The Grand Companies Are Coming! (07/15/2011)

[Naylia]

I am excited about Grand Companies. I am disappointed that things are being added in instances via Market Wards menu. I new content to be in the city. There is so much space!! None of it used for anything. Why do we have to port to a desk in a ward?

Thank you for stuff to do, but please bring our cities to life!!

[Starlord]

I am excited about Grand Companies. I am disappointed that things are being added in instances via Market Wards menu. I new content to be in the city. There is so much space!! None of it used for anything. Why do we have to port to a desk in a ward?

Its not actually in the "Market Wards" its a separate instance that you just go to the same area you would go to for the Market Wards then Select Adder's Nest

[Naylia]

Its not actually in the "Market Wards" its a separate instance that you just go to the same area you would go to for the Market Wards then Select Adder's Nest

Yes...I said via the Market Wards menu. But unforutnately it seems like everything new is being added via menus, rather than expanding the world. Same concern regarding Item Search Desk...it should be a desk. Stick a Lalafell behind it, and let me ask him. Instead we have a bunch of people standing around facing an empty alley. This stuff needs to be addressed before relaunch cause it's silly. When they redesign I hope they do so with plans to expand stuff, not just have us walk to the markert ward menu to do everything.

[Starlord]

Yes...I said via the Market Wards menu. But unforutnately it seems like everything new is being added via menus, rather than expanding the world. Same concern regarding Item Search Desk...it should be a desk. Stick a Lalafell behind it, and let me ask him. Instead we have a bunch of people standing around facing an empty alley. This stuff needs to be addressed before relaunch cause it's silly. When they redesign I hope they do so with plans to expand stuff, not just have us walk to the markert ward menu to do everything.

The world is being filled Gradually, Quest Hubs/Dungeons are Prime Examples

[Naylia]

The world is being filled Gradually, Quest Hubs/Dungeons are Prime Examples

Dungeons are not a good example as they are instanced. Hopefully the entrance to them does add something to the world.

I'm just concerned by the path they are headed down. I don't even care if it's instanced, just why are they even at the same place? I go to the Market Wards alleyway to access Path Quest, Markets, and now Companies? Is this the plan for how best to make the world interesting? Why aren't Path Quests and Companies somewhere different?

Quest hubs are good, I'm looking forward to them. But that is the approach that should be taken with everything. Hopefully we are going to get lots more content over the years, and it just feels like they didn't have a plan for how to add new things to the cities.

[Delsus]

Yes...I said via the Market Wards menu. But unforutnately it seems like everything new is being added via menus, rather than expanding the world. Same concern regarding Item Search Desk...it should be a desk. Stick a Lalafell behind it, and let me ask him. Instead we have a bunch of people standing around facing an empty alley. This stuff needs to be addressed before relaunch cause it's silly. When they redesign I hope they do so with plans to expand stuff, not just have us walk to the markert ward menu to do everything.

While there in the process of redesigning maps, it wouldn't make much sense to put the company HQ in the city, it is easier for them to reskin the merchants ward, the one in gridania (cant remember the name) and put one in limsa to get the content out, then build the HQs in when they redesign the maps that is the only reason I could think they chose to instance the company HQs for now.