I've been meaning to ask about this and would like to see what kind of feedback it would get from regular GPQ guilds. Requested ladder placement highlighted in RED. Vote yes or no.
We've recently discussed this within staff and decided against the idea because GPQ requires a mage and a thief anyways. Therefore it shouldnt be too hard to coordinate the bonus. Nevertheless thanks for your feedback!
I urge the staff to reconsider the decision. Usually you'll have to assign 2 players in that area if it's a 5man or above run. Saying mages can take one of the spots is fair, but assuming every thief is an NL is quite wrong. Not every thief is an NL that has fj for that area. In fact, a lot of shads join gpq for ass 30 sb. Sometimes it could also be a low lvl assassin without fj joining since gpq is a low level pq. Adding the ladder would make gpq more inclusive and reduce the stress of bringing extra mules.
Im not very experienced with GPQ myself as I only did enough runs to get the medal and occasionally help friends to get assassinate nowadays. However during the discussion with the rest of staff I was told that the boxes in question can be reached by a single mage with haste. The last jump might require some practice. Hence there is no need for an NL/Flashjump and any thief with haste is fine.
The 6 boxes can be done by 1 mage but it's very much a stretch. If the mage isn't very experienced most likely they are going to miss some boxes or get warped out while the last box is still dropping items. I also want to point out that the posted picture is outdated. Please reference this newer map made by @bibz : As you can see if the run is with 5 or more players, then some of those boxes have to be assigned to another player. Adding the ladder would make the assignments more flexible and take the stress out on the mage player.
CWK and OPQ and many other PQs require a thief and a mage as well but they dont have bons where boxes can only be reached by a certain class, so I am curious why GPQ should in addition, its completely unclear unless you are guided by an experienced player that these boxes are only reachable with teleport. i don’t think it’s reasonable design to expect and want people to mess up a bonus stage
