Open World Dungeons?

[Venom]

I have an idea, how about an open world area that people can travel to on an airship where they can farm gear and trade unwanted gear for tokens they can trade for mounts and materia, have regular tough mobs and bosses... I'd call it Diadem... what's that you say? It already exists? what is this thread about then?

[koichiresh]

I have an idea, how about an open world area that people can travel to on an airship where they can farm gear and trade unwanted gear for tokens they can trade for mounts and materia, have regular tough mobs and bosses... I'd call it Diadem... what's that you say? It already exists? what is this thread about then?

Lol, even though that's not exactly an open world dungeon and is also by definition an instance? Not sure if that was supposed to be funny or...?

Also, this isn't a concern of getting gear, mounts, or materia, it's about playing the game in a more social environment and having more room for exploration rather than memorizing the zones the moment you enter each one. HW was a really step up in terms of the zones widening and things being more exploration based in some aspects. Also, for 3.3 they are including some treasure dungeons and other types of dungeons so they are definitely thinking about the concept.