Something needs to be done about the empty open world

[Jeeqbit]

I enjoy FFXIV dungeons/raids but it is one of if not the most instanced MMO I've ever played. The zones are beautiful but the content inside it is pretty meh, and there's almost zero interaction with the zones per se besides MSQ. The only thing that make me interact with the zones is gathering and maybe doing maps (which are also another instance) and that's it.

After that it's either follow a hunt train or queue-spam at Limsa/FC point. Even Bozja which could be amazing Open World content they turned into a big instance. The fates don't really affect the zone nor gives a sense of immersion (like meta events from GW2 or night mobs in BDO).

You mentioned hunts and maps. These were added to the game for the specific purpose of giving the game open world content. You can also go there to spawn S ranks a lot if you want.

Blue mage, the class that could've benefited from Open World gets all their relevant skills from... instances.

That isn't true. You can get almost all of them from the open world because a lot of hunt and fate bosses also perform the skills found in dungeons.

Open World cannot even be used for leveling most of the time, since it's far from being a good, viable option.

This also is not true. Daily hunt bills and beast tribe quests are great experience, but there is a limit to how many you can do.

[StormyFae]

Honestly, not only does something need to be done with it, it needs to have some kinda foundation that feels good to do, like really good.. The reason open world feels dead to me is what we are given in the open world doesn't feel that rewarding to do.. most things you spend hours gathering don't even sell that well compared to minions and other things you can get from dungeons, I'm a little scared to start blue mage as it makes me worry it to late to get alot of the things due to them being "instanced" locations, if we got a fresh limited job that starts at lvl 1 it would really make me feel more comfortable with starting blue out (And blue mage is really my favoirt final fantasy job after summoner (but smn doesnt feel good here to me)

I just think we need a hidden reward baby for secret housing or even hidden glamors or something that feels just as good as poping into a q and getting that one thing lol