Stone Masons

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I think it would be cool if they added a stone mason job and you could do things like repair the cobblestone pathways or build roads. Something that may take the effort of 200+ ppl the course of a week to a month real time to complete, a joint effort of many to help unify us and accomplish something great that can physically be seen.

Then anyone traveling on these roads would travel at 20% faster than traveling through grass.

I know this probably wont happen because it would physically change the maps but I thought it would be a cool idea.

Also you could have carpenters and other jobs be able to build new structures or fix existing ones, say that were damaged from a amal'jaa attack on the city or something. Again probably not gonna happen, but I think it would be really awesome to be able to create a in game building that's there for all to see

There have been a few threads about making Eorzea a more dynamic place, and this idea certainly would accomplish that. Though I am curious if once the road was built if it would ever need to be repaired and how much work people would be willing to keep it maintained? Though, when you look at it that way, it's easy to see why the roads are in such a state of disrepair.

But if Eorzea had a series of "social projects" that needed to get accomplished in order to make improvements that everyone could benefit from, I would be solidly behind them. (Upkeep on them, I'm not so sure.) Repair a stretch of road and get granted a movement bonus while traveling over that section. Built a bridge to open up new areas to explore in a zone. Add or improve buildings at the Silver or Golden Bazaar to bring in more NPCs, opening up quests and other conveniences not seen outside of the city (like the MW or an AH if they introduce it). Clear out blocked tunnels in the mines (which occasionally close back up) to delve deeper down into them. And so on...

Now that would be interesting.