if theres gonna be open world nm's then yeah i think they need to be the best gear if people are gonna go competing for claims and things. though i never liked having to sit around claiming in ffxi, i do think if they keep with the fast repops of ffxiv for even hnm type then this removes all the afk every 30mins for windows and keep nm's being killed all day long and this sounds pretty cool to me.

really it should be a very good mix of both endgame /instances and world nm's for our best gears, if i had to chose just one or other though, hmmm i might pick open world nm's since most mmo's are all isntanced. besides this creates a linkshell of players working together to kill over 6-8man clicks. though the easy peasy of the nm's we have now just is horrible, and the fact that yoshi made them even easier is a worrysome feat. not sure what to think bout that and where he is taking this game. hopefully not straight into my dumpster. lol