After playing Test Your Luck on MKX, the thought hit me: this is what Nightfalls should be like! A bunch of random modifiers that can make the mission, easier, harder, or just more fun with wacky twists. Every week the Nightfall should have randomized modifiers to keep things fresh and make people think about playing in different ways than "camp in cheese spot." Nightfall would persist however. It would also be set at a base Heroic difficulty as well. I also believe the non-Nightfall modifier count should be increased to 5, making for 6 total.
To make this possible, we need more modifiers - positive, negative, mixed, and weird - than just these:
Angry
Arc Burn
Epic
Juggler
Lightswitch
Solar Burn
Void Burn
I suggest adding things like these to the list as Nightfall exclusive modifiers:
Juiced - Super regenerates much faster
Cheapskate - Orbs of Light replenish more Super Energy
Major Pain - Ultras and Majors deal more damage
Minor Nuisance - Non-Major enemies deal more damage
Jackpot - All enemies drop bonus Glimmer
Superluck- Engrams/Pyramids drop more frequently
Piñata - Bosses have a chance at blowing up with varied items on death
Death by Rainbow - All damage types have increased damage output
Passive-Aggressive - Non-Major enemies will actively seek and stay in cover, and will only attack when your back is turned
Jammer - UI is disabled. Only waypoint compass stays active
Stormtrooper - Zoom disabled
Kinetic Force - Kinetic damage output from all sources increased (includes vanilla melees and boss stomps)
Light Armor - Guardians take less damage from enemies
Shadow Blade - Guardians take more damage from enemies
Impotency - Supers do not make Orbs of Light
Way of the Dragon - Unlimited Melee charges
Bandana - Unlimited Grenades
Jackrabbit - All Guardian actions are faster
Sluggish - All Guardian actions are slower
Early Dusk - All enemy actions are faster
Early Dawn - All enemy actions are slower
Moonbounce - Jump higher, fall slower. Warlocks affected more
Lead Foot - Jump lower, fall faster. Titans affected more
Parasite - Taking damage drains Super energy
Stagnancy - Super bar only increases from Orbs of Light
Dark Venom - Taking damage has a chance to incur a venom DoT
Miasma - Random enemies emanate a poison aura
Pitch Black - Supers are disabled
Empty Handed - Guardian Grenades are disabled
Ambi-Hex-trous - Guardian Melees are disabled
Scavenger - Ammo drops replenish more ammo, and have a chance replenish other types
Wasteful - Weapons use twice the ammo per shot
Shaky Hands - Gun shakes in your hands, making it harder to aim. Reloading spills a couple rounds, causing you to lose ammo of varying amounts in the mag.
Magnetic - Nearby items move closer to you
Tex - Precision shots do more damage
Slip n' Slide - Slide faster and longer
Low-Grav - Moonbounce and Slip n' Slide, and physical contact will cause you and whatever you hit, sans bosses and terrain, to fly away from each other.
Deadman Switch - Guardians explode on death, hurting enemy and ally alike
Minefield - Enemies explode on death, hurting enemy and ally alike
Friendly Fire - Shooting an ally will harm them
Highlighter - Hitting enemies makes them glow and visible through walls
Soul Share - Damaging enemies will also slightly hurt yourself
Everybody Gets One - Death cannot be reversed by any means.
G.O.A.T - Headshots on Dregs, Thralls, Acolytes, Hobgoblins, and Psions play a screaming goat sound effect. Can be disabled, sounds do not overlap
Silly Party - Enemies and Guardians wear funny hats
Hypnotic Dancing - Dancing pacifies nearby enemies, making them easy targets
Old McDonald - Like G.O.A.T., but instead is a random farm animal sound on the death of a boss
Prank Master - Heavy Machine gun sound replaced with an air horn, someone blowing a raspberry, or a mystery sound. Rocket Launchers missiles look like rubber chickens, and cluster bombs like eggs.
These are reminiscent of both Test Your Luck and Halo's skulls, and would make Nightfalls a more exciting and dynamic experience.
Imagine! Popping a Thrall with Fatebringer and hearing a screaming goat engulfed in hellfire!
Having Moonbounce and Jackrabbit and trolling Sepiks because he can't hit you!
Having Superluck nab you a bonus legendary or Exotic!
Gjallarhorn-ing your friends with Friendly Fire! Or refraining from doing so because Soul Share and Everbody Gets One are on!
Sacrificing yourself to take out a group of enemies and causing a chain reaction because Deadman Switch and Minefield are on!
Getting -blam!-ed in the ass with Empty Handed, Ambi-Hex-trous, Pitch Black, Early Dusk and Sluggish! Fun!
Edit: For rolls on the 6 modifiers, I propose chance percentages like this:
1. 100% Nightfall
2 & 3. 70% Negative, 10% Neutral/Fun 20% Positive
4. 30% Positive, 30% Negative, 40% Neutral/Fun
5 & 6. 60% Positive, 10% Neutral/Fun, 30% Negative
Note that Burns are Neutral as they go both ways. Also note that individual modifiers may be weighted differently within the categories of positive negative and neutral.
Nightfalls can be run over and over, each attempt will producing a different combination. Only one completion per week will give end of mission reward, per standard. I just hope this makes it more replayable.
From RaSun7Sol
[quote]This sounds like a great addition to the strike playlist.[/quote]
So it does, that sounds like a good use too. Perhaps a Lv 28 playlist that is separate from the Vanguard ones? With Heroic replacing Epic as a modifier and no Nightfall modifier?