Will There Ever be Open Dungeons?

[Ryios]

They are referring to things like SKY, where it was a zone you go go into. 3 to 20 linkshells (FC's of ffxi) would be in there all fighting over the same 4 or 5 pop trash mobs so they could farm the pop items they needed to spawn the Bosses in the zone. Where you spent hours a day trying to just claim a pop trash mob from another Linkshell. And linkshells actually had people that just wondered out specifically to claim pop trash mobs from other linkshells. You also camped other linkshells on NM's so that if they wiped you could claim it from them.... Same thing on world bosses like fafnir where linkshells would camp in the event the LS that got the claim would wipe. And linkshells would claim stuff, then kite it around the zone while they made phone calls and the rest of their Linkshell logged on etc.

If you like that kind of competition.... But I don't miss it.

[Renik]

They are referring to things like SKY, where it was a zone you go go into. 3 to 20 linkshells (FC's of ffxi) would be in there all fighting over the same 4 or 5 pop trash mobs so they could farm the pop items they needed to spawn the Bosses in the zone. Where you spent hours a day trying to just claim a pop trash mob from another Linkshell. And linkshells actually had people that just wondered out specifically to claim pop trash mobs from other linkshells. You also camped other linkshells on NM's so that if they wiped you could claim it from them.... Same thing on world bosses like fafnir where linkshells would camp in the event the LS that got the claim would wipe. And linkshells would claim stuff, then kite it around the zone while they made phone calls and the rest of their Linkshell logged on etc.

If you like that kind of competition.... But I don't miss it.

Yeah wating 40min as DPS to do the same instance over and over, just to find people who will treat you even worse than an rival linkshell would do in ffxi, is 1000 times better than (useful and funny) open world content like dungeons or world bosses.
I was trying to be sarcastic.

I'm waiting for this kind of content, if SE keep releasing just intanced content i will leave soon, you may have some bad memories from FFXI, but there are a lot of FFXI players here, and i'm sure i'm not the only one who feels betrayed by SE for designing this game to be comfortable just for wow ppl.

[Yucie]

Yeah wating 40min as DPS to do the same instance over and over, just to find people who will treat you even worse than an rival linkshell would do in ffxi, is 1000 times better than (useful and funny) open world content like dungeons or world bosses.
I was trying to be sarcastic.

I'm waiting for this kind of content, if SE keep releasing just intanced content i will leave soon, you may have some bad memories from FFXI, but there are a lot of FFXI players here, and i'm sure i'm not the only one who feels betrayed by SE for designing this game to be comfortable just for wow ppl.

I agree. Open-world dungeons and zones that are like giant raids that feel perilous, dangerous, and otherwise make me fear for my existence would be lovely again. It doesn't have to be EVERY piece of content.. but a few at least.

[Balbanes]

They are referring to things like SKY, (snip)
If you like that kind of competition.... But I don't miss it.

Sore about Sky, huh?

No, that's not what I was specifically talking about, but that's the general basic idea for endgame type raids in an open fashion.

However, I was really meaning things along the lines of Quicksand Caves, Castle Oztroja, The Boyahda Tree. But yeah, also stuff for Endgame too.

[Nahara]

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If memory serves, SE is trying to specifically NOT do this. It was a major headache in XI and it would be a major headache in XIV. I don't miss it and don't want it.

The ONLY way I could see something like this working is if it's like a giant FATE or series of FATEs that lots of people could participate in and get equal rewards from. But then you'd probably have the same problem as the Odin and Behemoth FATEs: too many people making too much lag.