Rokien's new thread on Open World.

[Krausus]

That's what I'm asking, what do I have to look forward to in 2.0

Odin



yeah that badass

[Arcell]

More strongholds, more interesting maps, the roaming Primal Odin. Probably more. They aren't completely redesigning the open world maps for no reason. They will add more. However there will likely be more instanced content as well. Can't always focus on what you don't like. Appreciate the open world stuff we do get. I mean coming soon is another open world Stronghold.

[Rokien]

Odin



yeah that badass

As I said something that isn't in the pdf.

[Laughlyn]

What good are those mounts if everything is instanced.... -.-

Speaking as a botanist right now...nuff said... i dont care for your obession for instances.
I have very Much use for my mounts when im botanist....bud...

[Rokien]

More strongholds, more interesting maps, the roaming Primal Odin. Probably more. They aren't completely redesigning the open world maps for no reason. They will add more. However there will likely be more instanced content as well. Can't always focus on what you don't like. Appreciate the open world stuff we do get. I mean coming soon is another open world Stronghold.

All the strongholds are the same thing just reskinned..... Ok, interesting maps, how interesting though, we don't know hardly anything about the redesign. Odin, ya that's one thing. Heck even the crystal tower is going to be instanced.

[Krausus]

As I said something that isn't in the pdf.

you are then asking the impossible as none of us are privy to that information and I doubt SE is gonna let much more slip than they already did. I think we just have to accept that outside strongholds we are gonna be looking at instanced content.

[Munba]

Also i'm a lover of open-world stuff but,

Server limitations are the cause. 40 characters/monsters displayed at one time maximum.

2.0. New servers should resolve the issue and more content might be "open world"

I'm confident with this.

[Arcell]

All the strongholds are the same thing just reskinned..... Ok, interesting maps, how interesting though, we don't know hardly anything about the redesign. Odin, ya that's one thing. Heck even the crystal tower is going to be instanced.

You're just whining for the sake of whining. You will never be happy in this game if you can't appreciate what you're given. Find a game that suits your tastes.

[Jocko]

I don't want anything specific, but it would be comforting to hear SE say "Yes, we plan on implementing a wide variety of open world content in 2.0". It's the content finder that has me worried they'll focus primarily on instanced content. Hopefully there will be a nice amount of information come E3

[Onidemon]

I think I can speak for every open world lover, we are losing hope, is there anything you can tell/give us? We need something to keep us going, all these instances are wearing on us(us being the open world lovers). I know the poll says "you guys picked instanced" well, that poll was obscured because of the battle content that was also included in it. So, this is me begging for some info about anything cool open world. Something new that isn't in the pdf, something that I can drool over and squeal like a little girl.

So yoshi, can you give us anything? I think a lot of our patients are wearing thin. Especially with this latest patch... reasons I don't think I have to mention.

Ps. Please don't use quest-chaining for our open world content. Quest-chaining is the worst ever.

Also, any new clever thread titles that you guys can give me would be awesome. I'm only using this one as a joke, because my friend Lyndis got banned from the forums for a day with this thread title(not the reason why she got banned).

I think they will keep all dungeons and raids instanced. We won't see any open world for these 2 for sure. PVP on the other hand seem like it will have some open world to it. Maybe more content will be available in 2.0 for open world lovers but i highly doubt it. The majority is for instanced content and it makes the job easier for programmers too so i think open world content is a lost cause....