Quote Originally Posted by Hazama999 View Post
I suppose this is already kinda turning into "what would you want for the next MMO" but... I have to echo what others have said in wanting a more "open" open world. What else comes to mind.... ah, yes. I'd like for raids to be a continuous affair rather than each tier being broken down into different trial platforms. It's kinda funny because I get more of that "raid feel" from the 24-mans than I do the 8-man raids. I would love to have that sort of sense of traversal, like you're actually exploring and making your way through an area. As far as the logistics of it, well, I suppose you'd have to have a checkpoint system of some kind... Idk.
These are some of my biggest gripes about both the overworld and the raids. The XIV team creates these amazing zones but there isn't really anything to do in them, once you're done with the MSQ for that zone there is very little reason to spend more time in them besides gathering nodes, treasure maps and the occasional hunt which leaves these zones rather devoid of life.


I certainly agree with the point about raids as well. Maybe I'm just used to it from WoW but for me raids are these massive zones you traverse while occasionally killing trash to get to the next boss, it gives them a sense of scale and makes them feel like they're a place in the world where "things" are actually living in. Coil and Alexander did an okay job at making the 8man raids feel like you're actually "raiding" a place but everything after that is just a flat square, sometimes a circle, with a boss in it.