Sounds like that would have been a blast, I wish I had been around for that .
While we are looking at Halloweens past does anyone remember on test again a few years back when there was a prestige bump on test and for Halloween one of the SGs who had ties to a web radio station set up a massive maze in their base. The thing was massive and made of wooden spikes from the base creator. Halloween night they set up coalitions that let you get in and try to run the maze. They had a live web radio broad cast running and the devs even mad appearances.
Either the OP's base raid or the massive maze I mention would be an interesting Halloween event. Actually now that I think on it a labyrinth mission map would be fun any time of the year , say in Cimerora . Just a thought.
One thing I miss about base raids. A few years ago, we had a cross server base raid set up on test and designed a halloween themed layout........massive base, and had villains in costume in key rooms attacking and guarding their room. Goal was for players to take their lev 1-20 toons and make it through the maze and villain assaults to the end room for victory and payout. No travel powers were authorized other than sprint. Loads of fun and got your heart pumping. Hoping to see that return soon.......made for a great in game haunted house.
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