Throwback Elite.. suggestion..

Apr 8, 2017

Hi guys

I have been thinking about this for, idk, couple of years, but didn't say anything, because I didn't want to encourage stat clamping in anyway. For many players who are veterans and for newer players who missed out what it was like to play at launch or in the first year, I heard Jacob the Rebel on #askdcuo (see link, thx Trex!) ask about older content..

I have had this idea, for ages, the content could be scaled to end game and made elite, specifically, FOS 1,2 and 3 as one continuous instance, and Batcave 1,2 and 3 as one continuous instance.

Rewards would exclude green gear and include as a marked down, blue version to SM's purple, the pet trink rewards from SM's for the last boss.

You would not be rewarded ANY marks, but have a chance at each sub-boss to earn a blue scaling armor piece (FOS: Sunstone Bulwark/ Batcave: Vengeance) or Purple (FOS:Vesture of Proselyte /Batcave : Avatar Bombardier ). And upon the boss as I mentioned, you would receive the appropriate blue version SM reward, sub-bosses only drop armor, bosses only drop pet trinkets. Which pets you get would be random.

I would like to see this reset daily.. why? 'won't that cause scaling issues?'..not really because you have to be with 5 cr of max cr to enter, so much of the armor drops will be trash, except for the style and the pets. 'Shouldn't we keep the prestige of owning such a trinket for Survival Mode?' Players can easily inspect the trinket user and see he/she got the trink from Throwback Elite.. and really.. Throwback elite is meant to be 'epic'.. SM is grueling and rightly so.. Throwback Elite will be as hard as end game Elite content and be 3 times as long. So hard work like that deserves a decent reward eh?

It would appear much like Legends PVE in the Events Tab, but last 1 month then changing to the other raid. More raids of similar size could be added, like Lantern and HoF* content.

These would be for members ONLY.

The event I imagine would be easily scaleable to match max cr, meaning, once increased, it can be increased again by the same percentage once the max cr is higher. no stat clamping needed!

I played those raids at launch, i have some fond memories, some not so fond haha! (griefing on the troller) and I would love to feel that way again, stat clamping does not accomplish this, and only makes me humiliated, scaling the instances as a special elite event *ensures* I will have as a tough a time I did back at launch*, as will new players who did not get to have those experiences and felt they missed out.

If you like this idea, and I don't see why you wouldn't hehe, hit with a like to show your support.

have a great and bizarre day!

Sigma




* Trexlight's upload of #askdcuo

*A&B + Zama alert scaled to a raid then Blackest Day + Blackest Night (a black dawn combined with with a vengeance, and wayward souls upgraded to a raid)
*PC launch EU server, I joined in autumn 2011, didnt do my first raids til the next year hehe

Updated this article today (13/05/2017)
original is here : https://forums.daybreakgames.com/dcuo/index.php?threads/elite-throwback-content-event-suggestion.285755/#post-3932475