What steps could the devs take to better the Open World in XIV?

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Originally Posted by Lunalepsy

Stop copying WoW at every turn!

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It's okay. WoW stole most of their ideas from other games in the first place so FFXIV isn't really copying WoW. It was a bit of a joke how often WoW would add something new just for half the player base to go "finally, Game X has had that feature for 3 years".

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Originally Posted by Thmas

Wrt flying, dont take it away in special places, just make it dangerous, we cant attack while flying, that doesnt mean dragons/eagles etc couldnt. Stealth and other mount abilities could then be introduced as well.

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Would be nice but this game doesn't seem set up for 3D combat. We don't even have it underwater.

I wouldn't mind an open world version of Wondrous Tails, basically the challenge log but more detailed and far better rewards. A couple tiles of, do X number of fates in so & so zone, a couple tiles of harder specfic fates like world boss fates, a tile for each gatherer needing to collect X number items within a region, and a few final tiles for hunts. The challenge log has a lot of this but the rewards and general layout is just forgettable. Just some simple weekly busy work that will make venture out in the open world at least.

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Originally Posted by Hanayumi

I wouldn't mind an open world version of Wondrous Tails, basically the challenge log but more detailed and far better rewards. A couple tiles of, do X number of fates in so & so zone, a couple tiles of harder specfic fates like world boss fates, a tile for each gatherer needing to collect X number items within a region, and a few final tiles for hunts. The challenge log has a lot of this but the rewards and general layout is just forgettable. Just some simple weekly busy work that will make venture out in the open world at least.

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I like your idea, and to be honest, sounds even better than the current Wondrous Tails we have.

Personally, I will add more secrets (hidden treasures or lore entries for example) and one time activities linked to achievements to keep players interested in that kind of stuff entertained for a longer period of time.

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Originally Posted by Lunalepsy

Stop copying WoW at every turn!

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FFXIV is literally WoW with catgirls

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Originally Posted by Kiurai

What would you implement to give players an incentive to engage in OW content?

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Shinies (collectables as in games like Rift and EQ2) with furniture/glam rewards hide some of the rarer ones in caves where epic monsters live.

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Originally Posted by Shibi

Shinies (collectables as in games like Rift and EQ2) with furniture/glam rewards hide some of the rarer ones in caves where epic monsters live.

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So, after the Zerg-fest to get the furniture/glam rewards, the Open World can go back to being boring, yes?