The Walk of Echoes Beckons! (06/15/2010)

[Nirokun!]

For someone like me who doesnt have a LS, I think it's nice to be able to take part in larger scale fights :D

[Darkmagi]

I guess if executed properly, especially drop wise this could be pretty good. I just don't want to see complete morons ending up with good drops because they kclubed some aoe spamming mob and took a lot of damage or some shit.

[NervosaEternal]

I guess if executed properly, especially drop wise this could be pretty good. I just don't want to see complete morons ending up with good drops because they kclubed some aoe spamming mob and took a lot of damage or some shit.

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[Corresapolonia]

campaign²

[ClarkSammich]

Stop misreading. Nowhere did they say anyone could enter.

You're imagination is probably rearranging this line:

This simply states that it's not an entry system like Einherjar but instead more like Dynamis.

I sincerely doubt random people will be able to enter your zone. I could be wrong, but it just doesn't seem right to me.

I hope I'm jumping to conclusions, but after reading it again, I can see it going either way honestly.

[Cairthenn]

I hope I'm jumping to conclusions, but after reading it again, I can see it going either way honestly.

I can see lower end fights going like this, but for a higher tier battle it probably just wouldn't happen..

[Flic]

and only those participants whose contribution to the battle was deemed satisfactory will be granted the right to cast lots upon the contents.

That part of the news release just makes it sound like a new campaign. I to was hopeing for a new Ein type event but I dont think this will be it.

[Damane]

oh my, this will turn either utter shit or awesome. I really hope the entrance is limited like dynamis, that you need some hourglass to distribute to enter, or else it is just fucked up.

And the rewards for putting in more "effort" just means everyone in the LS wants to come DD or whatever... I mean seriously, if you just cure in campaign you are kind of sol no? So it better be balanced.

EDIT: so instead of doing a new endgame battlefield SE said themself "fuck it we need campaign for lvl 76+" and turned walk of echos into a new campaign bitch festival. "and now we can releas abyssea for new endgame content". If it really turns out this way looool.

[blue]

I wonder if my campaign items will work in there...

[Damane]

I wonder if my campaign items will work in there...

if thats the case then I can bite my ass because I just sold my terror shield and kurusatengu recently before the lvl cap would rise....

[Eldelphia]

Highly evaluated combatants will be further rewarded with bounty befitting their standing.

This is the only thing that cheers me up. It sounds like a Campaign style/Union event. But if its like Campaign at all, the same 2 people will win all lots on everything...

It could be fun, I hope they've designed it well. I'm surprised the entry requirements are so low though. They'd better bring in something shiny for finishing all the nation quests in WoTG or people are going to be pissed.

[Kaylia]

People who did exceptionally well get their own chest, MMM CC-style

Watch this, doing well will consist of spamming brd song on yourself, or take 3 hours to solo a monster away from everyone

[Kaisha]

Zone will probably use your standard BC buff icon rather than Allied Tags, so I'm doubtful they will, especially as some of the shit is OP.
(everyone would be using a Patronus' Ring ;/. Granted, it would be cool to be able to use Uriel Blade with a full MAB build and kick some ass on RDM outside of Campaign)

[BRP]

Like I imagined you don't need much mission progress to access this area. I don't see why they couldn't do the same for Sea or Sky.

[Darkmagi]

Eh I liked having to complete missions to access areas. I felt it added more to the experience and the hype. Made it seem a lot more fun/exciting.

[JemTitan]

Anyone noticed one of the new job ability being used in the banner, can't tell but it looks like a mage using it O.o

[Narol]

So yeah, "highly evaluated" players. Meaning, of course, that certain jobs are SOL in terms of being "highly evaluated" because they aren't like PLD or RDM are in Campaign.

Like, in Besieged, you can cap your exp as basically any job even if you're only active for 10 minutes. Hopefully "highly evaluated" just means reaching some kind of cap (as in a flat reward to everyone who does), not being one of only two or three jobs that can max out several categories of evaluation and thus beat everyone else easily.

[Hioki]

Like I imagined you don't need much mission progress to access this area. I don't see why they couldn't do the same for Sea or Sky.

Because the decisions for content access were made years ago and not in the past 2 days.

[Alkar]

Anyone noticed one of the new job ability being used in the banner, can't tell but it looks like a mage using it O.o

It's one of the new JAs added last week and iirc it's a BLM ability.
Anyway don't forget that this is Walk of Echoes part 1 guys, part 2 is coming in 3 months and it may be something different.

[newzarb]

The french version is a little clearer I think:

Il n’y aura donc pas de concept d’exclusivité. L’accès pourra également se faire après que les combats ont commencé, permettant ainsi la participation aux joueurs en solo ou en équipe.

"There won't be a concept of exclusivity. Access can also be available after battle started, allowing participation of solo players or teams."


The whole text really sounds like campaign battle. I just hope mobs will be tough enough so morons won't pull mobs away from battle to solo them in a corner during half an hour.