I have come with the term "Blue Unlock Quests" when surfing the net .
Why exactly they are called blue when the quest marker is yellow (gold) ?
I really do not see the reason other then to create confusion.
Cheers,
Why people call content unlock quests "blue" ?
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08-06-2021, 02:05 AMKenarashiWhy people call content unlock quests "blue" ?
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08-06-2021, 02:07 AMValkyrie_Lenneth
Because the quest markers over npc heads that unlock things have blue in them.
Main story quests have the meteor icon, and regular quests have nothing special.
There should be no confusion, since calling them blue quests is accurate. -
08-06-2021, 02:13 AMElissar
Beware that not all of them unlock content. I found 2 or 3 that didn't gave me any return...and found some yellow ones that helped a lot with world building.
Maybe you want to follow this link: https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Content_Unlock
Or this one if it's your first time: https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/G...Locked_Content
Still, i wish we had a "Journey Guide" in-game. -
08-06-2021, 02:15 AMValkyrie_LennethThey don't all unlock content, but they all unlock somethingQuote:
Originally Posted by Elissar
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08-06-2021, 02:16 AMJin-
I call them + quests since the + is the main part of it and for the blue you need magnifying glass
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08-06-2021, 02:19 AMBrightamethystThey all unlock something, or lead to another quest that does. Even if it's just an important bit of story or aether current they all lead to something meaningful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Elissar
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08-06-2021, 02:24 AMElissar
Isn't always.
I'll remember her name and link here.
https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/The_Honest_Truth You can follow this chain
or look for similar cases https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...nything_as_of/
Just like we have blue quests that don't unlock anything, we have yellow quests that gives you an emote (https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Feature_Quests).
I found a yellow in Stormblood near to a village with a chain that told me a sad story about a couple that was separated from each other when the Empire arrived. He died in the war, she died because of solitude waiting for him. Both was buried next to each other. This quest was special because the way you get it done had an minigame included, you had to look at pictures and locate the place.
We need a "journey guide" as a feature. -
08-06-2021, 02:42 AMBalalaiga
But the quest "The Honest Truth" does unlock something.
It is part of a questchain that you need to complete, for unlocking a beast tribe.
From "The Honest Truth" --> "The Rose Blooms Twice" --> "Brooding Broodmother". "Brooding Broodmother" unlocks daily quest with the Ananta. -
08-06-2021, 03:15 AMSotaris
Cause the quest icon is.... blue?
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08-06-2021, 03:40 AMTaleraRistain
All blue quests will lead at some point to an unlock. They may not be the quest that unlocks the thing but the first in a chain that does so. The blue in the icon is to signify that interacting with this quest or quest series will lead to the unlock.
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08-06-2021, 04:27 AMKenarashiNo Quest icon is gold . The filler of that maybe considered blue with a blue filled cross . The question mark is still gold and border is still golden so calling it blue quest is kinda false.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sotaris
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08-06-2021, 04:31 AMSeraphorThe 'inside' of the quest marker is also part of... the quest marker...Quote:
Originally Posted by Kenarashi
All quest markers have gold trim, blue quest markers are the only ones with, you know, blue in them.
https://www.fountaindale.org/wp-cont...alm-Reborn.jpg
Which of of these is the blue one? -
08-06-2021, 04:37 AMBreakbeat
Holy semantics, Batman!
- Some people will see the color blue as the defining element of that quest icon, call it a blue quest marker, and that is completely fine.
- Some people will see the "+" as the defining element and call it a "plus" quest marker, and that's also fine.
You call it what you want in your head ("Q plus blue" quest marker, "banana spaceship" quest marker, whatever) but use the search terms society wants to use if you need to look something up. No need to control how the next person defines that icon.
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This is an issue, why? Let's all quietly stop worrying about what the next person wants to call something. I mean, I come from WoW where folks abbreviate stuff by the first and last letter of a word - something that is done nowhere else on Earth and is mind-numbingly incorrect - but if that's what they want to do, that's what they want to do.
(Example: the word 'heroic' often gets abbreviated to 'HC' in WoW. There are no real-world examples of abbreviating like this. Eh, so be it.) -
08-06-2021, 04:38 AMBlack_Wing
Because the most notable difference people tend to see is the bright blue background and not the plus. Normal quests have a brown background and the notable difference with MSQ is the Meteor symbol. That background is still part of the quest icon, not sure why you are trying to split hairs on something the community at large has basically have come to a consensus to.
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08-06-2021, 04:48 AMPirana1This gave me a good chuckle... appreciate it. What's the old saying? You can lead a horse to water, but you can't force them to drink it. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Seraphor
Perfectly stated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Breakbeat
If someone is going to start a thread and people give correct feedback, utilize what's in that head of yours. -
08-06-2021, 06:30 AMHausti
Never heard anyone calling them blue in like 8 years of playing.
Is this some new meme like people writing "ggs" lately at the end of a dungeon instead of "gg"? -
08-06-2021, 06:57 AMNetherealCan't wait to see the reply to this, or lack thereof.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seraphor
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08-06-2021, 07:29 AMCatwhoThey weren't in the base game anyway. Pretty sure the visual indicator was added sometime in Heavensward, because it wasn't obvious what quest chains were needed to unlock the aethercurrents at first. (Can't be arsed go through all the patch notes to find out when.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hausti
the ggs has been around for years, we're just now seeing more of it because more people from other games are trying this one. FC member would always say "gg" and I believe his primary games before XIV were all first person shooters, so I assumed it came from there. -
08-06-2021, 08:03 AMFellgonIm sure that this !+ came in heavensward.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catwho
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08-06-2021, 08:06 AMTaleraRistainHasn't been around for 8 years of playing. I forgot what expansion they added them in but it was at least HW. Maybe SB. I believe a big part was so people could find the Aether Current quests more easily. But they expanded it to other content unlock triggers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hausti
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08-06-2021, 08:46 AMHaustiYeah i remember how annoying it was to find the quests for aether currents in heavensward (looking at you, moogles!!!).Quote:
Originally Posted by Catwho
I asumed it was something from another game. Guess im still not used to seeing so many new players, especially on balmung.^^Quote:
Originally Posted by Catwho