Quote Originally Posted by Kallera View Post
You aren't thinking very hard. While it can be argued that the burning circles is instanced. They do not encompass the entire dungeon.

Bedeaux
Davoi
Castle ostroja
Mamook
Halvung
The Ship graveyard zone whose name escapes me

All these are beastman areas, with bosses that can be seen and faced outside of an instance forcefully separating the players.
Anyone can enter the trap door leading to Tee Xicu the Manifest, Anyone can cross the zone line and see Qulun Dome, and Za' Dha.

And yes, they do count even though they are years old.
I was thinking this very thing... I'm not sure what FFXI he played...

Most of XI's dungeons were not "instanced"... ALbeit, there were many, MANY great instances (Namis, Einherjar, BCNM's, etc) but I mean think of all the FFXI "Dungeon" areas... Eldieme, Garlaige, etc etc the open world dungeon zones.. there were plenty of areas non-instanced, and they coexisted beautifully with the ones that were.

I appreciate that we can constructively argue this point without coming to flames though. I just would like to see more than instanced raids in FFXIV, that are all the same. I would like to see a vast map, different areas with beautiful locations that make you want to play. Not power level jobs, speed craft, just to finish your AF quests and have nothing to do till next patch.