Random Chest Spawns in the World

[Slib]

One of the things I found cool about adventuring around in MMO's was finding those random treasure chests just sitting there waiting to be opened.

World of Warcraft has this. Most of the time it's just a potion that restores hp or mp with a few random items inside too, crafting materials or something...but it adds a lot of flavor to adventuring around in areas you have already explored, since it adds randomness to the game and more sense of adventure.

In the future, could we get something like this? The drops don't have to be gear, obviously. Simple materials and/or potions would do just fine...even Ventures!

[HyperSMB]

While a cool enough idea, do you really need more potions?

[Slib]

While a cool enough idea, do you really need more potions?

Depends... from POTD i'm fully stocked on max pots lol. But I could use stat pots!

[Volsung]

As long as it wasnt just potions to fill up my inventory.

And you could make it its own thing too, like when found shoots a light up in the sky, and anyone can grab a copy of whats inside within 5 minutes. Then it disappears. They've start to add nifty things to fates too like the double exp mob that shows up. This could be tied to fate completion, or add an effect for players doing fates also etc.

Who knows but might as well be creative

[LittleChickenNugget]

Finding chests with some loot was my favorite thing in WoW and ESO!

There needs to be SOMETHING in open world to encourage more adventuring. It's very beautiful and even more bland.

[Clethoria]

I'm seeing a lot of WoW here but not classic JRPGs. I'd be more inclined to agree if that was the argument, not WOW DID IT!

[CosmicKirby]

I think glamours, glamor prisms, materia, and rare gathering mats would be fine. The key part is they have to be both random enough to foil people purposely farming them, and common enough that average players will find at least a couple without really trying.

Plus, I would hope that all items obtainable via this method, (included potentially mounts) would be tradeable/sell-able on the Market Board. Else, if there was anything exclusive, it'd be the worst RNG frustrating grindfest in existence. I don't think anyone wants ANOTHER Time Lost Proto Drake.... Or Vitrious Stone Drake... Or Time Lost Hippogrif... WoW had a LOT of these.

[iluvOP]

I like the idea of getting maybe ventures from chests. Those are always handy. But please no potions. There is only one potion I need that is good to pop in some fights here and there, but that it. I get them from the market board.
I guess crafting materials would be alright, glamour prisms. Things like that. Something that you can sell or use. Definitely make them a rare find though. I think there should still be more systems out there to encourage crafting.

[Ametrine]

How about a large list of random items much likewhat the PotD hoard chests offer?

I was thinking about this curiously missing detail today. I found myself wanting to take a odd path instinctively looking for a chest, only to remember FFXIV doesn't have them in the world like other FF titles do.

[Niqote]

You can find them in leves ^_^