Hey Cowboys and Natives,


Christmas is a good, solid month away and I wanted to make a thread for suggestions and ideas so we could prepare you guys for a great holiday on Ol' West. So let's get down to it:

We need ideas. When I say this I mean ways to obtain presents. The plan is that players will obtain presents and open them on Christmas day. These presents will be different colors which decides their rarity. The more rare a present is, the higher chance of a valuable item(s). As of now, I have already made some Christmas stuff (located in my GFX thread) in case you wanted to see how they looked.

Another thing. There probably wont be snow this year. (Don't say desserts don't have snow because some actually do.) With that being said, do you think we should have "sandmen?" (Snowmen but made out of sand.) It's a pretty sketchy idea but I wanted to hear you guys because I plan on making all these things.

Last, ways to obtain presents. We need ideas for this too. I've already thought about how players could obtain presents from jobs, killing other players, or finding some in secret places. The % of finding them in jobs will be low so players have to work for them. (This could mean that items in presents are worth more.)

Not sure if we're having a quest yet but if we had ideas for that too then maybe we'll hook you guys up with one.

We're all ears for hearing your ideas so throw them at us.  

I think you should make the presents obtainable through little, replayable side quests and the NPCs gift rarity would be randomized. Also if you were to have sand men, make them piles of sand with snow men accessories thrown on.  

Don't do another ****ing iera style quest, that's my idea  

Posted by DarkKnight

Don't do another ****ing iera style quest, that's my idea

What is a "Era-styled" quest lol? I find any quest the same honestly. Unless you're referring to the whole "NPC-killing" that Era has.  

iEra's Quest System:

"Oh no, I lost my candy cane inside this house! Please go kill the 2702734850 'Evil Elves' that stole it, I'll give you a worthless melee weapon!"  

Posted by DarkKnight

iEra's Quest System:

"Oh no, I lost my candy cane inside this house! Please go kill the 2702734850 'Evil Elves' that stole it, I'll give you a worthless melee weapon!"

Ahh that. Haha I agree. I'll keep that in mind.  

Please nothing that requires you to have to stay up all night for an entire week so you can get something good
*cough*classic Halloween event*cough*  

Only thing I request is to not make it a quest that feels like chores. So basically as DK said don't make it "Era styled". As long as it's enjoyable and something that doesn't feel repetetive I think most people will enjoy it.  

Hm, make something fun at least, unlike Classic and Era always do :p  

A couple of players have suggested re-playable side quests, which is a great idea - but obviously some players are worried that it would end up to be some sort of chore.

To be honest, in terms of ways to gain something free on Graal, it will be a chore. For example, Trick or Treating on Graal Classic. It will be hard to escape that element of hard work, but it's important to make it enjoyable and rewarding - for those of you who are worried it will be like that.

Anyway, my idea is some sort of a credit system. You complete a task, a daily task - whatever - and you can either receive sheriff badges, Indian feathers... I don't know, you get the idea - obviously depending on your faction!

There would be different NPC's that give different amounts of sheriff badges, chicken or whatever after completing a daily task set out by them. The amount they give would depend on the difficulty and how much of a chore the quest/task is.

The currency in which the NPC's provide a player would then be used to exchange it for presents. If a person did more chores, and spent more time - they would obviously get a better present.

That's an idea. Some may favor it, some may not. Thanks for reading.  

Please Please Please let there be snow and gifts! Don't ruin that Graal tradition of snow and Christmas presents. I love love love it!

I think that a limited christmas gun and limited christmas furniture would be good gifts to have. Also, i would like the Christmas items to be cheap. We all want SOME christmas items especially so when the game gets older we can show em off. xD Hope this gave you some ideas (also snow is a REALLY fun suggestion. If you can't add snow it's fine, I understand the game is new.)  

During Christmas time, make an option allowing players to place bounties that will pay off with mysterious present boxes instead of money  

Hats hats hats, hats are love, hats are life.  

Ok, Heres my plan. Some Indian black magic/sorcery whatever has like taken all the elves or taken Santa either one. You have to go to the Indian territory and go in to a witch stiled tent where there is a sort of cOuldren, you grab the couldren and teleport to a building with lots of potions and elves/Santa stuck in cages. There is doors around the building that each have clues in them. The clues are the answer to unlock the main 'big witch door' which you find her and have to kill her. You then kill her and gain the Witch/Halloween shaped Xmas hat and some xmas weapon.

And as for how to get presents I think that there should be mobs in the building or something that you have to kill in the rooms to be able to search around for the clues. I can't go into detail in text and I'm trippin out. Feel free to pm me  

Presents and SnowBall/SandBall Fites.