Giant Monsters, how about a shot at a bonus prize?

[ZorkNemesis]

So, Giant Monsters.  Every so often people call them out, you come, get your merits, and everyone leaves.  That's fine.  It's not uncommon to see a majority of the monsters just unattended though.  While a bunch of merits is decent encouragement, why not add a little something extra?  People love collecting things in this game, but badges are one-and-done.  So here's an idea:  Giant Monsters, when defeated, can have a chance to drop an appropriate and permanent (for that character) vanity pet power for anyone normally eligible for the badge at the time of defeat.  Have the chance be low (1% by default), but scale it up based on the number of players eligible (up to 5 or 10%).  This might encourage more frequent monster hunting for a bit and increasing the odds based on participants should also promote team building for them.

 

Each monster should drop something different, based on what they are though normally spawning DE monsters are exempt.  My pet ideas:

• Babbage: Mini-Babbage
• Paladin: Mini Clockwork Prince (of course the event still needs to be fixed first)
• Goliath War Walker: Mini Council War Walker
• Kraken: Mini Hydra Spawn
• Adamastor: BP Mask
• Lusca: not sure actually, Lusca is a bit unique in that it's not associated with any other group.  Same with Sally.
• Eochai (Croatoa): Mini Fir Bolg
• Jack (Croatoa): Red Cap
• Eochai/Jack (Halloween): Unseelie
• Jurrasik: Mini Boulder DE enemy
• Kronos Titan: Mini Hercules Titan
• Winter Lord: Mini Snowbeast (does this one already exist?)
• Deathsurge: Mini Gremlin
• Scrapyard: Mini Scrap Golem
• Caleb: Mini Nerva Daemon
• Arachnos Flier: Arachnos Drone
• Rikti Drop Ship: Rikti Drone
• Seed of Hamidon: Mini Seedling
• Hamidon: Hamidon Bud
• Nemesis (Invasion): Jaeger

 

This all seems novelty, but I love taking on monsters and think an extra level of bragging might make them fought a bit more often, and you're still getting merits.  Plus who doesn't love novelty pets?

 

Edited April 12, 2021 by ZorkNemesis

[Voltor]

OR perhaps, defeat all the giant monsters and obtain an accolade power that only works out in the zones, or certain outdoor mission maps, that lights up as ready to use when in proximity of a giant monster.  Activate it and for 5 minutes you are the same size as the giant monster.

 

Then you can say to the giant "Pick on someone your own size!"

[Andreah]

Err.. how about an accolade for just defeating all the monsters, with no powers or effects.