Does else anyone miss "open dungeons"? Old FFXIers?

[Luminessence]

Now bear with me, but I basically wanted to ask the community something, to FFXI players, non-FFXI and current XIV players:

To FFXI players, d'ya remember open dungeons that you could zone into? Like Garlaige Citadel or Gusgen mines? Or higher level ones like Boyahdah Tree and Gustav Tunnel? Fighting monsters in these zones always felt special and much more dangerous. Especially when soloing.

To those of you whom didn't play FFXI, the dungeons in FFXI were accessible at any time and there was no time limit. You just zoned in as if it were any other area. To me it gave me a very "adventurous" feeling.

I absolutely love the dungeons as they are, but I'd love to be able to stroll through areas like this without only seeing them during DF or for 90 minutes.

So, the question I ask is, what's your take on "open dungeons" and "closed dungeons" like the ones that exist in FFXIV as of now, and if so, would you perhaps like to see open dungeons in FFXIV?

[Doo]

Aww yes, running around Daovi, Castle Oztroja, Castle Zvahl, etc for coffers to obtain my AF while dodging incredibly tough mobs left and right.

[cearka]

I have fond memories of all the time I spent in arrapago reef.

[Dannythm]

The original version had stuff like this, as it had more in common with XI.

And was intended to have more.

Now we have ARR, and we don't like to stress new players, so I doubt it'll ever happen.

But me? Want it? a mroe dangerous open world with stuff worth doing? Yes of course! bring it back!

[Luso]

The original version had stuff like this, as it had more in common with XI.

And was intended to have more.

Now we have ARR, and we don't like to stress new players, so I doubt it'll ever happen.

But me? Want it? a mroe dangerous open world with stuff worth doing? Yes of course! bring it back!

I don't understand why the game can't have both. I loved these concepts in 1.0 and XI.

[RowanLauron]

Ah garbage shitadel. I miss those days you sit on a switch on the first door while waiting for an exp pt to camp in front of it to let you in

[Sotek]

Most of the quests leading to dungeons have us clearing them out for whatever reason. I think it would be amazing if, after clearing them out, they become a zone we can regularly enter. Sort of how like Chains of Promathia handled various areas. This would achieve a few things;

• The world would seem much larger.
• Areas like Brayflox's Longstop should have a community of Goblins living in it after clearing it, which gives potential for new shops, even new quests.
• As well as that, there is potential for more Gathering locations, including new materials and fish to obtain. Would also work very nicely with the new Treasure Hunts feature for DoL.
• New FATEs/Hunting Logs/etc. Remember how they had to add more sheep to Coerthas due to overcamping? Well, there are plenty of dungeons they could use for the same purpose.
• Since Copperbell Mines (Hard) has us excavating deeper into the mines, it would also lead into such quests better. Rather than "We dug deeper" and you're still running to the same entrance, we'd have "We dug deeper, go to the dig site".

They could even spice it up a bit with some areas, like Castrum Meridianum and Praetorium, which

should be a smoldering crater after we clear them.

[Luminessence]

Sotek, that's a fantastic idea!

[myahele]

This is a very good idea actually! I don't see how some of these instanced dungeons can't become zones in future expansions. Assuming they won't be used for hard mode instances.

It'll make sense story-wise

[Taruranto]

Most of the quests leading to dungeons have us clearing them out for whatever reason. I think it would be amazing if, after clearing them out, they become a zone we can regularly enter. Sort of how like Chains of Promathia handled various areas. This would achieve a few things;

That would require pretty much to re-design all dungeons and zones. Dungeons in XI were effectively dungeons, with secret passages, different paths etc. In XIV, you have a scripted straight line.

I mean...



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