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Hunt Quests [or passive] to continue boosting the replay value of new and existing content

tinythinker
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Don't have to call them "Hunt Quests", just a placeholder name.

The game addition of daily guild quests and overland sets has given new to life to delves, public dungeons, and dolmens which is great for the game. More to do for older and newer players that takes advantage of existing content and boosts the value of the base game. The quest type proposed extends this. It isn't a quick one-and-done daily, though.

This quest (whoever gives it) gives a chance for an ordinary mob to reveal itself as harder version with a special drop that the quest-giver wants. Depending on how it is put together, it could be one super-hard-to-find mob/drop or several somewhat hard to find mobs/drops. This tougher mob could be fought by other players after it is revealed and players without that particular quest could keep the drop for when they get that particular version of the quest.

The categories could be anything, but it would be fun/simple to have it mimic the trophy achievements:
  • Atronachs
  • Chitinous Creatures
  • Dwemer Constructs
  • Monstrous Creatures
  • Nature Spirits/Natural Creatures
  • Daedra
  • Beasts
  • Undead

Want to grind dwemer delves looking for motif pages? Have a chance to complete the Dwemer Constructs version of this quest and to earn the Faded Dwemer Scholar Red dye for earning the Dwarven Secrets Gatherer achievement already in the game. Even random encounters with overland mobs have a chance to become something more interesting.

NEW: Instead of quests it could be a new Undaunted Passive, like the Bounty one for Fighter's Guild. If you have it, there is a chance an ordinary mob will turn out to special/tough. The drops still go by the trophy categories. If you get "enough" of a certain type of drop you can trade it at a new Undaunted Vendor for rare pets, motifs, house items, etc.
Edited by tinythinker on January 15, 2017 1:29AM
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  • starkerealm
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    *looks at his character with the Monster Hunter title*
  • tinythinker
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    *looks at his character with the Monster Hunter title*

    Exactly. Something new to do.
    Edited by tinythinker on January 15, 2017 12:29AM
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  • Ackwalan
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    Add a chance to get a rare cosmetic pet as a reward, and people will do them religiously.
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    Ackwalan wrote: »
    Add a chance to get a rare cosmetic pet as a reward, and people will do them religiously.

    Interesting. Nice touch :smiley:
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  • FLuFFyxMuFFiN
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    I think daily hunting quests would be an awesome addition to the game. They could also work nicely with housing.
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    I think daily hunting quests would be an awesome addition to the game. They could also work nicely with housing.

    Some might take longer than day depending on how hard you grind, but it would still keep each encounter with certain monster types potentially rewarding. Adding something to hang in your house would add something nice to the effort.
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  • Betheny
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    I'd prefer it if we could reset the quests for all the maps (all except for story I guess), rather than do more daily grind type quests. That would be nice.
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    Betheny wrote: »
    I'd prefer it if we could reset the quests for all the maps (all except for story I guess), rather than do more daily grind type quests. That would be nice.

    That would be fun. But these aren't daily grinds. They could take a very long time, but any mob of that category could turn out to be something special while you are going about your business. It's more of a "set it and forget it quest". There were suggestions for how/why base-game quests could be reset, such as starting a new (sub)class, but it doesn't seem likely.
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    Hmm, these wouldn't have to even be quests (though they could be). It could just be finding one of these special mobs and trading in the drops for cool stuff. Making it a quest is helpful if running into such mobs is optional. Either way.

    *DING*

    Make it a new Undaunted Passive, like the Bounty one for Fighter's Guild. If you have it, there is a chance an ordinary mob will turn out to special/tough. The drops still go by the trophy categories. If you get "enough" of a certain type of drop you can trade it at a new Undaunted Vendor for rare pets, motifs, house items, etc.
    Edited by tinythinker on January 15, 2017 1:28AM
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  • FLuFFyxMuFFiN
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    Hmm, these wouldn't have to even be quests (though they could be). It could just be finding one of these special mobs and trading in the drops for cool stuff. Making it a quest is helpful if running into such mobs is optional. Either way.

    That would be cool and another idea would be to have a use for the collectibles such as using them to craft different furnishings with a theme based on the monster they were dropped from.
    Edited by FLuFFyxMuFFiN on January 15, 2017 1:32AM
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