Special events

[JedaxStallion]

Special events

An idea which was thrown around on the hellgate london forums a couple years ago which created a lot of buzz (though when the game did eventually came out it was disappointing) was the implementation of events.

I'm sure diablo3 will have events but because it's blizzard (whom i'm a huge fanboy) and the genre being an ARPG the options are endless. Does anyone else think it would be awesome to have an event where yourself and say X amount of other players are loaded into a place which you cannot leave until you die. It starts out with a wave of easily defeated skeletons but then gets harder and harder until 5 minutes in the waves are coming at you quicker and comprise all types of hard to beat monsters. The winner could receive a prize of some sort...................this would also work with clans. How damn awesome would it be if you had this type of event with your clan and seeing if you could survive longer than another clan.

Another event could be a gladiator type coliseum. Basically what i'm trying to get at is i think there are so many ridiculously cool things that could be done to D3 that are different to what has ever been done before and things that would prolong the lifespan of D3 to extraordinary lengths.

Blizzard are so far ahead of any of game company in my opinion it's scary......... i'm going a little f***in nutty waiting for this monumental piece of glory which is D3

 

[SlechtWeerBeer]

Re: Special events

I'm sure diablo3 will have events but because it's blizzard (whom i'm a huge fanboy) and the genre being an ARPG the options are endless. Does anyone else think it would be awesome to have an event where yourself and say X amount of other players are loaded into a place which you cannot leave until you die. It starts out with a wave of easily defeated skeletons but then gets harder and harder until 5 minutes in the waves are coming at you quicker and comprise all types of hard to beat monsters. The winner could receive a prize of some sort...................this would also work with clans. How damn awesome would it be if you had this type of event with your clan and seeing if you could survive longer than another clan.

Sounds great for HC characters.

 

[GuardianHadriel]

Re: Special events

Does anyone else think it would be awesome to have an event where yourself and say X amount of other players are loaded into a place which you cannot leave until you die.

well, i´d like it to be optional if that´s not what already you mean.

 

[noticks]

Re: Special events

Of course, HC characters always have the option to leave the game if things are getting too dicey... That would count as "death" to those who choose to remain and so the reward could be made to be "worth the risk."

I don't know... It could be an interesting idea here. Sort of like playing chicken and possibly a different way to "duel."

Actually, I'm kind of liking this idea. Well thinking about it anyway.

 

[JedaxStallion]

Re: Special events

It's interesting you thought of HC straight away 'slechtweerbeer' because i only play HC but was thinking it could be implemented in SC and HC. The only thing is whether deciding or not if while in the event if you do die you lose your HC character........ i would personally vote no because a lot of HC players wouldn't play these events because of the enormous risk........... though that is truly HC, haha.

As to guardianhadriel, yes it would be optional. The way i think to implement it would be much like custom games in warcraft3. Anyone who has played warcraft3 online knows you click the custom games tab to bring up a list of custom games.......... what about for diablo the tab is events/modes to see if there are currently any special things running. B.net 2.0 could also feature a schedule for all the events............. it would be easy to go on and on with so many idea's but all that really matters is the base idea itself, blizz would work all the details easily.

 

[SlechtWeerBeer]

Re: Special events

It's interesting you thought of HC straight away 'slechtweerbeer' because i only play HC but was thinking it could be implemented in SC and HC. The only thing is whether deciding or not if while in the event if you do die you lose your HC character........ i would personally vote no because a lot of HC players wouldn't play these events because of the enormous risk........... though that is truly HC, haha.

That was my point. Doing that on HC means you either will S&E eventually because other players are still standing whilst you're getting murdered (which defeats the purpose of the event/mini-game), or you lose your character. :/
Making deaths during the event not count could work, I guess.

 

[Knight_Wolf]

Re: Special events

I agree, this way is 500% better than artificially extending the game life span using ridiculously low drop rates that make people search for items for years ... if those rare items can be obtained by other means (challenging but fun) it will still increase the game life span but will keep it fresh and entertaining at the same time.

I'm sure diablo3 will have events but because it's blizzard (whom i'm a huge fanboy) and the genre being an ARPG the options are endless. Does anyone else think it would be awesome to have an event where yourself and say X amount of other players are loaded into a place which you cannot leave until you die. It starts out with a wave of easily defeated skeletons but then gets harder and harder until 5 minutes in the waves are coming at you quicker and comprise all types of hard to beat monsters. The winner could receive a prize of some sort.

The new Halo 3 expansion Halo ODST did a remarkable if not down right awesome job implementing a survivial mode that works similarly ... you start that extra survivial mode which you can play Co-op with a couple of friends ... once you choose and enter an arena enemy dropships start landing and sending waves of mixed low level enemies ... wave after wave monsters start getting tougher and there is more combined variety in their types that attack together making things very hard to deal with .. not to mention the increase in their numbers.

And if all that wasn't enough the game uses a system from Halo 3 called "Skulls" .. they are modifiers that alter the monsters and make them more powerful in different ways .. at first one or two skulls start activating randomly with each wave ... later on all skulls will activate making surviving the onslaught a incredible feat even for a well co-ordinated team of players ... and did i mention that it is nonstop.

If D3 did implement a similar mode it will be incridble and lots of fun to play with friends co-odrinating attacks and doing team work to survive the non-stop onslaught ... also spawning random monsters and random monster combinations will ensure there is no single strategy or built will ever dominate ... also spawning a random powerful unique mob or a random mini-boss between each wave and the next will spice things up.

And if modifiers or special status can be used (i.e giving the players a warning the in the next wave monsters will move X2 faster or will have double defense or will not drop any healing globes .. etc etc etc ) .. and if they avoid 100% immunities as modifiers every class or built should be fine.

Another event could be a gladiator type coliseum. Basically what i'm trying to get at is i think there are so many ridiculously cool things that could be done to D3 that are different to what has ever been done before and things that would prolong the lifespan of D3 to extraordinary lengths.

There is no better place to get ideas for a gladiator arena mode than a game about gladiators ... Shadow of Rome on the PS2 did a great job on that .. the coliseum there isn't just a couple of guys mashing each other's heads in a stone pit .. it has lots of activities and options that make the whole thing very interesting ... many of the ideas and aspects there can translate into D3 with varying tweaks of course ... all in all it can be a very fun and rewarding PVP experience if done right.

 

[JedaxStallion]

Re: Special events

That's a really awesome idea about the prize being a random rare or something......... very cool. I think the idea has so many fun variations and could be implemented to please almost everyone. Now just to try make blizzard aware of the idea. I suppose i'll post a thread on their official forums and send them an email. God i hope they get it, haha