I am so many kinds of excited for missions excursions.

It sounds like these might be more dungeon-y and/or retrieval-related events but has the idea of "rescue" and/or "defend the town" excursions been tossed about yet? Players could be informed of somebody that's gone missing in a certain area or a distant town that's being bothered by a particularly troublesome gem monster that they then need to warp to and aid.

Granted, the above would probably mostly be a new spin on what Gems have already been doing for Waverly Bay but in a new location (with potential meta-plot findings) could be really cool!