PvE Survival Challenge Arenas

PvE Survival Challenge Arenas

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Posted by: Roland Dragonne.7384

Roland Dragonne.7384

Something I have been missing from GW1 is the Norn Fighting Tournament from EotN. It was a lot of fun, but only single player. What about turning it into an “Activity” similar to the Keg Brawl.

It would be really fun to have a Survival Challenge Arena in every PvE geographic area where 2-5 players join up (enemy count per wave adjusted for player count, but individual mob difficulty remains the same), enter an instance, and have waves of increasingly difficult, geographically relevant, enemies spawn and attack. The Challenge is to survive 100 waves. If all players are defeated, the Challenge ends.

For example, in Kryta it would have only mobs that occur in that area and it is hosted by the Seraph in a coliseum-like arena. There would be a 3-5 second delay between the last mob in the wave being defeated and the next wave spawning. Every 10 waves would be of a single mob type, progressing in increasing numbers or class of that enemy (whichever would be applicable for the mob type). Every 10th wave would be completion of a Progression Level, with the 10th wave itself including 1 veteran per player or other significant increase in difficulty. At the end of a Progression Level there would be a 30 second delay for players to reset themselves, looting, possible reward delivery, and level adjustment to the next Progression Level (using the DLA system to keep the mob sets and type challenging). 10 Progression Levels completed (100 waves) would be completion of the Challenge.

Rewards would be the normal drops from the enemies of course, plus 1 silver for each wave completed. At the end of a Progression Level some specific random reward could be given, based on things that are difficult to get in game (rare mats, Forge components, etc.). For completing the Challenge at the end of 100 waves, the reward would be something like an Achievement award (only once for the first time in a specific geo area), 1 Laurel and the equivalent of a Dragon Chest (Both only once per day, per character, per geo area, only in home server). For running though a second or more time per day, the total of 1 Gold from the wave rewards plus drops and Progression Level rewards would be more than enough.

I think this would be fun for a lot of people and provide another route to rewards for those players who only want to fight things or for those who enjoy mob grinding sometimes. Whatever the reason, it would provide another alternative way to play, achieve rewards, and mix it up that keep the overall game fun and fresh.

Thoughts?

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Posted by: Swurf.7620

Swurf.7620

It sounds fun. A lot of FPS’s incorporate similar ideas too (i.e. CoD Black OPS Zombies). I personally think it would be a great addition, though depending on how many mob per wave 100 sounds awfully high :-)

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Posted by: Roland Dragonne.7384

Roland Dragonne.7384

It sounds fun. A lot of FPS’s incorporate similar ideas too (i.e. CoD Black OPS Zombies). I personally think it would be a great addition, though depending on how many mob per wave 100 sounds awfully high :-)

Lol… maybe I wasn’t clear. The mob type should change every 10 waves. This would allow for more difficult mobs (or mobs with the capability to be more difficult) to replace simply increasing the volume of mobs. Combo mobs could also be used. Ogres with pets, Ghostly Warriors adding a Ghostly Healer, etc.

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Posted by: Lil Puppy.5216

Lil Puppy.5216

These partially exist already in some Norn areas (Gendarran Fields – Vollym’s Battle Pit poi – Snowblind Waypoint) where you get to choose the difficulty of your encounter.
There’s one where you choose the door for the animal you want to fight and it sends a few waves at you (it’s a heart somewhere).
Then there’s the ‘instanced’ version where you go inside a caged area with a bunch of different veterans and try to survive.

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Posted by: Roland Dragonne.7384

Roland Dragonne.7384

I’ve done those, and that’s part of the reason why I made this suggestion. It is like it has almost been implemented, but most of them are unrepeatable Heart quests.

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Posted by: Rozbuska.5263

Rozbuska.5263

Yea some PvE tower defense like in gw1 will be great.

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