User blog comment:Emptylord/Blogs/Horde (Gears of War) game mode/@comment-5818563-20130727183845

For most of my ideas i am inspired by Gears of War's Horde mode. Just trowing it out.

1. Players can have special advantages that can be bought with gold, thus rewarding the MVP or other valuable players. One advantage would be barbwire fences that slow and damage minions that pass trough it or runes that are around the map and can be activated by paying gold. The can provide bonus armor, damage or movement speed. Other traps could be spiked pits which kill normal minions and weaken larger ones or pets like vultures which can act as decoys.

2. Each player starts the game with a Death Token which can revive them when they die. Upon killing 150 minions you will gain another one.

3. Here are some minion ideas : -Bombers: they die very quickly but they explode dealing  true damage when they die. -Mad Priests : they inflict random effects on minions like bonus armor or damage. Very squishy but can put a shield on himself. -Spitters : they trow ink that blinds every few seconds and the attack really fast. -Roaches : they can borrow to become untargetable. They attack really slow but have high damage ( inspired by Starcraft 2 ) -Dark Ones : They appear in the late weaves and start with a shield. They are fast but squishy.

4. There can also be bosses : - Boomer : one of the first bosses, trows goo at enemies, moves slowly and when damaged will spawn bombers. - Vaas, The Great Prophet : Very squishy but fires bolts that deal damage and slow, can posses nearby minions. - Overseer : Covered in eyes, with one arm mutated and full of spikes. Reveals stealthed champions and destroyes traps. - Narzul, The Unsated : Surrounded by an aura that deals damage and heals him, destroying half of his health destroyes the aura but increases his damage.

5. Survivor Camps : One teammate can go and save survivors from minions to gain additional gold and exp. Some camps can fight alongside you when save and some have bonuses but when killed will empower the minions. They can be revived.

Sorry for the wall of text.