Does else anyone miss "open dungeons"? Old FFXIers?

[AlmaMalma]

You summon Alexander.
You defeat ADS!
Everyone in the server who can no longer defeat ADS is pissed while you progress to Tier 3 Coil.
Alexander vanishes.

[Nullo]

I miss the boyhada tree just sayin

[Babydoll]

And you fail to realize that SE specifically designed this game to be friendly, casual, and cooperative. An open dungeon with even a modicum of competition and frustration would be the antithesis of their design and development policy and philosophy, as well as Yoshi-P's vision for the game.

Haha well, not entirely!

SE says otherwise:

http://www.dualshockers.com/2013/07/...0-or-20-years/

I believe Dragon Quest X is the perfect entry point for those that play a MMO for the first time. I don’t think we can compete with the historical legacy and the rich content of Final Fantasy XI, while Final Fantasy XIV has an user interface that makes it aimed to hardcore gamers. Dragon Quest X’s interface has less information at a glance, so it’s more user friendly right from the start.

[Drakzen1]

The problem with the game is there is no rewarding solo content. Like zero!
Everything is so group based I shutter to think what will happen when the population dies off.

[Kletian]

I don't fail to realize anything, his vision or not, its broken.

His vision which has more subscribers right now than the FFXI vision ever had.

[Drakzen1]

His vision which has more subscribers right now than the FFXI vision ever had.

Currently...
I dont think it will maintain the level...while people on the fourm tend to flame they bring up larger points.
Issues that are not being fixed its like cuting and open wound...it can only get worse. Now I feel there is some
common ground to be found but man something has to be done.

[Otoha]

His vision which has more subscribers right now than the FFXI vision ever had.

Give it a few months, when players like myself cancel the 6 month sub they got from the start.

[Drakzen1]

Give it a few months, when players like myself cancel the 6 month sub they got from the start.

I mean I dont want to be that guy who preaches doom over a game. But this game has yet to have its major sub drop.
Who knows maybe it wont happen, but if history has taught us anything it will. Then we will either see dramatic changes
or game failure, I hope for the first.

[Unabaro]

The problem with the game is there is no rewarding solo content. Like zero!
Everything is so group based I shutter to think what will happen when the population dies off.

I find hard believing you're saying this, as you're playing FFXIV, a game that can be solo'd to max level. But more importantly, you're playing a MMO. Playing in groups is a foundation of this genre of games.

His vision which has more subscribers right now than the FFXI vision ever had.

Because MMOs nowadays are meant to sell, much like the music pop industry. Cash, money, bling-bling is above every other aspect. To me, more subscriptions is a poor element to assess of a MMO success.

[YuriRamona]

And yet, Yoshida plans to add Free Company Primal Summoning, odd... I suppose there only being one of each Primal per-server, and the first Free Company to claim and kill getting sole right to summon it during a certain time frame isn't going to cause competition and frustration?

The issue is that those kinds of competition, as well as the various community contests, are one-time deals. Sure, even if it causes a firestorm of controversy, it's a one-time thing that has no impact on gameplay and players' abilities to perform in combat content. What people seem to be asking for in this thread is a persistent environment that yields rewards and attracts players continuously.