RESTORE: A unique appoarch to fix some of Eorzea's most discussed issues.

[Magis]

I remember doing something like this in Wow for one of the expansions, can't remember what it was called though.

It had a bad side effect though. The first world to open the new area had like a cajillion people transfer to it immediately. Then those people couldn't log in and had huge login ques.

AQ in original WoW? Crashed/lagged servers due to everyone being in Silithus.

[Xystic]

AQ in original WoW? Crashed/lagged servers due to everyone being in Silithus.

Exactly. We truly wanted to save the world.....it had nothing to do with the mount.... at all

Nonetheless, I think something like this would be fairly interesting.

[Duelle]

I remember doing something like this in Wow for one of the expansions, can't remember what it was called though.

AQ in original WoW? Crashed/lagged servers due to everyone being in Silithus.

I think he's talking about the Isle of Quel'danas, which was gradually unlocked as the server as a whole completed isle-related daily quests.

That said, I've pushed for something along those lines, but tied to daily quests or even doing resource gathering like the AQ gate event. The OP's suggestion gives DoL and DoH content they can participate in, which is a step above what I've suggested in the past.

Kinda reminds me of opening up Rachel Temple in Ragnarok Online. I think the entire server had to donate about 50,000,000 zenny before it became available, but you could only donate after you went through this pretty lengthy quest chain. Having played on a private server with a population of around 300-500, well, needless to say it took us a while, haha!

Directly on-topic though, I like the idea, but I also have to agree with Tiggy: once it's done, it's done, and even if people could continue to do quests in the name of 'general upkeep', I don't think as many people would. I'm already getting that vibe from the Beastmen dailies. Once everyone finishes those up again, we'll be stuck with a barren Zanr'ak and Slyphlands.

I'd implement it as a one-time unlock because having everyone participate gives current players something to do while also creating a milestone that you can be part of. THose of us who were around before the Calamity have our milestone in the history of this game.

If, say, the devs were to implement the restoration of Ala Mihgo using the OP as a base, the people who participated would at least get a feeling of "well, my presence made a difference in the world" without specifically giving names or anything like that. I personally was present for both AQ AND Quel'danas, and I still look back fondly at something in the game world that was unlocked due to a combined effort from all players.