Recovering Ala Mhigo Sever-Wide event a possibility?

[Darkhaund]

Imagine if SE were to do this..
Have a "server-wide" event where we need to do quests evetns etc that would eventually result in the liberation of Ala Migho and thus becomming a playable city-state once again.

Each server would of course advance on this at differant pace given the progress.
But I think this would be an awesome idea, together with some amazing cutscenes and would bring alot of excitement to the game.

This quest would be "omnipresent" or I dont know what to call it. But it would be tiggred and experienced server-wide and not player by player. Meaning one player could not do a single thing and yet the quets or the "Event" would still take place and progress.



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[Darkhaund]

What do you guys think?

Here are some vague ideas:

1. Have an NPC in Little Ala Mhigo start the quest line or have some other critera met to unlock the start of the event

2. Have crafters, gatherers and all the classes proving things, collect etc etc and to "fill up" certain tasks that will in turn unlock "temporary" raids, hamlets or whatever that will push forard into Ala Mhigo

3. Have reports of the current server progress on either the adventures guild, or anywhere of what is gong on, what is neede3d so that the server can work together towards that goal.

[Darkhaund]

4. Example of the things needed would be things like. Collet such and suck tomes of philosophy, ifrit totems etc etc. Craft spears, guns, etc to supply the armyt


5. See actual LIVE AND REAL TIME PROGRESS on the event as you start to see outposts, or little camps being lifted as we approach Ala Mhigo.

6. Once the city is recovered; continue to the process of cleansing it, rebuilding it, and establishing it as a playable-city state.

7. Give server-wide gifts (like the cactuar earrings for example) to the server(s) tat meet certain goals and exceed certain requirements.

something like that.

Any ideas?

[Sotek]

I really hope they make the storyline in this game similar to how 1.0 ended... An event and storyline that, if you weren't there, you miss out on... Would work really well for Ala Mhigo, just as it did for ARR.

Since I'm pretty sure Ala Mhigo will be part of the first expansion, I imagine it'll play out similar to XIs WotG, where we have a server wide PvE event in which we battle over control of various zones. That could actually play out really well at launch, with Ala Mhigo under Garlean control and over the course of several weeks we eventually take it back and it becomes a functioning city again. Just like WotG, the enemy could eventually fight back to retake it even. When we move on from that though (are we actually going to Garlemald?) that's possibly something that should be removed, going back to my first point... Likewise, if all the Garlean bases stick around Eorzea as if nothing happened for the next few years...

[Fensfield]

Honestly I've been wondering about the same since v1.x and all. It really isn't clear what they had planned beyond the current storyline's many relics from the original setup.

So.. I'd love if an idea like that happened, un.

.. Also inevitable reminder that the 1000 character limit applies only to the initial post; you can edit in anything additional that you want to add afterwards, instead of posting multiple times.

[Shikoba]

There is some concept art floating around for Ala Mhigo so I'm sure it will come at some point. Part of why I enjoy playing a Highlander is because I like their background story and would be great to take back their home.

Regardless of how they do it, I'm all for one day being in Ala Mhigo. Whatever city they release next I imagine will become the Jeuno of FFXIV.

[Fensfield]

There is some concept art floating around for Ala Mhigo so I'm sure it will come at some point. Part of why I enjoy playing a Highlander is because I like their background story and would be great to take back their home.

Regardless of how they do it, I'm all for one day being in Ala Mhigo. Whatever city they release next I imagine will become the Jeuno of FFXIV.

Didn't they say in one of the production plan Q&A things a while ago, that they hoped to make Ishgard accessible with the first full-scale expansion? I admit, I'm pretty eager to see inside that city.

[Nura]

Sounds totally like an idea ripped of Everquest next. Where you can just do that. Crafting stuff to creat new Houses rebuilding walls starting a new city etc etc

[Kaizlu]

Reminds me of Ragnarok Online and the Rachael Temple.

For the unfamiliar ones, there was this dungeon in RO that was closed by default and the whole server had to donate money (in-game) to enter. From a wiki: "Once 10,000 donations have been made, the sanctuary will be locked, and the quest can be started! This is per server, not per person. This means that 500,000,000 Zeny must be donated to the sanctuary for the server before the quest can be done, and the dungeon accessed. "

I always liked the idea of server-wide events. Sure, some people will miss out but making one-time events makes the world feel much more alive.

[LobsterBisque]

I would love this except for the fact that the entire server would be in one spot. If you've done an Odin/Behemoth Fate you know how well those go.