10-01-2021, 12:43 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-01-2021, 01:02 AM by Enginseer-42.)
So, Dev Mats and uniques genuinely are a bit of an issue. Events have become a necessary 'Dev-Mat Grind Circuit' rather than the cool spice of life adventures they once were and that's no good, because without some kind of paid DM job, there's no way you're going to get enough events for everyone. Despite our really good DM's.
So, firstly, I really like Blox's Alternative, where Dev Mat Creation is something you can do as a master craftsman. I don't know if it would be possible, but getting a combination of a refining process for various 'dev material' metals as an unlockable tier 0 craft, and the ability for alchemists and artificers to create unique dev-mats that they can name/write descriptions for, perhaps with hard coin costs to create them like with anvils, but the higher the coin cost, the more valuable the dev mat? Perhaps some kind of key word system? Not sure.
Secondly. Bring back mire style monsters, but make them.... more varied? And have them serve to replace events as the bread and butter of dev mats. Dragons from the Tarians, Holy Spirits from the Temple of Eos, Crazy void-beasts from the ruins of Achyon/Pauper, Mutants, Monsters, Undead. Ents, Ogres. Give each an ability that spawns a dev mat for the first person to defeat them in a given year, with fluff set by the monster character and a ranking value set by their current RPL. Possibly a higher value for a kill, but I don't really like the idea of incentivizing kills, but I also don't really like the idea of farming a weakened monster for loot. Not sure how that could be balanced.
Thirdly. It would be neat if large factions could perform 'Projects' to get Dev Mats. The faction spends money/resources, and a 'focal point' is placed on the map. Every day it remains up, it gathers points, and can be harvested for dev mats by the ones who placed it. But it can be destroyed or looted by enemies, which gives them dev mats instead and either destroys the focal point, or lowers it's point accumulation. Celestial Festivals, Holy Artifacts, Dark Rituals, Crazy Magitech Structures.
EDIT: This should really be in suggestions and I have no idea how I ended up putting it here.
EDIT EDIT: Theori has fixed it's location.
So, firstly, I really like Blox's Alternative, where Dev Mat Creation is something you can do as a master craftsman. I don't know if it would be possible, but getting a combination of a refining process for various 'dev material' metals as an unlockable tier 0 craft, and the ability for alchemists and artificers to create unique dev-mats that they can name/write descriptions for, perhaps with hard coin costs to create them like with anvils, but the higher the coin cost, the more valuable the dev mat? Perhaps some kind of key word system? Not sure.
Secondly. Bring back mire style monsters, but make them.... more varied? And have them serve to replace events as the bread and butter of dev mats. Dragons from the Tarians, Holy Spirits from the Temple of Eos, Crazy void-beasts from the ruins of Achyon/Pauper, Mutants, Monsters, Undead. Ents, Ogres. Give each an ability that spawns a dev mat for the first person to defeat them in a given year, with fluff set by the monster character and a ranking value set by their current RPL. Possibly a higher value for a kill, but I don't really like the idea of incentivizing kills, but I also don't really like the idea of farming a weakened monster for loot. Not sure how that could be balanced.
Thirdly. It would be neat if large factions could perform 'Projects' to get Dev Mats. The faction spends money/resources, and a 'focal point' is placed on the map. Every day it remains up, it gathers points, and can be harvested for dev mats by the ones who placed it. But it can be destroyed or looted by enemies, which gives them dev mats instead and either destroys the focal point, or lowers it's point accumulation. Celestial Festivals, Holy Artifacts, Dark Rituals, Crazy Magitech Structures.
EDIT: This should really be in suggestions and I have no idea how I ended up putting it here.
EDIT EDIT: Theori has fixed it's location.