QOTD: would you like to see open world random events be a mechanic in game?

Yuquiyu

if so what do you think would be a cool concept?
if not let us know why! im dying to hear your thoughts on this

daveywavey

Like: "Open Season on all Tulnar"?

Yuquiyu

daveywavey wrote: »

Like: "Open Season on all Tulnar"?

MAYBE >->

things like kill quests
defending an npc caravan from waves of monsters
rare game animal for rare ingredients for cooking
and maybe bigger open world events that scales off your parties size

daveywavey

Ah, so it doesn't have to be a server-wide random event? You're talking like random encounters like they had in Skyrim where you'd occasionally come across two mages duelling in the wilderness, etc?

I always enjoyed those sorts of things. Gave an extra little element of interest to making a journey.

Yuquiyu

daveywavey wrote: »

Ah, so it doesn't have to be a server-wide random event? You're talking like random encounters like they had in Skyrim where you'd occasionally come across two mages duelling in the wilderness, etc?

I always enjoyed those sorts of things. Gave an extra little element of interest to making a journey.

indeed

Hellfar

Guild Wars 2 already does this rather well imo. I have encountered events that are practically impossible to do without a large group of players. As dynamic as Intrepid is making Verra out to be, I would expect to see open world events happening all the time, and not just when a node levels up. I think it's great content that brings the community together.

Nagash

I have so many in mind but number one would have to be new areas opening as nodes level up

Vhaeyne

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Climate

This alone excites me. I am sick of games not having meaningful weather or day night cycles.
It is sad that FFXI was the last MMO to have weather and day night cycles actually do something.
It is so uncommon in MMOs that weather actually does anything. At most it changes the spawn of a few mobs per zone.

I really don't want to see anything like rifts/fates/world quests. Just having the mobs not be completely static is more than enough to make the world feel real.

FliP

Random events are always exciting, like a raid of monsters randomly attacking a node or a Vulcan eruption that lets you mine rare materials for a limited amount of time.