I have no hate towards the mind flayer invasion. It is an excellent story hook with tons of potential, especially for high level characters. My initial reaction to the announcement was excitement. However, it quickly became very clear that none of my many characters are sufficiently powerful to participate. The entire event was like watching super heroes and heroines do their thing while I sit on the sidelines and watch. That's fine accept for the fact I come here and pay money specifically to play a super heroine. The developers working on this event failed me in the most fundamental way possible. Whatever. Life goes one. I finished some lovely sculptures while not playing DDO.
In the spirit of this thread...feedback!
1) When a mind flayer invader dies, perform an immediate check. If the level of the highest level player character in the dungeon is greater than the level of the quest, the following happens:
a) The mind flayer says, "You soggy sock adventurers will never catch me! HAHAHAHAHHA!"
b) The mind flayer teleports away.
c) A message appears in chat saying, "The mind flayer used its amazing mental powers to detect a wringer and teleported away. Princess Peach is not in this castle. You blew it."
Note: Now everyone can particpate in the event at any difficulty.
2) When a mind flayer invader dies, perform an immediate check. If the level of the highest level character in the dungeon is equal to or lower than the level of the quest, the following happens:
a) The mind flayer says, "Wait! What? How!?! Mine is the superior...gaaaaahhhaaaahhha."
b) The mind flayer dies.
c) All player characters in the dungeon get a buff that reads, "Your amazing awesomeness will be told of in poem and song for at least the next couple hours. You defeated the mind flayer invader GRXGILGRApNITCHSTUFFBUGGERKINS. You really deserve a cookie and should probably go find one."
d) The defeat counter for GRXGILGRApNITCHSTUFFBUGGERKINS is incremented by one.
Note: Now everyone can particpate in the event at any difficulty.
3) When a mind flayer invader dies, perform an immediate check. If anyone in the party has the 'You defeated GRXGILGRApNITCHSTUFFBUGGERKINS' buff, the following happens:
a) The mind flayer says, "I now live in your dreams...as a nightmare! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
b) The mind flayer disappears.
c) A message appears in chat saying, "You already defeated this mind flayer. You are a self important narcissist who overly dwells on fleeting fame. Penelope Peach has no interest in you and everyone thinks you smell."
Note: Now more people can participate in the event and kill the mind flayers so they feel good about themselves and can hug teddy bears with knoweldge of a job well done. "You don't have to worry about those mind flayer meanies anymore, Mister Fluffycheeks. Mommy stabbed them to death."
4) Add the following text to Thrall buffs: "Force and untyped damage bypass this buff. You did purchase a bunch of Spectral weapons during Mabar, right? Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Evovation Archmage Wizards actually matter! Yay!!!"
Note: If I ever knew that force and untyped damage bypasses Magical and Physical Resistance Rating, it was bumped out of the memory banks by a grocery list or cassarole recipe or something. Good grief. You developers are such gigantic dorks.
5) Mind flayers should taunt player characters through their thralls. Make up one hundred random insults and program thralls to toss them out in chat.
6) Unlocking the new super difficult dungeon should be per account, not per server. Make every single player do the work to open the dungeons. Let all of us be super.
7) Upon unlocking the dungeons, I should be given a Nautaloid skin for my airship.
8) Upon killing, say, 500 thralls, I should get an M-16 with an M-203 grenade launcher. I do not mean everyone, just me.
9) Write up the background story so the event feels interesting and dangerous and awesome for everyone. Good grief. I wll write it for you. Next time, drop me an email or something. Sheesh.
10) If a player character killed at least one mind flayer during the event, give him or her a permanent feat that reads, "You have faced off against the most intelligent species in the universe and, by some preposerous miricle, actually prevailed. This feat does not actually do anything but, 'Good Job!'.