Quests --Suggestion

icymuffin • 9 January 2013 at 4:51 PM

Please bear with me D:


Something like this:
Every once in a while a quest comes out. The quests have a storyline users follow in which they have a certain number tasks they have to complete such as:

~running an "errand"
~playing a game with NPC
~having a certain species in your cove
~having a certain creature as your featured
~having a certain species/your featured at a certain level
~feeding/clicking a number of creatures
~having item in your inventory
~getting your creatures fed a number of times
~getting a creature fed apple/banana/cheese/etc a number of times
~finding something/location hidden somewhere in the site
~come across item/event [like how one of the Easter eggs appears rarely & randomly]


If a user completes the quest, they receive: item/ EC/ points to trade in for prize [more renames? eggs?].

On occasion, some quests are released that give out eggs as prizes. These quests can have tasks that are more difficult & lengthy?

Quests could perhaps switch around every weeks, month or so depending on difficulty or whatever.

Quests could give users an activity to do/look forward to C:



What do you think? Improvements? Problems with it? D:
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Deleted • 9 January 2013 at 4:52 PM

@icymuffin Ooh! That sounds fun!!

jemmie • 9 January 2013 at 4:54 PM

@icymuffin
Sounds good. 😊

takaedakumi • 9 January 2013 at 4:55 PM

@icymuffin An interesting idea. I like it, but I think it would be more fun if it was a bit simpler, and the reward would be best if it was plain EC.

Other than that, it's a wonderful concept. I think it would be something fun to do.

rileytibbles_side • 9 January 2013 at 4:55 PM

@icymuffin
I think this would make the site a lot more interesting!

icymuffin • 9 January 2013 at 4:57 PM

@takatheeducatedkid
Hmm~
You mean like levels of difficulty?
Yeah, I totally forgot about EC. Derp. Dx

I was thinking eggs/item rewards mostly because I saw users mentioning how they wanted creatures outside of the CSP.

takaedakumi • 9 January 2013 at 5:03 PM

@icymuffin Maybe EC normally, but creatures/items on special occasion. Then it'd be like a treat. (:

By simpler I mean, like, say the quests only make you go to a place in Ark to do something, rather than making it something not everyone could do.

Some people don't have time to feed a ton of creatures, and some creatures are near/completely impossible to obtain, if you needed something specific in your cove or as your active.

In short, it would be better if it was something geared toward a slightly different audience than those who have half their lives to spend here.

icymuffin • 9 January 2013 at 5:06 PM

@takatheeducatedkid

I see what you mean now. I like it C:
Alright! I'd love to add that to the first post then 😃

lucky_cricket • 9 January 2013 at 5:16 PM

@icymuffin I like the idea, but say it says something like: Get a gadfly in your cove. The amount of people it would frustrate to complete that, there would be people that would overspend just for the objective.

I agree with @takatheeducatedkid maybe simpler quests like "find this", or "go there and do this".

icymuffin • 9 January 2013 at 5:21 PM

@lucky_cricket

Well, by "having a certain creature in your cove" I was mostly referring to common cave creatures xD
No way would I think getting a Gadfly be a task. That would be crazy!


But yeah, I agree too :]
Not everyone can complete each and every quest, but I suppose that's why some of the quests require some effort? I can't quite explain... > <

lwarlen • 9 January 2013 at 5:39 PM

@icymuffin

This is a wonderful idea. Eggcave needs something like this!
Maybe one task could be feed 300 creatures or Post 10 times.
Also for the quest it should have a meter that shows how hard it is and you should be able to to decline quests.
Maybe the award could be something like credits and with these credits you could buy at an official quest reward shop! *pause for effect* And you could buy stuff specifically made for quests. And maybe after completing some quests you could unlock more of different varieties.

icymuffin • 9 January 2013 at 5:42 PM

@lwarlen

I was assuming that you could choose whether or not you would take on a quest xD

But yes! I like that idea of credits! 😃
I'll add it in then~

jennifer • 9 January 2013 at 6:11 PM

@icymuffin Oooh! 8D Maybe this will help me be on Egg Cave more often. I had, on my status, yesterday,"Egg Cave is SLOOOOWLY falling apart".

twilight_raptor • 9 January 2013 at 6:22 PM

@icymuffin love it! love it! ❤️3 maybe there could be certain badges you earn when you complete a quest? And this could be displayed in a trophy case or something ^^

whitefall • 9 January 2013 at 8:00 PM

@icymuffin
Like in Subeta? And Neopets?
Those were fun x)

It's a great idea~

icymuffin • 9 January 2013 at 8:01 PM

@whitefall

You mean their plots? o_O
Not quite like that... More "simple" and "easier" to complete and more common I guess? But I suppose it's the same in the way that you have tasks.

whitefall • 9 January 2013 at 8:03 PM

@icymuffin
No, the quests they have all the time ._.
Like where you have to buy something for the peson in the given time and you will receive a prize~

icymuffin • 9 January 2013 at 8:05 PM

@whitefall

Oh yeah! I completely forgot Neopets had that xD
I suppose so c: