Make FFXIV more like FFXI and less like WoW!

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The reason a more dangerous world would be an inconvenience is because mobs that can kill you fast if they're not related to a quest or have nothing to drop is just more busywork the average player will have to do just to avoid it and get where they need to be. Having dangerous monsters for the sake of it isn't really good to begin with. People want everyone to engage in the open world more, but this would make people do all they can to avoid it. Didn't FF11 players do a whole bunch of things to avoid getting aggro all the time? So much for open world danger if you go out of your way to avoid everything.

The big point missed is can avoid not will avoid. Ever played a sneaking game like Assassin's Creed or Thief? It feels rewarding to choose whether to engage or avoid using in game systems. But in way you are right. What is the point of sneaking systems in an open world that wants you encased in instances.

I am more afraid of running into quest givers in modern mmos that running into Tiamat in the open world. So much busy work.