Poll: Seamless+CopyPaste VS. Zones+Variety

[Tirem778]

Hmmm... I would prefer the smaller zones, but wouldn't just having the world load around the character to a certain distance solve this problem pretty easily? Is their engine capable of this? I know it would be probably a large endeavor to do this if the engine is capable, but it's something I think people are willing to wait for as they fix other more important things and give us stuff to do while we wait.

[Dega]

#2 if it had to be either one of those.

[viion]

Variety HANDS DOWN

I could care less about "seemless" zones. I'd rather have a 2-3 second loading screen now and then (which be barely ever in some places, eg Dungeons or event areas (Sky/Sea) where you stay in a place for a while) instead of the bland nature we have now. It hurts me how dull XIV scenery is.

[Chrees]

Well, as much as I agree with most everyone else in wanting a combination of the two, if I had to choose I'd go with #2. Loading screens (I mean really, they're not even that long...) are much preferred over miles and miles of bland scenery.

[AeraLucis]

What's the point of a seamless world anyway when everyone just ports everywhere. Still have to sit through a loading screen half the time I go anywhere.

Option #2

[viion]

What's the point of a seamless world anyway when everyone just ports everywhere. Still have to sit through a loading screen half the time I go anywhere.

Option #2

hahaha, wow I never really thought of things like that and it is so true.

[Rentahamster]

What's the point of a seamless world anyway when everyone just ports everywhere. Still have to sit through a loading screen half the time I go anywhere.

That is...a very good point, actually.

It makes me pine for long stretches of varied and beautiful scenery that I can traverse on my custom, self-bred, crafted-armor-wearing chocobo...

*cry*

; ;

[Chrees]

What's the point of a seamless world anyway when everyone just ports everywhere. Still have to sit through a loading screen half the time I go anywhere.

Option #2

Very good point indeed!

Really, the only time I would find the loading screens to be a nuisance would be if we were able to have flying mounts of some sort, because that would kill the flying experience big time. But we don't, nor do I imagine we ever will, so that's a non-issue.

[Cairdeas]

I'd like it if they were Seamless but the variation was still there. If thats not possible then smaller Zones.

[Nakiamiie]

I vote for:
"The world that we have now, with massive seamless regions, but a lack of environmental variety."
and add more game objects to increase variability of the seamless regions.

I don't want to give up seamless feature.

EDIT: isn't there a technology out there that allows to change texture maps seamlessly? Like, instead of loading 1 big data file, load many smaller files and swap them in memory as the player moves around?? This would allow for seamless zones with lots of variability.