Quote Originally Posted by viion View Post
I dont see the immersion at all...

100 NPC's just aimlessly, standing around, silently judging you. If you have the sound down, you can hear the little footsteps when they move, like they're about to eat you, its lifeless, its tedious, and the wards are fugly. And only like 10% of them load at a time (for me at least) so they pop/depop constantly.
That's currently. However, that same complaint has been said about the game in general. The devs have outright asked us for ideas on how to make Eorzea have more life. I personally like the quiet market wards, but I wouldn't be against a bustling central hub like some have suggested.

It's entirely possible that the current market wards were always meant to be somewhat temporary until they could get to what they had planned for them. I think there's a lot of things intended for this game that was put on the backburner due to the battle system overhaul.