Official: Quest Nexus

[Fallen]

Welcome to the Quest Nexus!

The Quest Nexus is a new and exciting place where adventurers can gather and set out on their favorite quests!

How do I get to the Quest Nexus?

The Quest Nexus can be accessed by purchasing a token from the Simucoin Store. Once you have a token you can RAISE it or use the QUEST NEXUS command to teleport yourself to the timeless Nexus. No longer will you need to visit the box office to attend! The Quest Nexus is always available and ready to send you to your demise!

What is the Quest Nexus?

The Quest Nexus is a timeless place where different realities and periods of time are joined. The Nexus allows you to enter any of the converted box office quests from the same location.

What Quests are available in the Quest Nexus?

The only quest that is current converted is Night At the Academy. In the near future we will be converting Black Swan Castle and Troubled Waters to also be accessible from the Nexus.

How much does it cost?

You will be able to buy a single token for 1000 Simucoins. This token will be consumed upon entering a quest from the Nexus or its physical entrance.

How do I know if a quest is active or not?

You can use the QUEST STATUS command or LOOK at your token. This will tell you if a quest is in progress or if it is available for questing.

What prizes are there?

The prizes remain the same from the previous box office iterations.

When will it be available?

The tokens will be available in the Simucoin store soon.


Retser, ASGM

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[mgoddess]

Yay?

Did NATA, BSC, & TW require setup time through the box office to run, previously? Or, was it just 'get a bunch of people together, and go' through the box office?

Either way, eh-cool, I suppose. Guess it also depends on if other quests get added in the future, on top of NATA/BSC/TW.

[Fallen]

Largely a quality of life update and scaffolding to build off of in the future. Good stuff.

[SylphSorc]

I am all for something to build off of. Especially since I never did Night At The Academy.

[Taernath]

I never did any box office quests. Are they all $10?

[Gelston]

I never did any box office quests. Are they all $10?

NATA was pretty fun, especially once you knew exactly what you were doing.

[Jhynnifer]

NATA was pretty fun, especially once you knew exactly what you were doing.

You can say that about any of them though. BSC was fun once you figured out all the puzzles, too =p

[Gelston]

You can say that about any of them though. BSC was fun once you figured out all the puzzles, too =p

I only ever did NATA.

[Methais]

What do you get from these events?

[Gelston]

What do you get from these events?

NATA used to drop a ton of shit that you could pawn/sale. Walk out of there with a good chunk of change. Also had some enhancives, RPA consumable, and a ball of urnon. I think it had some dresses too. I think the RPA was removed when monks released, but there is still other shit.

[drauz]

What do you get from these events?

I believe they said it was the same prize pool as the previous runs.

[mgoddess]

The nexus orb is now available in the SimuCoin Store..

[Fallen]

Various assorted GM Quotes:


Yes, GM Retser has been working on this for quite awhile. We've had an odd bug that would arise, even more so after daylight savings, that the hours would get off kilter and require a GM who was knowledgeable with quests to supervise the event. We had tried a lot of things to fix this, but it always came back up no matter what we did to try to adjust for the time being off. This is a big reason we've moved away from the box office. Ebon Gate had this issue every year too, but typically GM Sleken would be around during opening night fixing it for several hours.

The automation part is a huge boon as well. No more needing to call or email Chris in billing (though you can still give her a call and say hi if you miss calling in). This will help people schedule things during off hours or if you suddenly have the craving to do the event. Night of the Academy is our most popular, but we'll eventually add our old lineup, Black Swan Castle and Troubled Waters. Going forward, we'll make new quests using this system.

With SimuCoin Monthly Rewards, you can also do these pretty much for free every other month as a Premium subscriber.

>>However, and please take this as a real constructive suggestion. I would absolutely, and happily pay an additional fee PER MONTH on top of my subscription cost for a Player Run Shop if that would help get them done.

Player shops won't be something widely available. Even when they are done, there will be a finite number available. I am just mentioning this so expectations aren't out of control here.

>>Put the Necropolis in there, too!

If people would like to do the Necropolis for 1000 SimuCoins, we might be able to do that. This system will be a flat rate for everything though.


How does the Nexus Orb know where to put folks? Ie, if there's a level 70 version of NATA running, are they no longer private runs? Any person in that level range that buys/raises an orb will be transported to the active quest?

- There is only one Quest Nexus and one NATA instance. There isn't some level separated instance on any of these. After buying an orb, people have three minutes to join. The orb allows transport to the Nexus. You can use QUEST STATUS to check to see if anyone is currently running NATA. You can also look at the orb for more information.

Example:
Quest Nexus Status

Night At The Academy: Available


... and when a group is doing the quest.
Quest Nexus Status

Night At The Academy: Quest in Progress




Same for other levels, I assume its similar to Reim? There could be a 30-40 group of NATA running, and a 90-100 group at the same time?

- No, there is only one instance. This isn't anything like Reim.



Does the timer shut off after so long? I know that information is displayed when you look at the orb or read it or some such. Sorry if these questions were addressed earlier!

- What timer? The quest timer? The quest has the standard amount of time. The quest will still communicate like it did before its limits and time left.


NATA runs typically 3hrs max length. If I was to get in, do all the puzzles, etc and get out what happens to reset the timer? Or does the quest go into an "active" phase for the entire 3hr length of the run with no way for the group to signal the run is done so that a new "fresh" run can begin. Or is there another trigger that I'm currently oblivious (I don't run them much) that gets hit and therefor closes the instance normally before the 3hr timer is up.

- This will vary per quest. For Nata, the quest resets when the quest is finished or failed. So if you finish the quest by placing all the things in the cases, you get teleported out and the quest is ready again.

Also if there is no way to end the current quest so a fresh run can start, is there any sort of "TIMER" that can be seen to know how much longer the current QUEST IN PROGRESS has left till it ends? That way if I'm wanting to go in with my team to run NATA I know how much longer I need to wait before the current instance is finished and ready for a fresh run.

- Not yet, but soon. For now, it just says available or quest in progress.

Retser, ASGM

[Neveragain]

Definitely a good idea. Retser is pretty much a beast.

[mgoddess]

It's pretty awesome that they're considering adding in the Necropolis to this!

[Methais]

The automation part is a huge boon as well. No more needing to call or email Chris in billing (though you can still give her a call and say hi if you miss calling in).

Everyone should get together on the same day and do this.

Chris: Simutronics, this is Chris.

You: Hi.

Chris: Hi.

You: .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................

Chris: Can I help you?

You: I was just calling to say hi. Bye.

*click*

x4732847820 calls in a row.

[Ltlprprincess]

Everyone should get together on the same day and do this.

Chris: Simutronics, this is Chris.

You: Hi.

Chris: Hi.

You: .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................

Chris: Can I help you?

You: I was just calling to say hi. Bye.

*click*

x4732847820 calls in a row.

Really, the best day to do that is 4/1... which falls on a Sunday this year... which means she won't be at work... never mind.

[Methais]

Really, the best day to do that is 4/1... which falls on a Sunday this year... which means she won't be at work... never mind.

4/2 is April Fools for people who didn't get April Fooled on April Fools.

It is now anyway.

[Ososis]

April fools lasts for about 40 days, a week prior as misdirection and a month after as the different jokes slowly make their ways across the country.

[Fallen]

Black Swan Castle is now available in the Quest Nexus!

The same token can be purchased that was added to access NATA.

Quest Nexus Status

Night At The Academy: Available
Direction: NORTH

Black Swan Castle: Available
Direction: WEST


Retser, ASGM

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