LIGHTNING KRAKEN.
BACKGROUND…
• Before I go further with this idea I want to back up a few steps and get there… So please bear with me. I would like to suggest something regarding the current relevance with the “Hungering Deep anniversary” and the notorious “Shrouded Ghost” topics.
Many, (including myself) have yet to see the ghost meg. As much as I love the rarity of it, I do think it is possible to increase the chances of seeing it.
AND FOR THAT I HAVE JUST THE IDEA AND SOLUTION. INCLUDING SOMETHING SO SCARY IT WILL CHANGE THE SEAS FOREVER….
HOW YOU SAY? CRYSTALS!
• First off, we can introduce tiny colored crystals (Like we’ve seen in “The Revenge of the Morning Star”, that little red beauty.) Instead of red, we can introduce new colors affiliated with the Megalodons. Buying one of these from Duke or the Mysterious Stranger in the taverns or possibly the arena island before you set foot on your adventures would greatly increase, but not guarantee, the chances of running into that Meg. We can discuss the prices regarding this in the thread but 15,000 for a color, 20,000 a color, and so on. Perhaps 55k gold coins for the Shrouded ghost (White crystal).
BUT WAIT.
• Here’s where it gets interesting. Now that we have special crystals that increase the chances of megs, once killed, Megalodons that appear while using the crystals will drop a special item. (Something glowing of course!) It can be something to awaken the “Old Mother” chained by the ancients!* Once you obtain THREE of these items you can go purchase a quest that will have you kill a skeleton boss. This will be a normal Order of Souls type voyage. That boss will drop an item along with 2 maps showing 2 different islands with an X marks the spot location. Once you’ve obtained the 3 meg items and the 3 skeleton items you can put them together. This will form a special totem of sorts that will initiate the spawning of the Lightning Kraken.
REASON TO GO SUCH LENGTHS FOR IT TO SPAWN:
• This boss isn’t your typical kraken. This would (Like previously mentioned) be a community event within your server. (We don’t want to run into these things by chance now do we?) There needs to be some level of difficulty so there’s not huge lightning krakens in every server. The benefit of having an alliance of four ships is that making an alliance takes time, additionally finding everything to spawn the meg takes time. But if you find some like-minded people in your server you can do this very quickly and reap the rewards.
KRAKEN DETAILS AND DESCRIPTION (OOO WEEE)
• NOW THIS IS THE BEST PART OF THE IDEA!!!!
Let’s discuss the kraken! Well, first off its black with colored glowing spots (of course). The lightning kraken will spawn inside of a storm. Lightning and storm clouds above, AND a whirlpool below. The head of the kraken will be visible and poking out of the center of the whirlpool. (We can finally see a head with eyes!) The only way to be dragged into combat is having your four alliance ships with the totem items on each! Once you’ve gotten your alliance of 3-4 ships you can sail near the whirlpool. It will automatically drag you into it so you’re now sailing at a slanted angle. All ships will automatically drive in circles around the kraken. Tentacles on the left and right of the ship inside and out of the whirlpool. In order to take it out you must shoot a series of cursed cannonballs. The tentacles will change colors so you know which cursed cannonball to hit it with.
THE LOOT
• Some sort of lightning chest / Chest of Sorrow hybrid. The chest will leak water but will also send out a shocking lightning bolt that effects the players around it or the health of the one carrying it.
• The chest will be of extremely high value.
• 4 chests will spawn. One for each ship participating in the alliance.
Additional loot will spawn for a nice payout.
ADDITIONAL IDEAS:
• We can possibly add some sort of oils you can get to cover the cannonballs into each corresponding tentacle color. There can be lore behind that, but you can store them in a storage crate and coat normal cannonballs in them to hurt the kraken. For example, if you have four ships you can have the 3 totems on 3 of the ships and colored oils on the fourth ship. Once someone shoots the tentacle with the colored cannonball, all the other ships can shoot it with normal cannon balls to damage it. It would be fun to create the reasoning behind that in lore! So start commenting below!
• Creative Ideas:
-Ghosts0ap –Shaaswat Sharma
