Map size

[roohan]

The game doesn't have any expansion yet, so it's hard to compare it to FFXI. But it's definatly true that many areas in FFXI felt like empty zones because there was almost no content attached to them. This really better in FFXIV. Another thing is that FFXI zones where more opened. FFXIV has alot more trees, stones and so on in the zones, this gives a feeling of smaller zones compared to FFXI also. And yes the most important part is traveling, this was much harder in FFXI. I think for a base game without expansions, they did really well in FFXIV.

[HunkyJimpjorps]

The areas accessible in ARR are about the same size as the areas accessible in the Three Nations regions in FFXI, excluding those that were part of expansions.

[Ferr]

The areas accessible in ARR are about the same size as the areas accessible in the Three Nations regions in FFXI, excluding those that were part of expansions.

I dunno, I may be wrong but I think Koschtat, La Theine, Rolanberry... are way bigger than anything in XIV ARR, and those were from vanilla XI.

[Alyko]

The maps aren't bigger in XIV, your character was slower in XI.

[Alhanelem]

like all Zilartian areas that were manmade uses cerment, which is why Delkfutt, Feiyin and Ru'Aun Gardens had similar designs but significantly different interiors

are you crazy, these areas wre more guilty of copypasta than anything. The same walls, the same doors, the same floors, the same debris, repeated all throughought all of these areas.

[RyujinUzikin]

The world is pretty big for a newly released mmo, but I wish zones weren't divided.

I get that having everything compressed saves space and lag and whatnot, I totally get that.

But I wish I walked into a main city and maybe get lost? Not feel that I'm walking around this tiny zone just to zone to another and so on.

I don't know, I can't feel that I'm in a massive world if they're just gonna divide everything in tiny pieces.