Halloween Event 2016

[Tetsuo]

Originally Posted by Braknar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I wouldn't say rush.

The loot tiers got kicked down like 3.5 hours into the event.

In the future, I suspect we will have a counter on the high end stuff. After X handouts of high end things the scripts will just silently kick themselves down. We really were seeing LOTS of tier5 stuff. Once I get a few days to parse my logs I'll be posting some numbers on completions/etc.

Having the tier drop of at X amount makes me want to rush even more
and I feel like they would run out really fast.

Some people might hate me for this but if you don't want to give out too much tier 5 maybe have an 80% chance for tier 4 and a 20% chance for tier 5 as to somewhat limit it or ever even just drop the chance to get a tier 5 after X have been given out to give slow pokes a chance to still get something nice.

Also if you don't lower lvl chars to get lvl 60 items maybe have a lower lvl quest line that gives out rewards that will help out a lowbie and not so much a high lvl, like an item that gives greater healing or skin like rock

[Braknar]

Originally Posted by Daldaen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I liked the raid fight that you scripted up. Way better than Velious raid content.

A few comments on it:

The 2 specters that healed the boss had wayyyy too much HP. You were far better off allowing them to heal the boss up and kite the boss at 100% then kill the specters rather than try to offtank the boss while burning down the specters. This is probably the biggest thing. Had their HP been cut down to 5% or 10% of what it was, the event would've proceeded with a lot more fluidity, rather than stalling out while you slowly kill these thifling focuser clones.

The permarooted skeleton archers I only saw in the LFay version, but I think those should've hit a bit harder. Or maybe proc'd a stun on your casters to make them really annoying if left alone.

The cultists that spawned at the end were great, but it would've been cool if those were a timed spawn after reaching a certain percentage so that you would've gotten overwhelmed with adds, rather than a 1-time spawn. Actually stress some amount of crowd control in the raid while still burning down the boss.

The boss overall was pretty good in terms of melee capability and AE Fear (though as we all know AE fear on this server is very unclassic). I think adding a small AE DD like a Vox or Naggy type one would've helped counteract a Zerg style offensive.

If you could make the change to the specter HP (or add some other way to CC them like kiting, mezzing, charming, fearing, blinding or rooting) and maybe make the adds a little more formidable... This would be an excellent addition to the game in custom content. Throw a 1ish week spawn on him, a zone wide shout when he spawns, throw an FTE message on him and have him drop a guise or a manastone or a set of Holgresh elder beads... Something not exceedingly rare but still removed from game, that would be superb.

#MakeP99GreatAgain

Thanks for the feedback here! I will keep it in mind.

So the cultists. Initially the plan was they would spawn, then at 10% the boss would "kill" them and heal himself based on how many were alive. It was getting down to the wire and we couldn't quite get that to work so it got tossed out and the number of cultists reduced. Initially we'd had it spawn twice as many.

That encounter was the most difficult to actually test, but we did do some tests and it seemed about right. Nilbog for the most part did that boss so he totally deserves the credit there. I just said I wanted a boss, and he gave us that.

[kmr526]

Was the Can o` Whoop Ass the only trick reward for the event? Everything else seemed pretty decent.

[Valrok]

We appreciate the work Braknar

[Braknar]

Originally Posted by Valrok [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

We appreciate the work Braknar

Glad it was fun for people.

For what it's worth I thoroughly enjoyed watching people work through it. I was lurking on streams watching people work on it so that was a good time.

[Sorn]

Originally Posted by Braknar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I was lurking on streams watching people work on it so that was a good time.

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[Braknar]

Originally Posted by Sorn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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Yours had the dripping blood right?

Nice touch!

[Nolui Imbris]

I found the concept of traveling around and scaring NPCs adorable, and the event was enjoyable overall, Braknar; thank you!

Though, I might personally feel some regret over how much time I took ^^; Admittedly, the traveling became a bit of a chore, when ports were not used (especially after the Everfrost dead-end, and I ended up taking the boats from Kunark and to Velious under looming uncertainty of when the event would end). I know, I know, the solution to that is to make friends with a porter. :P

(I'll be one to nitpick the hint for the troll in the 'frozen north,' which sent many out to Everfrost--see http://wiki.project1999.com/images/t...x-Printmap.jpg as there really isn't anything 'north' about the Iceclad Ocean or Tower of Frozen Shadow :P )

[Sorn]

Originally Posted by Braknar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yours had the dripping blood right?

Nice touch!

Yes!

I look forward to the next event of an entirely different format [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

(Also if you ever need some event testers, Tupakk and I are available! We won't give away your secrets AND we can proofread! Or I can proofread...jury's still out on whether or not Tupakk can read or has been to more than 10 zones in the game...)

[Lammy]

I didn't get very far with the event as I was tired from repops, but it seemed like a nice effort went into it. The overall conversations I've had with people about it today seem positive. Thank you for your efforts. Maybe P99 just got a sample of Nilbogs custom raid content to come?