Halloween Event 2007: Difference between revisions

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The event is currently scheduled to run from October 22nd through November 4th[1].

Overview

During this event, players will be able to 'Trick or Treat' by clicking on mission doors in the various zones. Players can only click once per 60 seconds, and after a particular door had been clicked on, neither the player nor anybody else can use it for 30 seconds. If a door is successfully knocked, then either a treat is awarded usually in the form of a random inspiration or costume salvage, or else a trick, which will spawn various enemies in the immediate area.

Players have to Trick or Treat in a zone that matches their current effective level (See list below), or the doors would not give tricks or treats. Sidekick/Lackey and Exemplar/Malefactor can be used to allow Trick or Treating to work, and the auto-exemplar of PvP zones mean that they will work for anyone high enough to enter them (except for Recluse's Victory, which has no functioning mission doors.)

During the event, the entire game is locked in nighttime mode. This is not just a visual effect. All aspects of the game that depend on a day/night cycle are locked to the night side during the event. Enemies that only spawn at night spawn continuously during the event. Banisher, The Slayer, and Haunted badges (Hero side) and Pirate and Spectral badges (Villain side) are examples of badges for which hunting will be much easier during the event.

In 2006, the event ran in all zones in the game except Recluse's Victory, The Hive, Cascade Archipelago, The Chantry, and The Storm Palace. The few zones where the event is not running are all zones for at least level 40 characters, so for any characters below level 40, literally every single accessible zone will be running the event. For 2007 it appears that the new Faultline, The Abyss, and Rikti War Zone are also zones in which the event is not functional.

Temporary Powers

One of the treats is the Rock temporary power. It is a one use, ranged attack that does minor smashing damage. Matt Miller was the developer behind this homage to It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. [2]

Rock

Ranged Smashing Damage
You got a rock.

Knocking on doors can give a "Classic Costume" Temporary Power. These powers last for 13 days real time, are incompatible with any stealth powers, and cannot be used in PvP zones. For costume models that have a single gender (such as Carnie Harlequin or Strongman), activating the costume will force the apparent sex of the character to match. For costumes that have both genders (such as Crey Agent), the character will use the appropriate model. Finally, some of the costumes will have special animation built into it (such as Goldbricker and Sky Raider having animated flightpacks, PPD Hardsuit with rocket boots when in flight, Pirate having ghost-style flight, etc).

Banished Pantheon Shaman (m)
Cage Consortium Guard (?)
Carnival Harlequin (f)
Carnival Strongman (m)
Coralax Minion (?)
Council Galaxy (m)
Council Penumbra (m)
Crey Agent (both)
Crey Power Suit (m)
Crey Security (both)
Freakshow Boss (m)
Freakshow Stunner (m)
Goldbricker (m)
Hellion Thug (m)
Knives of Artemis (f)
Legacy Chain (?)
Lost (m)
Malta Gunslinger (m)
Malta Operative (m)
Nemesis Soldier (m)
Outcast Thug (m)
Paragon Protector (both)
Pirate (m)
PPD Cop (?)
PPD Hardsuit (m)
PPD Swat Officer (?)
Scrapyarder (m)
Skulls Thug (m)
Sky Raiders (m)
Troll Ogre (m)
Tsoo Inkman (m)
Vahzilok Eidolon (both)
Warrior Thug (m)

Images

BP-Shaman.jpg

Banished Pantheon Shaman Costume
Cage-Consortium-Guard.jpg

Cage Consortium Guard Costume
Carnival-Harlequin.jpg

Carnival Harlequin Costume
Carnival-Strongman.jpg

Carnival Strongman Costume
Coralax-Minion.jpg

Coralax Minion Costume
Council-Penumbra.jpg

Council Penumbra Costume
Crey Agent Costume
Crey-Powersuit.jpg

Crey Powersuit Costume
Crey-Security.jpg

Crey Security Costume
Freakshow-Stunner.jpg

Freakshow Stunner Costume
Goldbricker.jpg

Goldbricker Costume
Legacy-Chain.jpg

Legacy Chain Costume
Lost.jpg

Lost Costume
Malta-Gunslinger.jpg

Malta Gunslinger Costume
Malta-Operative.jpg

Malta Operative Costume
Nemesis-Soldier.jpg

Nemesis Soldeier Costume
Outcast-Thug.jpg

Outcast Thug Costume
Pirate.jpg

Pirate Costume
PPD-Cop.jpg

PPD Cop Costume
PPD-Hardsuit.jpg

PPD Hardsuit Costume
Scrapyarder.jpg

Scrapyarder Costume
Sky-Raider.jpg

Sky Raider Costume
Troll.jpg

Troll Costume
Vahzilok-Eidolan.jpg

Vahzilok Eidolon Costume

Badges

Three new badges are available for this event, in addition to the badges from the Halloween Event 2004 and 2006. They are awarded for receiving faction costume Temporary Powers while trick or treating.

Clothes Horse

You've collected 10 classic costumes.

Fashionable

You've collected 25 classic costumes.

Ostentatious

You've collected 50 classic costumes.

Note: receiving a duplicate costume will give no indication of the duplicate, but it will count towards the badges. Because of this, it will appear that less costume drops have occurred than are required for the badge.

All of the previous Halloween event badges are once again available as well.

Hallow Spirit

You have helped defeat a manifestation of Eochai, king of the Fir Bolg.

Hunter

You have defeated 20 of the nefarious Vampires who rose from their graves on Halloween.

Buster

You have defeated 20 ghosts, spirits who have not rested since their original death.

Shifter

You have defeated 15 werewolves, supernatural creatures created through the disease of lycanthropy.

Dead Head

You have defeated 50 zombies, the walking flesh of the recently dead.

Malleus

You have defeated 75 witches, sorcerous crones who use dark magicks.

Iron Warrior

You have defeated the Halloween Jack in Irons.

Ghost Touched

You have defeated 20 of the Unseelie Court.

Notes

Testing for this event began on Tuesday September 18th and ran from 3pm to 7pm Eastern.
Second testing set was on Monday September 24th and ran from 3pm to an unknown time.

Reports of rare Inspirations being dropped as treats, notably Mez-resist ones that are no longer available.
- Confirmed, Iron Wills are dropping as treats. In fact, all treat drops now seem to be tier 3s.

Note: Costumes are dropped independent of event salvage, meaning you can get both at once.
While similar to Freakshow and Arachnos costumes, these DO NOT grant stealth or invisibility. Mobs will attack players who are wearing these costumes, even if it's a costume of their group.

New Badges added to this year's event do not have bars yet, but appear between the Sentry and Demolitionist badges.

When event Salvage is awarded as a treat, two Inspirations will also be awarded. This seems to happen for costume powers as well.

Free Costume Slot

The event introduced the ability to unlock a free costume slot on any character. Which slot it opens depends on how many costume slots you have already unlocked. Costume slots are awarded incrementally...a level 1 will be awarded their second slot, while a level 50 with all four previous costume slots unlocked will unlock a fifth. This reward did not include a free costume change token; unless you have free costume change tokens left over from previous awards, you will have to pay normal influence or infamy costs to change the costume in this new slot.

To unlock this slot a player needed to gather one each of the four types of Event Salvage that can be found through "Trick or Treating". You need one each of Statesman Mask, Lord Recluse Helmet, Back Alley Brawler Gloves, and Hamidon costume. All four then need to be brought to the appropriate Halloween contact for the character's game. Granny Beldam for villains and Annah for heroes. The contact will then unlock the free slot. Note that the devs have said [3] that the contacts will remain in the game, so that, while new costume salvage cannot be earned after the event, existing costume salvage may still be turned in. There was a 35% chance of any Treat being a piece of event salvage, with even chances for which of the four types of event salvage is received.

Event Salvage

Back Alley Brawler Halloween Gloves

Event Salvage

These are rubber Back Alley Brawler gloves, perfect for a Halloween costume. Their manufacture makes it difficult to perform simple tasks like opening doors. Heroes can take this to Annah in Croatoa, while villains can take this to Granny Beldam in Nerva, for a reward.

Statesman Halloween Mask

Event Salvage

This is a Halloween mask of the famous hero Statesman. It's made of cheap plastic, and the flimsy string probably won't last through the night. Heroes can take this to Annah in Croatoa, while villains can take this to Granny Beldam in Nerva, for a reward.

Lord Recluse Halloween Helmet

Event Salvage

This is a Halloween mask of the infamous Lord Recluse. It's made of smelly rubber, and wearing it makes you all sweaty and hard to find your breath. Heroes can take this to Annah in Croatoa, while villains can take this to Granny Beldam in Nerva, for a reward.

Hamidon Halloween Costume

Event Salvage

The most popular Halloween costume among the kids in Paragon City is that of Hamidon. This simple costume is made from coloured plastic wrap. Many kids like to put action figures of their favourite heroes inside the wrap, pretending they are 'raiding' for 'Hami-O's' Heroes can take this to Annah in Croatoa, while villains can take this to Granny Beldam in Nerva, for a reward.

Zones

Trick or Treating only worked if the player was in a zone with a level appropriate for their current combat level. The following are the appropriate levels for various zones:

Heroes

01 - 11 Atlas Park

01 - 11 Galaxy City

05 - 15 Kings Row

05 - 15 The Hollows

07 - 15 Perez Park

10 - 20 Steel Canyon

10 - 20 Skyway City

11 - 20 Boomtown

14 - 20 Faultline

20 - 30 Independence Port

20 - 30 Talos Island

20 - 30 Striga Isle

20 - 30 Terra Volta

21 - 30 Dark Astoria

20 - 30 Croatoa

30 - 40 Brickstown

30 - 40 Founders' Falls

30 - 40 Crey's Folly

33 - 40 Eden

40 - 50 Peregrine Island

40 - 50 Firebase Zulu

Villains

01 - 10 Mercy Island

05 - 15 Port Oakes

10 - 20 Cap Au Diable

20 - 30 Sharkhead Isle

25 - 40 Nerva Archipelago

30 - 40 St. Martial

40 - 50 Grandville

PvP (Both)

Since all PvP zones automatically Exemplar anyone entering to a specific level, anyone entering the zone is brought to a combat level appropriate to the zone, so all zones are appropriate for Trick or Treating for anyone of a high enough level to enter the zone.

15 - 50 Bloody Bay

20 - 50 Siren's Call

30 - 50 Warburg

Enemies

Note: none of these groups counted toward the non-Halloween badges available in the game normally. For example, these Fir Bolg do not count towards the Pumpkin Master/Mistress badge.

Coven

The Coven is made up of witches also seen as the Cabal enemy group found in Croatoa. Note that this group is the most visually different from their normal in-game spawns of any of the Halloween mobs. The Cabal is primarily colored in shades of grey and black, while the Halloween Coven is much more colorful.

Fir Bolg

Fir Bolg can also be found in Croatoa at the present. Note that there is no badge for defeating them.

Spirits

Spectral Demons from the Circle of Thorns were used to create the Spirits faction.

Vampires

Council vampyri were the models used to make up the Vampires enemy group for the event.

Werewolves

Council nightwolves and warwolves were the models used to make up the Werewolves faction for the event.

Zombies

The zombies are Banished Pantheon soldiers.