Bunny Event....not as exciting as the Turkeylon

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I was expecting this event to be more like where the entire server would be involved or me and four other guild mates to go on a hunt…but alas, just replacing the normal bunnies with the corrupted ones …mmmmmmeh ok. It could have been way better…Events are ALL about involving everyone…not that this event isn’t but it feels more like, I can just solo this…

Here is how I was thinking the event could have been more like:
Could have used the corrupted portals to spawn hordes and hordes (Invasion style) of killer bunnies that would involve using AOE attacks to kill them all and close all the portals before a timer runs out.

The amount of rewards would depend on the zone. Starting Zones V’s End game Zones, that way everyone gets a chance to take part in the event. If you are in the starting level zones you would get XP, corrupted shards and the random chance at getting the 1050 Chest. The enemies would obviously be level 1 - 25, 26 - 45 etc. depending on the zone (i.e. First Light V’s Cuttlas Keys)

If you are at the End game Zones you get Gypsum, and double the rewards along with the chance at a 1500 chest. the enemies would obviously be level 60 - 66 etc. The chest reward, You can ONLY put one or the other in your house

Or…There could have been a B.A.M. (Big A@% Monster) like Turkeylon, that would randomly spawn in any area of the world map. Huge, with a stomping ability that would stagger. A roar that would hold you in place. A chomping attack from it’s sharp teeth. A jump/pounce that would catch you if you tried to run… Oh and of course, Death rays from Its’ eyes along with corruption levels as you get close to it…

Rewards would be the same as they are now with a 1050 chest

I just wanted to scream in Global chat: “OMG, IT’S BIG, IT’S MEAN, AND IT JUST ATE 5 MARAUDERS…SOMEONE CALL ANIMAL CONTROL…GET DOWN HERE AND HELP!” and the entire server would show up to try to kill this thing…just like we did when we 1st saw Trukeylon…that was a fun event and it gave me a chance to make new friends and we are all now in a Company.

I hope that future events promote server involvement where everyone can partake together it’s more fun that way… Just saying.

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The team’s working on different ways to make events like these more intriguing so I appreciate the feedback!

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Things that break up the monotony are good, things to look forward to between grinding and farming

Maybe replace Invasion mode with rabbits for a fun change of pace. The ones who do war/invasions regularly have it down to technicals and it would be good to change it up every now and then. Not just spring, maybe every seasonal event comes with swapped mobs? I’m not saying put the corrupted in floaties and bikinis for summer… but… An ogre in a two piece wouldn’t be expected.

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My advice would be to look at things like Blizzards Zombie Apocalypse event for the launch of …was it Wrath or Burning? Anywho they had the Plague as a debuff you could spread through contact/combat which would transform you into a Zombie/Ghoul who could then INFECT any other character player or non player - making them turn into zombies too!
It was incredibly disruptive but I guaran-fucking-TEE it was the single most enjoyable, highest % participation event this side of the world for an online game.
It was fun as hell. Unique as all get out- and probably only took, “zombies?” being said in the right meeting to happen.

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Disruptive, even if causing player deaths is perfectly cool with most of us! Especially when its a LIMITED TIME event- at which point be as disruptive of the norm as you want! Its limited by time!

  • the events that disrupted what I normally did were always the ones kooky enough that I wanted to stop what I was doing and participate once I noticed.
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These are just big dirty rabbits. We should have gotten RABBITS OF CARBAENNOG via Monty Python and the holy grail.

  1. Rabbit is normal sized.
  2. Rabbit has Wolf Leap with increased distance and Brute damage.
  3. Rabbit drops are more widely varied - including nonsense items like… NOTfeet or some silly novel trash drops even with just funny flavor text. SOMETHING lol.
  4. Rabbits can spawn on ANY spawn node. (maybe limit the # per zone?)
  5. If this is weird and not incredibly consistent (500 rabbits in 1 zone) THATS OK! Its not a bug and its a limited time event! It would only make it more memorable and charming!
  6. Limited Event rewards can be ANYTHING, hell sometimes its underwear! But its needs to be SPECIAL underwear!
    The storage chest is not a bad reward. I think y’all can be more creative with the Event itself though.

Alternatively go Bugs Bunny with it-

  1. Rabbits have 3x runspeed
  2. Rabbits may wear disguises (appear as a wolf/lady/bartender) but retain name “Rabbit”
  3. Rabbits if in combat for x amount of time will draw a Black Circle and jump into it (escaping.)
  4. Felmer’Udd the hunter roams the area hunting Wabbits and aggros yelling, “DUCK SEASON” attacking players.

tl;dr When you read about “Limited Events” in manga, anime, movies, books and television shows is it ever just, “Oh yeah you go click something a few times and you get some items.”
Orrrrr is it some kind of kookie treasure hunt complete with clues and out of the norm mechanics like High Level mobs popping up in LOW level areas! SHAKE IT UP!

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Face it, you just want Godzilla Bunny!

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If devs take nothing away from this event take this: GO BIG, HAVE FUN planning things for New World. You’ll likely get better results not worrying about pissing everyone off(some are gonna be pissed off no matter what, we walk around in pee-pants.)

If you don’t cause bugs in the rest of the World - no holds barred!

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I had this in mind when I read that;
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AGS hire this guys already !

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You couldve had a massive corrupted bunny in a secret save.

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Or maybe… 1/100 chance to spawn a rabbit portal where you have to have 5 people present to enter.

Then you go into a massive corrupted zone with level 66 corrupted rabbit doing what man above said, Wolf Leap like an undead crawler.

You could have expertise bumps and tier 5 gear across the board like a mini dungeon, but for free, just kill x amount of rabbit and it has random chance to spawn.

Maybe 5 mini boss bunnies that give 200 gold or something.

Better yet! Have it be random! When random chance to spawn portal happens, you get mauled by 10 bunnies that come out of the ground and they drag you into the ground and you land in corrupted bunny land, then you invite people to group and go up to a foggy door like expeditions and group presses f1 to enter.

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I am OK with this event. Clearly a low key event (compared to the Turkey or Winter event), but it allow everyone to participate.

Less fun or interesting for high levels, but low levels can still join in. And as there seems to be a bit of a bump in players from the free weekend, this is where AGS is targeting the event.

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New World should have a Holiday Kaiju for every holiday.

Turkeylon for Thanksgiving.

Krampus for Christmas

Jack the Rabbit Lord, who is a world boss summoning hordes of killer rabbits.

Headless Horseman for Halloween

That kind of thing.

Big, giant world bosses. Kaiju.

Summertime event could be dual bosses, a Godzilla and a Kong clone.

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The problem with the Turkey and any similar raid boss is that during the turkey event I had a group of 5 people and we had the timer for every zone.

We would farm that turkey for like 16 hours and get 9/10 of every spawn. It was not really fair.

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turkey event was not exciting. youd either spend all day running around waiting for the spawn. or wait for someone to announce it. then spend like 500 azoth just to get there, take 20 minutes to kill, and then not get a loot drop.

F U N

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A lot of fun and interesting suggestions in this thread

I do want to thank you and the team though for your work on the game. Forums are rough, but the game is coming along well and many of us enjoy it.

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Thank you for your time…LOVE NW, and I am hopeful and excited for the future of the game…can’t wait to see what you guys come up with… :grin:

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I too, was looking for something more along those lines, especially after thanksgiving, when my hapless character rounded the corner of one of the many pointy towers, and there, suddenly, was a multi-story Turkey!!!

I’ll never forget that scene, “What, behind the Rabbit?” “No, it is the rabbit!”
Here is the reference, for those poor, besotted and lowly folks, that have never experienced Monty Python.

I remember playing Diablo with a friend, and we were so underpowered, we needed to stage our battles by righting in doorways, where the first monster to reach us would stop in the doorway, blocking all the others from reaching us, so my friend and I could get a series of 2 vs 1 battles, rather than 30+ vs 2.

I scouted out a huge horde, and because I am a naturally greedy fellow when performing a draw, I had to get every last monster to chase me that I could.

Long story short, I bit off a bit more than we could chew, and fortunately, I had set up my hotkeys with a bit of text, designed for just such and EMERGENCY, so while I was frantically dodging massed arrows, and running for my life, I spammed my preset key, and so filled the screen with:

Run Away…!!! Run Away…!!! Run Away…!!!

And matching actions to words, I ran right through the door and kept on heeling and toeing it. I ran to the far side of the dungeon, and waited for my friend to join me, and after several seconds that seemed like hours, I read the message, “Dorbin was slain by the Skeleton King”.

The whole time, I kept trying to get ahold of him (back in those days, no voice contact, just text), and after he died, it was still some time later that I heard from him.

I asked him what happened, did he lagg, or was he AFK, or what…???

His first words were, did you ever see Monty Python?

And then I knew, it was me that killed him, with laughter.

Of course, he had to share the story from his characters perspective…
but that is for someplace else, I think.

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Giant corrupted bunny head with laser beams coming out of its eyes.