hmm i think it would be cool if in this event you could not form parties
but instead of an awesome prize in the end (you would still get a decently attractive one, say Woe Tokens as someone mentioned in a previous post) you get more of a recognition prize as having come first out of everyone at reaching the target area or defeating some thing etc (much like a ladder)
imagine if there were a custom type mvp at the end and it would be like an emp aura just an mvp so players in this event would need mvp gear
im pretty sure even the poorest of players could afford mvp gear. OR
say there was an npc machine that gave players the gear needed for the event (at a price of say 1mil z per item so players would farm and use their zeny in events like these instead of just accumulating it without any need)
(this would have the double positive of encouraging new-er players to mvp and thus improve themselves)
if this were a non-pvp able event OR say the GMs activate pvp and de-activiate it during random times to make it more exciting, but make it a race to get to some custom Mvp Emp aura type monster (cannot fight back, decent hp).
with traps and pitfalls in-between delays etc e.g there are millions of normal npcs that delay your character with chat OR warp you back to some random area or throw you into the fray of some survival type room for which u must last a set period e.g 15-30 second of like 15 thanas or something LOL *edit* (or the 35 zombies mentioned below by yourself)
idk.
or e.g their could have npcs randomly positioned that sell you special speed pots or buffs for 1mil zeny each or something.
or there could be npcs found randomly that improve your weapon (like how a +10 weapon in low rates is Godly etc)
an npc can give a similar feel to such a weapon and hence boost your chances of being better, you just have to be lucky enough to find this npc. (e.g the Gms can put this character cloaked and somewhere out of the way that players wouldn't go to on the map or have to detour to find, but not too badly say players always over-look it)
and say before that there was this npc that gave you something before-hand you would need to before you can speak to this npc [i.d.k]
Edit: say the above npc were in e.g 1 of 5 possible areas so experienced players to this event would have to detour slightly a max of 5 times looking for this npc.
Say some maps you can only Melee and the Gms drop like 100 porings with consumable or cool items or something inside them or like a zombie round where they summon 35 zombies and they 1-2hit kill you but move SUPPPER slow so you just have to avoid them and not get cornered (they take 10hit ea. to die, they have 10 hp and you do 1 damage to it (like a plant or something)
others you can use skills and they drop 1-5 hp buffed up monsters etc...mixing it up
another fun thing could be that in random maps Woe guardians or sword, archer guardians etc spawn with insannne pvp ability to simulate the enemy forces attacking Fcity or Rebels or w/e etc and everyone has to cooperate in defeating them.
the consumable idea is good because even those players who do not wish for their glory can still come out positive
what this event should serve to do is boost participation for fun, and help out players alike.
don't wanna steal from your idea 9s but, the event could be called "Death or Glory" or something "the War for Fcity"
prize rewards:
woe tokens (credited to Xtopher in the "improving Woe" post)
or some special Theodore II tokens, which if you get ENOUGH can allow you to get these prestige items as 9s set out
make it so that the reward isnt TOO TOO high and that you cannot trade these tokens but if you play the event enough just maybe you can get something cool
the difficulty of this event is to be debated, but in my opinion it should be fairly do-able but not a sure thing for players.
e.g you can still play annihalation with a good team and come out on top solo or LTS, LMS etc etc
this is a stand-alone project but you can sort of work together with others but you'll all be gunning for the prizes
so you either Die, or Achieve/ Attain Glory.
(i'll edit and clean this up later i have to rush into school atm for sem registration and did the above in 1 min, srry brb to clean it up later) i have more ideas! tell me if you like it
9s! good luck with this event