Ok so we all know that Okkult is a mad scientist. A powerful one at that, being able to craft armies of Tholid monsters. But we also know that science is mostly made of failures, and Okkult showed it to us with this poor, poor Seedtooth:
Poor sod. Of course this might just be me, a lore-hungry fool, grasping at whatever hint of a backstory: still, I think it’s clear we’re dealing with a failed experiment!
So, why not expand on the topic of experiments which took an unexpected turn? Why not implementing failed experiments into the matches?
You’d be able to know about their presence from the stage selection screen: if a stage has one of them, the stage icon will glow red and, before starting the stage, you’ll get a preview of the monster (or a brief text description of it, even better).
There are infinite possible mutations:
receives half damage,
has ATK/DEF boosted by 50%
deals damage to whomever hits it
deals damage to all enemies every 100sec (without needing to get a turn)
decreases its allies’ seconds by 30 every time it gets a turn
…infinite possibilities!
Of course, there should be some extra rewards for beating the strongest among them. Maybe some specific monsters could have a sort of bounty on their head. The hardest ones to beat, like a Tricranium with tripled HP or a Novadrake that shields itself after every move.
Of course, you could instead choose to play the normal stage, without mutated monsters, and you won’t get any penalty: it’d simply be an extra challenge for those up to it.
I’d love PvE events to get more love and variety, this would make the event much more interesting to play imho!
I love the idea of the random mutations. Reminds me of old school Okkult’s Invitation where we had some crazy things like all monsters with roaring entrance. The cloning monsters were a fun challenge to get past
Basically everyone has access to twin death sentence + stun. However, lining things up would be incredibly awkward and I completely understand how it wasn’t possible for many people. That particular Okkult’s Invitation was where they pushed things a little too far into craziness. I like what the event is like now but a little bit of crazy would be fun.
I also think in general it would be nice if there weren’t so many PvE events that you can beat with Auro + DR. It’s a cheesy way to get through some things like Okkult’s Invitation, WT, ST, etc. where you’re meant to build in a unique way to take on the challenge.
