The future of the game

[Orophin]

I don't think there's going to be a large scale addition to the game world until the first expansion. Most of the new areas they've been adding have been instanced content. Mor Dhona was probably the biggest change through patches so far.

As far as the direction of this game is concerned, I'm pretty sure Patch 2.2 will be the last of phases until the cycle repeats going forward, until an expansion at least. 2.0 was the base content, 2.1 was catch up for Crystal Tower and added horizontal progression with Ex Primals, 2.2 will add brand new content with higher levels of gear. Going forward I think they will alternate between 2 or 3 patches before new tiers of difficulty for encounters and new levels of gear are raised. I'm pretty sure there will be plenty of things that don't involve progression though. It's a new game and it's just going to take time to implement it. Things they have planned:

- Gold Saucer area for minigames
- Individual Housing
- Larger scale PvP battles
- Chocobo Raising
- Vanity Gear System
- Card Game ala FF8/FF9

And probably a lot more.

[Kajidourden]

Correct me if i'm wrong....but hadn't someone mentioned at some point "building your own airship" or something to that effect as well? Hard to separate the stuff from the devs and rumors from so long ago... @.@