Quote Originally Posted by Xianghua View Post
Once again the only true Open world event in XI was HNMs everything else was in Instanced or raid at some point. Sky gods were popped by you and no one could steal unless you sucked and wiped. Same with sea. you got to choose when to do those events not the game choosing for you. everything else was a raid. just because they were not called raids don't change the fact that they are indeed raids. the only gear that did not come from a type of Raid or instance fight were a hand full of HNM drops. (Ridill, D-riing, Ace helm) of the top of my head.

I agree that both should be in game. but stop saying XI evolved more around open world content when it truly did not.
sea and sky are not raids. they are in the open world, anyone can watch them, anyone can steal them. they are open world content. The fear about raids is that it turns a game into a "port here, do raid, port to city" type game and makes most of the world feel empty and barren.