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Sep 5, 2022, 18:4409/05/22
06/25/20
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Two suggestions to add replayability to the game

If I'm gonna criticise Plarium for the Iron Twins, may as well try to see if I can do better, right?

Realm of Chaos

My inspiration for this game mode comes from an old SNES game I played waaay back in the day called Lufia 2. That game featured a dungeon called the Ancient Cave. When you enter the dungeon, all of your characters are temporarily reset to level 1, and you temporarily lose all your items. Within the dungeon, you play the game as normal, you fight enemies, you get items, and you try to get as far down as you can. The gimmick is that there are certain special items you can collect within there, which you can take out with you after.

How I envision the game mode working for this game is similar. You start a "run" of the dungeon, and you can only have one run active at a time. Within the dungeon, you can use any champ you own. Rather than having them start at level 1, I figure it best to just keep them at whatever level they are outside, along with any masteries and books they've had applied to them. However, no items from outside the dungeon can be brought in. All champions will have a special second page of items, which will represent the ones currently equipped for the dungeon. That page will automatically become emptied (for free) when you start a run.

The dungeon itself will operate similarly to how the existing ones do. There'd be 25 stages of increasing difficulty, and each stage will feature two waves and then the boss. Each time you start the dungeon, the boss you get will be randomized (though it'll be the same for each run within the dungeon until you choose to end it). The dungeon bosses would be new, and would feature their own unique item sets. The items you earn in the dungeon will show up in your inventory as normal, and can be upgraded as normal, however, they can only be equipped within the dungeon (until you end it). You can end the dungeon at any time. When you do so, you keep any items you earned within it, and they become usable by your normal champs. 

Seasonal Gameplay

My inspiration on this one would be Diablo 3. The seasonal gameplay of that game was by far the biggest replayability mechanism of the game. Prior to seasons, I played the game briefly, but never really got heavily invested. Seasons changed that entirely. They operated as a massive leveler of the playing field. Everyone started at the same point, and your ability to succeed wasn't impeded by how much time others had previously spent playing the game.

As with my previous suggestion, I'm going to try to keep this one simple. Each season would last a fixed amount of time - three months I think makes sense. After the season starts, any player can join at any point until it ends. The gameplay itself would be identical to the current game - you start, you pick one of four starter champs, and you grind/farm away.

The gimmick here is that each season would feature wildcards. For example,

  • All healing effects are doubled
  • All damage is halved
  • Crowd Control effects have a hard cap of 75% chance of success
  • TM Control effects are halved
  • Item Set Bonuses are doubled

etc... I envision several wildcards being actived each season, and I'd hope that each season they'd be able to introduce unique wildcards to complement the standard ones.

The incentive to participate would be that each season would provide unique rewards. The easy way to implement this would be to have a special tournament and event that would be active throughout the season, and which would feature milestone rewards. They'd have your typical rewards, but also forge materials for season-specific item sets. They'd also have fragments for season-specific champions.

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harleQuinnModerator
Sep 5, 2022, 19:2409/05/22
02/24/19
7964

Seasons would be fun certainly!

Feb 1, 2023, 17:3402/01/23
06/25/20
6719

Shameless bump since I'm now finished all existing content. C'mon Plarium! These are relatively "easy" things to add, and will add a huge amount of extra playable stuff for us.

harleQuinnModerator
Feb 1, 2023, 17:5102/01/23
02/24/19
7964
kramaswamy.kr

Shameless bump since I'm now finished all existing content. C'mon Plarium! These are relatively "easy" things to add, and will add a huge amount of extra playable stuff for us.

Shameless plug to get you to advance in Tag. Come join us in the deep end of the pool. :P

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May 26, 2023, 13:1805/26/23
06/25/20
6719

Semi-regular bump :) You did the Nogdar thing, which I appreciate. Here's another one!

ShortOnSkillzModerator
May 26, 2023, 22:3405/26/23
06/24/19
2425

Bumpity bump.  Love the idea of some short term randomness that seasons would bring.  Something like that would be awesome to see in the future!

harleQuinnModerator
May 26, 2023, 22:3605/26/23
02/24/19
7964
kramaswamy.kr

Semi-regular bump :) You did the Nogdar thing, which I appreciate. Here's another one!

I LISTEN SOMETIMES (rarely) <3

Aug 23, 2023, 20:1608/23/23
06/25/20
6719

Quarterly bump incoming~

Aug 23, 2023, 20:4308/23/23
05/26/22
585

I would love seasons. 

harleQuinnModerator
Aug 23, 2023, 21:0408/23/23
02/24/19
7964
kramaswamy.kr

Quarterly bump incoming~

I tag @dthorne04 to make sure this isn't a bot necro bump. :D

dthorne04Moderator
Aug 23, 2023, 22:5308/23/23
12/30/20
6215
harleQuinn

I tag @dthorne04 to make sure this isn't a bot necro bump. :D

I'd better ban to be safe. :)

ShortOnSkillzModerator
Aug 24, 2023, 00:0008/24/23
06/24/19
2425
harleQuinn

I tag @dthorne04 to make sure this isn't a bot necro bump. :D

What am I chopped liver?!

harleQuinnModerator
Aug 24, 2023, 02:5608/24/23
02/24/19
7964
ShortOnSkillz

What am I chopped liver?!

Yes

Aug 24, 2023, 05:5108/24/23
05/03/20
1858

I like the idea of seasons.  Would the rewards from seasons be brought back into the main game?  

Aug 24, 2023, 07:3408/24/23
08/24/23
1

 Love the idea of some short term randomness that seasons would bring. 

Aug 24, 2023, 07:3508/24/23
08/24/23
2

fun certainly

ShortOnSkillzModerator
Aug 24, 2023, 07:5308/24/23
06/24/19
2425
harleQuinn

Yes

Harsh, but fair. 

Aug 24, 2023, 14:1308/24/23
06/25/20
6719
ClosedPoly

I like the idea of seasons.  Would the rewards from seasons be brought back into the main game?  

That'd be the idea, yeah

Aug 24, 2023, 14:2808/24/23
05/26/22
585
ShortOnSkillz

What am I chopped liver?!

No because I like liver once a year. 😜

Aug 24, 2023, 14:5108/24/23
07/15/20
144

sounds like fun i but i can see the LAG in the servers.... 

ShortOnSkillzModerator
Aug 24, 2023, 16:2108/24/23
06/24/19
2425
Shibb

No because I like liver once a year. 😜

And you never like me?  Rude.