Quest-a-thons are pretty fun as is, but it'd be neat if instead of just working toward a goal of a new item/pet slot, we could unlock a story or some kind of plot when hitting quest milestones, bit by bit. We all love a good plot here on subeta, and this seems like a low-key/effort way of revealing plot without having to integrate it into a holiday/big event with lots of new items, which seems complicated and time-consuming.

Basically, tell us a story and reveal new lore or expand on old lore, but break it into chunks so that we have to go questing to unlock each part.

[edit] Edited slightly for clarity.

like re-releasing access to the bhaka-dino pet? that would be nice. or gain old plot points to get into the shops?

support this!

I meant mainly as a way to have a new plot/story event, without tying it to a holiday when a lot of new art/items would have to be made. Does that make sense? But of course staff could spice it up however they want, tying it to a older plot/event would be neat too.

We used to have a plot in summer every year, no holiday needed to support it. 😉 I always like some new lore/npc stories and releasing some new stuff/framing it around a quest-a-thon would be great. It should probably be smaller stories/plots tho, framing a quest-a-thon in a epic story about ancient ruins and cursed monsters seems a bit silly.

They should try to start archiving all their (mini) plot stuff tho (maybe in the subepedia). Even if it is in the news archives, if you don't know it is there you will likely not stumble upon it there. The current state makes it hard for newbies to follow the story of future plots connected to older ones and even older users might have forgotten about them.

That said, I like 's idea for quest-a-thon's to have a more site wide goal as price. Not to do away with the usual prices of course, but opening up the bhakoru shrine or adding old plot stuff to the antique shop could be a great low effort price.

Love the idea of a plot information archive. Lore is what brings life to the game!

I don't know what plot ideas you have, but it would be a good way to give more lore through news posts and forum posts, and maybe some item descriptions. It sounds like plots are a lot of work, but the only reason why I really want them is for lore, which can be provided in other ways that take less time and effort.

Great suggestions in the OP.

I would love to gain the ability to create Bhakorus! I missed that event.

Agree with reopening the bhakoru creation site as a quest-a-thon reward. The plot to get them was in 2011, correct? If true, then we're WAY overdue for a new way to get that species.

Swampies can't be created but we have elixirs for getting them. Zentu and Scootle also have unconventional creation methods but have elixirs as well.

The only ways to get a bhakoru are either by using a nostalgic toy on a pet or random chance via zapper....

Wouldn't participate in the quest a thon now but its been a while since there was a plot lets do it, Subeta!

It might be quite fun to have anniversary outings for previous plots. For example an anniversary counsellor cruise or retelling of the pirate/islanders battle. That way a lot of the old artwork, at least, could be reused and maybe just a few added extras to cut down on any added work load.

I do remember the Cruise and the Food Truck events (my activity has been spotty over the years haha), but both of those events were heavily item-based. I like the idea of a quest-a-thon to give something users to do, where the reward for activity would be parts of an ongoing story, since most people like lore/plots.

Definitely agree that I wish plot stuff was collected somewhere! I know lore extends beyond plot/events, but having the big plot points archived would be great for users who missed the big events.

Big support, I LOVE lore

Though to everyone talking about creating Bhakoru, you can create them/transform another pet into them via the process of making Nostalgic Pets

We had some scavenger hunt type events that only had a few new items in them, there was lore there, and those were fun too.

An archive of the plots would be SO nice to reread!! I've been on the site 13+ years, one collective place to go through all those posts and everything would be so nostalgic

YES PLEASE!!! Plot is way more incentive for questing than just hitting number goals.

Also I'm just going to leave this here in case any site staff happen upon it and don't feel they have enough on their plate currently: I want a new land to arrive somehow in the mass of empty sea space at the bottom of the map where I originally thought Omen Islands would be.