IDEAS FOR RYZOM

I got to watch my first yubo ball game at an event a few weeks ago. It was interesting...though seemed a bit slow paced. It would be interesting if we could somehow improve the ball and maybe add a few courts on Atys. If you could speed things up and make things more engaging it could provide something else to do for people just hanging out, talking to friends.

The thought would be something like...

Yubo ball court with special silver (or some such) yubo spawned right in the middle

Yubo is invulnerable to everything but acid (or something) and melee, has high regen and small HP (like 10). Can't resist acid. Takes no dmg from melee but can't dodge or parry. Moves incredibly fast. Runs directly away from last hit.

Goal would be to drive the yubo through the opponents goal. Yubo would stop running past like 50m+ and run back to the starting spot. Acid would reset the ball (no loot, repop at center) if necessary.

It sounds like it might be fun. Other possibilities could include changing the type of ball in a loop on each respawn. For instance, spawn a yubo that breathes fire or spawns poisonous gas when hit. Maybe even number of yubos.

I think this and maybe 3 or 4 more creative and fun sports would really add an extra layer to Atys and should be within Ryzom's current capabilities without a lot of coding.

I like this idea. I have been thinking about organizing a mek racing league for a while now. I understand this was actually done two years ago, so there's even a framework for it.

Is there a central source for players to find information on getting official help to run their own events of this nature? I imagine all it would take is a comparative handful of dedicated players running these things to add more content to the game and take a bit of the pressure in that department off of Winch Gate. :-)

prefer the original Taunting method
and but can it have it be like FvF (Factions)

also like the sounds of about the Races ideas

Yes this! Leagues and sports (including more PvP in arena etc etc) might also foster some organized gambling...which might add a few more layers of depth to Atys.

I can understand some people will want the original version as well. I think speeding the game up and making it a bit more like a Ryzom version of table hockey might make it more fun to watch. FvF should already be possible just by setting up the teams that way I would think.

Races are a great idea. Bonus if it's through a complicated (and dangerous) region. Relay races also a possibility. More than anything I'm hoping some creative and organized people (with some minor help from devs) may be able to bring an extra spark of life to Atys.

The devs can only do so much and usually the results end with speaking to an NPC to get a mission you've done 300 times.

"minor help from devs" really got to me, I am so sorry for this, but... I just think that we should make for them those lazy DEVilS work even harder :P