Sorry, but Content deal finder again.....

[ThePatriarch]

The only thing that changes is the time and place that the NM would spawn and the people who could come to watch and help.

That's quite a few changes. How much can change in an instance?

Anyway there is nothing more exciting in open world vs dungeon, I would say the later is much more challenging because you can only take in a set amount of people.

Under the circumstances in FFXIV right now, instances are more challenging. Because as I, and many others have said there are practically no challenging open world events right now. Please, for you sake, don't use the current open world NM's as examples.

What because having a low level character instantly means you don't get an opinion ?

Opinions about a video game hold more weight when you have amassed experience in said game. I prefer not to argue the core aspects of a video game that someone has only just brimmed over. They hold opinions yes, but the validity is lessened.

There are 26 open world NM's someone needs to open his eyes.

I laughed a little

26 NM's (how many of which are below level 35?).... That is absolutely pathetic. Currently FFXI has 2855 (Posting this because I know how much you love comparisons to that game)

Albeit, the game has been out what, 10 years? So that's unfair. Lets try again.

In 2004 the game had 390 NM's. According to my calculations that is around 2 years after release.

FFXIV has 26 NM's. This game is also coming up on the 2 year Mark. (I know, its coming in 2.0?)

26

I think you mean compared to that other game.

I think you are on to something here.

Jinko, I fully respect your opinions, and you make good points. But the open world aspect of this game is absolute not on a satisfactory level. I know you, and many others hate how I compare this game to XI, but regardless of popular belief, those comparisons are viable. It is, after all, a "Final Fantasy" title. All "Final Fantasy" titles get compared to each other, albeit sometimes different aspects get compared. Regardless of whether its an MMO or not, it is going to be compared to prior titles. I know, I know, Yoshi-P himself has said that this game is taking a new direction, and that is fine. But that will not stop me, and many others from trying to get a couple things put into the game.

[Nabiri]

Under the circumstances in FFXIV right now, instances are more challenging. Because as I, and many others have said there are practically no challenging open world events right now. Please, for you sake, don't use the current open world NM's as examples.

But the open world aspect of this game is absolute not on a satisfactory level.

Not to mention.. Anyone can come attack the open world NMs. ._. I hate the current system.. It totally ruined NMs for me. I LOVED hunting NMs in XI.

My NM experience in this game:
A friend and I went to hunt some NMs that had some gear we both wanted..
We claim a NM which was a bit of a challenge at our levels at the time.. we were enjoying the fight, and then a group of level 50s who were impatient came along and killed it without asking if we wanted help. ._.
Then they claimed it a few times.
We finally got it again, and they stole the fun of any challenge and defeating the monster ourselves, by killing OUR claim again and again. Even after they were asked not to. >.>

Besides NMs, Any open-world dungeons will be made into instanced... So I really wonder... What challenging open world content will we have left? There's not anything that I can think of. Unless they make it so people can't kill your claims and they add more NMs. :\

If there ends up being no fun/challenging open world content in this game then I'll just lose interest in it fast. I need a balance of open-world and instance, like FFXI.