ADD A GIANT MAZE!!!!

I was thinking that a giant Maze ( map sized maybe) would be amazing for the game. for treasure or epic loot.
A very difficult maze , that keep changing...like walls keep changing or something. and in the middle we get the loot . no map no indication. designed to get us lost.
like harry potter of maze runner or something like that.

if anyone that can reach the devs could pitch in this idea ..it might happen.

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Would work well as a Gold Saucer attraction, I'd say.

i 'd want it to give some good loot tho, like big amount of gil, or some cool looking gears or whatnot ..something worth the struggle ..that is if someone can make the idea reach the devs lol and make it happen

Yes please! That would be a-maze-ing!

Pls no <10 chars>

Honestly, this is kind of what I've always hoped Deep Dungeons would be. Instead, they're this tedious and frustrating mad dash to the exit while being occasionally screwed by dumb traps...

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Originally Posted by KageTokage

Would work well as a Gold Saucer attraction, I'd say.

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Yeah. I’d try it if it were a Gold Saucer event.

Honestly out of all the potential GATES they could add this kind of content would likely be pretty easy to implement. They could even use various free bots laying around the net to design the mazes for them before just placing the assets and doing the rest of the coding work. Though I would hope that if they did add a Maze GATE that it would be a little more involved than a straight run to the finish. Maybe moving hedges, enemies, and traps to spice things up.

Just re-implement 1.0's Black Shroud with a few different layouts and nasty surprises as a gold saucer game, heh.

The last few Valentine's Day events have featured an instanced minigame that includes running with a partner tethered to you around a hedge maze, so that's sort of already in the game. Maybe something similar could be added to the Gold Saucer as a GATE or other attraction.

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Originally Posted by Vrahjin

Just re-implement 1.0's Black Shroud with a few different layouts and nasty surprises as a gold saucer game, heh.

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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0...y%2Bshroud.jpg

You know what? Yes please. Bring on the pain and suffering.

The valentione's day maze is not particularly large or challenging though, and it's only available during the event.

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Originally Posted by Enla

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Forgot about this... oh the PTSD...

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Originally Posted by Vrahjin

Just re-implement 1.0's Black Shroud with a few different layouts and nasty surprises as a gold saucer game, heh.

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Ok, I'll run first and train them... then you raise me, then YOU die... we are going to need to do this right because Raise is a 5min cooldown.

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Originally Posted by KageTokage

Would work well as a Gold Saucer attraction, I'd say.

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That actually sounds really fun for Gold Saucer... something instanced like the Leap of Faith that just goes to a map like the Valentione one, but more complicated, and solo and with cactuar statues to collect before making it to the end.

The 1.0 map was just bad design, so it wasn't enjoyable because it wasn't portrait as a maze ..just as the open world map. Here it would be an actual well designed MAZE that you know is there to challenge you. Where it keeps changing. with traps , jumping puzzle , riddles and so on ..., where you can also come out empty handed for failing...to keep it challenging. it Would open up for some monthly event like where you can win big for participating. something like that. One that you can run solo or in party. it might not be a cup of tea for everyone but i feel many including me would enjoy having that.

psss someone make this reach devs ears pls lol

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Originally Posted by Enla

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Yikes, this was the 1.0 Black Shroud map?! I'm so sorry for your loss...

This reminds me horribly of the Yuhtunga Jungle and the Yhoator Jungle maps from FFXI. What a nightmare that was to navigate.

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Originally Posted by tdb

The valentione's day maze is not particularly large or challenging though, and it's only available during the event.

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Agreed, and the path ahead of you being visible takes away part of the fun. I think the walls should be taller and more imposing, to add to the mystery of the maze.

I would love to see mazes introduced as some sort of archaeology or ruin-exploring content. For example, how cool would it be to have different "expeditions" to places like Gelmorra or the Garamsythe Waterway and Lesalia as maze-exploring lore drops?

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Originally Posted by KageTokage

Would work well as a Gold Saucer attraction, I'd say.

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This.

I wouldn't want it in say, a dungeon, but as a gold saucer event a random maze could be fun.

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Originally Posted by Tabbs

Agreed, and the path ahead of you being visible takes away part of the fun. I think the walls should be taller and more imposing, to add to the mystery of the maze.

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To be fair, the point of the Valentione's Day maze is not the 'maze' part, but that you have to coordinate with your partner on the other half of the divider. The maze is just there so that you can't just blindly sprint onwards but have to backtrack in places so that your partner can get ahead on their half of the maze.

Also, I half-jokingly feel like that 1.0 map of the Black Shroud should come with a NSFL (Not Safe for Legacy) warning label. Thinking back, I'm pretty sure that getting to the Black Shroud and going "What fresh hell is this?" contributed to my departure from 1.0; it felt less like a fun challenge to me and more like the devs were just throwing up roadblocks to slow progression (and possibly delight in our misery).

(On the other hand, I actually enjoy what I've done of Eureka, so I grant I may not be the best yardstick to measure by.)

Only if there is a M̶i̶n̶o̶t̶a̶u̶r̶ pack of hungry Lalafells hunting you while you're trying to get to the center.

The 1.0 map was just bad design, so it wasn't enjoyable because it wasn't portrait as a maze ..just as the open world map. Here it would be an actual well designed MAZE that you know is there to challenge you. Where it keeps changing. with traps , jumping puzzle , riddles and so on ..., where you can also come out empty handed for failing...to keep it challenging. it Would open up for some monthly event like where you can win big for participating. something like that. One that you can run solo or in party. it might not be a cup of tea for everyone but i feel many including me would enjoy having that.

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Originally Posted by Enla

https://img2.finalfantasyxiv.com/acc...db12cc65aa.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0...y%2Bshroud.jpg

You know what? Yes please. Bring on the pain and suffering.

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The 1.0 map was just bad design, so it wasn't enjoyable because it wasn't portrait as a maze ..just as the open world map. Here it would be an actual well designed MAZE that you know is there to challenge you. Where it keeps changing. with traps , jumping puzzle , riddles and so on ..., where you can also come out empty handed for failing...to keep it challenging. it Would open up for some monthly event like where you can win big for participating. something like that. One that you can run solo or in party. it might not be a cup of tea for everyone but i feel many including me would enjoy having that.

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Originally Posted by Vrahjin

Just re-implement 1.0's Black Shroud with a few different layouts and nasty surprises as a gold saucer game, heh.

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The 1.0 map was just bad design, so it wasn't enjoyable because it wasn't portrait as a maze ..just as the open world map. Here it would be an actual well designed MAZE that you know is there to challenge you. Where it keeps changing. with traps , jumping puzzle , riddles and so on ..., where you can also come out empty handed for failing...to keep it challenging. it Would open up for some monthly event like where you can win big for participating. something like that. One that you can run solo or in party. it might not be a cup of tea for everyone but i feel many including me would enjoy having that.

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Originally Posted by RayddenPrime

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I was mostly joking, hence the 'bring on the pain and suffering' comment. xD That said a proper maze based off the Shroud would be nifty.

I'm so down for that as a Gold Saucer attraction, this would be a lot of fun.

Considering we have no word if we're getting deep dungeons this expanion...Maybe we could get a procedurely generated maze instead? That might be cool. Maybe as a gold saucer thing. I really would hope it'd be nothing more than a side project though - I dont want it to take up as much development resources as Umbrellas did xD

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Originally Posted by VenKitsune

Considering we have no word if we're getting deep dungeons this expanion...

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I thought we'd gotten word for certain in the Dengeki Online interview with Yoshi-P that we weren't getting deep dungeons this expansion?

Edit: this interview, for those who read Japanese.

Make it so our camera is behind us and unable to go over the walls, but make it not impossible. Maybe hints/clues along the way?

I'd love this, but would want it to be super hard, and yes, to take time, thought, and resources. Make it a thing unto itself....like the deep dungeons are. Not just a side game.

I don't think it should be soloed, but any number between 4-10. The bigger the group, the better the loot drops. Things like trip wires and other such traps can cause people to get disoriented and split into groups of two, or three; which could cause problems because the splits would be random and certain class mechanics would be better suited to get past whatever problems might arise.

Make them not impossible but that much harder to get past. Groups must use clues to find their way together again before actually beating the maze.

Maybe have x-ray vision type potions that expose everyone's whereabouts through the maze, or offer clues to get to the end, but only last a few seconds and only so many drop per event. They might also expose your whereabouts to enemy combatants, so should be used wisely.

Visibility potions that expose traps but can only be used so many times and can't see too far into distance, things like that.

I'd like to see something that says 90 minutes time allotted and actually takes close to it, where rushing through it causes only mayhem and madness.

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Originally Posted by Alestorm

Make it so our camera is behind us and unable to go over the walls, but make it not impossible. Maybe hints/clues along the way?

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Yeah definitely what i had in mind..and have the walls super tall...but make the maze interesting too. Not super boring. Fun and hard ...designed to make u go insane. Might add to that one popular thing everyone tries to complete in the game but only little percentage of players manage to. Lol

I would really love this. It could be insanely fun, especially if there are rare rewards, perhaps a really intense difficulty to reach to middle/other side of the maze (you could win some minion or a mount by reaching it?) and some traps/surprises along the way.

So that's a yes from me ! :D

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Originally Posted by Archaic-Antiquarian

I'd love this, but would want it to be super hard, and yes, to take time, thought, and resources. Make it a thing unto itself....like the deep dungeons are. Not just a side game.

I don't think it should be soloed, but any number between 4-10. The bigger the group, the better the loot drops. Things like trip wires and other such traps can cause people to get disoriented and split into groups of two, or three; which could cause problems because the splits would be random and certain class mechanics would be better suited to get past whatever problems might arise.

Make them not impossible but that much harder to get past. Groups must use clues to find their way together again before actually beating the maze.

Maybe have x-ray vision type potions that expose everyone's whereabouts through the maze, or offer clues to get to the end, but only last a few seconds and only so many drop per event. They might also expose your whereabouts to enemy combatants, so should be used wisely.

Visibility potions that expose traps but can only be used so many times and can't see too far into distance, things like that.

I'd like to see something that says 90 minutes time allotted and actually takes close to it, where rushing through it causes only mayhem and madness.

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I would really want it to be really hard tho, and not boring, with lots of riddle, traps, puzzles, walls that moves each 5 min or 10 min..designed to actually drive us insane. Where just low percentage of players manages to beat it..in the world lol...and yeap that you can do Solo or in party ..i’d say 4 is a good enough number. 8 would be the limit, more than 8 would not be so great maybe. The camera system to be restricted tho, where you can’t see above the super tall walls.

I love how polarizing this maze request is.

There are some people like "Yea a maze would be fun, like the Valentione's one! A quick Gold Saucer alternative to shake things up!"

And then there are other people like "It should be like a deep dungeon, with dangerous mobs and a risk of dying. I want to feel my sanity slippy away as the thorns of Shroud 1.0 coil across the path in front of me."

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Originally Posted by Sated

I love how polarizing this maze request is.

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I mean, I feel like you could just replace “this maze request” with basically every other feature request posted on the forums... ;)

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Originally Posted by Packetdancer

I mean, I feel like you could just replace “this maze request” with basically every other feature request posted on the forums... ;)

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I think why it feels different is that with other features it seems like someone goes "I would like this thing." and other people chime in to say "NO!"

This is nice because pretty much everyone is like "Whoa yea that would be cool!" ...and then envisions it completely differently lol.

Love the idea. Could work as a GATE or new dungeon type/DD replacement.

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Originally Posted by Sated

I think why it feels different is that with other features it seems like someone goes "I would like this thing." and other people chime in to say "NO!"

This is nice because pretty much everyone is like "Whoa yea that would be cool!" ...and then envisions it completely differently lol.

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Inb4 someone combines all of the suggestions...

Deep Dungeon that's a giant maze... Where each room of the maze consists of a unique, smaller maze.

Mazeception!

I love it. Either as a deep dungeon or gold saucer, I'm a maze-type of person. :D

How about a giant MAIZE?

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