[dev1020] Walk of Echoes Battlefield Adjustments

[lllen]

Now it beginning to sound interesting.

[dev1020] Walk of Echoes Battlefield Adjustments
A number of changes will be introduced to Walk of Echoes battlefields in the next version update:
General
The no-reservation system will be preserved.
The once-per-Vana’diel-day entry restriction will be preserved.
All PCs in a single battlefield will form an allied group, similar to Campaign battles.
The spawn delay for subsequent waves of monsters in each walk will be reduced.
The cutscene displayed upon receiving Kupofried’s medallion will appear only once.
New upper-tier walks will be added.
Evaluation and Rewards
Evaluation conditions will be revised.
The system providing exclusive rewards to only the highest-rated participants will be changed to one in which all characters rated above a certain level will qualify for extra spoils.
Monster item drops and lottable spoils will be abolished.
New rewards will be added.
Coin drop rate will be increased.
Difficulty Adjustments
The linked enmity system will be revised.
Characters who remain KO'd for 30 seconds will automatically receive a Raise effect.
A possible time limit extension to 60 minutes is under consideration.

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[Dreamin]

Monster item drops and lottable spoils will be abolished.

Can someone please clarify whether this means regular mob in there will not drop any more coin? I go in there often where there's no one else and just solo #1 or #3 for a few coins here and there. With the changes, it sounds like there will be no chance of any coins off these mobs anymore. I sure as heck hope whatever new items being added would be enough to interest other people to go because right now, quite frankly, no one really cares about WoE enough to have enough people to clear any battlefield other than on Sat/Sun morning (EST) when there are enough JP on or the odd ball every once in a while you get 3-4 other solo'ers who goes in with similar ideas of just picking up a few coins here and there.

[Alukat]

All PCs in a single battlefield will form an allied group, similar to Campaign battles.
The system providing exclusive rewards to only the highest-rated participants will be changed to one in which all characters rated above a certain level will qualify for extra spoils.
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sounds pretty much like the campaign system......
not exp/AN based but level based.

[Khiinroye]

They said before that the rating system would still be used, but everyone gets a personal chest. Higher rated people (i.e. people who come on point friendly jobs) will get more drops in their chests, while people who are on support jobs or doing tasks like sacing adds will get next to nothing.

[Alhanelem]

Higher rated people (i.e. people who come on point friendly jobs) will get more drops in their chests, while people who are on support jobs or doing tasks like sacing adds will get next to nothing.

No, everyone will get similar stuff. They said before they were eliminating the ranking.

Still, preserving the "no-reservation" system is the stupidest thing ever. I thought they were going to change this? No one likes it.

[Olor]

apparently more people liked it than not, since there was a voting process

[Aver]

Well, now that it's really all about getting the win instead of competing for highest rank, does the no-reservation system really matter?

[Karbuncle]

No, everyone will get similar stuff. They said before they were eliminating the ranking.

Still, preserving the "no-reservation" system is the stupidest thing ever. I thought they were going to change this? No one likes it.

Because the only people who generally do/care about Walk of Echoes and the Gimpyrean weapons are the people without friends to do real weapons and generally sit around WoE Leeching runs.

And those types of people stand to lose the most if WoE Turned into Reservations. So they all voted it down im sure.

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For the record, I'm happy with almost all of these changes. They're quite nice to hear. one thing here or there is a little eh but it looks like it'll make WoE a bit more enjoyable. The new chambers sound nice, heres hoping i don't need the gear from them because doing WoE is painful with large amounts of people. (because its usually just chaos)

[Taint2]

Happy with all the changes.

One question if nobody is doing WoE and you cant get the win, does that mean no spoils at all? That would kill soloing coins. Hoping its like CB where there are always spoils at the end, no matter what the outcome. (obviously killing more = more drops)

[Karbuncle]

One question if nobody is doing WoE and you cant get the win, does that mean no spoils at all?

From one of the questionnaire's i believe it was said "no" you get no spoils if you fail to win.