2012-11-11, 08:02 AM
[MENTION=6823]Polantaris[/MENTION]; That is (Unfortunately) an excellent point. As some quests have not been adapted to be more relevant they've become worthless and I quite honestly do not expect people to be so fascinated with the lore that they'll do it even if the reward is crap, so I'm going to list out the good questlines:
Ariant, Magatia: Doing about 6 of the quests here at the appropriate level is pretty much a level up and one of the chain quests here leads to a good reward: Free Strong Machine Gloves per three days if you get an etc. that's reasonably easy to hunt. The quests are also largely inter-linked so it's possible to finish a number in one trip out to the desert, it opens your eyes to the uniqueness of this area (For example, drinking the oasis water and getting approval from the alchemist societies) and it tells you a lot of Maple's history (Take Magatia: The Black Mage studied there before).
Overall rating: Excellent.
Silent Crusade (Pre-revamp, we don't have the next one yet): A good one that makes you explore the areas. However, much of the lore is only available later on in the story and the effect may be lost on the player if they don't recognize the people involved in the story or the significance. I once had an argument with someone over why only Aran and Evan deserved an additional story-line based boost from the Silent Crusade and not the other Heroes; it's embarrassing to think of it.
Rating: Average.
Leafre: Here we have an interesting mixture of non-plot relevant and linked quests. Let's start with the various requests from Pam, Yaku and Kumo, I thought it was cute to do quests that tell you exactly what are they doing when tending to those eggs. Then there's finding Raul, the pre-requisite quest towards the Dragon Rider PQ and finding Moira which all expand a bit more on the story of Leafre. The quests arguably give good EXP and at least HT is now doable or people may just bring you along to finish the quest. And yes, there's a great reward for finishing off Horntail: The Spirit Egg!
Rating: Good.
Gateway to the Future: This is another great storyline. While it's mostly defeat x amounts of y it rewards you greatly and re-introduces to you the NPCs of before, now hardened and scarred. Arguably, even the defeat x amounts of y element works well here because it's a massive shock to the player that the same noobish monsters in present Henesys have now become so fearsome that they could kill you if you're careless. And that's not even including Dark Ereve into the mix; shame that part of the quest involves defeating Cygnus though.
Rating: Good (Some points docked for a nigh-impossible quest to finish for average Maplers).
I've left out ToT as I'm not even close to the finishing line (My highest level character's only 143). There's also some like Neo City that are also good but I guess everyone knows about it.
Ariant, Magatia: Doing about 6 of the quests here at the appropriate level is pretty much a level up and one of the chain quests here leads to a good reward: Free Strong Machine Gloves per three days if you get an etc. that's reasonably easy to hunt. The quests are also largely inter-linked so it's possible to finish a number in one trip out to the desert, it opens your eyes to the uniqueness of this area (For example, drinking the oasis water and getting approval from the alchemist societies) and it tells you a lot of Maple's history (Take Magatia: The Black Mage studied there before).
Overall rating: Excellent.
Silent Crusade (Pre-revamp, we don't have the next one yet): A good one that makes you explore the areas. However, much of the lore is only available later on in the story and the effect may be lost on the player if they don't recognize the people involved in the story or the significance. I once had an argument with someone over why only Aran and Evan deserved an additional story-line based boost from the Silent Crusade and not the other Heroes; it's embarrassing to think of it.
Rating: Average.
Leafre: Here we have an interesting mixture of non-plot relevant and linked quests. Let's start with the various requests from Pam, Yaku and Kumo, I thought it was cute to do quests that tell you exactly what are they doing when tending to those eggs. Then there's finding Raul, the pre-requisite quest towards the Dragon Rider PQ and finding Moira which all expand a bit more on the story of Leafre. The quests arguably give good EXP and at least HT is now doable or people may just bring you along to finish the quest. And yes, there's a great reward for finishing off Horntail: The Spirit Egg!
Rating: Good.
Gateway to the Future: This is another great storyline. While it's mostly defeat x amounts of y it rewards you greatly and re-introduces to you the NPCs of before, now hardened and scarred. Arguably, even the defeat x amounts of y element works well here because it's a massive shock to the player that the same noobish monsters in present Henesys have now become so fearsome that they could kill you if you're careless. And that's not even including Dark Ereve into the mix; shame that part of the quest involves defeating Cygnus though.
Rating: Good (Some points docked for a nigh-impossible quest to finish for average Maplers).
I've left out ToT as I'm not even close to the finishing line (My highest level character's only 143). There's also some like Neo City that are also good but I guess everyone knows about it.