Event Idea, Back To School!

So as unfortunate as it is summer is coming to an end, which means a lot of our community will be heading back to school (some already have I'm sure). Since we are a GMS like server I think this is a great time to institute a "Back to School" event as GMS did back in the day.

Details of the event can be found here and here.

But for the lazy I'll explain.

NPC(s) Involved:

Maple Administrator

Procedures:

1. Talk to Maple Administrator to get the quest, she will ask you to collect special letters ("Alphabet Pasta") that drop from mobs during the event period.
   
2. Collect some Alphabet Pasta to spell the word, MapleStory.
   
3. Return to her and give her the letters and you will receive a random prize. The quest is repeatable.

Items Needed:

Reward(s):

Additional Info/tweaks:

• I don't know if the letter items are in game as this event was from 2009 and v62 is from 2008. But an alternative could be to use the Christmas letters.
  
• The drop-rate for the items should be fairly low since the quest is repeatable.
  
• A great incentive for the higher level players to participate in this event would be the extremely small chance for white/chaos scrolls to be given.
• Any 10/60%s that aren't on the original list (such as Glove for Matk 60%) should be added.
• Instead of MapleStory is should spell out either MapleLegends or kappa Kappa
• Letters should be trade-able, this would give newer players a new source of income as they start out. If you put a chance for chaos/ws other players will want to buy as many of the letters as possible.

I know this a difficult time development wise since @Navi is getting situated with his new life but I don't think this event would take much time to implement and I'm willing to help as much as I can!

Any additional thoughts/suggestions for this event are welcomed with open arms!

 

Cal shut up, you don't see the bigger picture here.

 

If letters drop from every mob then sure non-tradable will be fine. If they only drop certain mobs than the event will end up like the Independence Day items where only a handful of people even bothered with the quest.

This is a pretty critical time for the server where we could be losing a fairly large amount of players for more reasons than just back to school, having an event like this is a must.

 

Le bump, looking for more feedback, suggestions, and community support ^^

 

Potential scrolls, hell the entire potential system isn't in v62. It came much later.