Halloween Event 2007

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This information is about features that are currently in testing in the Beta Testing Shards and is subject to change before release.

The event began on , 2007 and ran through , 2007.

Overview

Temporary Powers

freakshow Costume
skulls Costume
carnies Costume
knives of artimes Costume
Freakshow Stunner Costume
Freakshow Boss Costume
looks like most crey critters have costumes
Crey Security Costume
Tsoo Inkman Costume
PPD Hardsuit Costume
Troll Costume

Event Badges

Event Salvage

Fashionable badge - 25 costumes
Clothes horse - 8 costumes (badge says its for 10 though.. bug?)
- 3rd badge for 50 costumes

Notes

  • Testing for this event began on Tuesday September 18th and ran from 3 PM to 7 PM Eastern.


  • note: Costumes dropped independent of event salvage, you can get both at once.
  • Costumes ignore gender, guys can become female carnies, girls, freakshow.
  • Costumes stay around for 13 days after getting them, then they are gone.
  • While similar to freakshow and arachnos costumes, these DO NOT grant stealth or invis. Mobs will attack ppl wearing these costumes, even if its a costume of their mob.
  • Badges for this event (the ones added this yr, do not have bars yet, but appear between the consignment house badges and the original Winter ones.

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. [1]

Power

Ranged Smashing Damage

You got a rock.

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 [2] 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

Salvage BackAlleyBrawlerGloves.png
BAB-gloves.png

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

Salvage StatesmanMask.png
Statesmask.png

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

Salvage RecluseMask.png

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

Salvage HamidonCostume.png

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.

Badges

Badge

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

Badge

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

Badge

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

Badge

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

Badge

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

Badge

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

Badge

You have defeated the Halloween Jack in Irons.

Badge

You have defeated 20 of the Unseelie Court.

Zones

Trick or Treating only worked if the palyer 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
25 - 35 Croatoa
30 - 40 Brickstown
30 - 40 Founders' Falls
30 - 40 Crey's Folly
33 - 40 Eden
40 - 50 Peregrine Island
40 - 50 Firebase Zulu
40 - 50 Rikti Crash Site

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 zone automatically Exemplar anyone entering to a specific level, anyone entering the zone is brought to a combet 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.

Unseelie Court

The Unseelie Court was a new enemy group for the 2006 event. They accompanied the random zone spawns of Eochai and Jack in Irons.

Images

Eochai and Jack in Irons

There was a zone spawn of either Eochai or Jack in Irons in every zone in which the event is active. Once one is defeated, another of the two would spawn in the same zone within a minute or two. For each spawn, there was a 90% chance that it would be Eochai, and a 10% chance that it would be Jack in Irons. Additionally, Jack in Irons only spawned in level 20 and up zones. [3]