O'Questhubs Where Art Thou?

Spoke too soon!: http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...82e6451a41044e



Patch 1.18 is looking pretty hefty and looks like it will keep many of us pretty busy already with what was previewed on the Lodestone front page, but in the beginning of May it was said that we'd be getting Questhubs.

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Originally Posted by Yoshida

But good things come to those who wait! Dungeons designed for ranks 30 and 50 are on their way, and 1.18 will see the start of our reworking of the battle system, as we bring in some changes to that area.

Also, we’re planning to introduce various new encampments that will serve as quest hubs. We’re in the process of testing these now on our development servers....

...In this way, we’re going to gradually increase the number of public areas with quest hubs. We also have some beast tribe versions in the works, but it’s looking like those will have to wait until 1.19.

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Were these encampments swept under the rug? Were they pushed back to be implemented along side the beast tribe strongholds? It's been a long time since we got any mention of them again when there was a whole letter from the producer dedicated to them.

Any information would be appreciated! Also, are any of you excited for questhubs? How do you think this will tie into character progression? Or do you feel like they will mostly be side stage content that will also double as giving the field terrain more uniqueness? Personally, I feel the world needs a bit more uniqueness and an incentive to get people away from city-states once in a while. We seem to be stuck in them due to them being the most active areas anywhere in all of the already implemented world.

They seem pretty self-explanatory to me...

What that 200x300 pixel screenshot wasn't enough for you?

Jeez you people are so GREEDY!

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Originally Posted by BruceyBruceyBangBang

Patch 1.18 is looking pretty hefty and looks like it will keep many of us pretty busy already with what was previewed on the Lodestone front page, but in the beginning of May it was said that we'd be getting Questhubs.



Were these encampments swept under the rug? Were they pushed back to be implemented along side the beast tribe strongholds? It's been a long time since we got any mention of them again when there was a whole letter from the producer dedicated to them.

Any information would be appreciated! Also, are any of you excited for questhubs? How do you think this will tie into character progression? Or do you feel like they will mostly be side stage content that will also double as giving the field terrain more uniqueness? Personally, I feel the world needs a bit more uniqueness and an incentive to get people away from city-states once in a while. We seem to be stuck in them due to them being the most active areas anywhere in all of the already implemented world.

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Uh.. We learned about them less then a month ago, I really doubt they've been swept under the rug.

I think there'll be a Lodestone Update soon about it. Some days left before the patch! =D

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Originally Posted by Cairdeas

Uh.. We learned about them less then a month ago, I really doubt they've been swept under the rug.

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Letter from the Producer, IX (05/02/2011)

It would be a little stupid for them to axe guildleves for parties and not give players some additional party content so I really hope they didn't push back the quest hubs.

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Originally Posted by BruceyBruceyBangBang

Patch 1.18 is looking pretty hefty and looks like it will keep many of us pretty busy already with what was previewed on the Lodestone front page, but in the beginning of May it was said that we'd be getting Questhubs.



Were these encampments swept under the rug? Were they pushed back to be implemented along side the beast tribe strongholds? It's been a long time since we got any mention of them again when there was a whole letter from the producer dedicated to them.

Any information would be appreciated! Also, are any of you excited for questhubs? How do you think this will tie into character progression? Or do you feel like they will mostly be side stage content that will also double as giving the field terrain more uniqueness? Personally, I feel the world needs a bit more uniqueness and an incentive to get people away from city-states once in a while. We seem to be stuck in them due to them being the most active areas anywhere in all of the already implemented world.

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I'm not griefing you here, so don't take the following personal, but you basically asked and answered your own question. The key is this:

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We’re in the process of testing these now on our development servers

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The fact that they have been tested already means that they are complete and ready to go as of May.

At least that is how I read that. And all of the glimpses we got were no more in depth than Yoshi's introduction in that letter. So I think they felt we didn't need more info than we already have on them.

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Originally Posted by DurtiMonkeyToe

I'm not griefing you here, so don't take the following personal, but you basically asked and answered your own question. The key is this:



The fact that they have been tested already means that they are complete and ready to go as of May.

At least that is how I read that. And all of the glimpses we got were no more in depth than Yoshi's introduction in that letter. So I think they felt we didn't need more info than we already have on them.

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I didn't take your comment that way. That's a good point and I didn't see that. I just thought it to be rather odd to make a letter regarding them then not speak of them again for over two months. (Which was a few weeks ago in Cairdeas time.)

Hopefully there will be a small mention of them this week before update.

Still a few days before patch, could be saving them to supe up the awesome factor in 1.18 or they could have hit a snag of some sorts. We will find out soon enough.