Enhancing open world / immersion / lore

[AmyNeudaiz]

I never stated it would be easy. I'm sure it would have a fair cost. But it would be leaps and bounds less than all new content as they already have the assets done and ready, as in the area being added is already competed and just needs to be put in.

May aswell support the ongoing thread on this topic.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-with-no-teeth.

That seems like a different topic to me. I didn't read much of the comments but the OP is looking for a dangerous world, I'm seeking to go into dungeons in the open world.

[KyroeFelix]

But it would be leaps and bounds less than all new content as they already have the assets done and ready, as in the area being added is already competed and just needs to be put in.

From the little bit of game design I've done, here is where the problem lies. Just because you have a space fleshed out and set up in a separate location does not mean it can be tacked on to the existing world. Doing this is essentially like creating new content; not new art concepts and all that but changing the geometry of the established map to fit this entire new "zone" into your current space.

I do think this could be done in patches maybe, like the structure shifting they did in patch 2.1, but then we would see a delay in actual new content for patches because they would be working on fitting in dungeons for us to just walk around in. I hope I'm not coming across as "hating" on your idea. I just don't think it would be feasible to do now, while they are trying to create content for us in their alternating patch schedule currently running. Maybe if we ever see some downtime in the development cycle?

[AmyNeudaiz]

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I do see it as doable, it's much less work than newly made content and it would provide new rehashed content. Which, by the way is much easier/costly to develop, which is why rehash is always the first of new content. Even by your mindset then we shouldn't have hard/extreme modes because it would mean less people developing newly made content either and I love the hard/extreme modes, so I'm going to have to disagree with you.

there is a topic on that too.

But the thread as a whole is getting ideas for open world as a whole.

So you'd want me to derail the thread further? No thank you.