Fill the land of 2.0 with loot!

[Dargoth_Draconia]

With you 100%
I hate how everything worthwhile gets instanced. What's the point in a gigantic, beautiful world if there's no character benefit to exploring it? I thought they took a very small step in the right direction with Shposhae, having those unique plundered items in an open world space like that. I went there and I enjoyed collecting them. It's one of the only times I've done anything fun in open world FFXIV. When I was done using them for my low level jobs, I was glad to be able to sell them and get a small cash windfall.

More NMs, events and chests with worthwhile and unique loot, all the way. Items that have their own niche and will always be worth getting, like Astral Rings in XI, for example. And not everything has to be Ex, sometimes it's fun to get a paycheck item!

Character benefit seriously!? So you must get rewarded for looking at beautiful graphic design by the company? The new zones themselves are the reward here, just be happy that we are getting that and not stuck with all the copy & paste ones we have now.

Now I can agree with some new NMs in the world with some new items though rare/ex items make me just as happy. Also some new open world hidden dungeons would be acceptable but that is really a given with a map redesign.

[Zantetsuken]

What about wandering packs of mobs?

It seems a bit stale that all mobs are ultra-territorial in these kind of games.

FFXIII had mobs that fight each other at times... another thing that would give life to the world.

[Seif]

What about wandering packs of mobs?

It seems a bit stale that all mobs are ultra-territorial in these kind of games.

FFXIII had mobs that fight each other at times... another thing that would give life to the world.

XIII also had collectables and enemies tied to one specific spot that you needed to find by exploration and not just luck.
I think this sort of stuff always brings the community together in games too when people have to work together to get everything.

I really liked the way weapons were built in XIII-2 for example. I spent many forum discussions trying to build a good party and finding all the components while sharing my own findings.

They also boost the longevity of any given game.

When there are plenty of secrets to find you always think about that 49/50 number and know that there's still stuff that you haven't figured out yet and by definition aren't we mmorpg players at least slightly OCD?

[Spy]

Chocobo digging in certain areas to get some of those treasures

[Seif]

Chocobo digging in certain areas to get some of those treasures

Like a hot'n cold but the whole 2.0 is the playground. I love it.
One of the best ff minigames in my opinion.

There could be a level up system for your chocobo's hint system.

[Rukkirii]

If you are the type of adventurer who likes finding treasure chests randomly while exploring the landscape, you will be able to experience something close to this with the upcoming FATE system.

[Blackpearlguy]

If you are the type of adventurer who likes finding treasure chests randomly while exploring the landscape, you will be able to experience something close to this with the upcoming FATE system.

Running around from way point to way point doing FATE quests/mobs? I sure hope so!

[Uriahnool]

It's probably just a potion

[Elros]

It's probably just a potion

Haha probably true. Speaking of potions, I wonder if they will actually heal more than 10-100 hp... you know almost like a cure.

[Sevokevo_Royuki]

I want a Minic to coime out of one of those Chest with a rare percentage rate.