Suggestion on how to reward elite farmers

[KingMartin]

Thank you Kali (and Crow) - I really love the idea. It would make the game fun again.

I love the idea of having to farm ALL elite areas. Only - we all know that low level elites are ridiculously easy now. I was thinking maybe of a timer? Only if you kill the boss within certain time it might drop the extra ingredients.

The timer should not be too hard to achieve, but still, it should mKe the low level farming more challenging.

Anyway, excellent idea as always! So proud to be part of ER! :-)

[SacredKnight]

3) was intended to be around what elondria essences were, but only loot able from current cap elite bosses. Since they are single use, increasing this drop rate is reasonable. Recipes shouldn't be bound to the character.

4) I didn't realize ectoplasm was purchasable with plat (lame). We need a new currency that is transferable cap to cap and exclusive to elite bosses. Dragkin teeth are dead.
I agree that a bound currency should be required. It should be required for the egg itself rather than the recipe though since sit will be inevitably difficult to get. You want the quest line to be worth the time, unlike the arena.

I don't think Ectoplasm is purchasable with plat, it is just that they are so cheap in CS ( Under 20k, last I checked ).


Also, awesome idea!

[Alrisaia]

Kali,

The question is not: Why haven't STS devs implemented something like this... The question is Why are you not a dev?

++; from me here. wow.

[Milan Lame Man]

Good idea. Let me adjust :-)
Recipes are really not to be destroyed after use. They can cost like 5k each from the alchemist, whether it's Paracelsus or a random encounter.
The limiting material would be crafted from the bosses. Say the questline would go like this:

1. You farm Stahl's soul, Mother's soul (lol), Klutus's soul etc., and craft them into an Ydra Ghost Summoning Parchment, etc. It should not be tradable.
2. You craft the summoning parchment with 1 or 3 or 10 elite golden chests from that season into the unique ingredient, say Ydra bacteria, huh. This is tradable.
3. You combine the Bacteria with several eggs and gold into a new pet.
Say the Ydra Bacteria will merge Flap Jack, Bop-Bob and Meep-Moop into an awesome Dodo.

You could also combine all 5 Summoning parchments into Arcane bacteria, that's why the parchments should not be tradable. If the arcane pet is comparable to Hammerjaw, the plat players should be able to swallow the existence of a free arcane pet. The bacteria crafting should however need a substantial amount of chests, to keep the price at least in 5m+ range.

 

Kind/obtain	Locks	Story	Hauntlet	Daily/Klaas	Farm/Chests	Note
Dodo		Meep		Bop	Flap, Flounder	Ydra pet
Ram		Deston		Rocky	Granite, Aspen	Dead City pet
Parrot	McCraw		Jack		Pinfeathers	Kraken pet
Frog	Ethyl			Dauphin	Ribbit, Nexus	Another Kraken pet. Mythic Frog if Gyrm comes back
Spider		Crawly			Wurmtongue, Shadowlurk	Nordr pet. There is still THAT spider egg...
Bat			Uries		Camilla, Malgo	Shuyal pet. Mythic Bat if Vlad comes back
Dragon				Frost, Cinder	Blight, Malison	Tindirin pet. Need a dragon in Teeth shop!
Cat			Koko	Abigail	Kettle	Another good choice
Deer		Nemesio, Colton		Alejandro	Deary, Esteban	Another good choice
Wolf	Orion				Mercury, Kelvin, Vixen	Need more of this kind
Dog				Chase, Cerella	Loki	Need more of this kind
Turtle			Shiloh	Tankton, Bismark		Need more of this kind
Eagle					Talon, Harley, August	Need more of this kind
Rat					Shadowfang, Wrathjaw, Snaggletooth	Need more of this kind

Left out pets that go directly into stable, limited, and arcane pets.
Only 2 owls, Horton (d) and Jahooty (d).
Only 2 comodos, Scorn (l) and Spitfire (f).
Only 2 monkeys, Amy (f) and George (d).
I've never heard of looting Shadowfang, Talon or Amy so it's a qualified guess.

[phillyr]

Very nice. I like it

[Anyona]

This is truely an amazing idea and I hope sts pit tjis into the game. I know I will be purchasing more plat if sts start listening to to the players.
+1 to this

[carel86]

agreeed with this idea. STS please make this idea come true. You Greaaat Kali

[Elner]

Suggested a new rarity: Unknown Rarity Pet. Check it out. Also great idea.
http://www.spacetimestudios.com/show...t-for-everyone!

[Crowsfoot]

I don't want to discourage crate opening (they are a necessary evil). The point here is to encourage elite runs and to reward tough grinding!

I'd like to point out that crates were added in the late end of season 2

[Crowsfoot]

Thank you Kali (and Crow) - I really love the idea. It would make the game fun again.

I love the idea of having to farm ALL elite areas. Only - we all know that low level elites are ridiculously easy now. I was thinking maybe of a timer? Only if you kill the boss within certain time it might drop the extra ingredients.

The timer should not be too hard to achieve, but still, it should mKe the low level farming more challenging.

Anyway, excellent idea as always! So proud to be part of ER! :-)

The timer is difficult to implement, and would likely cause many unintended glitches.

What STG should have done with elite, IMO, is allow entry to the elite maps from previous seasons but allow scaling up to the current cap. This also opens up a market for twink gear.

[Anarchist]

Bumping it cause it deserves attention. More attention.

[mishafeng]

-.- the gem idea i just had and put im my thread! ugh oh well lol

[UndeadJudge]

Wow..this is one of the beat ideas I've ever seen posted! Currently, I'm not too thrilled about elite farming, and heck haven't even capped my main basically because I just see hardly reward from elites. But this definitely encourages elite farming a lot, and I would love to play content like this.

+1


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[Crowsfoot]

Editing the main post to include suggested edits and then stating so in the comments is a nice way to get people to reread the main post. Thus, more issues are seen and adjusted. It is also an easy way to bump your thread (don't judge )

[Soundlesskill]

Omg, I love you..

[GoodSyntax]

Updated OP to include some new suggestions (thanks Crow)

[Zuzeq]

Yup , taught em everything he knows...lol. Good job brother, Prime idea.

[Crowsfoot]

Updated OP to include some new suggestions (thanks Crow)

Thank, we should all read the OP again

[Ishtmeet]

Bumping it cause it deserves attention. More attention.

Free bump kali.
This really needs to be implemented!

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[Raregem]

Updated OP to include some new suggestions (thanks Crow)

Still Love it bumping..

Devs at least let us know you've seen this please, Kali deserves that much for this amazing idea.