Sea/Sky/Nyzul/ZNM/HNM Can I have It?

[IgnatiusCrumwald]

I like the idea of giving 50's tome stones for running low level crap I'd also like to see some single player challenge versions of the lower level dungeons.

In a perfect world I'd like them to be in different areas of that dungeon running along side lower level light parties where we sort of interact in a limited fashion... Put that on the drawing board for FF-XIX in 2022...

[Berezo]

Big time need for diversity in our content!

[Dhex]

Request diversity of progression and that it be inspired by previous popular online Final Fantasy title.



Everyone starts losing their minds.




Dark Ixion was my favorite part of FFXI - just wish the windows had been smaller.

FFXIV will grow and get big boy MMO pants eventually - I mean I hope it does. Crystal Tower and BCB with multiple branches would be great - but there should be some open world content.

Parity was pretty present in FFXI content up until ToAU (ToAU had tons of Instanced content).
You had BCNM/Dynamis (Instanced) with (Open) HNM/Kings/NM/Sky (RoZ),
then expanded with more HNM+/NM+/Sea(Open) with Limbus/BCNM+/Dynamis+(Instanced) (CoP),
then HNM+/NM+/Besieged/ZNM/ISNM(Open) and Nyzul/Assualt/Einherjar/Salvage(Instanced) (ToAU),
then Campaign/NM+/VWNM(Open) with MMM/CampaignOps/WoE(Instanced) (WoTG),
and then Abyssea AbyNM/AbyHNM/Bastion/Legion(Time-Limit/Open),
and Reive/Skirmish/MB/NM+ (SoA)

Basically - FFXIV has no balance between Open and Instanced as far as endgame content goes.

Instances in are a one way trip - like you're being squeezed through the various colons of A Realm Reborn; only to be deposited in Revenant's Toll - a sphincter of endgame where you sit wearing your glorious new gear waiting around - with nothing more to do but to go make your way through the next linear dungeon, to get the next set of gear to wait around in.

No rinsing, just repeat until the smell and the taste gets to you. No exploration and nothing dynamic - the greater non-instanced world is just big a waiting room with things to fritter away time on between dungeon colonoscopies.

[Berezo]

Dark Ixion was my favorite part of FFXI - just wish the windows had been smaller.

FFXIV will grow and get big boy MMO pants eventually - I mean I hope it does. Crystal Tower and BCB with multiple branches would be great - but there should be some open world content.

Parity was pretty present in FFXI content up until ToAU (ToAU had tons of Instanced content).
You had BCNM/Dynamis (Instanced) with (Open) HNM/Kings/NM/Sky (RoZ),
then expanded with more HNM+/NM+/Sea(Open) with Limbus/BCNM+/Dynamis+(Instanced) (CoP),
then HNM+/NM+/Besieged/ZNM/ISNM(Open) and Nyzul/Assualt/Einherjar/Salvage(Instanced) (ToAU),
then Campaign/NM+/VWNM(Open) with MMM/CampaignOps/WoE(Instanced) (WoTG),
and then Abyssea AbyNM/AbyHNM/Bastion/Legion(Time-Limit/Open),
and Reive/Skirmish/MB/NM+ (SoA).

I'd like to get a drink with you. You truly understand what I'm saying

[Berezo]

Yawn, is it Monday yet? So sad.

[Linkan]

So you want guild wars 2 "end game".

[DeceptionsWrath]

Good idea. There's just this thing called a PS3 that will melt if they implement such a thing.

So explain to me how the PS2 could do besieged in FFXI just fine, which held 1000 players and massive amounts of enemies, and yet PS3 can't handle anything? Kinda makes you wonder. Is this just an excuse to shut people up when they ask for certain content? hmmm

[BoltNixter]

Bump! Cuz we need open world content thats not locked!

Diversity. Diversity. Diversity. !

[Alhanelem]

I have heard of a game with things called Sea, Sky, xNMs, etc. It's called Final Fantasy XI. It's a pretty good game. If those content names appeal to you, you might try playing that game, you might enjoy it.

*rolls eyes*

It goes without saying that there's going to be more endgame content as time goes on. You don't need to beg for them to do it- we haven't even hit the first content patch yet. there's going to be more stuff to do.

I keep seeing this "diversity" word floating around, but again- the simple fact of the matter is we are getting more content, more diversity, more whatever. Every MMO gets more "diversity" over time. Just be patient and wait for it.

P.S. you should really not bump multiple times in a row. If nobody else is posting, that's a clear sign that the topic has run its course.

[Bacchus_Seraph]

What I really miss most was not the fights so much but the journey to get there. Going to fight Fenrir or going through the Temple of Ugg. How about running through Sea Serpent Grotto to fight Charbydis? That's what I miss most.

Now you just sit in Toll and hit up the Duty Finder. I never get to see this beautiful game. Even if a mission takes me to another zone, I just teleport to the closest town and run over the short distance. Make some indoor areas, too where we can't ride mounts in and we have to sneak or fight our way through.