Hi some additional idea what could be added to bring a bit more fresh air into current Instances.
Hearth System
What is the Hearth System?
The Hearth System would be a Instance System that would give additional stats for doing instance content. In short: it would be a interface mainly with 2 things in mind, giving out additional stats for players while having insane high requirements.
With every Instance cleared there would be 1 Slot that can be unlocked through the hearth System.
The players could then decide on which stat to choose from a pool of attributes.
After that by doing the challenges of the hearth you could upgrade the chosen attribute from tier 1 to a max amount of 5.
Where would it get unlocked?
Iny opinion it should be unlocked for each Nostalgia ini and core ini.
Why another system for min maxing, wouldn't it make the gap between new and old players higher?
Yes I can understand the concerns about it, but as many people already mentioned a lot of endgame players leave the game after few weeks into a new instance because they are finished with building gear. I don't think limiting the gear is a good option tho. Since that would only maybe hold those players a few more weeks.
For those instance oriented players there needs to be a system that is similar to the card system in terms of how long it takes ( but without the need of spending dias ).
This system should be very challenging and I will also make some suggestions of how those challenges could look like.
Challenges
Clear the Instances with lower amount of players
( For example Orkham / Grafu with 4,5,6 people instead of 12 )
Clear the Instances with specific party setup
(specific tank,heal,dds (main classes)
For example every player would have the req for running Orkham few times with Knight,Warden or Champion tank in Party (players doesn't need to play class by himself)
Clear the instance without Priest or Druid or Warlock buffs or without all 3 / 2 / 1
Clear Instance on highest difficulty 10,20,50,100 times
Clear Instance in specific time (60,45,30,25,20) minutes for core ini
(30,20,18,15,12)
For nostalgia ini
( ofc needed to be tested first if possible since some mechanics can't be skipped and have locked playtime therefore )
Clear the Instances without using specific buff food ( for example DMG,HP, )