Suggestion: Achievements w/ title for 100%ing a zone

In several other MMOs, you get achievements for doing all of the quests in an area. I'd love to see that on FFXIV coupled with a zone-specific title. For large scale areas such as all the Thanalan + Ul'dah quests you'd get 'Ul'dahn' title, Gridania + Shroud for 'Gridanian', so forth and so on. For regions like the Steppe you could get a title akin to 'from the Steppe'.

I would love to see this implemented and I hope that you guys consider it. Currently, there is no achievement or reward for completing all of a zones sidequests.

Other way of implementing it:

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Originally Posted by kaynide

Were they to do this, I would suggest a quest line that starts after all other major lines are completed. As an example, the quests lines in Rak’Tika from the two outposts unlock another where there is some back and forth between the two groups and the Ronan serpent. Upon completing this “finale” quest, title could be granted.

I wouldn’t care to include every single possible quest, just the major side story for that zone.

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Originally Posted by SilverObi

I would love more achievements for quests completed, they could have it pull from leves as well to pad it out and give us some neat little cosmetics or titles for keeping those quest markers cleared out. Maybe stuff similar to the rewards from mentor roulettes (monocles, coats, hats).

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I really like this idea. It would go back and complete a lot of quests in a lot of areas if this was in game.

Problem is, many quests are changed or even outright removed from the game as time goes by and so this would cause issues for such achievements, as then where do you then draw the line at what would qualify towards the achievement? Only main scenario quests? (We already have main story quest achievements so this is redundant). Sidequests? Those are the ones most likely to be altered or removed. Just reward an achievement for amount of quests done in a certain area? Technically we already have that, but not by area.

Also expansions tend to add even more sidequests to existing areas which could potentially add even more complexity to implementing such achievements.

FFXIV 1.0 did have something like this, but those achievements are no longer obtainable due to how quests are handled being changed in ARR and many of the areas offered no longer plain existing in ARR, like Camp Emerald Moss.

It would be a nice thing to have, but sadly, I do not see SE adding such a system due to the above reasons.

I think such a system could work if they use the current triggers such as

-mapping the realm achievements
-MSQ achievements
-mapping dungeons achievements
-completing dungeons(ARR has the side paths in dungeons and these are tracked separately by the game)
-Max fate rank(ShB only atm)
-the specific Fate achievements
-Max beast tribe ranks

I would also put kill 1 of every enemy in a zone too but I don't think the game currently tracks that and might be more effort than worth.

All reasonable though fairly easy so not much of an achievement in the long run

Were they to do this, I would suggest a quest line that starts after all other major lines are completed. As an example, the quests lines in Rak’Tika from the two outposts unlock another where there is some back and forth between the two groups and the Ronan serpent. Upon completing this “finale” quest, title could be granted.

I wouldn’t care to include every single possible quest, just the major side story for that zone.

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Originally Posted by kaynide

Were they to do this, I would suggest a quest line that starts after all other major lines are completed. As an example, the quests lines in Rak’Tika from the two outposts unlock another where there is some back and forth between the two groups and the Ronan serpent. Upon completing this “finale” quest, title could be granted.

I wouldn’t care to include every single possible quest, just the major side story for that zone.

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So make it based on the ones that have actual, comprehensible questlines rather than just one-off quests? That'd be cool too. Much easier for SE to keep track of most likely.

I support this awesome idea.

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Originally Posted by Arielen

So make it based on the ones that have actual, comprehensible questlines rather than just one-off quests? That'd be cool too. Much easier for SE to keep track of most likely.

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Yup, more or less. All the more if they can incorporate various quest lines into something bigger.

Truth be told, more than achievements I would prefer actual tangible changes in the world. Thanalan could easily involve prettying up the silver/gold bazaar, or improving the refugee situation somewhat. Or alternatively a variety of rewards..some zones give emotes, others titles, others minions.

I don't think this is the time yet. There might be more quest in each region in the next two expansions. I see this as a set of titles we might get when the final expansion comes out, to get us to do everything and keep playing as the game hits end of life.

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Originally Posted by ICountFrom0

I don't think this is the time yet. There might be more quest in each region in the next two expansions. I see this as a set of titles we might get when the final expansion comes out, to get us to do everything and keep playing as the game hits end of life.

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Why would they add more quests to regions that are completed? I haven't really seen this being done before in any major way.

Either way, updated the OP!

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Originally Posted by kaynide

Yup, more or less. All the more if they can incorporate various quest lines into something bigger.

Truth be told, more than achievements I would prefer actual tangible changes in the world. Thanalan could easily involve prettying up the silver/gold bazaar, or improving the refugee situation somewhat. Or alternatively a variety of rewards..some zones give emotes, others titles, others minions.

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Ahhh WoW kinda does this but it involves some weird phasing and it causes issues. I would hate to be unable to roleplay somewhere because of quest progress.

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Problem is, many quests are changed or even outright removed from the game as time goes by and so this would cause issues for such achievements, as then where do you then draw the line at what would qualify towards the achievement? Only main scenario quests? (We already have main story quest achievements so this is redundant). Sidequests? Those are the ones most likely to be altered or removed. Just reward an achievement for amount of quests done in a certain area? Technically we already have that, but not by area.

Also expansions tend to add even more sidequests to existing areas which could potentially add even more complexity to implementing such achievements.

FFXIV 1.0 did have something like this, but those achievements are no longer obtainable due to how quests are handled being changed in ARR and many of the areas offered no longer plain existing in ARR, like Camp Emerald Moss.

It would be a nice thing to have, but sadly, I do not see SE adding such a system due to the above reasons.

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No sidequest has ever been removed or altered, though, except for limited time things like seasonal events and such, or the extremely specific instance of the flying chocobo quest being removed (which was a whole other can of bad juju in and of itself). As long as SE is mindful of no longer making the quest required in the once in a blue moon situations where a quest is removed, there is no issue here.

Also the achievement for doing quests is laughably simple and stops at 100 quests, and is usually one of of the very first things new players finish, even before doing their first dungeon.

As for expansions adding quests to existing areas, these are few and far between and really it doesn't matter. The achievement would simply be for doing the quests at the time, and any additional ones would simply not count or be bonus, much like other achievements of these types like crafting logs or gathering/fishing.

And a helluva lot more things from 1.0 were lost besides zone-specific achievements, so that's kind of a bad example too.

Not really any reason not to do this, and I always wonder why the stopped the achievement chain for doing quests at such a small number, when doing quests is the core mechanic of the entire game's progression system. Everything thing you do, literally everything you do is done in a "pick up quest to proceed" framework.

I would love more achievements for quests completed, they could have it pull from leves as well to pad it out and give us some neat little cosmetics or titles for keeping those quest markers cleared out. Maybe stuff similar to the rewards from mentor roulettes (monocles, coats, hats).

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Originally Posted by Espritduo

No sidequest has ever been removed or altered, though, except for limited time things like seasonal events and such, or the extremely specific instance of the flying chocobo quest being removed (which was a whole other can of bad juju in and of itself). As long as SE is mindful of no longer making the quest required in the once in a blue moon situations where a quest is removed, there is no issue here.

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Actually they removed a whole heap of quests connected to the ARR main scenario recently as part of the streamlining of the main storyline (these were the filler quests that just inolved speaking to a npc and getting a certain item that had little to no actual story connection and were just to drag the story out for EXP purposes). It's amazing just how much more leaner the ARR main scenario now is looking through the 'Completed' ARR main scenario quests section of the Journal.

Then there was the removal of some of the quests to unlock the Crystal Tower (the original ones involved having to run around doing certain FATEs to get items needed, which naturally annoyed a lot of players), and replacement with a couple of new quests that simplified the requirements. It's much more streamlined now which was to help players undertaking it given the importance of the Crystal Tower to ShB's storyline.

Either way, SE most definetely has removed quests from the game since ARR's release, but most players wouldn't even be aware of it.

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Actually they removed a whole heap of quests connected to the ARR main scenario recently as part of the streamlining of the main storyline (these were the filler quests that just inolved speaking to a npc and getting a certain item that had little to no actual story connection and were just to drag the story out for EXP purposes). It's amazing just how much more leaner the ARR main scenario now is looking through the 'Completed' ARR main scenario quests section of the Journal.

Then there was the removal of some of the quests to unlock the Crystal Tower (the original ones involved having to run around doing certain FATEs to get items needed, which naturally annoyed a lot of players), and replacement with a couple of new quests that simplified the requirements. It's much more streamlined now which was to help players undertaking it given the importance of the Crystal Tower to ShB's storyline.

Either way, SE most definetely has removed quests from the game since ARR's release, but most players wouldn't even be aware of it.

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Just clarification: Removed main story quests (ARR storyline) are not side quests, though you are right about other chunks that reworked formerly side quests into the main story (Crystal tower streamline)..although those are also just part of MSQ streamlining. With very few exceptions have quests been entirely removed outright.

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Originally Posted by SilverObi

I would love more achievements for quests completed, they could have it pull from leves as well to pad it out and give us some neat little cosmetics or titles for keeping those quest markers cleared out. Maybe stuff similar to the rewards from mentor roulettes (monocles, coats, hats).

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Another neat idea. The only leve titles atm are lord creator/lord protector.