Rare Rewards for Solo Players

In A Realm Reborn we will be looking into offering rare items as rewards for content that can be challenged solo after the launch. This doesn’t necessarily mean they will be for guildleve rewards since they are repeatable, but for other types of solo content. :o

er... by "rare rewards" do you mean items with the "Rare" tag, or items that are very uncommon?

At any rate, if this means there will be "challenging content for solo play" then I like the sound of it.

this i what i like most of the time i solo i love to be challenged when i do

I am happy to read this. I do like having challenging content for myself every once in a while.

What I want to know is hard work, solo skill and dedication will you be able to earn top end weapons and gear solo. In FFXI I pretty much solo any NM in abyssea for AF3 seals and +2 items. It's not as efficient as taking a group but at least something gets done and I can work toward what I want.

As for weapons in FFXI I was pretty much able to solo an Ochian and a Verethragna with very little help. Only had help on a couple of NMs but 95% of the work I did solo everything without dual boxing. As seen in my profile here http://www.ffxiah.com/player/Phoenix/Zumi

Also you can get any relic you want in FFXI solo by going to dynamis by yourself every day. Takes longer then going with a group but hey it gets done.

FFXIV is a different story no progress on anything can be made solo. I believe you need to offer a solo route for people who don't know a ton of people who play FFXIV. Sure I would love to get a relic in FFXIV but there is no shout groups and no solo option.

I feel like I am missing out on the majority of FFXIV's content because I don't really know 7 other people playing the game to do stuff with.

FFXI got it prefect Relic and Empyrean weapons can be done solo slowly or much faster with a group.

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Originally Posted by Zumi

What I want to know is hard work, solo skill and dedication will you be able to earn top end weapons and gear solo. In FFXI I pretty much solo any NM in abyssea for AF3 seals and +2 items. It's not as efficient as taking a group but at least something gets done and I can work toward what I want.

As for weapons in FFXI I was pretty much able to solo an Ochan and a Verethragna with very little help. Only had help on a couple of NMs but 95% of the work I did solo everything without dual boxing. As seen in my profile here http://www.ffxiah.com/player/Phoenix/Zumi

Also you can get any relic you want in FFXI solo by going to dynamis by yourself every day. Takes longer then going with a group but hey it gets done.

FFXIV is a different story no progress on anything can be made solo. I believe you need to offer a solo route for people who don't know a ton of people who play FFXIV. Sure I would love to get a relic in FFXIV but there is no shout groups and no solo option.

I feel like I am missing out on the majority of FFXIV's content because I don't really know 7 other people playing the game to do stuff with.

FFXI got it prefect Relic and Empyrean weapons can be done solo slowly or much faster with a group.

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It should be noted that relics and the like were not always soloable, especially when they were newer.

Excellent news!

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Originally Posted by Victor

It should be noted that relics and the like were not always soloable, especially when they were newer.

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I got my Excalibur pre dynamis nerf. I did go with a dynamis LS however they made us buy the currency from them for a lower price, plus 75% of the currency I bought from outside sources. Then again that left like more of a solo effort then anything.

Nice one.

I always liked hunting NMs in 11. Goofing around, searching for a random mob with a rare drop.

Not saying that this content will be NMs, but it would make sense if some of it was.

You didn't need a party, you could just adventure around, take in the scenery and hope to see that rare glimpse of a mob with strange name.

If you saw it, you'd dash to it, even though you knew no-one else was around.

Then you'd get owned real quick as you hadn't checked its level.

Yeah, I know people would camp mobs, but there's ways round it if they're roaming bigger areas.

two man content please :D too.

I'm liking this!

I do like solo content, as long as the rewards are worthwhile. Those solo company leves would be far more enjoyable, for example, if they actually gave you decent returns for your 15 minutes.

One thing I would like to see is these kinds of solo content being aimed at specific classes/jobs: Maat-esque battles that test ones ability on their chosen jobs, with rewards to match. Even sets itself up for achievements and a Paragon Crown like reward, which itself is added (albeit faux) content.

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Originally Posted by Synthesis

two man content please :D too.

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Quoting this, because I play with my girlfriend, and for the most part we've always enjoyed duoing content and the challenge that can be found with that. Content designed for a variety of group sizes would be very welcome.

What I would like to see is content that is designed for, say, 4 people should be given the option to go in with up to 4 people. The same thing for 8-man content; perhaps a minimum of 4 up to 8 (I understand that there's a limit to the amount of resources that would want to be allocated for instanced events, thus a reason for them making these end-game instance battles 8 man only). If people want to challenge themselves, they shouldn't be too restricted in that unless there's a really good reason for it.

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Originally Posted by Themis

One thing I would like to see is these kinds of solo content being aimed at specific classes/jobs: Maat-esque battles that test ones ability on their chosen jobs, with rewards to match.

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Er, no.

The Maat fight was hugely unbalanced, some jobs had it so easy it was laughable (BST for example) while others such as RDM were a nightmare for many. Sure, make the drops job-specific, I'd like that, something I can use rather than simply vendor or drop, but Maat showed designing fights for specific classes isn't something SE are good at.

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Originally Posted by Themis

What I would like to see is content that is designed for, say, 4 people should be given the option to go in with up to 4 people.

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Why limit it? All content should be open solo to max size the content is designed for, requiring a minimum number is simply a gating mechanic that should be consigned to history.

No, I'm not asking for content to be scaled depending on group size, what I am asking for is that smaller groups are actually able to go in to experience it; we don't need content gating based on groups, thank you very much.

Solo content rewards should be appropriate. it's much harder to do things in a group. I like the idea of solo content, because I know a lot of people that want to solo. I myself occasionally want to solo, but I often get very bored very fast when i'm playing by myself.

It's good to know that there will be many options for entertainment in ARR.

I like this idea a lot... very much indeed. It inspires me to test my own ability, I can get much more stuff done when there aren't party members available, and at least I know I'm working towards some kind of reward.

This was actually one of the reasons why I curbed my Hamlet Defense frequency... example, 47 runs in Aleport and only one seal? (mind you, there were runs were we did 69k+ four or five times in a row and got nothing but armets... we all took snapshots as proof). Its bs, its ridiculous, beyond frustrating and could actually drive people from the game.

The Relic and Empyrean system from FFXI that Zumi mentioned above was spot on. The devs there made a great move in the right direction and it would have been great to have a similar system whereby players earned something like GC seals (or "Free Comapany" seals?) that could be used towards the item of their choice. For example, an idea is as follows:

If somewhere in Eorzea, you wanted that wonderful looking weapon or body armour that randomly dropped in the chest at the end of the mission/dungeon chest, and just couldn't get lucky enough while completing it as a party... at least offer the item for something like 100k seals. This way, every time you at successfully completed the mission solo you at least got like 2k or 3k seals (perhaps base the amount on overall performance?)

The whole point being that if you couldn't get your rare item to drop within a party... (same party that you spent at least 60 to 90 minutes putting together for an annoying 30 minute run with extremely crappy drop-rates)... at least give players the option to go try the soloable mode of the mission that gave them something to work towards.

Thanks Rukkirii that's some good news ^_^b

How interesting. I wonder what kind of content will be available.

Yes this is great for me

This really doesn't necessarily tie into solo rewards... but given the novelty nature of many of the achievement rewards... would it be too unreasonable to make some of these items indestructible?

We got level 1 rings from the new level 45+ fetch quest... Weeee. Why not make it unbreakable?

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Originally Posted by Zumi

I got my Excalibur pre dynamis nerf. I did go with a dynamis LS however they made us buy the currency from them for a lower price, plus 75% of the currency I bought from outside sources. Then again that left like more of a solo effort then anything.

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Obtaining the gil yeah, the currency not really.

I've been very much looking forward to something I can do alone for a very long time. Either that or the aforementioned duo - just the two of us.
Much better than shouting for a huge party and ending up with noobs who've never done it and getting frustrated... With the increase in difficulty out-spanning the increase of power the level of skill required is getting ever higher. Most people just don't cut it.
So, yeah. I'm very much looking forward to being able to do something on my own when I want to, how I want to.
Also looking forward to DOL treasurehunt!

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Originally Posted by Kirol

I've been very much looking forward to something I can do alone for a very long time. Either that or the aforementioned duo - just the two of us.
Much better than shouting for a huge party and ending up with noobs who've never done it and getting frustrated... With the increase in difficulty out-spanning the increase of power the level of skill required is getting ever higher. Most people just don't cut it.
So, yeah. I'm very much looking forward to being able to do something on my own when I want to, how I want to.
Also looking forward to DOL treasurehunt!

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^^^^^^^This

i love the sounds of this i would love to see a story that i can just log on and do by myself without standing around shouting for a group of 8 to be made even more frustrated by how the people i do get just dont cut it gear and experience wise. but please SE if you do go ahead and do this can you please give gear that worth our time and effort as a story reward.

if you do i will be this:

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/20...gs-d4yfc0r.png

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Originally Posted by Rukkirii

In A Realm Reborn we will be looking into offering rare items as rewards for content that can be challenged solo after the launch. This doesn’t necessarily mean they will be for guildleve rewards since they are repeatable, but for other types of solo content. :o

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They can be added as Adventurers guild quests. It's the all encompassing guild in FF.

I like the idea of solo/duo. Like a lot have already posted, some of us dont have the time/patience to be shouting for a 8 man random grouping :(

I'd rather if you allow it to be solo-ed on all jobs. Meaning the challenge and difficulty scales and adapts depending on the job you attempt it as.

Not a 'you can only solo this if you Pugilist because fists of X does the dmg' kind of thing... not everyone wants to seriously gear and play multiple jobs