If there is a limit on the number of zones that can exist in the game.

[radar]

I read there is a hard cap on how many zones the game is allowed to have.

Why not add zone rotation system that can be changed for monthly patches, similar to how Ambuscade monsters are rotated? Then add new zones with this in mind?

For instance there could be a similar system as Abyssea, where you zone into a location from Atomos, but the zones you can travel to are based on either the month or performance of the previous month in some system.

Then we could have things like Tavnazia, Mithra homeland, pirate lands or whatever else.

If there is space for 3 new zones after cleanup, then this could allow the addition of 6 or 9 zones (some could even be season based, so snow areas in winter etc)

Some mmorpgs create dungeons, and then cycle them to keep them fresh and give players new things to do. This could be a similar idea.

[nixRidge]

Hey, I really like this idea! I would love to hear what the developers think of it sometime.


Like a campaign that spans many months, regressing or progressing depending on how players do and how well we cooperate.

[Alhanelem]

"Sorry, you can't do this quest this month because we blocked this area to add a new one."

Yeah I'm sorry in advance for saying this but that's an absolutely horrible solution.

It would be far better to just take the development time to work around or address these limitations, and/or start better utilizing the space in existing zones where there are underused locations.

[nixRidge]

Yeah that'd be the best solution! Just to be clear I'd much rather they just fix the underlying issue entirely.
I still like the idea of a designated "rotating zone" though :D Doesn't have to be any quests there or missable things, just purely for the content it would be made for. Almost like a really large-scale Ambuscade open to everyone. Then again, there's already two free-for-all combat zones now, Limbus and shared Dynamis Divergence.

[radar]

"Sorry, you can't do this quest this month because we blocked this area to add a new one."

Yeah I'm sorry in advance for saying this but that's an absolutely horrible solution.

It would be far better to just take the development time to work around or address these limitations, and/or start better utilizing the space in existing zones where there are underused locations.

There is a cap on how many zones they can add, this is one of the reasons they didn't keep making expansions (they figured out a way to bypass this for adoulin, but they are now capped again)

They have said they are trying to clean up the database, to make a few more slots for new zones.

If you have a small number of slots, then cycling makes better sense than adding nothing / 3 and capping.