[Aeolus]

New Assault Area (03/01/2007)



In the upcoming version update, we will be introducing the Nyzul Isle Assault area.
The Nyzul Isle Assault area will challenge players with a dungeon that has a randomly generated layout--every floor will contain new opponents to battle, as well as new objectives to complete!

Development Concept
In the spirit of the Salvage area implemented in the December version update, we will be introducing more small-group content in the form of a randomly generated Assault area. In order to reach the highest level of this new Assault area, players will have to overcome various mechanisms and monsters, and contend with all manner of astonishing challenges.
The development team is hard at work creating new content that will provide fresh, ever-changing enjoyment.

Participation
Players can sign up for the new Assault area missions at the Commissions Agency in Aht Urhgan Whitegate. Participation is restricted to the usual 3 to 6 members; however, players cannot choose to impose a level restriction for Nyzul Isle Assault missions. There are no requirements for participating in Nyzul Isle Assault missions other than being a registered mercenary.

Assault Mission Progression
The Nyzul Isle Assault area will be randomly generated as a series of "floors" every time you begin a mission. The basic progression consists of working towards the highest level of the area by completing the objective of each floor within the time limit. Objectives include goals such as the defeat of all monsters on a floor, the elimination of specific creatures, as well as various other challenges. We estimate that approximately 5 floors will be completed during a single attempt.

Recording Progress
When using the Rune of Transfer to exit the Nyzul Isle Assault area, it is possible to record the data of the highest floor you have reached (in blocks of 5 floors). Once this data has been recorded, you will be able to start again from this point, even if you have been ejected from the area due to, for example, an expired time limit.
Starting from a recorded floor will require the use of "tokens" obtained within the Nyzul Isle Assault area. The further you progress, the more tokens you will need to begin the next block of floors. Players will require a substantial number of tokens in order to reach the highest floor of Nyzul Isle.
*All participants will obtain tokens from a mission; however, only the person who operates the Rune of Transfer on the starting floor will receive the recorded data.

Rewards
Due to the special nature of Nyzul Isle, players will not receive Assault Points for missions completed in this area. However, you will have the chance to obtain items from the creatures that appear on each floor. Monsters from every corner of Vana'diel, including many powerful and ordinarily elusive Notorious Monsters, stalk the floors of Nyzul Isle. Triumph over these opponents and you may earn some truly rare and wonderful treasures

From Playonline

[Dark Raz]

Looks fun, lol I JUST finished typing my topic when I seen this one xD

[Tirrock]

Monsters from every corner of Vana'diel, including many powerful and ordinarily elusive Notorious Monsters, stalk the floors of Nyzul Isle. Triumph over these opponents and you may earn some truly rare and wonderful treasures

I wonder if those NMs drop their usual items then...

[Aeolus]

Would be nice if they did. I want a black belt and I aint getting it from the King HNMs or KS99 (dont have enough furends lawal).

[Dark Raz]

Hmm, they probably could..but it might be a toned down (for gear drops at least) version since I don't think people can take the normal HNMs with just 6 people xD.

[Tirrock]

Originally Posted by Aeolus

Would be nice if they did. I want a black belt and I aint getting it from the King HNMs or KS99 (dont have enough furends lawal).

Yeah, same here on both points. >_>a Although I'd expect it to be HNM-level hard. Still, if they drop the items, I'll have to rethink my stance on HNMing when I have the connection, if I'm still around FFXI.

[Aeolus]

They could probably make the difficulty equal to the lv cap tho to even it out.

It might be an SE way to combat the chaos that is HNMing.

[Tirrock]

Originally Posted by Aeolus

It might be an SE way to combat the chaos that is HNMing.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...221_203738.jpg

I loved dynamis/limbus and random NMs that didn't involve 2-3 hours of staring at 150 people all in a small area.

[Dark Raz]

Maybe SE will add good BLU swords in this assault that people can't price gouge because it's new.

[Gobo]

I think by not being able to impose a lvl cap means that its just uncapped.

Looks like fun, though I'm not sure how well my set would be able to handle it, since we're pretty much just 3 mages. Maybe we can manaburn it heh.

The "chance that an item will drop" worries me a bit though.

[Aeolus]

Having the same 1% drop rate as many high end HNMs doesnt bother me if I get to do it once a day with 100% chance of me claiming it (:

[Hyrist]

If you can select which "Block" to go in once you have more than one of them, then this is the answer we've been looking for compared to all those HMNs and hard to get claim mobs in the game.

All SE has to do to improve this idea is stack on more floors that have some of the harder mobs near the top and watch it rock.

And with something this progressive and controlled, gillsellers will loose their monopolies on certain mobs, provided they are also inside this thing.

I didn't see this one really coming SE, really good move here.

[Dark Raz]

Yeah so all that POS hacking into this place people done and got banned for was...well..lol for nothing to be honest.

This could be great and gives people without endgame shells a lot of the exposure (kind of).

[Tirrock]

I'm just awaiting disappointment on this. Although assault has been awesome so far...

[Dark Raz]

Originally Posted by Tirrock

I'm just awaiting disappointment on this. Although assault has been awesome so far...

This is why people can never enjoy anything and there's a current mentality about certain things, because they instantly think something will be a disappointment and when they finally do it, they either like it, or sorely hate it because nothing "good" comes from it >.<