Hey,
I just had the idea how awesome it would be to be able to be a Risen for a day, a weekend or just an event.
It would essentially mean that one could play a Risen for a while in Straights of Devastation, Malchor’s Leap or Cursed Shore. One would look like the usual mob and have the same abilities the mobs normally use, like pulling ppl to them as the Putrifier does or immobilize ppl like the Acolyte is capable of. At entering one would be placed at a random point in the map, amongst other Risen that would also normally be there, but this time they would be allies. There could even be other players, only those who chose to be a Risen could of course see if a Risen is actually controlled by a player or just a mere NPC. There could be objectives ppl would fight over or it would just be for the lulz of having a temporarily and totally imbalanced WvW experience in the PvE zones. Of course, the Risen controlled by players would also just have the normal HP and damage output, hence be inferior to the normal players, but could team up to prove an unpredictable and dangerous foe.
This would serve several purposes. First, it could be an incredibly funny experience, maybe even for both side. The parameters at which this happens need to be worked out by Anet first of course, like the maximum number of players able to switch into a Risen and such. Second, it could prove to be a decent alternation to the zones people have gotten quite accustomed to in the meantime. Third, it would probably make traveling the zones difficult, but this time it’s not (only) the number of enemies lurking around, but also the potential property of being controlled by a skilled player. I have seen complaints about the zones being to “easy”, since fighting the enemies would just prove tedious due to their numbers, not dangerous like some people would like them to be. Last but not least, it would show people how it feels like to be Risen confronted by the overwhelming power that is a player, which could help those who complain about the difficulty being to “high” to see how powerful they actually are when fighting the Risen mobs.
This is only a suggestion for adding a temporary WvW like element to one or more high level zones, it shouldnt be permanent. But I really like that idea. I would really like to haunt some people who think they can just run past me, hehehehe.
Let me know what you think of that idea.