So... why was the novus quest delayed again?

[permbanned]

Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't it because they wanted to give us "more" ways to obtain alexandrite and to take players' feedback into account?

When we were planning to release this in patch 2.25, the means to obtain Alexandrite were very limited, and one suggestion from Takai was to make it purchasable with Allagan tomestones of mythology. As we were unable to create new means to acquire Allagan tomestones of mythology, we decided to push it back a patch to work on more ways for players to acquire Alexandrite

That's from the live letter summary and I can't be bothered to find the quote about taking feedback into consideration, but let's just assume that that's exactly what they did. Let's also keep in mind that the biggest complaint was how much everyone hated grinding FATES.

Wouldn't that mean that the only means of obtaining alexandrite they had originally planned for was FATE grinding and that, in line with player feedback, the "new means" of acquiring them would be myth purchases (confirmed in the quote yet also another common complaint) and the daily quest?

So... it took over a month to create one repeatable quest that isn't even a unique quest and to add maps to the myth vendor's inventory...? You can't be serious.

[Behb]

Yes, you can add also the fact that we lose approximately 35 free alexandrite because of the one month delay :P

[Zaiken]

Just be glad it not another mind boggling FATES Grind fest! Seriously, I'm getting so sick of SE repeatedly using FATES for everything. I can't believe SE was actually planning to do another FATES grind with even a lower drop rate for the next Novus Quest. Good thing it was delay to have more option available, even though it boring and more old contents until 2.3.

[Shaone]

So... it took over a month to create one repeatable quest that isn't even a unique quest and to add maps to the myth vendor's inventory...? You can't be serious.

The entire maps concept was probably what was developed as the alternate means.

[permbanned]

The entire maps concept was probably what was developed as the alternate means.

Hmm, I hadn't considered this. I guess I overlooked the actual fights themselves, but even that shouldn't take over a month to create.

[Spellbinder]

Hmm, I hadn't considered this. I guess I overlooked the actual fights themselves, but even that shouldn't take over a month to create.

It takes more time than you'd think.

I bet that the only way to obtain Alexandrite before the delay would have been farming fates.

The LIVE letter gave me the impression that, originally, the only way to get Alexandrite would have been mythology.

If they had let it run like that, the forum would probably collapse into itself like a neutron star.

[Elazu]

I bet that the only way to obtain Alexandrite before the delay would have been farming fates.

[TpYourHouse]

Just be glad it not another mind boggling FATES Grind fest! Seriously, I'm getting so sick of SE repeatedly using FATES for everything. I can't believe SE was actually planning to do another FATES grind with even a lower drop rate for the next Novus Quest. Good thing it was delay to have more option available, even though it boring and more old contents until 2.3.

Funny, because I'm grinding FATEs for my Alex.

[Warlyx]

Funny, because I'm grinding FATEs for my Alex.

dont forget farming brayflox for myth > map > alex

so we are back in the same running wheel :P

[QuCont]

The explaination given during one of the PLLs for delaying the introduction was that if Novus was introduced as it originally was, the Atma/Animus grind would've been considered a walk in the park and they felt that was a bit too masochistic considering all the outcry on the forum. I'm guessing it was purely a FATE thing.

Surely, besides just adding more ways to get alexandrite, they had to tweak other numbers as well. You don't just turn on the taps without widening the drainage pipes.

I'm guessing the maps weren't necessarily made up from scratch, they did say that the mob hunts in 2.3 would be difficult to solo even for people in i90, some would require a bird and some would require a party. There are also reports on the JP side of the forum that some monsters have never been seen before. It's possible some of those monters actually are from the incoming mob hunt dailies.