I was considering replying to one of the other thread about this but then I decided it may as well be a topic of its own.
Anyway, besides life-skills-oriented events (and AFK/login-events), I was thinking that it couldn't hurt to have Events that are more oriented around strategic-thinking rather than being too stats-oriented to be able to complete them
efficiently. Lately, I have noticed a trend of Mabinogi's direction moving more towards «darker-themed» scenarios/generations, rather than the «happy» times (and music-tracks) that were so
inviting to join a «paradise-like» ideal-world.
See how «happy» and «peaceful» this trailer is compared to the direction we've been going for the last few years in a row ?
Currently, the «dance-moves» available a currently /dance1 to /dance4 (for a total of four unless more were added), one or some of which seems to require VIP/premium to
perform. Well, I say it's about time to «step-up» our dance-game, and this engine is definitely capable of handling it... probably (of course it can; considering how windmill is very break-dance like in its move when unequipped). Perhaps new dance-moves can be introduced in the form of events if it's not added in the form of a Generation...
Create a whole entire «Dance» talent if so inclined (yes, yes, I know that there is a Dance-of-Death skill with various mood-cards like Ballet., etc.), and maybe there ought to be different dance-effects, like draining MP from surrounding opponents, slowing down opponents, charming opponents to attack each other, granting chain-cast ability to allies, perhaps even elemental-specific boosts (to allies) and/or debuffs (to opponents), etc. How-ever, the ideas I have in mind for Dance-events are not and do not necessarily need to be combat-oriented, because it's really just supposed to be for the
fun of it (and maybe some stats-boosts and/or titles [for stat-boosts ?]).
Note : The following video after this spoiler is animated to this KPop song...
See that...? ↑pointing↑up↑ward↑ Doesn't that look like
fun!? Currently,
some DDR-like mini-games exist in the form of the weekly Fashion-Contest (with daily preliminaries), and that Boom-Box. Sometimes there were events that had their own version of these types of DDR-like mini-games (such as what-ever that Event was called where the Birnam-pouches were first introduced). Anyway, were I to design some form of Event with the idea of «fun» in mind, one of my ideas would be to have a «Charming Dance-Defense» Event. Wait, what, a Charming Dance-Defense Event ? Yes, it is a play on «Tower Defense» (similar to what you/we do in/at that Avalon-Bridge Baltane-Mission), combined with «Dance-Moves» (that
Charm) for the «Defense» of the Bridge (or whatever is being
Defended).
Basically,
waves of spawns appear, and I guess the story-line goes that there's this «Charm» you wear (Accessory or otherwise) where your «Dance-Moves» seem to have a «Charming» effect upon the waves trying to pass through. The idea is to use your new «Dance-Moves» to «Charm» those guys trying to get through, and if your dance-sequence is successful whilst the waves are within the magic-circles whilst you're equipped with said Charm(-Accessory?), they will join you in a dance-off, too. The more you «grow» your «dance-entourage» the more energy becomes available for various buffs and enlarging your magic-circle(s)!
Rewards for completing Event/s :
・Special Music-Video/Dance-Music (Cut-Scene ?)
・Various Dancer-Bags (Depending on Performance)... with Birnam-equivalent inventory slots
・Various Dance-Wear Outfits (M&F&U [Male & Female & Unisex])
・Commemorative Dance-Master (2nd) Title Coupon [+Move/+Stam/+Dex & Increased Debuff Success-Rate]
・The Break-Dancer (2nd) Title-Coupon [+Move/+Stam/+Dex & All Stats Buffed/Increased When Break-Dancing Until Damage Taken]
・Red/Blue Upgrade-Stones
・Dance-Partner Outfit/s (Dance-Partners would be of course a Cash-Shop-Promotion similar to Maids/Butlers/William/Laighlinne/etc)
・Stage-Pass (
Auto-Completion of Mission Upon Use
During a Mission [I can see people wanting to hoard this for things like Purification-Missions & Tech Duinn Elites... yeah... they probably won't go so far as to make such an item exist any time soon but then again maybe we haven't «seen everything» yet]... ;o)
