Enhancing open world / immersion / lore

[myahele]

It'll be nice to have a codex section so that we can read up on everything we've discovered. Or atleast be able to read some of the books like in many other rpgs to learn more about the lore.

Also have more monsters like chimera and hydra where its not on DF and you have to make a party of your own and travel to where they're located.

[KyroeFelix]

Also have more monsters like chimera and hydra where its not on DF and you have to make a party of your own and travel to where they're located.

This they could easily do, however, Yoshi-P's design philosophy is all about not creating content/tools that would deter new players. So, because newer players may not be able to get a party together and hunt down these monsters (even if designed for lower level classes) and therefore wouldn't be able to experience the content easily, it wasn't put into the game. This philosophy is why people cannot send /tells in a dungeon and why we didn't have a vote to kick feature for instances until very recently when it became more of a problem to keep an entire party together, rather than remove an afker and replace them. So, as with anything, it may happen in patches to come, but don't hold your breath.

[Skies]

I cleared Stone Vigil for Ishgard and it just fills back up with dragons and it remains a dragon stronghold?

Just a note on this case in particular.
You did not clear Stone Vigil, the Stone Vigil is a lot larger than that (if you look at the Stone Vigil map and compare it to the Steel Vigil that is up in open world you will realize that you were only in one of the wings of it). All that you dead was sneak in and recapture a forgotten airship, the Stone Vigil is still dragon territorry.

[Mook_Mook]

sounds neat :3

[FritoBandito]

I'm 100% in agreement with Amy on this. I think it's a great idea, including the thought of turning them into quest hubs.

I'd like to add that immersion can be improved with added exploration options, too. Take down all the invisible walls that are designed to keep players out of places. Let us climb up into areas that maybe have no purpose. It's a very beautiful world and many of us would like to be able to explore freely, but we can't because of the invisible walls and inability to climb up into other places.

[Eclipse]

Here you go.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-Up-To-Explore.

[KyteStones]

I'd like to see the loading screens go away for a more open world experience. Also the Airship being a cutscene is really lame. Wish I could ride to my destination and see the world as a whole down below me watching other players running around and such. Bring back the boat from FFXI! Haha kidding but seriously, please make this more "open" instead of segmented.

[ForteXX]

I'd like to see the loading screens go away for a more open world experience. Also the Airship being a cutscene is really lame. Wish I could ride to my destination and see the world as a whole down below me watching other players running around and such. Bring back the boat from FFXI! Haha kidding but seriously, please make this more "open" instead of segmented.

Welcome to FFXIV 1.0

[KyteStones]

played 1.0 there's a lot of stuff i wish they would have kept though i get the need for rework and a "faster" paced game but man did they take a lot of good stuff out. I actually enjoyed 1.0 contrary to its problems, just wish they didn't do the 100% overhaul in a "wrong" direction so to speak.