Will we see changes to the environmental game world?

[Rhianu]

I agree that the zones in FFXIV are generally very bland, repetitive, and boring.

I also find it incredibly sad that SE tried to claim this was because the graphics are so intense. Really? The game has monotonous, repetitive environments because of the intense graphics? If that's true, and all graphically intense games have to have repetitive environments, then why is Square-Enix the only company that does this? Just look at companies like BioWare. Oblivion and Fallout 3 also have huge game worlds and intense, highly detailed graphics, yet they still manage to have environments with a great deal of variety and diversity. Never, at any point in either Oblivion or Fallout 3 did I ever feel like I was seeing copy-pasted terrain over and over again.

The fact that FFXIV has intense graphics is not an explanation, it's an excuse.

I see western developers making games with intense graphics AND environments with variety all the time. If SE can't manage to do so as well, then perhaps there is something wrong with their development process or technology.