What happened to the FFXIV Open world?

[NekoMataMata]

Well flying killed any sense of danger, so there’s that. Unless they add aerial enemies that can attack you as you fly or even aquatic enemies to attack you in the water, ground enemies are easily avoidable and under leveled after you gear up.

Don't think there was ever any sense of danger?

Seriously. When you get to HW+ level a gatherer up as you go along, and you can use that post MSQ to gather aether currents without being attacked.

[Rekh]

Don't think there was ever any sense of danger?

Seriously. When you get to HW+ level a gatherer up as you go along, and you can use that post MSQ to gather aether currents without being attacked.

A realm reborn when it was current was actually kinda dangerous. Every enemy could slow you if you were on mount and going into beast tribe regions wasn't something to take lightly.

[NekoMataMata]

A realm reborn when it was current was actually kinda dangerous. Every enemy could slow you if you were on mount and going into beast tribe regions wasn't something to take lightly.

It's been a long time since ARR was released. I'm just saying, if that's really what sets people off then you waited way too long to launch your complaints.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

A realm reborn when it was current was actually kinda dangerous. Every enemy could slow you if you were on mount and going into beast tribe regions wasn't something to take lightly.

Nah, they weren't ever dangerous, just annoying.



As for the open world thing, I don't think it would work in the modern MMO. Not because of a lack of interest, but because of how old open world MMOs functioned. Just look at XI and NMs for instance. You had people botting claim just to have a chance to get loot. Can you imagine that in XIV? Or, if they made them like fates, youd have it even worse than hunts if world bosses dropped good loot.

[Rekh]

Nah, they weren't ever dangerous, just annoying.



As for the open world thing, I don't think it would work in the modern MMO. Not because of a lack of interest, but because of how old open world MMOs functioned. Just look at XI and NMs for instance. You had people botting claim just to have a chance to get loot. Can you imagine that in XIV? Or, if they made them like fates, youd have it even worse than hunts if world bosses dropped good loot.

Yes they were; because realm reborn had a denser populstion of enemies and powercreep wasn't astronomical like post heavensward.

GW2 annihilates your arguments as far as "open world can't work"