Curse

lyra_song · Nov 13, 2006, 04:25 AM // 04:25

Concept: A centralized place where PVE players meet, regardless of what chapters they own.

Implementation: An island chain, similar to Battle Isles. Available for all chapters and reachable only via ship. It exists in its own map, just like the Battle Isles. It would be comprised of a central town and several outposts with small explorable areas in between.

Function:

A place where players can rally and talk to other players, regardless of chapters.

A centralized marketplace (auction house)

A centralized Holiday Event location

A centralized place where Anet employees can chat with the gamers.

A centralized place to recruit or join guilds

Just a place to hang out and go AFK ;D.

Possible place to get special unique quests

Roleplaying Outpost

ADDED:

A centralized place to enter FoW/UW (added by dgb)

A centralized place to craft CORE armors/weapons (added by Winterclaw) and get core skills

Details

The outposts would have small limits on the numbers per district. This way, it doesnt get "crowded". The central town will have large limits.

Perhaps these places could be more "watched" for bad behaviour, since social places can attract some rude people.

the outposts meant for social interaction will have the Trade tab greyed out and have more strict selling filters

Access
The main Hub city will be accessible to EVERYONE from Lion's Arch, Kaineng or Kamadan via quests. Because of this, I expect that the city will turn into spambot central.

This is why the following idea came about: SOME outposts will only be accessible if you have at least 1 Protector title/Grandmaster Cartographer/ or Rank 3. Because this is the PVE social hangout, and I dont want bots and people who get ran everywhere to be able to acccess it easily.

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Knightsaber Sith · Nov 13, 2006, 04:28 AM // 04:28

Sounds kinda like PocketD in CoH/CoV. It's a dance club in an alternate dimension where heroes and villains can hang out and there's no fighting. There's also special missions during holiday events.

Winterclaw · Nov 13, 2006, 04:59 AM // 04:59

/signed

It'd also be nice if there were bosses who have core elites you can capture there.

Maybe it could have repeatable quests so people can get skill points and money to buy skills.

Canthan style level 20 armor crafters (who have all non ascended skins) would be nice too. As would a weapon crafter for non-rare skin types (katana, longsword, machete, scimitar, brute sword, etc).

Perhaps it can have (solo) farming areas for all classes and a GW casino (for lucky title) where you can get neat items for prizes. The casino could also have a "monster" arena where for a price you can get to fight random mobs by yourself and if you win, you can make a little money back.

Zui · Nov 13, 2006, 05:13 AM // 05:13

"Just a place to hang out and go AFK ;D."

You can't replace Marhan's Grotto. Don't even try!

ZenRgy · Nov 13, 2006, 05:17 AM // 05:17

The great Zen approves.

/signed

Ryuken Tamashi · Nov 13, 2006, 05:19 AM // 05:19

/signed

It would be deffinietly good for events like you said. Will they go through the trouble of making a explorable area??? that I think won't likly happen. Would I want it to happen? sure.

gasmaskman · Nov 13, 2006, 05:22 AM // 05:22

Maybe they could have some core elite skills capable in the area?

/signed, totally.

Absolute Destiny · Nov 13, 2006, 05:24 AM // 05:24

/MEGA-signed

This game doesn't do enough for PvE....

Criminally Sane · Nov 13, 2006, 05:25 AM // 05:25

/signed with a Lyra Ftw on top.

Faer · Nov 13, 2006, 05:31 AM // 05:31

Brilliant idea. Simply smashing.

/signed

Skyy High · Nov 13, 2006, 05:38 AM // 05:38

Awesome idea, would really show ANet's dedication to the pve side of the game.

Saphrium · Nov 13, 2006, 06:00 AM // 06:00

/signed

maybe add mini games like dragon arena to play around with, I mean they spend a lot of time to set that game up, why play it only once or twice a year max?

Spader · Nov 13, 2006, 06:38 AM // 06:38

Seeing as I just spent all double faction weekend in pve becuase of people in randoms porting since they didn't have a monk I gotta.

/sign

A holidayland would be nice instead of A) rushing people through areas B) creating a charictor for one event.

Kool Pajamas · Nov 13, 2006, 07:36 AM // 07:36

nice idea

/signed

Omnidragon42 · Nov 13, 2006, 08:04 AM // 08:04

Love the idea

/signed

Just a quick concept I banged out in 10 mins (using battle isles map

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Luciora · Nov 13, 2006, 08:25 AM // 08:25

/signed

This would be rather nice to keep all the holiday events in a central place, less big hassles for the devs. Armourer and Weapon crafter could work but not really needed since you already have enough of those in the chapters.

An auction isle where all the sellers and buyers can go hang out would be really nice! NOt sitting in Kaineng and trying to read through 100s of WTS/WTB would be nice indeed

actionjack · Nov 13, 2006, 08:41 AM // 08:41

Sure

And as a PvE island, should also add some bigger exploration area in there as well.

sifung · Nov 13, 2006, 08:52 AM // 08:52

/signed

dgb · Nov 13, 2006, 08:57 AM // 08:57

Sounds good, make the FoW/UW access point there as well so friends with different campaigns can access the core locations together.

Gonzo · Nov 13, 2006, 09:01 AM // 09:01

/signed though when it get implented this is what I believe will happen:
WTS/WTB spam will slowly disapear from major towns and will all move to this central PvE place.