Quote Originally Posted by Mahoro View Post
I still think the closest analogy is Shinryu. Abyssea zones were open to all, everyone was fighting in them, then SE tied a storyline to certain mobs that had to be beaten and certain CS's in order to reach the final zone of Abyssea. Then people did them, even though they weren't constantly being killed or shouted for, and in a month or two, Shinryu access was a joke.

So too, Provenance access will be.
There are few notable differences. You can duo any Abyssea zone boss. People were killing them for Empy anyway so there was a very good chance you could just show up at the zone and get a free win.

You could also kill them in any order. I'm sure there are people who have killed every single VW NM but are screwed because they had the gall to kill them in the wrong order.