Citan said he was going to start a thread asking for ideas for weekend events, but I am impatient so I going to post now. Add your own, or just supply feedback about Rabbit Invasion and Summer Experience Events.
Help spirits move on Weekend.
Evil spirits are dragging spirits back from the brink of crossing over, creating twisted Spirit stones and trapping the spirits here. Your job is to get 5 twisted Spirit Stones, heal them, collect the corrected spirit stone and report your success to the NPC that assigned the task.
This task is complicated by Visages of Demise actively trying to stop you from healing the twisted stones.
So you pick up 5 twisted stones from probably Hogan and then you have to deploy them one at a time, you wait while they power up, then sprinkle them with uncross oil which needs to be available from say Jumjab ( or just say fetish bags if making the oil readily available difficult). You wait some more time then the spirit stone is a regular spirit stone when collected. Once the stone is deployed that triggers 1 or a few Visage of Demise which home in on the spirit stone, which they will destroy if they reach it, but will turn their attention to who ever attacks them.
So basically like rabbit invasion, only spirit stones get a temporary plant like 3 stage object/life cycle, and the rabbits are replaced with Visages of Demise.
Reward
Spirit stones that you created
Compassion XP
Derelict Ships at the Docks.
In Serbule and Rahu, NPCs tell of Derelict ships that have washed up near the docks. No crew is found on board, but thousand of Plague ridden Rats inhabit the ships. They are trying to make there way inland, and you have been asked to help stop them. Your Job stop 12 Plague rats from escaping and report your success to the NPC that assigned the task.
New temporary Object: Burrow, object for the rats to target and destroy, a burrow destroyed also removes the rat that destroyed it from the game as well.
Burrow spawn around the edge of the dock in Serbule and near the wall and stairs from the docks into Rahu. The Burrow then trigger the spawn of rats that target those burrows. If the ratio of destroyed burrows got too large to the ratio of killed rats then the quest is failed. Ideally there is a sense of tension and the player can see how close to winning or losing the quest they are with the usual quest log and messages.
So basically like rabbit invasion, only burrows get temporarily added, and the rabbits are replaced with Sewer Rats.
Reward (Because of your efforts not some much medical supplies were needed)
First Aid kits
Healing Potions
It would be interesting if a way could be found to have it be a game wide total. So maybe there is a goal, if 1000 rats are killed better Potion and First Aid Kits are given. Maybe use some of the tech from Guild Quests, treat everyone as part of one big guild for the event totals.
Medical Emergencies
Fever has broken out
Deliver basic skinning knives and course cotton yarn to Amutasa in Rahu
Deliver basic potion ingredients to Mycena Mushroom Flakes, Heart, Sugar to Yetta
Deliver cures to the unknown ill NPCs in various towns.
Like the Summer Experience event
Rat Appreciation Weekend
Complete a list of tasks to make rats happy
Cheese, nesting materials, delivered to Gisli or Rita on behalf of the rats.
Slug Invasion Weekend
Slugs are invading the gardens, use beer to lure them away from the garden and take them out.
So basically like rabbit invasion
Toys for Ursula
Find the calm Ursula NPC and she will give you a wish list of toys she wants. Fill the list and she gives you some treasure. Items might include yarn dolls, figurines, things like yo-yo or teddy bear things which might be on temporary offer/Barter from other NPC during the weekend.
Hate Wave
Two NPC have come under attack by unknown assailents. Gretchen Salas and the Skeleton Minion of Daniel Murderdark. Bring a list of items to each to patch them up. First Aid stuff to Gretchen. Rib bones, femurs, skull (for a new jaw) for the skeleton, maybe arm bone. Both won't move around during the weekend but will be laying down in or near their shop or home. Expect both to be grumbly and not completely grateful for the assistance.
Sentient Flame in trouble
Someone has dosed the Sentient Flame in Serbule and Velkort needs you to round up some stuff to help it out. (Fire Dust, Salt Peter, Sulfer, wood, paper)
Search and Rescue
New NPC passing through Serbule have got lost and need to be found and rescued. Take a fire work and find one of the roaming NPCs, and set off the firework to let the search parties know were to pick them up. NPCs roam along the edges of the map.
The Impossible has happened.
The elves have had a bad orgy. It was a total disaster, something that is completely unheard of. The Elves won't be able to live with themselves if they have to remember the event or know that anyone there remembers. So help them out by deliving Memory Inhibitor to each party goer and if you track them all down, you get a reward.
Novel November Weekend
Submit a book to Petra or Hogan and get a reward. Maybe the topic can be assigned at the start of the weekend. Reward a Poetry Book or Calligraphy scroll. Maybe split it up between people writing and people reading and judging the books afterward.
Fireworks Display
Go To set locations on the map and launch a firework at midnight game time. Maybe players are given a quest map, which is like a mining map but nothing collected at the given location it shows, it just leads the player to where to set off the firework. And each person has a random chance of getting a different location on the map.
Random Vendor Dropped Box Weekend.
Some Traveling trader was unknowingly dropping vending boxes from his cart and they are scattered all over the map, find them and purchase their wares at bargain prices.
Lana Songtree's All Out Love Offensive
Lana has decided that this is the weekend that she is going to capture Durstin Tallow heart. She needs you to gather supplies for the operation. Flowers, Silk, Ingredients for Durstin's favourite meal, perfume, candle (stumps).
Reward
Pink Knitwear (mitts, hat, sweater) All with bonus bodyheat.
I think Events should be setup so that a basic part of the event is fairly easy to accomplish, but more advanced tasks are available for better rewards and longer play time for higher level players.