Interview of Naoki Yoshida during the Japan Expo

[Arcell]

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'll never understand the irrational hatred of instanced content. They provided for me and hundreds of thousands of others the best memories of their previous MMOs.

On a more serious note though, why does it matter that JUST the fight is instanced? I mean you still have to go out into the open world, find it and claim it first. At least this way the fight will still be challenging and not a zergfest in which people just throw 3+ groups at it. I mean all you're really losing in it being instanced is people walking by and watching. I just really don't get the hate for instanced content, especially like this.