Quote Originally Posted by ThePatriarch View Post
I want the open-worldness of just all of XI's zones.. something like that. Don't have enough time to word it eloquently, so flame as you will
I'm not going to flame you for your opinion.

Remember all the smaller nm's? Argus, Valk emp, etc. How much fun those used to be? Yes, they may have brought on some frustration at times, but they were so much fun. Also they brought a sense of accomplishment. I had multiple crafts at 100+3 solely due to nm/hnm camping.
There is nothing to stop dungeon bosses dropping craftable loot in the future, I kind of liked that the first NMs did this.

If this game goes to solely instanced-based I will be saying so long and farewell. This game has leagues to go before it captures FFXI's sense of adventure.
I think the sense of adventure is pretty good in this game, .... when there is new content, I'm sure everyone is enjoying the world and exploring places with the Job questing.

Even if the majority of end game ends up instanced there will still be other stuff in the open world to do, gather, farm items, XP parties etc.