Why is each town so boring?

[Morticous]

I must say, i didn't even think about it until i got board, ha. Don't get me wrong, the towns are cool, i just feel like they stuffed what appears to be a huge city into a tiny space. but, maybe that will change when they open up the extra areas.

[Pulseczar]

I find them a lot easier to get around in than FF 11. I think the cities need more life. Have the npcs doing something (minus the guild npcs—their animations are fantastic)—like that adorable Lalafell in Ul'dah that is juggling and accidentally drops them.

[Kilta_Firelotus]

ima be too busy to care what the towns look like cuz my lalafell is gonna be super cute and gonna make her craft just for her to look cute >
yes i'm evil to se da cuteness

[gifthorse]

FFXI had towns with multiple zones and A LOT more to see, these towns are pretty small.... where does everyone live? XD

Sorry but you have obviously not bothered to search the zones at all.

[Lissandra]

ima be too busy to care what the towns look like cuz my lalafell is gonna be super cute and gonna make her craft just for her to look cute >
yes i'm evil to se da cuteness

You should care. :P Some areas in the towns have pretty scenic sites - especially Gridania.

[TonyMontana]

You shouldnt really compare FFXIV in april 2011 to FFXI at release in 2003 or 2002 whenever it came out. For 1 this is SEs 2nd MMO they should have learned something from the first. Also what was acceptable in 2002 or 2003 isnt acceptable now. and last but not least FFXIV released in sept of 2010, we are roughly 7 months into retail this isnt exactly a new release anymore.

[Sasse]

FFXI's JP release was sometime in 2001, IIRC.

[Sephr]

You shouldnt really compare FFXIV in april 2011 to FFXI at release in 2003 or 2002 whenever it came out. For 1 this is SEs 2nd MMO they should have learned something from the first. Also what was acceptable in 2002 or 2003 isnt acceptable now. and last but not least FFXIV released in sept of 2010, we are roughly 7 months into retail this isnt exactly a new release anymore.

Whilst that's a perfectly good arguement for many areas of the game, i'd avoid mindlessly regurgitating it where it doesn't apply. Most people here are agreeing that the cities are good enough (they're far more interesting than FFXI's anyway, Sand'oria and Bastok were boring as hell to look at).

Size isn't everything anyway, not that it matters because the only XI city that was bigger was Windurst, and it sucked ass because of it (to the point they had to add NPCs to teleport you to different bits of the city, if that doesnt smack of poor design I don't know what does.)

[Zahak]

If you'll notice all 3 cities have some zones you cannot enter yet. They probably plan on expanding the cities at some point.

I hope so!! I feel that each city state is kind of small right now myself. Hope they unlock the dead ends soon

[Nipa]

Why the hell are people try to compare FF14 towns with FF11 ones?

I mean, every single other MMO in the market has multiple towns. FF14 has to be compared with the current market, not with a 8 year old game.