View Full Version : Quicksand Caves Weight Doors
Kyrial
08-11-2011, 04:37 AM
It's always bugged me that NPCs and pets and such can't help us open the weight doors in Quicksand Caves. Us poor non-Galkas would like to be able to open them solo! Just yesterday, I was doing some trials in Quicksand Caves, and would've been able to finish a LOT quicker if I could've opened those doors. Nursery Nazuna is bigger and fatter than a Mithra, why can't she help me open the door, but another Hume/Mithra/Elvaan can?! For that matter, my NPC is Elvaan and she can't help me either! Just seems silly...
(I just know some Galkas are going to be laughing at this thread...)
Maahes
08-11-2011, 05:46 AM
heh I was thinking about this only the other day. I'm a taru, I logged a mule acct into the xbox and was burning it through Zilart Missions so could hold some pops in sky. And guess what was the slowest part of the whole deal??
Both of the accounts were Taru's >< - lol
Gropitou
08-12-2011, 12:53 AM
Size DOES matter...
Cainsworld
08-13-2011, 02:13 AM
I think that they should add a high level, all jobs ammo item that adds to your weight for the doors. This would make the most sense after all of the level changes.
Dragoy
08-14-2011, 03:48 AM
I remember a topic like this from the past... probably at a different forum, but yeah, I agree all these things could, or even should have an alternative way of getting through them.
Adding The Eldieme Necropolis and Garlaige Citadel to the mix, with their switches.
Granted, Citadel one is not so bad as you can by-pass it via Wings of the Goddess, but at least one quest still requires the First Banishing Gate to be opened (Thief Artifact Armour).
They could add some kind of quest(s) so that having a key item from it, you can manipulate the switches alone, and having your Adventuring Fellow and/or Pet to be able to help with them would be a cool option as well.
Many players feel bad about asking others to help with these things as it can take quite a bit of time and most things there are already solo-content in a sense so asking someone to put their time into something as trivial as pushing a button can feel awkward.
But yeah, in short, I agree!
Camate
08-24-2011, 03:03 AM
My fellow Tarus, you will no longer need to hunt down heavy Galkas to open the door in Quicksand Caves! In the next version update we are planning to add a quest which when completed will allow you to open this door solo :)
Karbuncle
08-24-2011, 03:09 AM
woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Ahmed
08-24-2011, 03:59 AM
Now that's good news!
I haven't been to Quicksand Caves in years but I know that I would wanna go look around there now that I don't have to worry about those doors. ;p
Lushipur
08-24-2011, 04:11 AM
thank you ^^
i hope its an interesting quest too ;)
Ophannus
08-24-2011, 04:16 AM
What's the point?
Sylvr
08-24-2011, 04:37 AM
My fellow Tarus
I should have known...
Sasaraixx
08-24-2011, 04:45 AM
My fellow Tarus
I knew Camate was good peeps! :D
Twille
08-24-2011, 05:16 AM
I approve. :)
Yamimarik44
08-24-2011, 05:31 AM
Awwww Camate is a cute little taru!
Raksha
08-24-2011, 05:39 AM
Cool!
Do the 3 mage gate next!
scaevola
08-24-2011, 06:01 AM
What's the point?
Better late than never.
Octaviane
08-24-2011, 06:22 AM
Camate ftw as usual. :)
Juilan
08-24-2011, 06:53 AM
My fellow Tarus, you will no longer need to hunt down heavy Galkas to open the door in Quicksand Caves! In the next version update we are planning to add a quest which when completed will allow you to open this door solo :)
Camate, I think you did better on this one than the PW trigger one :D
Kraggy
08-24-2011, 06:56 AM
What's the point?
It's obvious, but people like you won't understand.
Economizer
08-24-2011, 06:57 AM
Do the 3 mage gate next!
There is already a mission for the Three Mage Gate.
Of course, if joining Windurst is too much to ask, you could always get the Rhinostry Certificate.
Urthdigger
08-24-2011, 07:05 AM
Great! Just great! Now all you dang midgets are gonna come flooding into our ruins!
Kavik
08-24-2011, 07:39 AM
I hope you didn't mean just taru's. I'm hume and i hate having other people have to help me open those gates. It would be really cool to have some 'weighted boots' or something key item that made the door open.
Camate
08-24-2011, 07:50 AM
I hope you didn't mean just taru's. I'm hume and i hate having other people have to help me open those gates. It would be really cool to have some 'weighted boots' or something key item that made the door open.
Tarus only. Sorry :(
Just kidding! Of course this is for everyone!
¯し(ツ)_/¯
Soundwave
08-24-2011, 08:11 AM
Tarus only. Sorry :(
Just kidding! Of course this is for everyone!
¯し(ツ)_/¯
/salute
¯し(ツ)_/¯ Totally awesome pose you got going on!
Daniel_Hatcher
08-24-2011, 08:11 AM
I bet you need someone to open the doors first to do the quest.
Urthdigger
08-24-2011, 08:45 AM
While we're at it... can we get something like this for the Banishing Gates in Garlaige Citadel, and the doors in Eldeime Necropolis?
Rexen
08-24-2011, 09:08 AM
Garlaige got a way of getting past all the gates solo, Eldeime is a pain though, would be nice if they did something about it.
Babygyrl
08-24-2011, 09:13 AM
Tarus only. Sorry :(
Just kidding! Of course this is for everyone!
¯し(ツ)_/¯
lol well Should be everyone but galka they dont need it those fatty's! :p
Kyrial
08-24-2011, 09:19 AM
Yay! :D Thanks, SE!
Unctgtg
08-24-2011, 09:40 AM
I hope you didn't mean just taru's. I'm hume and i hate having other people have to help me open those gates. It would be really cool to have some 'weighted boots' or something key item that made the door open.
Camate the Artist now
My fellow Tarus, you will no longer need to hunt down heavy Galkas to open the door in Quicksand Caves! In the next version update we are planning to add a quest which when completed will allow you to open this door solo :)
This is awesome... i've been waiting for this for a long time. I do a lot of solo game play with farming, NM hunting, quests, and now missions and this will help me out a lot. But wait this only mentions Quicksand Caves... how about the other multi character gates?
Cool!
Do the 3 mage gate next!
This is the quest that gives you a certificate by doing a quest in windy to let you into the canal threw windy walls. http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Toraimarai_Turmoil
Kavik
08-24-2011, 10:59 AM
Thank you for the feedback camate ^^ i'm glad it's for all races.
Bigboy
08-24-2011, 01:04 PM
thank you ^^
i hope its an interesting quest too ;)
Collect 50 Crawler Calculus...
Raksha
08-24-2011, 01:35 PM
This is the quest that gives you a certificate by doing a quest in windy to let you into the canal threw windy walls. http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Toraimarai_Turmoil
No t really the same thing, but yeah i guess it'll work.
Arcon
08-24-2011, 01:47 PM
Don't get rid of all of these things please. Especially stuff like the three mages gate, where you can do a quest or mission to be able to go through permanently. Maybe make something like that for all the gates? Make new quests that will give you a key item to activate all doors, weighted doors in QSC, the Altepa gate, possibly even to directly open/close gates within the Eldieme Necropolis, without having to be at a switch.
Smokenttp
08-24-2011, 05:06 PM
While we're at it... can we get something like this for the Banishing Gates in Garlaige Citadel, and the doors in Eldeime Necropolis?
I second this, necropolis has no real way to get pass trough Alone, also if i recall right for banishing gates 1 & 3 you can go trough past /present cavernous maw and for gate 2 by mandragora mini flower/teleport quest, as for mages gate there is the rinostery certificate quest that allow any one fo go in (altough from a diferent way) past the mages gate. Btw Nice call on altepa gates completely forgot about that one
Randwolf
08-24-2011, 08:30 PM
My fellow Tarus, you will no longer need to hunt down heavy Galkas to open the door in Quicksand Caves! In the next version update we are planning to add a quest which when completed will allow you to open this door solo :)
Thank you. Finally. I have been weighting for this update. (hehe)
Kimara
08-24-2011, 08:35 PM
I'm glad they are changing this. The weighted doors were a pain in the past. Though I never use them anymore.
Mirage
08-24-2011, 09:15 PM
My fellow Tarus, you will no longer need to hunt down heavy Galkas to open the door in Quicksand Caves! In the next version update we are planning to add a quest which when completed will allow you to open this door solo :)
Please let this quest involve eating a lot of food and get fat.
Actually, what I always thought would make sense was if NPCs and mobs would count towards the weight limit, so that if you pulled like two anticans over at the weight sensor, it would trigger and let you go through, even if it meant you would have to kill the mobs. It would also make it possible to enter if you had like your NPC active, or a pet/automaton
Xellith
08-24-2011, 09:33 PM
looks like the devs finally got to my idea :P http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/8767-Quicksand-Caves-Weighted-Doors
Mirage
08-24-2011, 11:40 PM
Did you just link to this same thread? Good job
Gropitou
08-25-2011, 12:57 AM
My fellow Tarus, you will no longer need to hunt down heavy Galkas to open the door in Quicksand Caves! In the next version update we are planning to add a quest which when completed will allow you to open this door solo :)
Sure, go ahead and cater to the wishes of players your size. How about extending that generosity to the gates in E.Necropolis and G.Citadel (yes I know about going to the past).
Babekeke
08-25-2011, 01:25 AM
Typical... this happens less than a week AFTER I finished doing runs to the Chamber of Oracles for Maat's Cap!
/fume
Babekeke
08-25-2011, 01:27 AM
Did you just link to this same thread? Good job
No, he replied to HIS thread.
Limecat
08-25-2011, 02:26 AM
Thank god. Now we just need a way to trigger the Necropolis gates from the junction rooms.
Lordscyon
08-25-2011, 02:43 AM
Taru power!
^^ i hope the quest has cookies^^
Proaby be like ZELDA game Heavy FEET armor that makes you walk slow on link ^^ T HEAVY FEET(OPEN DOORS)
Miera
08-26-2011, 07:28 AM
My fellow Tarus, you will no longer need to hunt down heavy Galkas to open the door in Quicksand Caves! In the next version update we are planning to add a quest which when completed will allow you to open this door solo :)
Does it involve you eating a galka?
ShadowHeart
10-17-2011, 02:03 AM
anyone know the name of the quest or where to start it?
Dragoy
10-17-2011, 02:53 AM
'Tis quite simple from there on. ^^
Psxpert2011
10-17-2011, 09:48 AM
My fellow Tarus, you will no longer need to hunt down heavy Galkas to open the door in Quicksand Caves! In the next version update we are planning to add a quest which when completed will allow you to open this door solo :)
Does this mean it was actually intended for Tarutarus,lol? As I recall, the meteorite you have to farm take place around Windurst =P
I came up on this quest by accident while doing a mission for "AMK" and was required to go to the Chamber of Oracles. Well, anyway, I digress. I spoke to a Goblin near the crystal in eastern Altepa dessert. You need a Tremor stone plus a meteorite.
:cool:
Zarchery
10-17-2011, 11:05 AM
anyone know the name of the quest or where to start it?
I don't remember, but if you Teleport-Altep, there's a goblin right next to the telepoint. The quest is pretty easy. You need some item from the Cloister of Tremors, and either a meteorite, a soil gem, or I think something like 12 soil geodes (your choice). The meterorite is Rare/Ex, but the other stuff you can buy if you want.
Mageoholic
11-05-2011, 01:45 PM
I wonder if they are going to do them for other areas too. There are lots of doors and stuff that are hard to open solo, the torch door under Uggy temple, The Necropolis, Old Altepa Gate, I also suggest eliminating the cost of Entering Undersea Ruins. (maybe a reward for the up and coming Nyzul change)
Arcon
11-05-2011, 03:02 PM
[..] I also suggest eliminating the cost of Entering Undersea Ruins. (maybe a reward for the up and coming Nyzul change)
It's already a reward for finishing Assault. Captains can enter the ruins freely. This is good and it's exactly what should be implemented for other such areas too, like the ones you mentioned.
Kristal
11-08-2011, 02:05 AM
It's already a reward for finishing Assault. Captains can enter the ruins freely. This is good and it's exactly what should be implemented for other such areas too, like the ones you mentioned.
If you carry a salvage permit with you, you can enter freely as well. Until you do salvage that is, but I don't see many people still doing it.