The Real Issue with FFXIV

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FATE's, smallish zones in general, smallish data centers, Odin+, a reason to be in the capitals/Mor Dhona... it's very not isolated compared to many MMO's.

This game is VERY Isolated compared to the Majority of Open World MMORPGs. I won't delve too deep but this game is more HUB based than exploration based.

Secondly the "Isolation" refers to the player base and Progressive Game Content. In an Example; Say the Top 10 FC's on the server have 4 Coil groups that farm it. That's 8x4= 32x10 = 320 players when you have a server with Hundreds of players barely scraping past turn 4 and thousands more who have never made it past turn 2. That's 320 people that can't help you other than making a video or an alt and thousands more who can't backtrack to help you either.

It has ramification on FC's as well seeing how you have throw new players into the fray and hope they fly instead of fall. And, also hope that mixing them with others who know the content but can't find a steady group, are patient enough to deal with it.