The Chest

[Tjav]

well, it is kinda hard to stop ppl from getting drops really, i mean shielders doesnt get any scores at all on rag and hard, so you cant make it score based

[Nka19]

No need of chest I think, just like 70% drop rate for green mats like sulphur, lumps, scales etc. depends of the gamemode. For example Odin could have damascus involved.

[Sunguard_Leader_Suns]

I agree with the chest idea.

[Slayer]

No need of chest I think, just like 70% drop rate for green mats like sulphur, lumps, scales etc. depends of the gamemode. For example Odin could have damascus involved.

So you like spending hours on end for potentially nothing?

[Tajulek]

I'm up for it!

EDIT: What do you think about it (new classes)?:

Spoiler

Nord Merchants. They came through all the mountains, all the plains to loot valuable things from burnt swadian houses and soldiers' corpses with plan to sell them in Wercheg, Tihr and Sargoth. They hired some Hired Blades- their personal soldiers and bodyguards.
APPEARANCE: On normal mode, 1, 2, 3 waves after skirms. They spawn with Hired Blades and Huntsmen at their side.

Class: Nord Merchant
General Difficulty: easy-medium
HPs amount: high
Head armor: None, maybe some hats (low protection)
Body armor: Some robes, tunics. (low protection)
Weapons: One-handed short swords and axes dealing medium damage
Drops: small purses (with money inside) that are sold for 300 gold in marketplace, have no other use [quite often] ¦¦ really, really random drops that are not worth more than 750 gold when sold in marketplace [rarely]

Nord Rich Merchants
APPEARANCE: 1, 2, 3 waves after Vanguards on Hard mode. Appear with Hired Knights and Hired Crossbowmen at their side.

Class: Nord Rich Merchant
General Difficulty: Easy
HPs amount: High
Head armor: None, maybe some hats
Body armor: mail with some robe
Weapons: one-handed swords and axes
Drops: purses (with money inside) that are sold for 650 gold in marketplace, have no other use [quite often] ¦¦ really, really random drops that are not worth more than 1500 gold when sold in marketplace [rarely] ¦¦ small gold bar [very rarely]

Class: Hired Knight
General Difficulty: Hard
HPs amount: High
Head armor: Great Helmet
Body armor: Native plate armor
Weapons: Long arming swords and knightly kite shields
Drops: 2x Hardened Metal [rarely] ¦¦ Steel [very rarely]

Class: Mercenary Crossbowman
General Difficulty: Medium
HPs amount: Medium
Head armor: Segmented Helmet
Body armor: Leather Jerkin (improved)
Weapons: Master Hunters' xbow and bolts, short sword and wooden shield
Drops: 3x old boots [quite often] ¦¦ twisted string [sometimes] ¦¦ 5x scrap metal [rarely]


Uh, finished. NOTE: these drops are just examples for devs.


Cheers

[bossculeur]

Would the chests be tradeable? Would be more interesting if you could trade them.

[quote author=Slayer link=topic=17543.msg136871#msg136871 date=1377961156]
I think it would be a good idea to have something like this:

Small chest - Medium chest - Large chest

Prince - Ragnar - Odin

1x RGH (Random green drop) - 1x RGH + 1x RGH - 1x RGH + 1x RGH + 1x RGH

Meaning for instance, you are alive, you kill odin, you get 1x large chest which will give you 3 random green mats, not 3 zinc shards (all though it could be possible) but 1x this, 1x that, and 1x this. Could end up with a wood of glasir, Raven feather and a water.

Other then that, I love the idea of having something guaranteed than have to go through hours for absolutely nothing.

I like the idea, it would just mean that the 5-6 people leaching on each server would be guaranteed drops
It would also lead to more admin abuse with them hopping servers to join at a wave 16 to be guaranteed drops. (Not all, but people no the ones that do it)
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Classic

[Tjav]

well, it would be kind of an gamble to see what would be inside the chests, but sure why not haha, you could also make it a crafting thing to be honest to open chests, but for every crafting thing and lvl 1

[Nka19]

[quote author=Nka19 link=topic=17543.msg136900#msg136900 date=1377965605]
No need of chest I think, just like 70% drop rate for green mats like sulphur, lumps, scales etc. depends of the gamemode. For example Odin could have damascus involved.

So you like spending hours on end for potentially nothing?
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Well I can't say that as I do loot some stuff But I'm just not sure if the chest idea would work with devs, setting new drops with higher rate to bosses would make it easier, tho the idea isn't bad.

[Tjav]

well that is why i made this post, it is only an idea, if the devs like it they can always take some of the main ingredients in the idea and make something funny or interesting with it, i mean an idea would be wasted if kept in the head

[madjsoh]

[quote author=madjosh link=topic=17543.msg136885#msg136885 date=1377964203]
i like this idea but how would it work?. does the chest appear on the NI web app or on the ground in game like a health pot. if you intend for it to be in-game then the end screen must be taken into account which would prevent people from looting. p.s. what if there was a chest on NI Web App that you can collect key shards for through the game and eventually build the key to open the chest? just a thought and +1 to Tjav for this awesome idea

I like the idea, but I veto keys. Ideally, there would be a 75-90% chance of the chest dropping for everyone (so everyone individually has a chance of getting it), and when you do, it just shows you have found 1 x Chest, which you can open from the website, to get a random green material. Considering the amount of runs completable in a day (4-6 prince runs, 3 hard, or 2 rag), I'd say it shouldn't be a guaranteed drop, but a high chance of getting it, to prevent people from spamming Prince all day, for example.

Still, good idea.
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hence keys to a chest to make playing on rag and hard more rewarding, keys would be a rare drop just like the green mats in the game (so it will take you a year to get one with current drop rates ;p) and you have to build the key with like 3 shards to open the chest which gives you something completely random.