Talk to the Team: The Rift and Loot

[Mimir]

I was thinking, as it is a dragon only area...what about a dragon wing modification. This could be tatters and or war scars from many years of battle.

The quest could have some age requirement that would not allow a newly completed AROP dragon to do these quests concurrent with their rites. Possibly be an ancient for X amount of time before the quests are available.

We could make this a contest for all those modders out there that want to design the ancient wing set.

Quest completion gets you a token to take to one of the ancients in Dralk for turn in for your ancient wing set.

Ideas? Changes? Bad idea?

[lightning claw]

I would like to see a Cristal form for the new school (Master form ) this crystal will be socket-able in weapon socket

something like the following

Cristal of the void Lunus - 5 % chance to stun a target with 50-100 dot

+100 str
+100 dex
+50 t and c

Armor of the ancients 3 % chance to cast Primal vengeance

Cristal of the void Healian

/5 % Chance to cast freeze and bind the target in place

+100 to power
+100 to str
+50 to Primal

Armor of the ancients 3 % chance to cast Primal stun

[Arzel Rashemi]

Cristal of the void Healian

/5 % Chance to cast freeze and bind the target in place

+100 to power
+100 to str
+50 to Primal

Armor of the ancients 3 % chance to cast Primal stun

hmm shouldn't that be 100 focus not str? but otherwise yeah i like all of these

[lightning claw]

woops Yep your right

also for another idea have scales from Drulkar him self drop in the rift Should either be broken bits Head - tail (this would be our t 6 ) or full scales on the special rare drop table

to get the supreme effects you must have the full set to activate the buffs

again Lunus and Heilan each have there own set and own buffs

[Khalon]

How about some sort of mercantile spirit from whom we could purchase things with the various "junk drops" like symbols of the rift, etc.? I'd be all over it, even if the purchasable items are just things like dragon masks, costumes and the candy to fuel them, etc. :)

[Krinharth]

I would like to see a Cristal form for the new school (Master form ) this crystal will be socket-able in weapon socket

something like the following

Cristal of the void Lunus - 5 % chance to stun a target with 50-100 dot

+100 str
+100 dex
+50 t and c

Armor of the ancients 3 % chance to cast Primal vengeance

Cristal of the void Healian

/5 % Chance to cast freeze and bind the target in place

+100 to power
+100 to str
+50 to Primal

Armor of the ancients 3 % chance to cast Primal stun

oh please, stop separate combat system for Helians and Lunus!
it's already totaly brocken, and most of Helians jast weeker Lunus in combat.

jast left RP as RP, and allow everyone chouse his own combat style, that work in current system

[Arzel Rashemi]

oh please, stop separate combat system for Helians and Lunus!
it's already totaly brocken, and most of Helians jast weeker Lunus in combat.

jast left RP as RP, and allow everyone chouse his own combat style, that work in current system

theres nothing saying lunus can't get helian crystals or vica versa... its just the names given to the crystals

[lightning claw]

theres nothing saying lunus can't get helian crystals or vica versa... its just the names given to the crystals

this is true how ever you chose your path I have always been in opposition to healians knowing BOL and lunuses knowing BoI the lore clearly states that the factions where formed because of differences of opinion and ruling methods


In ancient times houses / clans (referring to china and japan hear ) broke from one another and learned completely different ways of defending their land and assists

Its no different from the lunus heilan conflict and until there is lore stating other wise (such as a dragon unification) there should be 2 different ways of fighting as a dragon

Now that said you can only use one crystal at a time so they do not stack

[Veruliyam]

How does a difference of opinion on interacting with bipeds dictate the breath coming out of you and its element?

Is the new stuff being considered for the Rift going to include the broken, multi-piece dragon scales? Claws?

[Arzel Rashemi]

changed because I can.

[lightning claw]

How does a difference of opinion on interacting with bipeds dictate the breath coming out of you and its element?

Is the new stuff being considered for the Rift going to include the broken, multi-piece dragon scales? Claws?

Lunuses want vengeance over what that human did to the sleeper and for shattering time for us Lightning is a fitting element for vengeance

[Guaran]

For one, make all the "symbol of the rift" items be useable for something.

Confectioner food ingredient only harvestable in the Rift.

[AmonGwareth]

Here's a thought... For starters, some folks on Chaos the other day said they liked the idea of a "harder" Rift. That is, one that is separate from the current Rift so that players could go there and experience a truly high-level zone without impacting those attempting to complete the ARoP.

If a "hard" Rift was done, we'd definitely want valuable loot. So, what if you could obtain the unused Dragon Breaths and some other spells and then perhaps these consumed materia or some Rift-resource. Thoughts on that?

Unused Dragon Breaths include (correct me if I'm wrong): Bubble, Disease, Purple Haze, Spirit Skull, Stars, Swoosh, Yellow Ball, White Ball, Sparkle Ball. Obviously the names are pretty bad, I'm just looking at the definition files in \resources\definitions\effects\ that are named "dragon_breath_xyz.def"

[Arzel Rashemi]

Its not interfering with anyone's ARoP so I'm all for it. Although honestly I wish we could get the lost dragon techs back as well as the breaths.

[Guaran]

Here's a thought... For starters, some folks on Chaos the other day said they liked the idea of a "harder" Rift. That is, one that is separate from the current Rift so that players could go there and experience a truly high-level zone without impacting those attempting to complete the ARoP.

If a "hard" Rift was done, we'd definitely want valuable loot. So, what if you could obtain the unused Dragon Breaths and some other spells and then perhaps these consumed materia or some Rift-resource. Thoughts on that?

Unused Dragon Breaths include (correct me if I'm wrong): Bubble, Disease, Purple Haze, Spirit Skull, Stars, Swoosh, Yellow Ball, White Ball, Sparkle Ball. Obviously the names are pretty bad, I'm just looking at the definition files in \resources\definitions\effects\ that are named "dragon_breath_xyz.def"

Sounds interesting.

Those were all breath effects that Blue made by combining/tweaking other in-game spell effects.

Perhaps the attacks could consume those rift-dropped trophy things "Symbol of the Rift" etc. but those are hard to get to begin with, so these breath attacks would really need to shine(powerful) to be worth the trouble.

[Cynny]

Here's a thought... For starters, some folks on Chaos the other day said they liked the idea of a "harder" Rift. That is, one that is separate from the current Rift so that players could go there and experience a truly high-level zone without impacting those attempting to complete the ARoP.

If a "hard" Rift was done, we'd definitely want valuable loot. So, what if you could obtain the unused Dragon Breaths and some other spells and then perhaps these consumed materia or some Rift-resource. Thoughts on that?

Unused Dragon Breaths include (correct me if I'm wrong): Bubble, Disease, Purple Haze, Spirit Skull, Stars, Swoosh, Yellow Ball, White Ball, Sparkle Ball. Obviously the names are pretty bad, I'm just looking at the definition files in \resources\definitions\effects\ that are named "dragon_breath_xyz.def"

YES. Just yes. All that.
Although a ******** load of new breathes would feel a bit weird and..out of place, just a new one (like purple haze since that's the rift?) would do better I think. c: Just a thought~

[shadowrain2]

honestly I wish we could get the lost dragon techs back as well as the breaths.

Seconded! That would be absolutely wonderful for veteran players as well as newly ascended ancients alike. This would be oh so valuable as they are solely missed techs (only very few ~2 players can actually make these anymore).

I was thinking, as it is a dragon only area...what about a dragon wing modification. This could be tatters and or war scars from many years of battle.

The quest could have some age requirement that would not allow a newly completed AROP dragon to do these quests concurrent with their rites. Possibly be an ancient for X amount of time before the quests are available.

We could make this a contest for all those modders out there that want to design the ancient wing set.

Quest completion gets you a token to take to one of the ancients in Dralk for turn in for your ancient wing set.

Ideas? Changes? Bad idea?

I very much like this idea. While only an aesthetic change, it would be highly coveted by veteran players while not being "on the top of the priority list" for newly ascended ancients. This would give a whole new look and meaning to "ancient dragon". Would also not be all that hard to implement (just the same as putting on a dragon headscale gives a new look and when taken off your head goes back to being normal). This would be a fun item that you could name "The Sleepers Wings" or "Wings of the Sleeper" and incorporate it into the lore.

also for another idea have scales from Drulkar him self drop in the rift Should either be broken bits Head - tail (this would be our t 6 ) or full scales on the special rare drop table

to get the supreme effects you must have the full set to activate the buffs

again Lunus and Heilan each have there own set and own buffs

Again I like the idea of new broken scale pieces that would actually be of use (the new T6 scales are too well-rounded to actually be useful for either a melee lunus or a helian caster. T5 crafted scales specialized in their techs end up winning over the T6 in a heartbeat. These would be even more so highly coveted than the aesthetic wings mentioned above, since they would be in essence the "next set of scales" that are better than any craftable scales. This would certainly make the Rift into a busy place (not sure if that would be a good or a bad thing yet. These would have to be perhaps rare drop pieces from the different mobs (tail and back pieces from kwellens, head and chest from vexators, wings and forelegs from the golems, etc. I do not recommend making them drop only from the Boss Guardians since this would make getting the sets aggressively competitive (you can't spawn the guardians yourself, so it would make getting these scales only possible for the 5 times per month that we have ARoPs that go on in there. This would completely change the dynamics of Rift Runs to being for ulterior motives other than helping adults to acienthood. I sorely do not want to see Rift Runs turn into epic hunting parties rolling for loot in front of the adults doing their ARoP *shudders at the thought*

On a final note, If we are trying to get more ancient dragons in there helping on ARoPs then bring back the 131-210s that used to drop to every players in the group from defeating the Guardians and Elial. That used to be a nice bonus.

I do like the token-->Vendor idea for these items, scales, breaths, old techs etc. Turn in X number of Tokens of the Rift for certain breaths and items, turn in X number of Symbols of the Rift for other breaths and items, scales, etc. This would promote trading other players for which particular drops they need for the items they want as well.