Buff PQ by adding pcoins as reward

It's going to be very hard to find a balance where you make it lucrative enough for 1 player, while also not making it wildly profitable for multiclienters. (E.g. 1 coin per char per hour would be fairly mediocre for 1 person, but scaling it up to 5 characters means you'll rival farming ulu2.)

Additionally, I don't think this can be achieved with pcoins since they're worth ~3.5m each, so you'd probably need to set up a sort of ticket system (x tickets for 1 coin), as 1 coin per run would be too many per hour for some PQs.

 

Hopefully there are some PQ changes by summer event when population swells

 

IMO this can work if: the reward is 1x per ip, you can't limit the mules in the PQ because sometimes there is no player that plays, then you need to complete the party (as well as other content) but if you have a way to limit earnings, it's a good one

 

Unfortunately limiting it to be "1x per ip" doesn't solve anything for people with multiple computers. Or people with clever ways to have multiple different outgoing connections from the same computer.

 

While I do agree with the lackluster rewards of PQs currently, I believe a general overhaul is due. I also think p-coins are not a new player's concern but some financial reward should be added so that players consider PQing as a viable option for progress than just grinding alone. Adding weapon/armor/accessory scroll boxes similar to these from past anniversary events, but having 3 different boxes for 30s, 60s and 70s can directly benefit newer players with scrolls they can benefit from or sell. This can help create a new method to obtain scrolls.

You can also add a "classic <PQ> box" that has the standard/classic PQ rewards like ores, bamboo hat etc etc, and a gach box that can give you a random amount of gach when opened. Rates can be tweaked and adjusted for each PQ and avg time taken to complete a specific PQ.

An example can be: it takes on average 10 minutes to finish 1 EPQ so in an hour, your average party will complete 6 EPQs in 1 hour. The rates can be balanced around that.

Less popular PQs can also have higher rates for the more "profitable" boxes like OPQ and MPQ as they're harder to run/fill than EPQ/PPQ which are faster to complete and give very good EPH as a result.

 

People are concerned about pq's state, but in reality im not sure if there are enough new players that even go for pq.
Even if every suggestion here is implemented, the people that will actually benefit from these awards are most likely people that opened
PQ mules.
What bothers me is the way it can effect content like cwkpq, if youre adding Pcoins or 30 scrolls as suggested by hiyo to simple pqs,
the prices (at least of the scrolls) might drop because its easier to get. Therefore an indirect nerf to cwkpq.
You might argue that despite adding 30s scrolls to drop pool of mobs, the prices stayed pretty much the same, but people dont really hunt
these scrolls and getting them from a pq can be easier.
Also, you can run cwkpq, a 1hr long pq for most people, and get 0 coins (worst case) to 3 coins (best case). Why should a lv 15x+ character
get the same reward from a pq box as a lv 4x character in lpq, an easy and friendly pq to clear?

 

Having some of the older players opening PQ mules will make it easier for new players to find a party and the new and old get to mingle here which I see as an abosulte win.

Now if the older players opt to simply solo the PQs then it won't do much if anything for newer players which is why I wanted the PQ exclusive rewards tradeable within account instead of simply adding a monetary value, to entice people to single client the PQs.

 

HP challenge will fix all this. because low level chars are all hanging on ropes in wraiths.

 

oh yeah, i knew that, i'd need something to "fight it"