2012-06-06, 03:15 PM
I like [MENTION=9280]Untradeable[/MENTION]'s idea and I also would like to have the option of keeping boss spawn the way it is now as well.
How about a boss that has multiple parts (mutated spider with 4 legs and a torso? ) and each part can only be attacked by a certain subclass (a bit like HT but kinda different)? This can and should work within highly-populated servers and hopefully after all merging is done (properly). Which parts will spawn would be determined prior to starting the run and the expedition captain would have about an hour to form the right people for the party. Let's say it is determined that Leg 1 is NightLord-only-attackable, thus the expedition has to have 3+ NLs. Determined that Leg 2 is for I/L AMs only to attack, thus the exped must have 3+ I/L AMs, and so on and so forth for the other legs and torso, plus Leg 1-4 must be attacked in order and before the torso can be attacked. After each part is defeated, it drops well-earned equips which only the attackers can pick up. And after torso is defeated, the head can be attacked by everyone in expedition. Each expedition would ideally have ~15 class-specific "main attackers" and 15 "supporters". The time spent to complete the whole thing would be 2-3 hours with 'pro' attackers. This doesn't seem all too different from the multi-part bosses that we have now, but the main differences are 1. each part is sub-class-specific and determined before the expedition can start forming 2. you strictly cannot attack part y before part x is dead. 3. each part drops at least semi-worthwhile items specific to the class which attacked it.
other things to add to this:
- it would be a 180+ requirement and would NOT require prequests.
- every time you defeat and survive this boss, you get a (one-of-a-kind-untradeable-quest-item of course!) ticket. Collect 20 and you get a skill/equip which is specific to adding damage (or some other kind of benefit) to your subclass in some way (i.e. could instead be a badge which adds 10% total damage potential or something like that).
- since some classes are better mobbers than others, perhaps each leg may have 2-5 separate "toes" which may each take damage.
- all items dropped would be tradeable through account only.
- any 18x+ character on your account can only attempt up to three such expeditions per day (attempt-able on account 3 times a day, not 3 times by each 18x char on account).
- magic/wep cancel would be removed completely for this boss (because I think it's annoying) but each leg or part of a leg can have defensive stages that would be challenging for the player attacking it, like PDR 100%, Remove 50-100% of potential int/dex/str/luk/etc, Seduce+DR as usual. Reverse Keys is a pain in the ass so I'd remove it from this boss too but add other things like a substantial-yet-not-oped ability for it to heal and/or drain.
- Since I really hate DR, this boss's DR would only begin a full 10 seconds after the animation appears (and the animation would be easily visible (perhaps appear at top right of screen or something).
How about a boss that has multiple parts (mutated spider with 4 legs and a torso? ) and each part can only be attacked by a certain subclass (a bit like HT but kinda different)? This can and should work within highly-populated servers and hopefully after all merging is done (properly). Which parts will spawn would be determined prior to starting the run and the expedition captain would have about an hour to form the right people for the party. Let's say it is determined that Leg 1 is NightLord-only-attackable, thus the expedition has to have 3+ NLs. Determined that Leg 2 is for I/L AMs only to attack, thus the exped must have 3+ I/L AMs, and so on and so forth for the other legs and torso, plus Leg 1-4 must be attacked in order and before the torso can be attacked. After each part is defeated, it drops well-earned equips which only the attackers can pick up. And after torso is defeated, the head can be attacked by everyone in expedition. Each expedition would ideally have ~15 class-specific "main attackers" and 15 "supporters". The time spent to complete the whole thing would be 2-3 hours with 'pro' attackers. This doesn't seem all too different from the multi-part bosses that we have now, but the main differences are 1. each part is sub-class-specific and determined before the expedition can start forming 2. you strictly cannot attack part y before part x is dead. 3. each part drops at least semi-worthwhile items specific to the class which attacked it.
other things to add to this:
- it would be a 180+ requirement and would NOT require prequests.
- every time you defeat and survive this boss, you get a (one-of-a-kind-untradeable-quest-item of course!) ticket. Collect 20 and you get a skill/equip which is specific to adding damage (or some other kind of benefit) to your subclass in some way (i.e. could instead be a badge which adds 10% total damage potential or something like that).
- since some classes are better mobbers than others, perhaps each leg may have 2-5 separate "toes" which may each take damage.
- all items dropped would be tradeable through account only.
- any 18x+ character on your account can only attempt up to three such expeditions per day (attempt-able on account 3 times a day, not 3 times by each 18x char on account).
- magic/wep cancel would be removed completely for this boss (because I think it's annoying) but each leg or part of a leg can have defensive stages that would be challenging for the player attacking it, like PDR 100%, Remove 50-100% of potential int/dex/str/luk/etc, Seduce+DR as usual. Reverse Keys is a pain in the ass so I'd remove it from this boss too but add other things like a substantial-yet-not-oped ability for it to heal and/or drain.
- Since I really hate DR, this boss's DR would only begin a full 10 seconds after the animation appears (and the animation would be easily visible (perhaps appear at top right of screen or something).