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Gameplay => Wish list => Topic started by: Sarios on December 13, 2003, 12:17:47 pm

Title: Holiday Spirit!
Post by: Sarios on December 13, 2003, 12:17:47 pm: I\'ve never seen a game do this! I was thinking that maybe on certain holidays that special things could happen in the planeshift world! For example: on Christmas we could have it so that at the tavern drinks are half off and weapons are on sell. We could possibly even have a Christmas quest where you have to possibly find lost presents of an orphenage or something! (trying to be original!) Maybe, even, npc\'s can give gifts if you get to them first! (Add to this as you please!)
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Post by: Commando on December 13, 2003, 12:22:27 pm: Well, personaly i think the drinks could be 1/4 or so in price. And NO weapon selling on cristmas.. And maby a big meal in the city hall were you can buy you a place and eat togheter with like 150 other players.. And of course FIREWORKS IS A MUST!
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Post by: Draklar on December 13, 2003, 12:24:24 pm: As always I\'m against connecting real world with the game...
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Post by: elscouta on December 13, 2003, 12:24:26 pm: I have already heard of an Halloween quest for RO and a St Valentin quest for FFXI.

But i don\'t think it\'s a good idea. Real life stuff has nothing to do in-game and especially (IMHO) national or religious holydays. This was already discussed in the Thanksgiving thread.

If holydays are done inside PS, they must be original. A \'crystal party\' the 6 October for example.

[edit]same time Draklar but... but... that means we have the same point of view on this (no argument this time) :P[/edit]
Title: OK....
Post by: Sarios on December 13, 2003, 12:42:16 pm: Maybe we can work with the idea of original ps holidays! For example: Mir da Colosuss (Day of the Ynnwn) where they celebrate the victory of 3 legendary Ynnwn that saved the world from an evil ruler years ago! Then everyone could still get item discounts and stuff but Ynnwn would get better deals than other races! Also, other races can have special days too!
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Post by: Yann on December 13, 2003, 02:21:48 pm: Or maybe just a little bit of snow for Christmas...
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Post by: Axsyrus on December 13, 2003, 02:45:50 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Sarios
on Christmas we could have it so that at the tavern drinks are half off

Buying stuff from NPC\'s is not implemented yet..

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Originally posted by Sarios Maybe, even, npc\'s can give gifts if you get to them first!

NPC\'s can\'t give you things yet...

maybe we could have things like this in the future, but certainly not in MB.
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Post by: Draklar on December 13, 2003, 02:54:37 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Sarios
I was thinking that maybe on certain holidays that special things could happen in the planeshift world!

I seriously doubt he meant this xmas...
oh and he\'s active ingame so he probably knows all that ;)
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Post by: Moogie on December 13, 2003, 04:58:08 pm: I\'m sure PS players will hold their own celebrations/events. I\'ve certainly got nothing against that. :) But whether the devs organise anything for the game remains to be seen.
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Post by: Kixie on December 13, 2003, 05:06:56 pm: I dont see why we cant do special things for christmas and 3 other major religious holidays. Its all about the spirit of the holidays not the important meanings behind them and stuff. that kind of happiness and friendlyness on a holiday people can really relate to is what makes games sometimes.

P.S its not like this is a completely new idea. lots of games do special things on christmas, halloween and thanksgiving. Like R00nscape and everKwest, but those games are successfull and its not shamefull to do something for the holidays too. :)
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Post by: Draklar on December 13, 2003, 05:29:17 pm: Quote
Originally posted by whemyfield
I dont see why we cant do special things for christmas and 3 other major religious holidays.

we can, but:
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By elscouta
Real life stuff has nothing to do in-game and especially (IMHO) national or religious holydays.

so that isn\'t such a smart idea (unless you want stuff pulling you away from roleplaying)
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Post by: Xandria on December 13, 2003, 08:18:24 pm: It\'s just that many of us are looking for the true RP experience, and I feel that it would detract from the world by celebrating religious holidays for religions that don\'t exist within the realm of PS.

Some idea for PS holidays:
1) Religious (for followers of Talad and Laanx)
2) City/town (Hydlaa Founding Day)
3) Quest related (I think at least a couple times each year a really big quest should be put in place, and the party that completes it gets a holiday in their honor)
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Post by: Samoth on December 14, 2003, 12:08:07 am: Quote
Some idea for PS holidays:
1) Religious (for followers of Talad and Laanx)
2) City/town (Hydlaa Founding Day)
3) Quest related (I think at least a couple times each year a really big quest should be put in place, and the party that completes it gets a holiday in their honor)

4) Day of Vengeance (due to a cyclidic nulling of the geomagnetic crystal fields no spells work for twenty-six hours)

;)
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Post by: Icefalcon on December 15, 2003, 04:45:55 am: Ya having holiday events would be cool, but i agree...lets not mix ps with the real world. But im all for having ps holidays:D
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Post by: druke on December 15, 2003, 05:22:59 am: Quote
Originally posted by whemyfield
R00nscape and everKwest, but those games are successfull

... no they weren\'t the EQ devs hated the way EQ turned out..
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Post by: Kixie on December 15, 2003, 07:45:09 pm: oh well the eq devs dont know what they want!!! they contradict themselves all the time! once they said eq was the greatest masterpiece they have ever forged and then they say its an embarassment! i remember beta testing for it too and they almost swore they would keep it free! those devs are defenally on santa\'s bad list!
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Post by: frumbert on December 16, 2003, 03:49:14 am: Quote
Originally posted by Yann
Or maybe just a little bit of snow for Christmas...

SNOW for christmas? But christmas is in the middle of summer! :)