I read through the letter from the producer, and I like the idea of quest hubs. I'm sure within these hubs will be some greatly designed quests. Something different, and unique than what we already have. That's what I'm hoping for anyway. To get to my point I'm just wondering when these hubs will actually be released. I was kinda confused with the letter as he said come mid May the Companies of Eorzea will be the first to graze the Dungeons of Eorzea (not exact words, but same idea). That makes me think there's a patch on the way, and I'm wondering if that's when the hubs will come as well. I'm a little confused, so if anyone can clear this up that would be great!
Quest Hubs, Dungeons, and Release?
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05-06-2011, 07:42 AMSilentQuest Hubs, Dungeons, and Release?
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05-06-2011, 07:45 AMJayvirDeforte
More than likely, the company related stuff is only going to be on the Lodestone. I mean, he's already said that much. I highly doubt anything will accompany that in game since the Vanguards of the companies are going to investigate them.
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05-06-2011, 07:50 AMviion
June, and dont expect the quests to be anything insane, but they more than likely will be the start locations for getting enterance to the new dungeons. Its copy+paste of already ingame assets found in other "hub" locations, +copy pasted quest system and then a new dungeon with copy+pasted mobs :D
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05-06-2011, 07:51 AMSilentThat would make more sense. Thanks for the reply.Quote:
Originally Posted by JayvirDeforte
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05-06-2011, 07:52 AMSilentI hope they get smarter about it, and stop copy pasting everything. They have a new place to start with some fresh, and uniquely designed quests. I hope they do it!Quote:
Originally Posted by viion
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05-06-2011, 08:31 AMFrebaut
Basicly all it going to do is add more lore. It will be the Companies going into these dungens. Its just going to be a story of what it was like in their. It's not going to give any hard details but stories. Kinda like what we have on the Companies when you go to Loadstone.
Its going to be nothing special, just hype with no hard description just like what we got on the info of the Companies. -
05-06-2011, 09:17 AMCairdeas
Pretty sure he was hinting at a lodestone update that had something like an "Scouting Mission" by the NPC characters that make a report we can read informing us about the dungeon why it is what it is, where it is, and why we have to go in and kill everything inside.
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05-06-2011, 09:22 AMviion
Fun... I get to read about a dungeon.
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05-06-2011, 01:20 PMSilent^ Haha no kidding. It's better than nothing though. I'm sure it will be a good read.Quote:
Originally Posted by viion
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05-06-2011, 02:49 PMviion
If they do an 17b where they add npc's to tell me about it or only the quest hub places tell me about it but in june I can actually do it, i'll be happy
no dungeons in June then I quit XD, tbh no good dungeons i quit lol if i finish it in like a day and has no reply value, lames -
05-06-2011, 03:35 PMShiyoYou mean Like western MMO dungeons? I expect it, I hope they aren't, but I really do expect it.Quote:
Originally Posted by viion
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05-06-2011, 03:40 PMSonic_the_Hedgehog
Hopefully when you enter the dungeons healing is disabled. That would give most people a reason to carry around potions and elixirs and add to the difficulty.
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05-06-2011, 03:47 PMMunbaI'm agree but i'd put a sort of "malus" in dungeons instead to forbid the healing. This malus could be that the mp auto-regen is VERY slow or simply absent, like originally thought by Tanaka. This will encourage the use of potions as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonic_the_Hedgehog
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05-06-2011, 07:56 PMShaStygian Spikes / Siphon MP => problem solved.Quote:
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Magic has always made items more or less useless in all FFs, sadly. -
05-06-2011, 07:57 PMMunba
Disable those abilities then :p
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05-06-2011, 08:05 PMColinoBut hold on... Because at the end of the dungeon you'll get to face something scary... Something heart-pounding and wild...Quote:
Originally Posted by viion
A BIGGER version of a copy-pasted monster!!! /panic -
05-06-2011, 08:13 PMMunba
I'm very curious to see which kind of 'graphics' they'll use in these dungeons. If they are preparing something totally new or they are creating these istances in the already existing dungeons..
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05-06-2011, 09:09 PMMaxi_Irving
I've been thinking about that as well Munba. I have a feeling we'll be getting something recycled. =(
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05-06-2011, 09:26 PMJinko
Hopefully we get some unique and unseen monster types which only appear in the dungeons.
If I see another reused Dodo I'm guna punch someone, I stil can't believe the mid level NM's weren't even a different pallette swap. (very lazy dev team)
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05-06-2011, 09:41 PMPhysic
some people say they want tough dungeons that you cant complete in a few hours... uhhhhh.... exactly how long do you think it should take to complete a dungeon
On that line of thinking though, it might be cool if they implement one of those super big dunegons that you can revisit, with like 100 levels or something. I wouldnt expect it for the first ones, but nyzul was sort of an example of this, anddd its pretty common in offline rpgs. Its pretty fun, has a far off goal, but its also very repeatable, and his mini goals, so one feels like they are progressing in small bursts.