Public Quest type system?

[svengalis]

Topic starter have you ever done nyzul?

[scaevola]

Walk of Echoes is a direct descendant of Warhammer Online's Public Quest system. Seriously.

Of course, it was a rather poorly-implemented take on it; I've voiced my reservations about the WoE revamp but hopefully the upcoming changes will bring it closer to PQs.

(also, Alhanalem: Warhammer Online has like a BAZILLION problems but Public Quests aren't one of them)

[Infidi]

Topic starter have you ever done nyzul?

Yep, sure have. ^^ Floor 100 done and got a couple ws unlocked that I wanted unlocked. Not sure why a few people think Nyzule is very similar. >.> It is a bit similar in regards to randomized objectives and floor layouts, but Public Quests (In Warhammer's and Rift's versions), are out in the open, ANYONE can join from your 'faction' in the case of previously mentioned MMOs, but FFXI doesn't have factions per-say, so fundamentally it would be anyone able to join in. PQs are "do this thing to unlock the 2nd part, then do this thing to unlock the final part and get some phat lewt for your time." Nyzule is similar in regards to achieving higher tiers of floors, but I guess I'm not getting how the two are so similar?

Nyzule has "Randomized floor layouts, random monsters, random 'boss mobs', randomized objectives to an extent, and limited treasure drops from the random mobs/aside from boss floors.". PQs would have: "Static objectives , static monsters(potentially random to make it fresh) , but most importantly: It doesn't take forever to do to get to the 'phat lewt'. Maybe half hour of your time to do whatever the PQ type system would entail and you get your stuff. Of course this FFXI we're talking about, so it might end up being like Voidwatch chests...hopefully not. :P

I guess my main point in being is that the PQ type system that SE might implement into FFXI would be very loosely similiar to Nyzule Isle. You happen upon the events already taking place "Stage 1, 2, or 3" Help finish that part if you choose/wait till its done, then it starts from scratch.

*shrug* Just figured it might be something cool to add. ^^