Quote Originally Posted by Jinko View Post
Because some people enjoy feeling superior to others, personally I don't get that but thats the reason why they want it, its also the whole competitive thing.

There are small group of gamers who are complete elitist A-holes who thrive on this stuff, but yea the game definately shouldn't be centred around those players and nor does it look to be
Just curious? Are you totally against giving us open world HNMs if there's plenty of instances and other stuff for you to do? If so, you're saying some players like to feel superior to other players and want certain content but it seems like some players have an inferiority complex and so don't want certain content...

If there's plenty of things in the game for you to do, that's readily available inside an instance, why do you care that there's also a few open world HNMs for the "elitist a-holes" to battle each other over?
If it's not your cup of tea, it's not your cup of tea. You don't need to do it. Why shouldn't all types of gamers be given what they want?

What's the difference, ultimately, between an open world HNM that someone's mediocre and unorganized linkshell can't claim and an instanced boss fight that someone's mediocre and unorganized linkshell can't kill?
In the very least they'll be able to watch something pretty cool without having to go to youtube to do it.

I'll never understand the irrational hatred of open world HNMs. They provided for me and hundreds of thousands of others the best memories of their previous MMOs.

I think in the end it just comes down to people bent that someone will be standing in town wearing something nifty they won't be able to get... which will be the case anyway, open world or not.