The Fractal Club
Objective: Add extra reward for completing each fractal type.
Theme: The Rich and famous tyrian nobility has acquired a new taste for exotic trophies from the mists. They are aggressively competing between them to get the most incredible trophies. They will reward those who help them raise their notoriety between their competitors by finishing their frivolous collections.
Mechanics: There are 4 tier collections that can be unlocked by talking to distinct NPC’s around Tyria. Each collection relates to each of the 4 fractal level tiers (1-20, 21-50, 51-75, 76-100). When a collection is unlocked, players will be able to charge agony infusions from the appropriated level inside the essences of the defeated bosses to create special trophies that award items from the collection and give reward when delivered. If an element of a collection is already awarded it cannot drop again until the collection resets.
When a collection is finished players will be awarded a Fractal Club Chest. And the corresponding collection will reset and lock again.
Each collection level will award higher tier trophies that will require higher level infusions.
• lvl 2+ infusions gets Jade Maw Tentacle in lvl 10+ fractals
• lvl 4+ infusions gets Jade Maw Teeth in lvl 21+ fractals
• lvl 6+ infusions gets Jade Maw Eye in lvl 51+ fractals
• lvl 8+ infusions gets Jade Maw Heart in lvl 76+ fractals
The Agony Hounds
Objective: Add challenge for repeating fractal types.
Theme: There are unknown creatures inside the Mists, the deeper you get in, the more dangerous they become.
One of them is the legendary and sinister Agony Hound (Remember the Hounds of Tindalos?).
Agony Hounds roam the Mists and prey for those unaware or fool enough to confront them. The Hounds tend to lurk around the stabilized fractals they found for a time, and get attracted by the scent agony releases when wounds living beings.
It is hard to find them by chance but those who wander too many times on the same areas of the mists risk their life, because the hounds can get their trails and follow them across the Mists.
Mechanics: When a player finishes a fractal type (not level) more than X times in a single day he/she will gain one trail tick for X time. Whenever agony hits a player with trail ticks there is a growing chance for each tick, one Agony Hound spawns inside the fractal some time after. Once a hound spawns, if not killed fast enough, players will face a living nightmare inside the fractal.
Agony Hounds can teleport at will, appear and vanish near players suffering from agony damage and feast on their flesh. They will finish downed players without a hesitation, and even worse, agony hounds feed on agony, their attacks weaken agony resistances and agony waves in the fractal will heal and empower them. They are even able to release agony stored in their bodies with terrific devastating howls.
Hounds can be very dangerous. They are evil and cunning and will wait for the precise time when their arrival puts the group in the worst of situations.
Next post: Fractal Events.
