The Unknown!

[Jynx]

Lolrokien post wasters aside...

Personally I do hope that at least if you haven't uncovered a section of the map where your quest is the quest will point you to that area but not tell you exactly where to go until you have explored the map (Or located the quest location yourself in said exploration)

Call me crazy but having someone "Mark it on your map" when it's a blank page is kind of odd.

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For those not in the know, as far as we know in 2.0 we will need to unfurl area maps ourselves through exploration as we travel the map it will reveal itself.
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[Golnan]

With my pending admition to the "State-run hospital for the eccentrically minded" drawing nearer and nearer, I had decided to embark on one last excursion into exotic expanses, this time with a goal of finding the enigmatic bird "Rokien~" (Pronounced Row-key-en-desu~") in its natural habittat.

With me today are; Darkifritingers Dragooner "Hello, I do 2k damage over an entire Ifrit fight!", Instinctual Murderer "Hello! I miss the mage in Hamlet Defense because I look at Porn!" and Katy Perry "Hello, I suck at being a white mage in Hamlet Defense and get the seal anyway!".

We are adrift on a boat. The boat is gliding along a river down an amazonian jungle somewhere north of "Timbucktoo", which is located just westerly-east of "Go-and-google-it-yourself".

The boat's engine putters pathetically, propelling us slower than walking pace but saving us a slog through the jungle. Katy Perry for no reason decides to dip her hand underneath the nebulous cloud of fog and finds her hand pulls up nothing but muck. Embarrassed, she commits sudoku.

Darkifritingers Dragoon prances up to me and says "Hey boss, I forgot to press that button that makes the boat move" which I reply with a deadly dose of cancer. Darkifritingers Dragooner dies from the cancer. He also rolls off the boat for the sake of story so I don't have to explain where he is later. Katy Perry's body is dragged off as well.

Instinctual Murderer disappears. I press the button and the fog disperses revealing a clearing ahead. I step off the boat and casually meander towards it.
Tribal dancers drum and dance around a dying Desert Palm tree, which was located in the jungle purely for the purpose of alliteration. Perched upon a branch, approvingly eyeing the performance from upon the branch, was the Rokien~.

"Tell us oh great one!" "Yes! Puzzle out the meaning of the divine documents!" "Yes! SHIT ALL OVER US!"
The bird ablidged, and shat on all of them. They rolled in the dung, delirious with mania. Presumably brought on by rabies transfered through fecal matter.

The divine envoys sat beside me, constantly muttering words from God. I heard tidbits, and presumably the Rokien~ did as well because it re-stated them in an incorrect manner to the crowd, who ate it up.

"The game will direct new players towards content gradually..." "HAHAHAQUESTSCASUALWOWCLONEWHYDON'TIJUSTPLAYFFXIIIIFIWANTALINEAREXPERIENCE?" omnomnomnom "Standard MMO feature number 46..." "BAWWWNOTLIKEFFXIFFXIISTHEBESTGAMEDESU~" omnomnomnomnom "....I give up." "TANAKASVISIONHAISOUDESU~IAMSOCOOOOOOOOOOL" omnomnomnom

I close the browser.

[Jynx]

Embarrassed, she commits sudoku.

Yes that just happened.

[Teakwood]

You have a choice as to whether you're going to look at a fansite for info or help with a quest or figure it out on your own, though.

The current MMO standard seems to be breadcrumbs and big flashing lights everywhere, though, and so I think it's reasonable to expect we'll be led around by the hand. Which I'm actually okay with, as much as I loved FFXI and its tendency to never tell you a goddamn thing. =P As long as the quests are interesting, I'll be happy personally.

[Nuru]

of course, I'm talking about SE marking everything either on map or with a (!).

I want SOME stuff that isn't.

I'm pretty sure there wont be an NPC that covers the complete and full maps for each area. That is one of the many things that wont have a ! on it.

That ! you are referring to will most likely only cover the basic storyline and quests. Everything else, I am sure it will come as a surprise. Now, I know you are very curious about 2.0 and the contents, wonders, and magic it will hold, but speculating about anything at this moment will only create rumors, and with rumors come expectations, and with expectations will either come disappointment or satisfaction, nothing more. To put it brief, these 2.0 threads have no purpose when it comes to discussing and suggesting fixes, as the game isn't out yet. Speculation threads also do not help much either.

[Renen]

We dont like your threads stop making them >_<
If you wanna talk about your ideas, do it with yourself, in the mirror.
Dont involve this forum

[Jynx]

We dont like your threads stop making them >_<

I know I've said this too many time allready but it never seems to work for you guys. You are well aware useless posts like this do nothing but feed his own fire right?

If you don't like his posts you could always block him, not post in his threads, stop bumping them with your own posts, hell there are alot of things you can do to cut him off from what you think is a clean posting enviroment. When he bumps his own threads after a month or two report it as spam and MOVE ALONG don't add to the threads post count and make it last more than the 30 minutes it takes for newer more topical posts to move to the front of the board. I will never understand how people think just spewing vitrol at a person who could care less will do.

Let the people who actually find something worth discussing do so. I hate you people doing nothing but posting vitrol than I do the OP's posts themselves at least they serve a function unlike this wasted space you people make every single day.

I guess I'm preaching to the deaf though, my words never seem to get through.

[Rokien]

We dont like your threads stop making them >_<
If you wanna talk about your ideas, do it with yourself, in the mirror.
Dont involve this forum

I really don't get whats wrong with this thread, I'm not complaining or anything, I'm just asking for secret stuff >.>

[Katamari]

We dont like your threads stop making them >_<
If you wanna talk about your ideas, do it with yourself, in the mirror.
Dont involve this forum

and yet, for some reason, we always allow it to get past page 1.

[Volfield]

I don't know you Rokien.
I wish i did, this is a fun idea and should make for some interesting stuff at 2.0.
Stumble accross a quest, immediatly start a topic on a LS about it, sounds worth it to me.