Trophy Items

[Scooterdanny 285]

After Seeing my Experience rot on my character, i had the idea of Using it to make some items like battle standards, Crowns, Capes and other status symbols, that are either just aesthetic, or very very minor buffs. Preferably this would come with extra item slots, somewhat like what one sees in the inventory screen in the battle gear/aether mods. This would not only add an interesting and legitimate use for XP, it would also show skill of a warrior (especially if players killed by players were to drop exp in addition to what normally drops). So some knight could walk onto a field, with a massive standard on his back, and a large winged crown, and a flowing cape. And this would cause all the opponents to route.

Also, as Eternal Undeath wisely pointed out a perhaps more preferable (to me) solution, is as follows

I say using the old enchanting system for this would be decent, but perhaps at a 'pluming stand' of some description.

You take a pre-crafted item from a pre-determined list, like a blue steel helm or a red cape or some such thing, and by expending X number of levels make it a plumed or trimmed or whatever version, which has a slightly different but more impressive texture

It would also entail a little gui smithing sort of 'game', where doing well can end up using less xp than was required to start the process - like, that winged black helm still costs 50 levels to plume and you can't select it as an option if you have any less, but if you do it really well then you may retain like 3-5 levels to spend on pluming something else, saving you a bit of work later

Edited 6 Sep 2012 by Scooterdanny

[Joey 59]

Are you saying that XP converts into items like capes/crowns instantly? I think xp combined with gems could be important ingredients for smithed/woven items. Like a master craftsman uses the power of THE MAGIC GEM combined with the life-force energy of a thousand warriors to create a proper centerpiece for a cool golden crown?

[Joey 59]

(apposed to just recieving these items with no workforce)

[bsb23 303]

Getting experiences does take work unless you are in creative I suppose. Nonetheless we already have a winged helmet and BA looking armors its called high tier metals.

[Scooterdanny 285]

I realize, but for aestheic items, there aren't any, i was thinking of an item like an enchanting table, but instead the xp is used perhaps along with materials.

[Srgnoodles 1,030]

ah when i heard trophy items i thought instantly of taking trophies from kills, like animal heads to put over your mantlepeice

[Zandorum 59]

ah when i heard trophy items i thought instantly of taking trophies from kills, like animal heads to put over your mantlepeice

Ditto.

[Srgnoodles 1,030]

Ditto.

ditto is BEST pokemans

[Jed1314 420]

ditto is BEST pokemans

Stop. Stop it. This thread still has plenty of life in it before it careens off the rails into irrelevance

I like the idea, I feel like we aren't being rewarded for actively hunting mobs right now :/

[Srgnoodles 1,030]

Stop. Stop it. This thread still has plenty of life in it before it careens off the rails into irrelevance

I like the idea, I feel like we aren't being rewarded for actively hunting mobs right now :/

sorry i just couldnt resist the temptation but oh god idea just smacked me in the face

shrunken heads

god whats wrong with me

[EternalUndeath 1,208]

I say using the old enchanting system for this would be decent, but perhaps at a 'pluming stand' of some description.

You take a pre-crafted item from a pre-determined list, like a blue steel helm or a red cape or some such thing, and by expending X number of levels make it a plumed or trimmed or whatever version, which has a slightly different but more impressive texture

It would also entail a little gui smithing sort of 'game', where doing well can end up using less xp than was required to start the process - like, that winged black helm still costs 50 levels to plume and you can't select it as an option if you have any less, but if you do it really well then you may retain like 3-5 levels to spend on pluming something else, saving you a bit of work later

[Scooterdanny 285]

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Great Idea! Adding to OP

[dunkleosteus 2,425]

Any buffs you would get from experience related items would essentially be an advantage over other players that you acquired through a repetitive action... sound familiar? *coughrpgcough* excuse me, I have a cold.

*coughcoughterrafirmacraftwillneverbeanrpgcoughcoughcough*

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

Any buffs you would get from experience related items would essentially be an advantage over other players that you acquired through a repetitive action... sound familiar? *coughrpgcough* excuse me, I have a cold.

*coughcoughterrafirmacraftwillneverbeanrpgcoughcoughcough*

Still, this idea is pretty nice. If combat gets reworked -as you said plenty of times -, it could become good enough not to be too repetitive -by this i mean, every fight would be different from the previous one-. If this can/will be done, could we get this suggestion implemented?

[Srgnoodles 1,030]

Any buffs you would get from experience related items would essentially be an advantage over other players that you acquired through a repetitive action... sound familiar? *coughrpgcough* excuse me, I have a cold.

*coughcoughterrafirmacraftwillneverbeanrpgcoughcoughcough*

and besides from what i've seen, these things would be purely ornamental, not a single advantage was given that day

[Scooterdanny 285]

Well since i knew that your response would be as such dunk, that is why i also added "that are either just aesthetic, or very very minor buffs"

[Srgnoodles 1,030]

Well since i knew that your response would be as such dunk, that is why i also added "that are either just aesthetic, or very very minor buffs"

oh no dunk you're getting predictable now

WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO???

[EternalUndeath 1,208]

Any buffs you would get from experience related items would essentially be an advantage over other players that you acquired through a repetitive action... sound familiar? *coughrpgcough* excuse me, I have a cold. *coughcoughterrafirmacraftwillneverbeanrpgcoughcoughcough*

...impressively textured stuff is a buff? Hmm, never knew that,,,

[dunkleosteus 2,425]

...impressively textured stuff is a buff? Hmm, never knew that,,,

He said minor buffs.

[EternalUndeath 1,208]

He said minor buffs.

He said aesthetic OR minor buffs. As I knew buffs would never ever happen, I read that as simply 'aesthetic'

That is, if Rogue doesn't mind

[kotoroshinoto 97]

He said minor buffs.

So you throw out the buffs part, you dont have to slam dunk the whole idea into a trash can because of the one part you dont like. (yah i know "dunk" )