If you were able to create your own creature within AoC, what would it be?

With the current AoC creature designs whether it be mounts, pets or even wildlife. Which has peaked your interest the most? And if you had the ability to submit and/or create your own unique creature within the world of AoC, what would it be? How would this creature interact with the world and what would make it unique.

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McMackMuck

@Sathrago
I'd like to take the mimic idea a little further... enormous items of scenery (large trees, ruined statues, cliffs, etc.) that are stationary for months on end, long enough for them to become familiar. And then, due to a server storyline development you were previously unware of, they come to life when a lone nearby player opens their inventory.

That would inject a lovely moment of panic, resulting in a player rushing back to town (or Discord) to tell others. Maybe being believed, maybe not without a screenshot. When a resulting player mob reaches the 'large item of scenery' it has returned to its immobile form and is immune to damage. Used infrequently this kind of boss mob could generate a lot of drama, with players trying to figure out how to activate them.

McMackMuck

Not exactly creatures, but related to some creatures and the environment...

I would like some in-game diseases to be more of a long term thing than a few seconds of combat DoT or de-buff.

This would mean that dying is not enough to remove this kind of long term condition from your character.

These could be diseases caught from the environment or by close proximity to infected creatures, making exploration have a little more consequence.
Diseases should take time (days) to ramp up their associated de-buff(s) and not show on the players screen immediately.
When the first sign of a de-buff occurs then the player should know they are infected.

If a Cleric has "Cure Disease" as simple (mana cost only) solution then it removes a lot of potential depth from the game if it applies to all diseases. I would rather this kind of spell, if it exists, only applied to combat abilities that cause DoT or de-buffs otherwise there is less work for a Herbalist (Artisan).

Having to go to an approximate location to find a specific plant to bring back to a Herbalist (Artisan) to make a cure for a specific disease doesn't need to be a formal quest - if you or someone you know needs a cure then just go and do it.

Not all diseases need to offer extreme incapacitation - many should only give a minor de-buff that you could live with until it is convenient to find a Herbalist.

If you have cured a disease then you should be immune to it for several months, allowing you to go exploring in that area again for a while without concern for that specific disease. You might choose to gather spare plants for the time when your immunity runs out, for your guild or for profit.

Long term diseases could include standard de-buffs like:
-XX% movement speed
-XX% damage
-XX% hit points
but they could also mess with:
threat assessment display above mobs (over confidence or lack of confidence)
graphics distortion (blurry vision)
typing 1-3 letters per keystroke in chat (slurred speech)
phantom NPCs or enemies not really present on server (hallucination)

RAYZZ

Im a huuuge fan of marine creatures. Also, i love sea content, fishing with buddies like Archeage, the pvp involved in that fishing since you are gathering valuable items that can be stolen, naval wars etc... So, i have to go for a sea creature. Kraken is too obvious. What about a huge snake water kinda creature with wings. He will be a bottom sea creature that has a reeeeally small chance to get aggroed from the top os the sea since sometimes might go up but most of the time he's swimming the bottom of the sea. Waiting for his preys to get uncautious.

JustVine

I know this isn't what you meant but it technically tics all the boxes.

daveywavey

McMackMuck wrote: »

I would like some in-game diseases to be more of a long term thing than a few seconds of combat DoT or de-buff.

Reminds me of fighting the Blighted Kagouti in Morrowind, and having to go to the nearest Shrine to receive the Blessing cure.

JustVine

After thinking on the prompt a little more I think it would also be cool for a few other sea creatures.

Now we do not have any confirmation on gathering at sea per say, but entertain an assumption that there might be for a few of these ideas.

If there are kelp forests with ample fishing clams and pearls, it would be cool for there to be eel grass. Eel Grass has long slender bodies that look like kelp, tails held up swaying with the current, their heads swiveling near the sea floor looking for prey. Their camouflage makes them a shocking surprise for divers if they bumble into their line of sight. Underwater rogues have a nasty bite

Out in open water there is always an inevitable pile of debris clustered together due to the currents. Flotsam and jetsam get tangled up in seaweed, kelp, and algae. Sometimes this can be a blessing for sailors as the salvage can help repair their ships or prove a fertile fishing ground. In Verra glowing yellow round slugs feed on the debris on top of it. However a predator has learned to mimic them. Think a basking shark meets angler fish. Go near it and suddenly you find your self and boat pulled in with its large powerful jaws. If you try to fight it, it has a powerful razor like tail that it can go link on your weed lookin butt and try to chop everything around it.

Risk and reward.

1yardshort

A Medusa like creature that insta kills you if you see it's face. All attacks have to be from behind.

maouw

1yardshort wrote: »

A Medusa like creature that insta kills you if you see it's face. All attacks have to be from behind.

not a fan of insta-kills.
Maybe gradually turns you to stone?

George_Black

maouw wrote: »

1yardshort wrote: »

A Medusa like creature that insta kills you if you see it's face. All attacks have to be from behind.

not a fan of insta-kills.
Maybe gradually turns you to stone?

Mb you come up with your mob?

maouw

George Black wrote: »

maouw wrote: »

1yardshort wrote: »

A Medusa like creature that insta kills you if you see it's face. All attacks have to be from behind.

not a fan of insta-kills.
Maybe gradually turns you to stone?

Mb you come up with your mob?

sure!

Blood gliders that jump from the trees

Mrhubbard

A giant fish monster that’s summoned on the last day of each month if a certain amount of players pass its trials around the map. It drops raid boss type loot and upon being killed the next month the boss gets harder. If the boss doesn’t get beat in the month, it will stay the same but a debuff is applied when doing it’s trials.

JustVine

Mrhubbard wrote: »

A giant fish monster that’s summoned on the last day of each month if a certain amount of players pass its trials around the map. It drops raid boss type loot and upon being killed the next month the boss gets harder. If the boss doesn’t get beat in the month, it will stay the same but a debuff is applied when doing it’s trials.

That trial quest's name? 'Wish for a Fish'

daveywavey

JustVine wrote: »

Mrhubbard wrote: »

A giant fish monster that’s summoned on the last day of each month if a certain amount of players pass its trials around the map. It drops raid boss type loot and upon being killed the next month the boss gets harder. If the boss doesn’t get beat in the month, it will stay the same but a debuff is applied when doing it’s trials.

That trial quest's name? 'Wish for a Fish'

Search for the Perch?

daveywavey

JustVine wrote: »

Mrhubbard wrote: »

A giant fish monster that’s summoned on the last day of each month if a certain amount of players pass its trials around the map. It drops raid boss type loot and upon being killed the next month the boss gets harder. If the boss doesn’t get beat in the month, it will stay the same but a debuff is applied when doing it’s trials.

That trial quest's name? 'Wish for a Fish'

Bess the Bass Boss?

daveywavey

I'll stop now, before I get over-over-excited...

SirChancelot

maouw wrote: »

1yardshort wrote: »

A Medusa like creature that insta kills you if you see it's face. All attacks have to be from behind.

not a fan of insta-kills.
Maybe gradually turns you to stone?

Like the effect in god of war
It slows you down so you have to turn away, and if you don't within time then you get turned to stone.

Yuyukoyay

Fox Critter. A Furry mini fox that bands together in groups and swarms you.
Fox Priest. Uses Bard and Templar skills.
Fox Knight. Uses Fighter and Dreadnought skills.

Ya I make my own monster type based on both my favorite animal and a Magic The Gathering creature type. xD

I didn't want to look up furries so I'm gonna put a fox girl and make them fox elf hybrids. whoooo

maouw

Yuyukoyay wrote: »

Fox Critter. A Furry mini fox that bands together in groups and swarms you.
Fox Priest. Uses Bard and Templar skills.
Fox Knight. Uses Fighter and Dreadnought skills.

Ya I make my own monster type based on both my favorite animal and a Magic The Gathering creature type. xD

I didn't want to look up furries so I'm gonna put a fox girl and make them fox elf hybrids. whoooo

I'd like to see swarming mobs too!
They can be pretty scary to deal with.

GrilledCheeseMojito

There are a bunch of rabbits in game already, the Hopping Gnashers and the like. They're a bit too...feral for my liking, but I appreciated having them nonetheless.

I personally would like an enormous fluffy white rabbit boss, distinct from the Gnashers, who uses powerful magic from the moon, as the rabbit is in fact one that "fell" from the moon to us. I think MMOs can really use "cute things that will absolutely destroy you". It's not even unrealistic.

JustVine

A bipedal amphibian ardvark looking thing. Smooth skin, basically a walking canon, likes chilling near lava, pond, acid, frozen rivers/lakes. Has different 'cannon' type attacks that change depending on biome. Maybe has a defense down type acid spray attack and a sticky slowing goo spit attack regardless of biome. Ranger/mage or Mage/Ranger so small groups of them can absolutely grief a solo player if they aren't careful about aggro links.

Who would win, a seasoned fully armored tank or one slimy canon boi.

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