Curse

wildwestpb · Aug 06, 2007, 03:14 PM // 15:14

I have searched the forums, and it looks like my idea would be a new one. The idea is a quest for all the campaigns - the scavenger hunt.

The new quests would be for both Pre-Searing & Post-Searing Prophecies, Factions, & Nightfall, not to mention the upcoming GW:EN.

Since there are plenty of NPCs, both named and unnamed, in all the campaigns, one of those could be chosen to give the quest, and many could be put to use in the quest. Items would not be special new quest items, but items already dropped and found in the game, much like what the collectors ask for.

The quest would take the form of riddles i.e. "Look for this near the water, but don't expect to be able to use it to balance your fish parts.", (Answer would be a scale fin.) and upon finding it, you would be lead to a new NPC to give the item to, and receive the next riddle.

Each quest would be 5-7 items in length, with the items spread across the map - from the beginning areas to the end game areas, or in the case of Pre-Searing, all the regions including the Northlands.

Now, for Post-Sear or characters from other campaigns, being able to access Pre-Searing would be a unique experience. To get to Pre-Searing Ascalon, either the Seer, or Glint (Vision of Glint) could open a "time portal" to Pre-Searing Ascalon to allow characters to return to complete the quest. Trading with other players, and being able to drop items on the ground when in the map, would have to be disabled (Glint/Seer informing the character that changing the past is not possible, thereby disabling those functions while in Pre-Searing). Upon completion, the Seer/Glint would time portal the character back to their own time. (I am sure some characters may try to stay, but with the drops being smaller than any other place in the game, and trading disabled, there would be little incentive to stay in Pre-Searing.)

For the reward, rather than a new minipet, or title, I would like to see an item that when used (double clicked) would create a unique emote like the /fame or /rank emote. I personally do not participate in the PvP battles that grant fame and rank (Heroes' Ascent), and to have an emote similiar to those with something appropriate to the theme of the quest (map scroll showing each campaign explored perhaps) would be different enough to make it worthwhile. Alternatively, the reward rather than being an item which would take up space in your inventory, could simply be a special emote you gain for that character. Something like /hunt or /quest could activate it. With each subsequent completion of each of the quests, the special emote would change, showing which quests you have completed.

To gain the quests, they could be promotional key codes gained through magazine purchases, or GW Store purchases much like the bonus mission pack, or a seperate purchase like the GotY pack. Players would be able to purchase the one or ones they would like, depending on what campaigns they own.

Just my idea, hopefully the devs will like it enough to use it.