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    I honestly want to see something a kin to Sea or Sky from FFXI if you do not know what that was ..I am talking about Al'taieu (sea) and Ru'aun gardens (Sky) and those mechanics with some 2017 MMO mechanics dropped on top of it, if you get my drift.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wolfleader View Post
    I honestly want to see something a kin to Sea or Sky from FFXI if you do not know what that was ..I am talking about Al'taieu (sea) and Ru'aun gardens (Sky) and those mechanics with some 2017 MMO mechanics dropped on top of it, if you get my drift.
    Ru'aun Gardens/Al'taieu was so much fun in FFXI I would love for them to bring it to ffxiv
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    Quote Originally Posted by Amaranths View Post
    Ru'aun Gardens/Al'taieu was so much fun in FFXI I would love for them to bring it to ffxiv
    I do remember Ru'aun, it was one of the most beautiful areas in the game. Well, admittedly the next expansion threw some more really eye popping things out there too, but it remains one of the more incredible memories from the game.

    A lot of the FFXI Aethetics were breathtaking and stunning. I loved the old monoliths that were everywhere. They really contributed a sense of history when you were there, and a kind of mystical old world feel to them.

    As to the Original post...

    Yes, I admit the open world where there's real danger to be found, without a feeling of safety really does make an area that much more exciting to be in. Knowing you can get killed at any moment.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Silverquick View Post
    Yes, I admit the open world where there's real danger to be found, without a feeling of safety really does make an area that much more exciting to be in. Knowing you can get killed at any moment.
    For the life of me I cannot fathom why they refuse make an open world that has some sense of danger in a game that has 0 ramifications for death. If there was something actually bad that happened to you when you died then I could understand it as the more casual players may find it difficult to accomplish anything. However, its the same as dungeons... if you die you just return and warp right back to where you were so what's the problem?


    SE should make various parts of new zones with different difficulties. I know HW areas had varying difficulties by area but the whole zone was filled with little more than nuisances in level 60 white gear but I mean vastly varied. Strongholds and late game areas should literally require an 8 man party to move through at the start of the expansion. Then once gear level increases they would gradually scale down to where it would be somewhat challenging but able to be traversed solo by the end of the expansion cycle. By no means am I suggesting these areas should be heavily linked to the MSQ, or require players to enter them until late in the cycle but putting some sort of interesting things there would help.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wolfleader View Post
    I honestly want to see something a kin to Sea or Sky from FFXI if you do not know what that was ..I am talking about Al'taieu (sea) and Ru'aun gardens (Sky) and those mechanics with some 2017 MMO mechanics dropped on top of it, if you get my drift.
    Can't give enough likes for this. Those were the best times in my MMO life. Would love something like them in XIV
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wolfleader View Post
    I honestly want to see something a kin to Sea or Sky from FFXI if you do not know what that was ..I am talking about Al'taieu (sea) and Ru'aun gardens (Sky) and those mechanics with some 2017 MMO mechanics dropped on top of it, if you get my drift.
    This so much.

    To the OP, sky and sea sound somewhat similar to your Timeless Isle except that the high end mobs didn't spawn randomly. There were various areas of varying degrees of difficulty that you would get to and you could farm normal monsters for pop items. Once you got the necessary pop items you would work your way to specific points where your party could use the pop item to spawn a high end monster that only your party could fight for rewards. A lot of these higher end mobs also dropped pop items. When you had defeated all of the popped mobs in the area and gotten all of their pop items, you could go to the "zone boss" and use all of the pop items to fight him. When you were solo or with a few friends you could go in and farm lower level pop items so that you had them when your larger group met. It actually worked very well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wolfleader View Post
    I honestly want to see something a kin to Sea or Sky from FFXI if you do not know what that was ..I am talking about Al'taieu (sea) and Ru'aun gardens (Sky) and those mechanics with some 2017 MMO mechanics dropped on top of it, if you get my drift.
    I would like to see stuff like this too. I think if they mixed both then we could finally see some rather fun content with actual longevity ^^

    People have been asking for this for years...and yet here we are, 2017...still nothing like this from SE...well, maybe when the games lifespan is over lol T_T
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