Curse

Chronos the Defiler · Jan 30, 2008, 11:21 PM // 23:21

this has nothing to do with the bounty effect or anything, but more of a "Bounty" system where every week or so, a bounty is given out in LA/Kamadan/Kaineng.

One thing i notice in the GW universe is the lack of "Epic" battles where you and your party fight a giant boss of some sort. (other than a few of the dungeons)

An NPC in said location would give you a quest, describing a general location of the Boss, and then you would need to go find and destroy it.

Example:

Quest Giver: "You're looking for a challenge then? Well I hear that Pukefist Corpsegrinder was spotted wandering the Crystal Desert. If you think you are up for the task I think I can get you a decent reward."

The boss would be in one of the explorable areas in the Crystal Desert, but your map will not tell you its exact location or even the explorable area it is in, but there can be clues to help you pinpoint the location of the boss.

The Boss itself would be huge (like a normal monster, but the size of a Desert Wurm or something) and of sufficiently high level.

Almost like a branch off or continuance of the Glint quests when you finish Prophecies.

Each week the location would change and it can be in any of the 3 campaigns (so sometimes there will be one on Elona, but if you do not have the campaign, you cannot go for the bounty)

The areas described would be vague to say the least, the quest giver would only say "The Magumma Jungle" or "Vabbi" or "Echovald" requiring the player to actually explore to find the boss.

This is just an attempt to mix the "scavenger hunt" idea like the moa egg, with exploration and an epic battle at the same time.

noneedforclevernames · Jan 31, 2008, 01:46 AM // 01:46

Would the hint have anything to do with GuildWiki showing a map of exactly where the boss is?
almost forgot:
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Phaern Majes · Jan 31, 2008, 02:12 AM // 02:12

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Originally Posted by noneedforclevernames

Would the hint have anything to do with GuildWiki showing a map of exactly where the boss is?
almost forgot:
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My thinking exactly....

But if they made it like level 80 or something awesome that will pwn you just by glaring at ya than sure /signed.

Marverick · Jan 31, 2008, 02:17 AM // 02:17

Make the location randomly generated, then. Or have like 10-20 different locations so it would be impractical to use Guild Wiki and search every single one.

Either that, or just don't put the locations on Guild Wiki... lol

Anyway, it looks like an interesting idea.
/signed

Darren Blacktail · Jan 31, 2008, 02:17 AM // 02:17

Hehe sounds like a good idea

/signed

Chronos the Defiler · Jan 31, 2008, 02:37 AM // 02:37

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Originally Posted by Marverick

Make the location randomly generated, then. Or have like 10-20 different locations so it would be impractical to use Guild Wiki and search every single one.

Either that, or just don't put the locations on Guild Wiki... lol

Anyway, it looks like an interesting idea.
/signed

it wouldn't only be one explorable area either, each time the same "area" is given (lets say Crystal Desert) then it could randomly be anywhere in 1 of the 7 explorable areas, and could have several different spawn areas for each one so you cant just search all 7 in the same spot, you would need to search several spots in all 7 until you find it.

And i don't know about level 80, but 30-50 would suffice, and depending on party size as well.

MithranArkanere · Jan 31, 2008, 03:08 AM // 03:08

Hm... This reminds me of many things.

1.- Maw the Mountain Heart sometimes appears using some of the spawn points of Shiverpeaks bosses, including all Grenth's Footprint bosses.
2.- Molotov Rocktail. That guy is HUGE.
3.- This old idea of mine: http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10083596

So, instead having to talk to an NPC, why not just make it spawn completely randomly?

You are running... or Vanquishing... and DANG! Replacing one of the bosses of the area, the party of the boss and maybe nearby creatures, you find a Massive Golden-skinned Boss that will spawn a 'end-chest' once killed.

Each region could have 3 bosses:
- Ascalon: Devourer, Gargoyle, Stone Elemental.
- Shiverpeaks: Ice Elemental, Nightmare, Dryder.
- Kryta: Skale, Skeleton, Ettin.
- Maguuma: Oak Tree, Spider, Troll
- Crystal Desert: Hydra, Drake, Beetle.
- Southern Shiverpeaks: Griffon, Nightmare, Ice Imp.
- Ring of Fire: Drake, Wurm, Phantom.

That could appear anytime, anywhere in the region, replacing a normal boss.

RavagerOfDreams · Jan 31, 2008, 03:24 AM // 03:24

/signed

it's location will be posted all over wiki though...

Chronos the Defiler · Jan 31, 2008, 03:33 AM // 03:33

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Originally Posted by RavagerOfDreams

/signed

it's location will be posted all over wiki though...

location(s) it is all random, you can't just automatically know where it is even if its on wiki...

technically if it can spawn in 3 places in any given explorable area, with all 7 explorable areas categorized under "Crystal Desert", that is 21 different places wiki could list it for ONE "area" so having it on wiki wouldn't matter too much. They would still need to search those 21 areas.

RavagerOfDreams · Jan 31, 2008, 07:05 AM // 07:05

once some1 found it for the given time period anet keeps it in say the crystal desert they would post what area it's in and i doubt anet will have it spawn in a different place for each different player

bathazard · Jan 31, 2008, 07:12 AM // 07:12

/signed good idea but just make it like glint an awsome boos but no really good drops
and hard mode so its like level 50 or something lol!!

Chronos the Defiler · Jan 31, 2008, 07:31 AM // 07:31

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Originally Posted by RavagerOfDreams

once some1 found it for the given time period anet keeps it in say the crystal desert they would post what area it's in and i doubt anet will have it spawn in a different place for each different player

They would need to update the wiki page every week then, and who cares anyways? unless you find other people with the quest you only can do it once per week anyways. And if people want to fight the boss then there shouldn't be anything really stopping them.

AuraofMana · Jan 31, 2008, 06:25 PM // 18:25

Quote:

You are running... or Vanquishing... and DANG! Replacing one of the bosses of the area, the party of the boss and maybe nearby creatures, you find a Massive Golden-skinned Boss that will spawn a 'end-chest' once killed.

Diablo walks the earth

Blu · Jan 31, 2008, 09:37 PM // 21:37

Yaez for D2?

Chronos the Defiler · Jan 31, 2008, 10:14 PM // 22:14

i can see the reference, but it was still pretty random.

linchowlewy · Feb 01, 2008, 01:10 AM // 01:10

/signed
i love anything epic i thought it was awesome when i saw my first desert wurm

Voltaic Annihilator · Feb 01, 2008, 01:14 AM // 01:14

I would love this under one conidtion, if the boss will spawn diffrent locations everytime and will wander the map so we can acutlly look for and not rely on wiki

Chronos the Defiler · Feb 01, 2008, 02:57 AM // 02:57

good idea, give it a "patrol" route that it can take around the map, making it more difficult to aquire

BLOODGOAT · Feb 01, 2008, 03:12 AM // 03:12

>Pukefist Corpsegrinder
>Corpsegrinder

Ugh.
Gtfo Cannibal Corpse lover.

But I like this idea.

Chronos the Defiler · Feb 01, 2008, 03:16 AM // 03:16

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Originally Posted by BLOODGOAT

>Pukefist Corpsegrinder
>Corpsegrinder

Ugh.
Gtfo Cannibal Corpse lover.

But I like this idea.

I didn't know that was what it was from :P I heard it on another forum and thought it was funny.