Why 2.0 maps will be instantly opened now?

[dinnertime]

Exploration doesn't matter to a majority of players anyway.
They'd rather be AFK in Idyllshire only needing to move their butts when it's time to go visit Alexander for raiding there's people in this thread complaining now that it's too much of a hassle to fly your chocobo to a undiscovered area when it literally takes 2 minutes.

And that they would rather AFK in sanctuaries and wait for their queue to pop than being out in the world (although there's nothing really worthwhile or relevant to do in open world zones, which is a waste even having it around).
This is pretty much the saddest thing about the modern MMO playerbase, but it can't be helped at all.

[dinnertime]

Wow are they also going to let them get the Aether currents to? lol

Probably yes from how much people are complaining about it already. My only gripe with it however is that some currents were from quests which just seems stupid to me.

[luciferbelmont]

This is probably the the dumbest thing I've seen all day. I think you guys are underestimating the new players, they will still want to explore. Just because you see the whole map doesn't mean you know what's actually there, this isn't google maps where you can zoom in and see whats around in a particular area. Also when I first entered Eastern Thanalan and noticed the burning wall from a distance, i didn't look at the map. I went straight there to check it out. You guys are overreacting, are you guys really that bored that the servers are down?

[Atoli]

are you guys really that bored that the servers are down?

...because a thread made 3 days ago MUST have been made because someone had nothing else to do with their time because the servers go down 3 days later.
No way was it made out of genuine concern that something is taken away from newer players that many actually DO enjoy (exploring things on their own, getting achievements for things you actually achieve, instead of getting them thrown at you simply for existing) just because a handful of people want everything uncovered even though they obviously do not care about actually going to every previously-covered place, because if they did, they'd just..go there.
No, it MUST be out of boredom

[MilesSaintboroguh]

...because a thread made 3 days ago MUST have been made because someone had nothing else to do with their time because the servers go down 3 days later.
No way was it made out of genuine concern that something is taken away from newer players that many actually DO enjoy (exploring things on their own, getting achievements for things you actually achieve, instead of getting them thrown at you simply for existing) just because a handful of people want everything uncovered even though they obviously do not care about actually going to every previously-covered place, because if they did, they'd just..go there.
No, it MUST be out of boredom

Seeing the amount of "special" threads popping up within weeks of the patch, I'd chalk it up to boredom. Every pre patch goes through it.

[SuperZay]

Anyone tested how does it work after the patch? Full mapping XP instantly? Achievement?

[Morningstar1337]

Ya know, in retrospect this could actually be good for my "Cartographer" Role Playing. I came to Eorzea to explore it and after the calamity, stayed to remake The Ironheart Maps that were no longer applicable.

Now that I've remapped all of 2.0's Bahamut Altered Areas I can RP that the Grand Companies started issuing my completed map revisions to new adventurers.

Silver Lining I guess?

Interesting. I also decided to incorporate cartargrophy into my character's backstory (it was one of the reason I went to finish Coil and to a lesser extent, Praetorum since the cutscenes and a hardheaded desire to experience the story slowed me down the first time round)

I mapped everything already and will continue to do so as the patches come out. But I still find this as unnecessary.

On the other hand this could also turn out like Noxifier mentioned, that the map will be inaccessible until you enter the zone the first time

(I enjoyed trying to fill in the 3.0 maps though, particular the Sea of clouds)

The fact that people are making a huge deal over something trivial as a map has me wondering if there's an agenda I am not seeing.

Should I ask if this is related to the people that wanted XI-2 or are salty about nerfs in general then?

Then again, SE generally knows what they're doing, and I do have all the maps discovered at this point so... Oh well?

Generally, yes. But there have been a few slip-ups. One of which is the reason the 1st expansion for this game is labeled "Version 3.0"

[CGMidlander]

Then again, SE generally knows what they're doing, and I do have all the maps discovered at this point so... Oh well?

Generally, but then there's Lord of Verminion.

[Alexander_Dragonfang]

Generally, but then there's Lord of Verminion.

And chocobo races, triple triad, the diadem, gordias savage, the hunts, the first pvp, frontlines GC limitations, pvp ranking grind, glamour system, inventory managment, favors, red scripts... Generally.

[rachcouture]

Not really understanding the complaints here. Unless there's direct interaction with the game world itself, map completion is a tedium at best, on par with gear degradation and escort missions; no one in their right mind *actually* enjoys these.

An exploration-minded player is going to explore irregardless of the map is filled in or not, anyway; it's not going to sacrifice the mystery when you still don't know what's actually at a set of coordinates until you're standing right at them.