Plugging the Gap

The players of City of Heroes/Villains are a lucky bunch; never think that we aren’t. Our beloved Development team has provided us with entertaining annual events in Halloween, Winter and Spring Fling.

However, it has been noticed by many that from the end of the Spring Fling in February to the beginning of the Halloween event in October, there is a very large void in which we have to wait… and wait… and wait…

Of course, we have the Rikti Invasions and occasional Double XP Weekend to help things along, but it’s just not the same…

So… a list…

(Yeah, I know, big surprise, right?)

Suggested Events to Plug The Calendar Gap:

Saint Patrick’s Day Event: At first this event doesn’t seem all that different from normal play, except you may now receive special Inspirations. The inspirations look much like a frosty mug of green beer. Popping the inspiration will grant a damage bonus, defense bonus and accuracy buff all while playing an Irish River-Dance song. It will also reduce the recharge time of powers during its effect. However, it will also track how many green beer inspirations are used. The more inspirations popped, the more the air around you starts to look like your seeing things through a heat mirage; a heat mirage with a greenish tint. After even more inspirations your character starts walking in the Stunned animation everywhere they go. Finally, after far too many beers have been used for any normal human being to survive, the character will undergo a special variety of Blindness. Instead of not being able to see specific enemies, the character will instead see them as Leprechauns. These spectral Leprechauns fight as the “real” enemies they are but one in 100 or so will suddenly run away from combat. If the player can chase down and destroy these “runners” the Leprechaun will relent and give them their “pot of gold” which will be a platinum level drop. Note: The green beer popping must be pretty constant since every 10 minutes without drinking… er… popping an inspiration will cause the cumulative total to drop by one as it is metabolized.

April Fool’s Day: The Developers already do a forum-based April Fool’s joke, but what about in-game? As far as I am concerned the event should NOT be combat based, but humor oriented. Lord Recluse appears under the Atlas Statue and, instead of fighting, simply performs the teabag emote and calls a costume contest. The Developers are running him so they can actually choose a winner if they like and reward them. Hamidon appears in Mercy Island, but doesn’t fight, he bounces around the zone as though he had maxed-out Super Jump and any character he lands on gets a salvage, inspiration and/or recipe drop. A Rikti Dance Party is announced in a zone. When the bombs drop they aren’t bombs but Juke Boxes that play boombox music while Rikti do dance emotes around them. If you join the dance party without attacking you get influence and prestige rewards; these rewards are given per every 10 seconds and if you can match the same dance emote as the Rikti you get double the normal reward. A Zombie Invasion where the Zombies spot the humans and run screaming in terror; immune as though they were Civilians. The object isn’t to kill them but to herd them into the various pens that also appear scattered about the zone. Rewards are given for the best teams of Zombie Herders. I offer my services to the development team if they want more ideas… heh.

Earth Day Event: You get influence and prestige for every piece of floating newspaper or trash that you collect. You will now be able to put out fires in hazard zones or the more destroyed areas of the Rogue Isles. Experience points and drops are rewarded for putting out fires. The event will also have Devouring Earth invasions where they will appear and begin… well… devouring the earth. Stop them from gnawing on the firmament and rescue our planet! Also those who use the Protest emote outside a factory or at the base of a smoke stack will earn a badge and influence.

Arbor Day Event: Every tree in every zone will come to life on a set schedule. Once alive it will not move around, but will attack everyone within reach. Each tree fights as a boss level opponent. Certain “special” trees will fight as Arch-Villains or Giant Monsters. Trees will scream such things as “How about I carve my initials into YOU?!”, “How thin do I need to slice you to make a sheet of paper?”, “Where’s a woodpecker when you need one?” and “Oh no.. you’re too close to a power line… better trim off a limb or two!” Yeah, I know that Arbor Day is when you’re supposed to PLANT a tree… but where’s the fun in that event?

Cinco De Mayo Event: See Saint Patrick’s Day. Replace Green Beer with Tequila. Replace Leprechauns with Chihuahuas. Replace Pot of Gold with Taco Bell Fun Pack.

Mother’s Day Event: A new contact is introduced to the game for this event. Although you never actually see her, you only have contact with her via cell phone. She gives out a large array of different missions. Including such well-loved and familiar titles as “You never call anymore”, “Why can’t you be more like your brother?”, “Don’t bother visiting since I’ll be dead soon anyway”, “The flowers were a nice thought even though they’ll be dead within a week”, “You mean I have a son/daughter? I nearly forgot” and “I put you through college so you could wear spandex and a cape in public?”

Father’s Day Event: Similar to the Mother’s Day Event but there’s only one mission available: “Take your mother out for the day so I can get a moment’s peace.” Villain side this is a bit different: “Kill your mother.”

Methinks we're still missing some holidays from that list.

System Administrator Appreciation Day(Last Friday in July):
Random drops of inspirations that stop you from zoning or using WW/BM for 10 minutes. Also a good opportunity to introduce a Dr. Aeon Strike Force.

International Dadaism Month(Random day every year):
The blimp over Atlas changes to a giant sturgeon for the day. Obviously, all contacts speak in bird noises and █▀█▀█ █▄█ █▄█ █▀█▀█ █ █▄ █ █▀█▀█ █▄█

World Naked Bike Ride(February 13th. Yes, link contains nudity, BEWARE!):
Vehicles! Yes, this is here purely because of the vehicles. Think about how awesome it would be to zoom around the city, busting crime on your very own bicycle! Also... can we have the nipples back on female characters?

Oh, forgot to wish Happy Unbirthday for everyone not born today!

No Fireworks for 4th of July (Paragon is in the US)...?

Definitely need Independance Day celebrated. Fireworks over City Hall, Talos Island, Gemini Park and Portal Corps, and each year a different group of villains could attack. Rikti, 5th Column, Arachnos, Council, Nemesis, whoever has a beef!

Veteran's and Memorial Day, to remember soldiers and heroes lost in the wars, the 5th Column's attack, the Rularuu attacks and the Rikti invasions.

Equinox festivals centered around MAGI and the more magically inclined zones (Astoria/Croatoa).

For more CoH lore themed days, a day to remember that ever popular Mayor, Spanky Rabinowitz? Centered on Talos Island's Spanky's Boardwallk and City Hall, of course.

Astoria Memorial Day.

Something in Faultline to commemorate the destruction of Overbrook/founding of New Overbrook. Similarly for Baumton.

Plenty of feasable ideas! I'd love to see the city more alive with celebrations.

Steelclaw wins again =P

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Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

I can't wait for Talk Like A Pirate Day.

And Australia Day, which consists of four things: Beer, Fireworks, Sunburn and/or Sombreros. Yeah, for some reason sombreros are all the rage these days.

Well, there is Midsummer's day.

[QUOTE=ReclusesPhantom;2164130]When aren't sombreros all the rage? Heck, I even got a friend one as souvenir =P