I feel like this isn't just a XIV problem its a game problem. They upgraded graphics, and focused on the character, so the world's are tiny. I'd like some bigger zones, with open world, end game content in them, something that isn't "instance after instance" so I can actually run through and appreciate it. The world now is small, but I feel it feels even smaller with the fact that every bit of content we do is in an instance and not actually taking place physically on the world. Don't get me wrong, I like instanced content, but I think they're should be a mixture of both (instance and open world) to make the world feel living.

Quote Originally Posted by Xavos View Post
Exaggerating a bit there.. Zones are relatively large, perhaps in the first expansion?
TBF, in their post they talked about how they loved FFXI, FFXI had much larger zones than XIV, maybe XIV has relatively large zones compared to games you've played, but its actually relatively small compared to the games I've played.