Godzilla!

[Dextar]

So far this idea has a suprising lack of midgets associated with it...

SO let's fix that now: GODZILLA with a gaggle of angry midgets riding on his back and shooting lasers at everyone!

Much better!

Dex

P.S. On side note: Do you think "Gaggle of Angry Midgets" would be a good name for a rock band?

[grumpy-mcfart]

P.S. On side note: Do you think "Gaggle of Angry Midgets" would be a good name for a rock band?

I'v always been fond of the name "Yutz Wagon"

[Lupinal]

I don't see how it would fit into the storyline though.

Beast sents it's little brother to RK to get revenge for all the beating he get's?
Aliens genemanipulate a common RK-Mob to gargantuan size an set it free?
An ancient Xan experiment awakens from incarnator overusage and falls down to RK?

P.S.: don't give it loto, just masses of XP and either AIXP or SK.
P.P.S: let it seriously damage everything it passes through - shops in common cities will be empty and questmobs missing for some time after, player cities will be damaged and facililties unaccessible, etc.
P.P.P.S: let grow and gain levels while it walks, so a fast reaction may be necassary, if you don't have enough players online.

[Lupinal]

If it can spawn in any zone (except cities) then wander about zone to zone as it pleases it'd be impossible to plan attack on spawn raids. Also those only happen for the mobs we have now due to the loot. Just make it so the loot isn't that exciting or none at all (like the two in Nasc) and it would go largely ignored until it shows up in OA, Rome, Bor or the like.

Let it destroy everything in it's way and set it on an course that matters.
Nobody likes a crashed shuttle when he what to visis the AIPF, inaccessible shops when running low on ammo, planned paids in smugglers den disrupted due to collapsed entry or grid entrys and wompas out of service for days...^^

If that's not bad enough, bill all inhabitantes for extra tax to rebuild destroyed infrastructure, as long as this mob is active in inhabitat areas!

[Lupinal]

while not understanding the game and that a mob that hits for 13000 and has no loot will be a waste of time for the players whom could kill it and would potentially ruin the gameplay of players whom can't kill it.

Honor!
Fame!
Titles!
Bragging rights!
Tshirts!
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.
.
pick your choice.

[megabrawlman]

Honor!
Tshirts!
pick your choice.

actually an "I killed Godzilla" social item would be the perfect reward.

[Xyphos]

Another Leetzilla apperence would be nice.

http://i9.tinypic.com/2is9gme.png

[Clamdigger]

actually an "I killed Godzilla" social item would be the perfect reward.

That's a good idea! You could get a trophy or something.

[Tradersoft]

bump for a good idea

[Clamdigger]

Bump

[Keldros]

P.S. On side note: Do you think "Gaggle of Angry Midgets" would be a good name for a rock band?

Remember the '80s?


Bump, and obligatory youtube video.

[windcaster]

this idea reminds me of the when bor had the killer unicorn specialist patrolling and mass murdering clams, which was quite frankly the most entertainment i've had in this game for a very long time..

BIGGIE BUMP! for this idea.. i want BIG scary mobs attacking every few days in random locations.. total pwnage.. like 10% survivability act of nature.. death dealing son of a bitch kinda mobs.. i dont care if im on the receiving end either.. let'em chase people around for a few hours.. send in the unicorns to try and kill it.. what ever.. but i like the idea.. and quite frankly this game needs more randomness and change.

and dump the aliens for a while.. i wanna see bad ass hard core cyborgs or man eating leets damnit!

[grumpy-mcfart]

bump

[meatybtz]

even better would be large scale NPC attacks and or armies but not like aliens landing in a city.

Better would be something like a march or full sized army.. Something the player base couldnt even hope to beat unless we turned out in zerg like droves.

Have it ARK and GM managed, in real time controling and directing the mobs. Have them move in an organized fashion like an army 2000-3000 strong and watch as the players throw themselves against it only to be slaughtered.. whahaah.

Actually, i dont think the AO mechanics allow for this.. Other games on the other hand have fielded such events and they were always a smash hit with the player base. AC had an event, its been so long i cant really remember. I think it was the undead army event. Players would attack the column of marching mobs only to have a large portion break off surround the small player group and tear em to pieces. It was a blast. They players had to get organized into larger formations and had to counter it. It was new, fresh, and fun.

RK has been static for SO long. Lets have those ToTw cultists attacking Tir or something. Lets set those borgs loose to wreack havoc. In massive lagtastic numbers How about a mutant revolt massive rapid spawning mutants surging into new areas. Lets have consequences for player actions. Players defend or areas are lost. I would rather have more dynamic FC/playerbase interractions and events than new Phatz that feed the silly levels of escellation in this game.

Need something to reinvigorate things. .... rather than the endless phatz hunting and epeen enhancement surgeries going on as of late.

[Metalynx]

I remember when the Dust brigade attacked Reets retreat..during a GSP party. all of us ran downstairs to try to fight off this..green named monster of a DB. Fekker was HARD to kill..lots of peeps died..and we all had a blast (imagine 40 or so peeps in social wear..using whatever weapon they had handy).

Eventally he just teleported out.

Course this was back when they prolly had Gm's to spare douing such mini events...seems they lack such things nowadays. Pity.

[meatybtz]

I think thats part of the problem here.

The lack of FC direct intervention into the game. They want a fire and forget solution when the best and player base growing activities require living humans to pull off. Even ARK has been scaling back player interactions on a huge lvl over the past year.. now they are trying to change that I gather but take a look at the events team... great people but not enough LIVE bodies to pull off a really interactive large scale let alone regular interactive events.

I think FC needs to start moving on player base growth as part and parcel of the new engine. If the new engine can help with engine based lag that leaves us with more options for bigger events and such. But they need the size of a support team that can pull it off.

years ago when I first joined AO i remember clicking that check box that said I wanted to be involved even though I might get kidnapped or killed... aint happened yet.

A dynamic world keeps more people interested in the game than Phatz Pharming to enlarge ones Epeen to even new absurd heights. Phatz are phine but give the rest of us more interesting stuff to do.... other than pharm phatz.... this game is Phatz Pharming Online where every month you have to get your latest fix or be lolgimped to death by 12 year olds and adults with no life

[Meaningverysmall]

ooh and when its approaching make the screen shake (like when a horror falls) kind of a warning for low levels, like when "you hear a buzzing sound" before the AI raids start in bor or whatever.

EDIT: im thinking it would be better as a surprise, but not so much a surprise, i mean you should get some kind of hint.

Godzilla hit you for 9137 points of OMGWTFJUSTHAPPENED damage.
ouch

i also agree with the no loot, normal dyna loot is fine, i doubt people will bother with a very hard mob just for some dyna loot

[Damon7]

It'd be nice to have some events happen...

Some what dirverting thread...

When was the last alien invasion of Bor/Rome/AO?

When was the last leetzilla?

That'd be nice...

[Meaningverysmall]

there was an AI raid not too long ago actualy in bor

[Clamdigger]

Go Go Godzilla!

Just got back from vacation, and I thought about Godzilla a lot.

Remember, "Godzilla" is just the inspiration. The actual idea is to have a raid-strength mob (or even mobs) that wander and terrorize. They need not actually resemble our radioactive Japanese lizard friend himself.