Preview - Blotto's back! House Party 2022!

[Cinco]

I hope you still have your party hats on! Blotto just arrived.


This week in Arcane Legends, we're keeping the birthday vibes going with even more party time! But be careful, there's a party crasher lurking in Arlor and he may have his eyes on your rocking shindig if it gets too rowdy.

How it Works

Gather 20 or more of your friends and guild mates in your house (guild halls don't count*) for a party! You get to decide what to do at this party. :) It's just the number of people that counts.

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A realm-wide broadcast message saying "The Party Crasher is looking for a party to crash" will appear a few minutes before "Blotto" spawns! He'll appear every 2 hours.

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If you have 20+ people in your house immediately after this message displays (approximately 5 minutes), it's party time! When Blotto the Troll arrives, team up with your party goers to slay the party pooper before he smashes your favorite vase!

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Once slain, Blotto has a chance to drop gold and some of the many furniture items he's knicked from other parties, along with a special event crate. Both hosts and their guests can pick up the loot.

The Blotto Encounter

Blotto will use the same mechanics as the gold birthday dragon, meaning that in combat he will only take 1 damage at a time. This will prevent instant-kills and make sure that everyone gets to participate in the fun!

Be aware that Blotto now does significant damage! Unlike Arcanax the Birthday Dragon who was 'Hardcore-friendly,' Blotto's attacks can damage you. So be careful, Legends!

Finally, when Blotto takes damage he has a chance to drop Health and Mana powerups - so be on the lookout for these to appear during the fight.

Blotto's Loot

Gold:

Blotto has a chance to drop gold in amounts anywhere between 1,500 and 110,000!

Furnishings:



Legendary Traveler's Dragonscale Luggage (Duffle, Case, Trunk, and Open Trunk)

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Vagabond's Getaway Bag & Sleepy-time Throw Pillow

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Badge:

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Plus, Overnighter's Locked Crate. A special event crate with exclusive rewards (see below).


Event Crate

Overnighter's Locked Crate has the chance to drop additional furnishings along with other exciting items.

Gear:



Level 81 Arcane Armor and Weapons
Level 81 Mythic Belts


Vanities:



Rook's Burlap Eye Mask

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Luscious Pillow Eye Mask

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Z's Tender Eye Mask

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Stuffed Bear Backpack

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Sleepy Quilted Wings

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The Store

Visit the store all week for a limited quantity of Massive Overnighter's Locked Crates!

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The House Party Event will run for one (1) week starting 11/10, ending on 11/17.

Party hard, Legends! And don't forget to come back here and show us screenshots of your epic parties! We'd love to see.

[santaria]

firsttttt told you all

[Oawaoebi]

Great another week of afk-ing. Atleast i don’t have to move all 2 minutes.

Just kidding, one of the best events for hardcore coming pretty excited and it’s for all levels again. I do Hope it needs 10 hits on blotting to get loot. Everybody just standing afk in a single house is pretty annoying.


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[Ryu_evin]

2nd

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[Encryptions]

Blotto badge would be cool to add, btw I feel 2 hours is too long. I know it drops a ton of gold but could there be a possibility to cut the gold max drop rate by 50% and have blotto spawn every hour?

[Oawaoebi]

Can Blotto spawn be reduced to once each hour please?


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[santaria]

does gold loot works here?

[Balenciaqa]

nice, any new updates about the arcane weapons? Like how is the balancing going so far?


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[Observing]

I assume he's doing dmg to prevent afks but what if that still doesn't work ? Will suspensions be handed out ?

[Loxed AL]

Another afk event zz....

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[PostNoob]

How many more weeks for arcanes to get an update... This event is boring and underwhelming... Again..

[Pickname - Dougim]

2 hours and a lot of time to sleep and watch Netflix Zzz






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[snakeeyes]

any teasers about the rebalance of arcane 81 weapon? we are waiting long enough already please.

[deathhbringer]

Does gold is drop affected by the overall gold loot % a character has?

[Advocacies]

Why not jarl event? We don't need this rip another boring week

[snakeeyes]

Why not jarl event? We don't need this rip another boring week

+1 jarl event is better.

[Pickname - Dougim]

+1 jarl event is better.+1 jaarlllĺll

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[Manage]

May be next year

[sna51]

2 boring event , it isn't good for most players who run HB map zone but didn't drop badge , or farm cake and get nothing, just waste time .... however it will end soon but ,
2h is tooooo long for House party event
Make 1h or 30min .
Tnx...

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[Vvaffe]

any teasers about the rebalance of arcane 81 weapon? we are waiting long enough already please.
How many more weeks for arcanes to get an update... This event is boring and underwhelming... Again..+11111

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[Xyv.io]

Lol why no arcane weapon updates still? U guys said it should be up by this week...

Please confirm arcane weapon rebalancing

[PostNoob]

The fact that you just take away the ability to do damage to event bosses is frustrating & annoying. Especially since you got people just going AFK in these events which ends up making more works of a boring mechanic for the others actually playing.


Everything is furniture nowadays. 2 hours for a few hundred thousand gold is hardly an event people can earn that very easily Won't speak on the vanities they speak for themselves . No mention of arcane 81 updates.

[Enicaanaj]

+1 Jarl when?

[Queen134]

Lol why no arcane weapon updates still? U guys said it should be up by this week...

Please confirm arcane weapon rebalancing+1

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[Asfargo]

please bring another event, another boring event so many events with good content another week afk because there is no fun in these events

[profmsb]

omg...u guys did the jarl event voting but,this event that suddenly rereturn without asking/poll voting in forum...kinda funny..hahaha..but anyway tyyy,hoping jarl soon as agree in previous voting thread

[Xuds]

Combine jarl and blotto into 1 week, can't do blotto 24/7 anyways. Then we still have enough time for harvest hoarfrost and winter event

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[Oakmaiden]

Looks like Blotto ate the Jarl, or was the vote I missed for nothing? Jarl Jarl Jarl. Or is he coming after Blotto? As for the Blot.. looks ok. I would vote to close the Homeshow tho, those listed have a distinct advantage. As per previous years.

[Oakmaiden]

Combine jarl and blotto into 1 week, can't do blotto 24/7 anyways. Then we still have enough time for harvest hoarfrost and winter event

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I like this idea, why not run the two events simultaneously...thumbs up! Innovative!

[tailwarrior]

Is it okay to keep my afk alts in my house during this event or will I get banned for going afk in my house [emoji536]?

It's hard to join other people house containing 20 people. If I do join those with 500 furnishings, I got kicked most of the time or can't meet 20 people requirement.it's impossible to run a party in my house since no one will join 🥲.


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[Synergia]

@Devs
Thank you, looks fun
Can you consider removing mythic equipment from locks? They are extremely affordable already, if you could stop adding them to new locks, would be lit

[tailwarrior]

or make it so that there is a arlor shelter(a map like east windmoore) for homeless and needy people [emoji28].

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[Oakmaiden]

I assume he's doing dmg to prevent afks but what if that still doesn't work ? Will suspensions be handed out ?

The homeowner has booting power. But I recall ppl having trouble filling their houses, alt accounts n a few afkers are sometimes needed to make the 20 person quota.

[Asfargo]

+1+1 please do that waiting 2 hours to kill the blotton is frustrating

[Loxed AL]

What s the point of voting for an event if we get another one?

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[Oakmaiden]

Is it okay to keep my afk alts in my house during this event or will I get banned for going afk in my house [emoji536]?

It's hard to join other people house containing 20 people. If I do join those with 500 furnishings, I got kicked most of the time or can't meet 20 people requirement.it's impossible to run a party in my house since no one will join ��.



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You can afk in your house, but ppl will advertise in towns /visit _ _ _ to join their homes also.

[Sakura Bushido]

Before release can open luggage furniture be adjusted to not have the weird side drawer?

Will this also include a portal? That teleport you to one filling house on the house show leaderboard?

2 hours seem verry long making this boss 12 times a day? We see big gold drops but shouldn't this be bigger house drops?

House slots, furniture slots, more furniture drops. That would push it more towards the housing mechanic.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221109/c08dbcb6006b2c27c1165e8017545d32.jpg

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[Heresince12]

YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING RIGHT? another event with waiting afk for hours? To loot nothing again? (Very few people care about furnishing, and I'm not commenting about those masks that they will worth 100 gold in auction)
JARL EVENT + 1000...
Who makes these choices I wonder..

[Titanium]

Jarl will be released this year?

Blotto is just a filler event. I was really hoping for Jarl. This event Was not requested and almost nobody was looking forward to it.

Kindly remove mythics from crates. They are way too common now.

[Heresince12]

What s the point of voting for an event if we get another one?

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Exactly... At least spread the boring events throughout the year ..not back to back Jesus!

[Dio Alviandz]

Waiting 2 Hours for offline until winter,, thanks


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[Asfargo]

Combine jarl and blotto into 1 week, can't do blotto 24/7 anyways. Then we still have enough time for harvest hoarfrost and winter event

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+1+1+1 please do this I don't want to wait 2 hours for blotton to lot furniture

[Monelgr]

can we at least take more furniture? like walls and corners? in grey,orange,dark blue or cyan? and the disco ball what was dropable in previous blotto event?

[newbielicious]

1,500 to 110,000k gold every 2 hours ? better to farm in elite sunken . i see another boring event 😑.

[snakeeyes]

roadmap already change i think theres no jarl this year. asommers already close the threads on spirit and arcane 81 feedback i think they give us hope now for the rebalance of 81 arc and update to zodias spirit gears thanks asommers your the great.😘😘😘

[Vuhoangtc1]

what we need! That's the speed of wp arc 81 improvement, not even worthless events like this!This is not the player's experience.

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[Urdookie07]

YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING RIGHT? another event with waiting afk for hours? To loot nothing again? (Very few people care about furnishing, and I'm not commenting about those masks that they will worth 100 gold in auction)
JARL EVENT + 1000...
Who makes these choices I wonder..

Lol 100% those vanities from the locks will be so cheap except for the teddy bear so they’re not worth opening locks for


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[Péter Ferenczi]

Nice event btw when the real events come? I mean this is a joke afk event again like the birthday also this vanity's just wow dunno what the designer think but not some big shots...Players not play this game to wait 2 hours to get 1k gold (depend on drop but yeah). SUNKEN IS WAY MORE better to get gold then this event. Why not the jarl event come?

[Balenciaqa]

nice, any new updates about the arcane weapons? Like how is the balancing going so far?


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I saw the kraken preview thread got closed and a feedback thread got open. When is the update live?


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[Alexwwe]

Gold event nice

[Hamsoloroguer]

nice, any new updates about the arcane weapons? Like how is the balancing going so far?


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True I am waiting for the update of arcane weapons until they made notification about that but never actialized?

[Nexior]

Nice , weeks after , and rogues still can abuse arc daggers xD

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[Pickname - Dougim]

this event can still be worse than this one now, totally disappointed sts, if you can buy an aquaris staff with gold since house event you will be a hero

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[snakeeyes]

@Dev @asommers @Cinco must use each of the arcane weapons, see that the description of the boss killer and pve mobs killer do not match, the dagger is not in the boss killer but in the pve clear, and the other boss killer types such as the bow ,sword and gun can't do what the arc 81 dagger does in killing the boss quickly, the only people who say don't nerf the dagger are the ones who take advantage of the dev's wrong placement of the dagger as a boss killer to get an advantage in lb and with goldloot, there is no need for another feedback, what is needed is to rebalance the arcane weapon 81.

[Immortal_Blood]

Nice art!

Suggestions:

Shorten Blotto respawn to 90m or less (or have it spawn faster based on player activity/chat - nope :D)
Add damage numbers so we can see how many hits we land so we can min max and adjust gear accordingly.
Nerf Blotto HP so it can be killed in 2-3 minutes by 10-15 players
Allow us to reduce blotto respawn timer (Exempli gratia: 1,200 cakes opened globally will reduce timer progressively from 120m to 0m)

[Wortwechsel]

2H is way too long . Pls reduce it (30min-1H) . Thx

[modkill]

would've been better if you run no event this week to take things slower to focus on improving game balancing so ppl don't one shot everything and focus on upcoming events designs and ideas, this is nonsense something as simple as boosting gold or jewels drop rate for all maps like x1.5 or like 25% more (nothing too crazy) for a week could be a better filler event that'd make everyone satisfied

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[Nexior]

Lets be honest @Cinco anyway u guys will need millions buffs nerfs which is fine come on none expect from you guys to know how perfect balance looks like we spending all life on gameplay not you... just let it live now and listen people for next adjustments ... Rogues benefits asf right now . Farming much more gold , climbing on top of lbs . Because offcourse you not gonna reset it,who cares about fair play ...

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[Immortal_Blood]

sup yall, if you got something to share, please do it - your ideas could be ground-breaking and may added into the event easily and fast.

Suggestions:

Shorten Blotto respawn to 90m or less (or have it spawn faster based on player activity/chat - nope :D)
Add damage numbers so we can see how many hits we land so we can min max and adjust gear accordingly.
Nerf Blotto HP so it can be killed in 2-3 minutes by 10-15 players
Allow us to reduce blotto respawn timer (Exempli gratia: 1,200 cakes opened globally will reduce timer progressively from 120m to 0m)

see ya around. - apostlej

[recilencia123]

Blotto badge would be cool to add, btw I feel 2 hours is too long. I know it drops a ton of gold but could there be a possibility to cut the gold max drop rate by 50% and have blotto spawn every hour? 50%less Gold for 50% faster, is not same? xD

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[Bug]

There is still 1 day few hours left to change to Jarl, make it happen! :)


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[Mythocrisis]

Looks good. Thank you.

@asommers any possibility to add those bears in different colors like white black red or other colors too while it launches?
Not many vanities goes with brown.

[PostNoob]

There is still 1 day few hours left to change to Jarl, make it happen! :)


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Switch them around please. Too many boring events back to back. I don't think people remember how lethargic & uneventful Harvest Event is.

[Encryptions]

50%less Gold for 50% faster, is not same? xD

Enviado desde mi M2101K7AG mediante TapatalkIts so we get to fight the boss more often, a 2 hour spawn time per boss is a long time. Boss drops house items too.

[Maxxa]

Nice event tysm :3

[mrbatibot]

+1 jarl event

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[Xuds]

Ty for adding jarl after harvest

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[Heresince12]

I'm having such a hard time understanding this event. So if you find 20 people to join a house and spawn a boss after 2 hours..you might get 1500 gold or a useless furniture. Am I correct or am I high? Did they really approve this?

[Sakura Bushido]

Thanks for the post! Section for changes while it isn't released is needed....
Clearing up what i found most interesting from other post.

- vanity bear needs multiple colors, not matching in one color and logical if more colors available

- timer too high, right now it won't be a playable event. People take this week to farm esunk and leaves houses too empty to spawn the boss.

- gold reward more balanced, make it worthwhile. Also better housing drops so people can get into it. Many dont like furniture/housing right now while this is one of the best mechanics in game.

- portal to teleport to top houses house show. Makes it easy for solo Wolfs or people new to the game to find full lobbys. While enjoying the best creations of ur community.

- add dmg counter.

- make boss spawn outside house! Gives it a proximity off the spawn point of house. This so people wont randomly be teleporterd outside house while attacking. Giving the chance to miss ur 2 hour waited for loot.

- badges, new boss badge silver. Housing badge gold?

- vanity armors matching the sets! Were are our pyjamas to fall asleep waiting 2 hours!

- smaller bosses/multiple mobs 20/30 is spawning each 30 min. No need for big rewards or good gold. Keep the people busy while waiting.

List can go on and on but these suttle and small changes could change the direction of this event rn.

Im sure with this long waiting time + broken arcane weapons/bad loot from crates, no people will participate in this event. Many bought gl sets and many will take this time to farm the sunken gold in sunken elite.

Please take a look sts


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[snakeeyes]

wowowow thanks Cinco for adding the badge, thats great.

[Sakura Bushido]

Will we get blotto helm, armor as vanity drop?

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[Oouh No]

At this point it looks like i need to be the vanity graphic designer


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[Ketx]

waiting 2 hours until the boss spawn is way too long. reduce the time. I actually don't think people who have irl stuff going on can even get the rewards when its only a week event and 2 hours of waiting.

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[Nexior]

Brah badges everywhere... Hope so 50badges aps comes is getting to common . In 2-3months again all top overall tie

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[Oawaoebi]

Brah badges everywhere... Hope so 50badges aps comes is getting to common . In 2-3months again all top overall tie

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[coffee]

Cinco did say jarl will be back so I'm guessing after this

[Arccmage]

Jarl is in roadmap so no worry..
Add something interesting with this event plz..

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[Neutrone]

- Have a condition where a certain number of hits has to be made for someone to be eligible for loot.

- I would greatly appreciate house slots in the loot table if we are not getting Jarl. And even if we are, I would still appreciate house slots.

- Add lootable badges and/or titles

[Neutrone]

- Have a condition where a certain number of hits has to be made for someone to be eligible for loot.

- I would greatly appreciate house slots in the loot table if we are not getting Jarl. And even if we are, I would still appreciate house slots.

- Add lootable badges and/or titlesTyped this before badge was added so you can ignore that last point (some titles would br nice though). Ty

[Nocturnus]

Will we get blotto helm, armor as vanity drop?

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[dualray]

I wish the teddy bear can be a arcane pet or some sort
That would be so cool


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[Happilyanonymous]

Love this event..it's so fun yo get together but please make this hardcore safe.

[Anehazaz]

I was happy with how Blotto was run last year..I don’t like the idea of this 1 damage ..it’s mind numbing, the fun was being able to join a house for a few mins. It wasn’t a boring event it was actually fun to join with people for a few mins but still carry on as normal in AL.

[iheartu]

- make boss spawn outside house! Gives it a proximity off the spawn point of house. This so people wont randomly be teleporterd outside house while attacking. Giving the chance to miss ur 2 hour waited for loot.


This is also the issue I got last time while killing blotto and accidentally exited outside the house before he die then no loot for me. I hope it can be fixed coz waiting for 2 hours to miss the loot is heartbreaking. Or Maybe house owners can have option to close the door so that no one can go outside of the house?

@cinco, I like those new furnishings, I hope 1 of them can have access to our stash pls? Ty

[sweeetcakes]

omg...u guys did the jarl event voting but,this event that suddenly rereturn without asking/poll voting in forum...kinda funny..hahaha..but anyway tyyy,hoping jarl soon as agree in previous voting thread

whats the point of polls if we arent listened to?

[drawfflerz]

the only good from this update is Badge only. xD

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[HappyDINO]

plz add gh slots and house slots to drop list
Happydino

[Hurtex]

If blotto will be spawning every 2hours you have to at least increase the gold he drops, 15k-110k doesn’t sound appealing at all.


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[Xan]

that badge is so cool. Hoping to loot one.

[ItsNotOrange]

Hey sts, Does gold loot set works on loot?

[mklucasjt]

what would be the chance of adding two events at the same time, house party and harvest, need jarl xd.

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[drawfflerz]

i dont understand. does the timer (2 hours) start to count when 20 people gathered or it count every 2 hours in every house?

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[Poutygirl]

it looks a bit underwhelming sorry.. this ones not for me.

[chupapiMunyanyo]

Gold loot affects gold drop on boss?

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[Deletus]

@Cinco it's stated that Bloto will drop 1500 - 110,000 golds. do we need a gold loot items to reach the cap or it's fixed random even without?.

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[kael24]

If blotto will be spawning every 2hours you have to at least increase the gold he drops, 15k-110k doesn’t sound appealing at all.


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[Dashie]

Meh 2hrs for 15k gold

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Better to farm in E Sunk lol.

[Rangersss]

@Cinco It is better that I put it every 30 minutes like years ago, did you know that I used to fill many houses? and there will be no one left? the first blotto house party event was titan drop and halo I remember that the Being married gave benefits and was a good drop, I currently lead a guild and seeing 2 bosses is a long time, my many will want you to go to their house, I have always visited a good or bad house in these events without despising anyone, even it always happened and it was 2 weeks, and 30 minutes gave a lot of time ..
In general, I am not one of those little groups that only want to be fixed at home. In my community, at least I do that so that they feel comfortable and do not feel bad.
in my opinion IT IS BETTER 30 MINUTES BY BOSS LIKE THE PREVIOUS EVENTS

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[Senpaikazu24]

2 hours is too long but it's ok if the drop rate is ok then there's no problem...

Btw Nice event thank you @cinco

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[brid06]

Make the players requirements by 4 and waiting time for 10 mins

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[ManggBoyy]

How about the gold drop does it need to wear gl?

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[Monelgr]

can we get blotto in monster furniture? and some old furniture like the disco ball and walls/corners in dark blue,red? and if we can reduce the blotto spawn every 1 hour like last blotto events

[Rauigriu]

First disclaimer: I recognize that this thread is about the House Party event, and while I’m trying to make this post very relevant for final tweeks, if necessary, to the House Party event, hopefully as I give my humble opinion it spurs discussion from other players and even developers that will provide lots of insight into what motivates gameplay and event participation in an effort to improve upon future events as well.

STS Arcane Legends management team and Developers - We know that A TON of work goes into good game development and that brainstorming, creating, coding and updating events, gameplay and graphics is no small task. Therefore great weekly/bi-weekly event production is tough esp when trying to keep players happy and active. That takes well coordinated teams (and I have NO problem with, and even hope, that you each profit in some way from this game if that helps give us players better events and updates). Thank you.

Enough back patting, now let me talk House Party and events. As you create events I think you know that we each see events to be great for a number of reasons. What makes an event great vs simply good or even bad may for some players be the leader board rewards, tier rewards, new pets, gear, loot, time per event zone run etc.. I hope to address this subject more later in this post. I probably wont remember to cover all the best items that make an event GREAT for all players as well as myself, so hopefully people read and add to this post despite it being buried on page 5+. That said:

1. Boss Encounter: First, since this is a HOUSE PARTY thread Ill say that for this event as posted in the sneak peek, by keeping to the Arcanax methodology of only one point of damage per attack/hit to the boss Blotto while allowing him to inflict major damage to players is I think potentially very problematic. If I understand the Arcanax encounter portion of the 10th Birthday thread correctly, the reason behind one point of damage was so that it allowed for any player at any level to participate as equally as possible. Considering the hit points and amount of time it took to kill Arcanax, that method of only one point of damage works while including all player levels only when there is no damage received. Side note; I personally didn’t fight Arcanax very much at all because there was so little and such unwanted reward involved. For me personally, only when tier points were raised to 50 and cake slices were replaced by 25 tokens did event development make it from being an event zone i had no interest in whatsoever to being barely inviting. Without getting too sidetracked, the amount of time it took to kill Arcanax was a lot and if it is maintained for Blotto while allowing him high damage attacks, will cause low level players to die a lot and reduce interest from high level players. That’s not fun for those low level players constantly dying and why would I want to spend 2-4 minutes killing a boss that drops minimal loot when I can run other map areas in Arlor for more reward? Events should have a reason to participate. Previously the House Party event was pretty much the only event that allowed low level players to participate with high level and get decent gold loot. I don’t think it’s a bad idea to keep it around for that purpose. However, this current House Party event thread says that we only have “a chance” to loot gold. Depending on how high or low of a chance you’ve given us to get a gold loot drop, you may see a huge lack of interest in this event which in the past was, in my modest understanding, mostly just a gold loot event. To the point of damage done and received: for this current House Party event, my opinion would be to adjust damage received based on level noting that low level players have very little access to health and mana potions, ankhs etc., and/or adjust Blotto targeting so that he has a MUCH higher chance of targeting higher lever characters vs lower. If event participation is your goal as game owners/developers, to draw participation at all player levels, the gameplay may need to be tweaked ;).

2. Spawn Frequency: I’ve read several posts that say 2 hours is too long between Blotto spawns/appearances. Again this is just imho. As you develop events, IF you need to add this event as a “Filler Event” and IF in events like this one, where the event zone is open to all levels, AND you HAVE set a high probability/“chance” of gold loot and players stand to gain plenty of gold per boss encounter, then my humble opinion in reference to the frequency of Blotto appearing is that 2 hour increments is okay. I see this years House Party event popping up not previously on the calendar, as what I would call a “Filler Event” requiring minimal work, comparatively, from the development team. For those players who are level 81, we have plenty of ways to farm gold in between Blotto appearances and to complain about spawn frequency from an aspect of not getting free gold that you don’t have to work for, especially without giving meaningful input or feedback, is not only lazy but does nothing to help players or to help STS design future events better. Back to STS Arcane Legends game management - Main point on Blotto/Boss FREQUENCY is: If to fill the calendar with non-stop events, if you need to insert a “Filler Event” to fill gaps while you develope great 2 week events, and keep us players occupied while you code, then 2 hours while definitely long is “okay” from the sole standpoint that it’s in all honesty just allowing low level players a way to get decent gold loot and we also know players stick a second account in the room or sit afk. HOWEVER, I really like the idea of a house party event being A) an annual event where loot includes new and very cool house furnishings, which changes my opinion and request to please increase the boss and loot drop frequency by dropping the time to 1 hour or less. B) One great aspect of this event is the opportunity to see other players houses and their creativity. A previous House Party event with its new furnishing drops is what inspired me to actually get a bigger house and stick things inside it. With that in mind, just as we look forward to certain annual events such as Eggzavior or the Goblin event/chests for speed sets, I’d love to see this event be a recurring one for not only inspiring players to furnish their own house creatively, but also an event where really cool new house furnishings can be looted from the boss as well as chests. So that we can see and play with players and friends in time zones around the world as well as get those house furnishings, I’d like to see Blotto spawn in 1 hour increments or less. This year, the luggage furnishings are maybe neat but not great and they don’t WOW me personally or make me want to participate more.

3. Boss spawn requirements: last time there were many instances where some players did not make it into the event. Due to the infrequent nature of the boss spawn, players scramble for a house and with the 20 person minimum while a house has 25 max capacity, there are inevitably those who miss out. As developers you must play yourselves in order to watch actual game play and reactions. For this event, players who are Hosting the House Party are getting to their own homes at least 10 minutes prior to the spawn and many other players are also coming and sitting 5 to 10 minutes in order to have a spot. Side note: That is a long time to commit to one boss encounter with minimal loot and only a chance at gold loot. Could you please drop the boss spawn requirement from 20 players in the event zone (house) to 15 players.

4. Loot: In any event where the frequency of the boss encounter is low, please increase the loot drop. For those players who Are waiting around, that is a long time to wait for nothing. If you, STS, want player participation, interest and enthusiasm in an event, then it should make comparative sense to participate in the event vs doing something else and preferably it should offer something of interest. My suggestion is that as with any business make an EXTREMELY cool item/s that can only be purchased initially with platinum. The Phoenix pet is a GREAT example. You did something new and very cool with the graphics effects on the Phoenix and it’s aa. As a gaming company your goal is to make a profit and platinum purchases are a means to that end. I would encourage you to continue to make great items available through game play such as event tokens and loot drops, otherwise you will have many players lose interest altogether. But mediocre items will also result in a lack of interest. I for one was disappointed when I during the Halloween event saw and spent time and tokens on a plain tombstone then later noticed much cooler tombstones with a glowing graphic effect throughout Arlor dungeon maps. I will add a picture to show, I would much rather have house furnishings that have some sort of glow or flame. I spent a lot of time and effort last year during the arcane event (and I was disappointed that it was dropped from the calendar this year) to craft the lava couch because I think it’s not just a good piece but a GREAT one. In fact with any vanity item, aura, pet, or home furnishing I would like to see something really cool. I would much rather have you spend more time developing GREAT items that show up less frequently, than have you update us with many constant events and items that are marginally good at best. Also regarding loot, I would love to see more items like the Kill Co. Ring and Profit Ring. I’d love to see you bring back some of the very cool items from earlier in AL history such as Auras like Jupiter or Black Ice and the Halloween ghost/grim reaper banner.

What draws me to an event is:
#1 the loot including both cool new items as well as gold that can be gained. Whether loot drops, tier rewards or event tokens, I like to see you mix it up but this is my main draw.
#2 The game play both event zone requirements as well as over all time requirements such as pre boss mobs as well as boss encounter, graphics and fight time. I’d also be open to new boss strategy development but I think this post is getting to the point of needing a new thread all its own. Please see the pic attached showing an example of graphics I personally think are very cool and would like to see in future house furnishings.

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[Jgerik]

Looks good. Thank you.

@asommers any possibility to add those bears in different colors like white black red or other colors too while it launches?
Not many vanities goes with brown.

Kaws inspired bear would be so dope with X’s on eyes and mismatched colors (white with purple stitching/ black with red stitching etc)

+1 to spread out the boring events also

[Monelgr]

blotto badge dropable from boss (a icon of blotto face or a party hat badge) would be nice

[tailwarrior]

why not a bear vanity set [emoji199]

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[Hisstar]

why not a bear vanity set [emoji199]

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@asommers

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[Nocturnus]

OMG! I want it too...

@asommers

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+1 i like it


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[Burnisher]

Really? Another Afk event.. why not jarl event instead of this?


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[Nucleus121]

I thought devs were asking us about Jarl event not this ?

[TheBoon]

is it also possible for us to have a collab pet, like arcane legends x pokémon 😅, or vanity pet

[Pickname - Dougim]

Could you position yourself and take action in the face of so much comments?

@Cinco






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[Oursizes]

Bear backback looks cool, any chance to get a full teddy bear vanity? Even if it's only available through plat it would be pretty neat

@Cinco @asommers

[Wortwechsel]

+1111 very good ideas

[asommers]

Closing preview thread in favor of the feedback thread (link (https://www.spacetimestudios.com/showthread.php?661696-Feedback-House-Party-2022)).

-ALS