So with Halloween on our doorstep and Christmas and New Years coming up soon as well, i was thinking about seasonal ingame events. A lot of Games do that, and while some just put more or less funny skins on NPCs and such, some do it really well.
So i was wondering if there will be seasonal events in the future?
Like special Bounty requests for example where we have to fight a Jack-o-lantern kinda miniboss to get a lollipop weapon or something (just grasping at straws with bad ideas here, but you get the picture).
Or around Christmas maybe we could find some presents in the world which work like chests, but are placed under random “Christmas Trees”.
I am aware the current focus is on delivering more content etc. but it would be really nice to have such things in the future for a bit more variety and to promote exploration even when a realm is “fully explored”.
Kind of breaks immersion, for me at least, to have a santa claus in the middle of sacrament without any explanation as to why the jolly old man would exist in a world full of rot and gods that are not from the judeo christian background.
On the other hand halloween is always welcome in this kind of setting hehehe, samhain and other herectic festival fit like a glove here.
yeah, i just dumped ideas. basic point was, that seasonal events could fit well in the world if done right. and would go into this whole games as a service thing that keeps games alive with seasonal events if done right.
good idea on paper. i would make sure the additions fit within the narrative and tone of the game; don’t pull a TF2.
additionally: make it interesting. halloween should not just be pumpkins and candycorn, christmas should not just be festive lights and wrapping paper.
do something unique – give wicked some holiday-related worldbuilding. myths, folktales, customs… the game already has a ton of this through gear descriptions, so i could see it working well in other ways.
