PaaM (Play as a Monster) Thoughts and Speculation (PaaMTaS)

[Dragoy]

So... PaaM... what do you think?
While cautiously curious, I am personally not sure what to think!

What would you want it to be like, and what would you not want it to be like?

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Edit:

Changed the title a bit even though it doesn't really change it (Cttabetidrci).

[Sotek]

Could be PvP? Sort of like Left4Dead, one side plays as monsters, the other battles them. If it's not that, it should be.

IDK, I think they've upset a lot of SMN, DRG and BLUs with this though. All their new 2Hrs wont be "Become an Avatar/Dragon/Soulflayer for X minutes" and instead there will be a new event where anyone can play as whatever for the duration.

[Daniel_Hatcher]

Could be PvP? Sort of like Left4Dead, one side plays as monsters, the other battles them. If it's not that, it should be.

IDK, I think they've upset a lot of SMN, DRG and BLUs with this though. All their new 2Hrs wont be "Become an Avatar/Dragon/Soulflayer for X minutes" and instead there will be a new event where anyone can play as whatever for the duration.

Who the hell wanted to be an "Avatar/Dragon/Soulflayer?"

[Sotek]

Who the hell wanted to be an "Avatar/Dragon/Soulflayer?"

Granted the Avatar suggestion was rare, but I've seen more than a few people suggest DRGs 2hr be "Turn into a Dragon" and I'm down right amazed you've never heard of BLUs suggesting "Become a Soulflayer" as anything, let alone a 2hr.

[Kristal]

Granted the Avatar suggestion was rare, but I've seen more than a few people suggest DRGs 2hr be "Turn into a Dragon" and I'm down right amazed you've never heard of BLUs suggesting "Become a Soulflayer" as anything, let alone a 2hr.

Lord of the Rings has a monsterplay feature, and if I'd translate that to FFXI, you basically have a dedicated map with a permanent campaign going on. Players and monsterplayers fight for control over key features on the map. NPCs on both sides keep the battle going, but they need PCs/MPCs to turn the tide of the battle. It would be a PVP event the likes of which FFXI has never seen.

PCs would earn new armor and weapons through a point system, while monsters can upgrade through a similar system.
You probably need to earn points on both sides for the good gear to unlock, etc.

[Sayomi]

I wanna be Bubbly Bernie.

[Tile]

Hope its not some PvP thing, Would love it if it had some story to it.

Here's this continent we've never been to cause only monsters live there and they dont let people in, so we going to disguise you as a monster so you can find out whats there.

~Want afew different monster looks. but not to many. Maybe a quest or 2 there for new monster look.
~What monster you are only effect your stats alittle. rest would still be your job. (Smn would still get summons)
~If we all have to play as the same monster let us get some decorations to personalize it.

If we are going to be those Mole mobs in the picture. hope its not something crazy like dig more dungeons, Or over throw the Mole king and free all the poor mole men

[Dragoy]

There was at least one proposal for something like this in the not-so-distant-past, actually, but I can't find it with a quickie search right now... perhaps later.

Whether it influenced this at all or not is anyone's guess, but in any case, it will be interesting to see some details about it even if I'm not particularly excited about such a feature.

[Urteil]

I hope it isn't some kind of PvP thing too because it sounds terrible.

[Sotek]

I honestly don't see this being a serious event, I'd lump it with Pankration and Chocobo Racing until we know more. Presumably if your playing as a rabbit you wont have access to your equipment or spells/abilities, so I really can't see this being a real event.

If this is a serious event like the last two they added (lol) then I'd place it way below both Legion and Provenance. Playing as a monster is a huge gimmick and while that might work, they've been less than great at events without gimmicks recently, so I wont hold my breath. Best I expect is Brenner with the stupid objectives removed and the Red team playing as rabbits.