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Murder on the Orient Express

3:10 to Yuma

Mission Impossible

A universal law of storytelling: You want to ramp up the drama? Set it on a Train.

We go to some far-flung corner of Tyria where, for some reason, there are no Ley-lines. Three competing rail companies: "A joint Xunlai and Ministry of Transport Operation", "Rata GO (Maglev Trains)", "The Rail Legion" set up shop and build out their networks.

Lots of fertile ground for conflict. Between competitors, tech run amok, locals and corporations, banditry.

Some event ideas :

  • Fire elemental takes over the boiler of a train, quell it before it de-rails!
  • The tunnel is blocked/the bridge is out!
  • Stop the Industrialists from displacing locals!
  • Untie the maiden from the tracks and stop that Snidely Whiplash!
  • Escort the train-robber to the prison train before her gang can bust her free!

Event Timer? I think you mean Train Schedule.

Strike Mission? I think you mean Train Robbery.

Also, get Ringo Starr in to do the voice of the villainous conductor.

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over 2 years ago - /u/ArenaColin - Direct link

Originally posted by Mr_Lafar

Not to mention the money they'd make with Colin Hype Train skins! The game would live forever!

5 meow-meow beans to the OP and everyone associated with this idea!

over 2 years ago - /u/ArenaColin - Direct link

I mean let's be honest here, the plot kinda writes itself for this one too...

After every dragon cycle, the world of Tyria enters a brutal ice age. All life is dead except for those who boarded a train, built by an engineering Asura, that endlessly circles Tyria.

Those on board each own "train cars" homes which they can endlessly customize and decorate. Each month those with the best decorated cars move to the front of the train, while the person with the worst...their car is released from the train and lost into the frozen wastes.