

Eh, seems pretty clear to me.

I like it.

Yes, OOO probably doea have plans already, but who knows how firm they are at this point? Anyway, there's always next year.

Fri, 10/26/2012 - 11:47

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@Darklordskull:

I know it's not totally organized, but it's not impossible to read or something.

Maybe I should make one for their 2nd Anniversary...by then they might implement it...lol.

I'll start editing it to make it easier to read, it's not THAT bad atm though.

Edit: Alright, should be done now. It's all organized and whatnot.

~Sev

Fri, 10/26/2012 - 12:16

Softhead

Could the mission be run In CW

Replace boss stratas once every hour.

Sun, 10/28/2012 - 15:20

Artistbma

I have an idea for an original aura.

Don't know if there's an aura like it though.

Name: Wind Aura.
What it is: Winter Winds swirl around the player, flecked with snow. Unlike the Snowfall aura, which emits a frost around the player, this one will move slowly and have 20-30 snowballs floating in the wind.
Art: http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/8817/scan0003h.jpg

PS: I like the Imposto idea.

Fri, 10/26/2012 - 14:01

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@Atrum:

Not sure what you mean by that. This is meant for a Prestige, I haven't thought of a way to implement it into the Arcade yet. I would certainly humor ideas of that category though.

@Artistbma:

Sounds like a wintery tornado surrounding the player. I like it. I'll put it up with the potential auras. Thanks!

~Sev

Fri, 10/26/2012 - 18:18

Oatmonster

Lick

Looks like this is gonna be your next GH update thread.

The part where Vanaduke and Impostoclaus talk to each other seems kind of weird, but there's been weirder stuff implemented.

There was an Impostoclaus hat last year? All I remember are the Tailed and Snowy Tailed Helms. If those are what you're talking about, I'm all for bringing them back, maybe even permanent versions.

Anyways, for some ideas of my own;

Impostoclaus Mask: A red jelly helm with santa hat, toupee, glasses, and dapper combo, similar Impostoclaus.

Snowdrift Aura: Small piles of snow on your knight, similar to the sprinkle aura. Small drops of snow will fall off, also similar to the sprinkle aura.

Festive Aura: I saw this one on a similar thread. An aura with the appearance of holiday lights draped on your knight.

Fri, 10/26/2012 - 18:25

Grittle

MY SUGGESTION Accessory:

MY SUGGESTION

Accessory: Snowball bandoleer

same thing as its explosive counterpart, but instead of bombs, THERE SNOWBALLS!!

Fri, 10/26/2012 - 22:14

Xxpapaya

The papaya is amazed

<3 The suggestions =) But just a quick question: Is "Imposto----" supposed to resemble impostocubes? =)

Fri, 10/26/2012 - 23:32

#10

Oatmonster

Lick

Impostoclaus

Sat, 10/27/2012 - 03:33

#11

Severage

Surprised I am.

I actually didn't think this was going to be liked among forum-goers. It's kind of half-baked. Oh well, pleasant surprise.

@Oatmonster:

I could've sworn there was a Santa-looking hat that was 30-day. It may have been those Snowy Tailed Helms. I was on hiatus for the whole months of Nov. and Dec. last year, so I wasn't actually here. I only heard about it later.

Edit: The impostoclause mask would have to be...I dunno...really rare or something. If it comes with all those accessories. Not really sure how to implement that. I like the auras. I'm not sure how the festive aura would look though, it would clip on larger armors or look weird on slimmer armors.

@Grittle:

Haha, I'll put that under clarifications as a bonus idea. I suppose we wouldn't want them looking to similar to a divine bando anyway. Snowballs with fuses...hmm...

@The Papaya:

Oatmonster got this one for me. =P

EDIT:I put in a lot more HTML (You have to program pages in these forums...sheesh) so hopefully it's easier to read.

~Sev

Sat, 10/27/2012 - 10:00

#12

Addisond

If they were going to reskin FSC I'd rather they just reskin it and change the status theme (slags on ice=no). But TBH, overall I'd rather that you just found modded gremlin grounds, deco zones or something along those lines that allowed you to have an adventure with the impostoclaus (visiting him, fetching gifts, etc.), since this seems a bit demanding for OOO.

Sat, 10/27/2012 - 11:55

#13

Severage

@Addisond:

The point is not to have the exact same clone event that we've had for the past two years.

~Sev

Sat, 10/27/2012 - 12:01

#14

Softhead

I mean,

Certain times all boss stratums turn into the winterfest mission.

Or there could be a SL-akin thing to warp you to the level.

Sat, 10/27/2012 - 16:58

#15

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@Atrum:

Well, we could say to change the FSC Arcade gates (Not KoA, but FSC Arcade) into the Winterfest levels.

~Sev

Sat, 10/27/2012 - 20:35

#16

Oatmonster

Lick

A big problem with just changing FSC is it makes winterfest almost exclusively T3. Maybe there could be a version for all 4 bosses? You could keep the theme of Impostoclaus talking to the bosses (maybe not Roarmy) and then getting boxes. If that was the case, you could get one box for Snarby, two for Jelly and Roarmy, and three for Vana.

For the festive aura, maybe they could base it off the leafy auras. Those things are pretty much already nets.

Sun, 10/28/2012 - 13:20

#17

Severage

@Oatmonster:

The Arcade, yes, would be T3 only. That's a problem.

However the Prestige mission, as I said in my OP, will be for all tiers, scale accordingly, and give less crowns than KoA.

The only problem with changing the Arcade for Snarby, Jelly/Roarmy and Vana, is that nobody would be able to play the normal boss runs except via missions. Which...

Actually...

Isn't a bad idea.

Edit: Added it in.

~Sev

Sun, 10/28/2012 - 15:19

#18

Artistbma

@Sev I drew a diagram of how

@Sev

I drew a diagram of how the Wind Aura would work.

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/8817/scan0003h.jpg

Sun, 10/28/2012 - 17:18

#19

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@Artist:

Looks great buddy, I like it. =)

Edited it in the OP.

~Sev

Sun, 10/28/2012 - 17:22

#20

Rotflol

Good Drawing Buddy

Hey nice Drawing

Tue, 10/30/2012 - 12:10

#21

Severage

@rotflol:

Yep it's well done. Pretty neat idea too.

Thanks for supportz.

~Sev

Thu, 11/01/2012 - 03:44

#22

Artistbma

Why thank you. And you're

Why thank you.

And you're welcome.

Thu, 11/01/2012 - 14:10

#23

Ethzshadowz

i like it! 2 thumbs up!

Thu, 11/01/2012 - 14:32

#24

Joeboom

Brilliant

I like this idea and i hope SK will work on it this year! :)

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