Mob Mastery...
some MUDs had a "Mob Mastery" thing...
you would start the quest
It gives a random specific mob for you to kill and a time limit for you to do it in
If you kill the target, you go up one MM level, and you get a harder mob as your target next time you start the MM quest
The MM quest can only be started once per day or 3 game days or whatever (Game day, not "day" as in rest first =P)
City Defence...
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You get points for defending your city. 10 for killing a enemy above your lvl... 5 or 6 for equal to or at least 'easy' rating... 1 point for Effortless)
They can be traded in for little bonuses like dyes... but build up enough and you "win" (see award system)
Assasan...
This one works a bit different then mob mastery. You can only Opt-in to this to avoid complaints. Once you Opt in, you are open te becoming the Target (forever =P).
Basicly, You are given the name of someone else that has opt in, as your target.
There is a MobMastery-like level system... Each time you kill your target, you move up a level and the higher lvl your target would be. This way it can be pushed out all the way to your chars lvl 40... and you cant do it in one day! and the targets lvls move up dispite your level, again, preventing a lvl 5 from finishing this quest.
To fix the low lvl assasanations... if you start for example, at char lvl 20, and you are only at assasan lvl 1, instead of giving you a low lvl char, you are given a a target that is in your lvl range.
Collector...
(Easy but time consuming one =P)
You are given a random list of things you need to find... 5? and when you find em all, bring em back to the NPC for Collector lvl up, and you are given a different set of items =P (this one might be kinda boring heh)
(i cant think of any others right now
)Award System
After you complete one of the quests (completly! reached max lvl in it) you are given the "best" of a specific item. So for example... You win MobMastery and you get the best Weapon (make a 'Best Weapon' for every weapon type... all equal so it doesnt get back to the ns3 'ydb owns!' type thing)
You win assasan... you get the best bracers... or something =P
The item might not even be the best... just a 'better then can be found in the world' item. And completing all the quests will give you a chance to be in a 1on 1 quest with the DM... where he decides something hard for you to do, and if you win, you get a set of "the Best" items =P
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