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"primary giants" and special bonuses for loyal glitchen

I was thinking it would be GREAT if after playing for a while (maybe level 20 or so, to give a person enough to time get a sense of which giant is their favorite; maybe after donating X amount to one specific giant, etc.) we could choose to "ally" ourselves with a particular giant... (and maybe even the rook, for those rookists out there)!

Each giant could have some special bonus that only applies to those allied with them. Maybe teleportation cooldown is a minute slower for devotees of Lem or they have a higher number of map teleports per day, devotees of Zille have a higher % chance of getting gems when mining or perhaps they get more ore per mining action, that sort of thing...

And of course after the initial choice, changing your primary giant would be a lengthy and/or costly process. Surely a giant would not be happy that you chose a different giant before them. You'd have to do an awful lot of donating, appeasing, or maybe even do quest-like errands for the other giant before they'll accept you into the fold.

thoughts...?

Posted 15 months ago by Seylah Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • ooo, I can imagine Giant-specific quests as part of the process - an Initiation, if you will. And when you get Initiated a part of the story is revealed to you, as well as some secret streets/recipes/things/etc that only followers of said Giant can access freely.

    +1!
    Posted 15 months ago by Creatrix Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +bunches
    Posted 15 months ago by La_La Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is a super fun idea. I love it!
    Posted 15 months ago by Meridian Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Sounds pretty good.  It's weird for the gods to not be jealous.  Or maybe that's just how Glitch world is?
    Posted 14 months ago by MeansDarling Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I thought there was a quest almost like this. Where we had to choose our favorite Giants? Came out when the rocks/trees/dirt piles started telling us the history of UR. I think we had to donate to our favorite Giant or had to balance out our favoritism. Can someone help? I just remember the rock telling me that I was too partial to Friendly and I had to do...somethinig.
    Posted 14 months ago by Jarhaven Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like this idea. I had the idea of a Bishop's mitre with your giant's symbol that you get to wear for a week for each day you've been the donation leader to them. Purely cosmetic, but fun for those who like to show off.

    The perks thing makes the giants seem a bit more present in Ur as well, so good for the game environment.
    Posted 14 months ago by Aoi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Brilliant idea i was thinking this just earlier actually you could become a disciple to a particular giant, could have their logo on your grave as opposed to all displaying 'humbaba' in the top circle.

    Could even lead off to a particular quest line where you get to meet the in game version of the giant like shown in the video...

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    Posted 14 months ago by Yee Subscriber! | Permalink
  • So.. the giants are imagining themselves? Or maybe a giant is imagining another giant and you have to determine the fake one? Or a giant is imagining a world that's populated by these eleven giants who have these imaginations where-- *explodes in a poof of SWF blocks*
    Posted 14 months ago by Aoi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Or they could simply enter their own imagination in some meditative form =P in an attempt to save their imagination from the rook
    Posted 14 months ago by Yee Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Bit like that film 'imaginarium of doctor parnassus' he could imagine himself
    Posted 14 months ago by Yee Subscriber! | Permalink