Increase of Assets on maps

[KurohNeko]

Dear SE with the graphical update incoming you showed us the steps at Yedlihmad full of rich features and objects that were not there before.

Can you also please consider using these new capabilities to add life to the world. By life I mean:

1. Ships coming in and out of Limsa Lominsa and NPCs in the background loading/unloading goods or themselves.
2. Merchants/Convoys and other NPCs regularly travelling the lands going about their business.
3. Airships flying in and out of the cities with their shadows casting by the ground as they sail.

And things of this nature. The possibilities for immersion are there, and this can be a world that brings a lot of wonder and awe to the people that reside in it.

Maybe these are dreams but I can imagine every player's experience being richer for it. The devils always in the details and polish can go a looong way.

How about bigger cities that aren't one or two zones despite the outside showing a literal city. Even fucking ESO has NPC houses you can go in.

[Ath192]

How about bigger cities that aren't one or two zones despite the outside showing a literal city. Even fucking ESO has NPC houses you can go in.

I'm down =) I love this game, I've come close to giving up on it from time to time but anything to make it better.

[Evergrey]

How about bigger cities that aren't one or two zones despite the outside showing a literal city. Even fucking ESO has NPC houses you can go in.

I play both FFXIV and ESO.
Have played both for many years each.
And I play them for different reasons now.
FFXIV is for raiding (for the most part now) and when new content is launched.
ESO for when I want to feel more emerged in the game due to the freedom of choice on how to play and how the game world feels so much more living than FFXIV's does.
And I don't sub to ESO when I know I won't play much for some time but I can still jump in and just do whatever.

[Ath192]

I play both FFXIV and ESO.
Have played both for many years each.
And I play them for different reasons now.
FFXIV is for raiding (for the most part now) and when new content is launched.
ESO for when I want to feel more emerged in the game due to the freedom of choice on how to play and how the game world feels so much more living than FFXIV's does.
And I don't sub to ESO when I know I won't play much for some time but I can still jump in and just do whatever.

I don’t think raid logging (log on, raid, log off) is healthy for a game. While it says raiding content is good enough to keep people coming back to it I know way too many people who do the same. To me those are signs of a game in life support.

It would be one thing if they did this because of IRL problems like jobs or other stuff but unfortunately the main reason is there is actually nothing interesting to do.

Ultimately I think the overworld direly needs to look like the developers or someone cares about it beyond its release window and after it serves as an MSQ vessel. These are the sort of things that make games feel special rather than generic and abandoned.

[Evergrey]

I don’t think raid logging (log on, raid, log off) is healthy for a game. While it says raiding content is good enough to keep people coming back to it I know way too many people who do the same. To me those are signs of a game in life support.

Indeed, I think so as well.
I think the difference to me with FFXIV and ESO is how in ESO everything scales so nothing becomes outdated.
FFXIV gives me the same sad feeling like WoW did, watch old zones/towns almost devoid of people due to it being outdated.
Where in ESO I can always see people anywhere from all ranges of levels run around and do stuff.

But that's just me.
Around HW I could stay online daily in FFXIV and still have things to do.
But like everything things changes, and in this it is I who has changed.
I know there are a lot of people who still find things to do in FFXIV and likes it.
It's just not what I need atm.

FFXIV is a good game imo.
Otherwise I wouldn't still play it.
But like everything, nothing's perfect and I've just found a balance between two things that works for me.

[Ath192]

Indeed, I think so as well.
I think the difference to me with FFXIV and ESO is how in ESO everything scales so nothing becomes outdated.
FFXIV gives me the same sad feeling like WoW did, watch old zones/towns almost devoid of people due to it being outdated.
Where in ESO I can always see people anywhere from all ranges of levels run around and do stuff.

But that's just me.
Around HW I could stay online daily in FFXIV and still have things to do.
But like everything things changes, and in this it is I who has changed.
I know there are a lot of people who still find things to do in FFXIV and likes it.
It's just not what I need atm.

FFXIV is a good game imo.
Otherwise I wouldn't still play it.
But like everything, nothing's perfect and I've just found a balance between two things that works for me.

Yeah all of this is 100% reasonable. And XIV is a good game, its just its got a lot of us so hooked on it we just always want to see more of it, and spend more time in it. This causes us to see all the flaws. Hopefully they'll show some TLC to their existing world.

However, I think if you take this game at face value and consider it something you are going to play through the MSQ and run all the content once and move on to other things in your life. This game is amazing. The problem only happens when you don't want to leave. And you linger. Then... the complaints start haha.