More Playable Map Area Please

[Sapphic]

That is a very good point. The point of it all.

Why do we need huge parts of the land? what purpose will it serve? Nice huge map area, but that's about it. If there is no reason for that piece of land being besides just to look at it it's not worth the time, money and resource to put into.

I love open worlds, but there has to be reasons to explore. I dont mean loot wise, but finding that easter egg, that hidden secret. Finding that spot and getting the perfect screenshot. It was one of the things Star Wars Galaxies did right! What may seem like little things gives the world character, something which was blatently missing from 1.0. The maps where big, yes, but devoid of anything interesting. With FFXIV, yes the maps are smaller, but how many places ith character is there? How many times you see a door, a hole and wonder whats down there, behind the door?

Yes, it could be better, for example having NPCs going about their daily business which changes as the day progresses into night. Social aggro with mobs, kinda silly when you see 2 enemies chatting, you pull one and the other stands chatting away oblivious XD. Social aggro, if you don't know is when mobs see another being attacked, they run into help, without having to have "seen" the player attacking. So those 2 Garleans chatting, you attack one, as as you attacked him in front of the other the second would jump in to help his friend. Maede pulling some mobs in EQ" challenging.

May seem coldhearted or something, but best path now for FFXIV is to drop PS3 support soon to be able to push things further than they presently can due to the limitations the PS3 is imposing.