Open world content poll

[Galliano]

So... are FATEs not considered open world content anymore? What exactly are you guys talking about?

The OP asked for MORE open world content. Why is it as soon as someone brings up open world content people try and shove FATEs down our throat? Yes we all know FATEs are open world content, but they're meaningless spam-fests, we want other things do to such as open world dungeons to explore with treasure chests in, none FATE NM's with rare drops and side grade equipment to the dungeons etc.

Also on the subject of open world content, what ever happened to the open world primals they promised us? There was even footage of it in the bench mark! I remember them saying whoever killed the primal would be the only FC on that server to be able to summon it in battle and once they had used it; it would return to the open world for others to kill.

[Arkghyom]

Open World +1

[DoctorPepper]

I'm interested in more open world content as long as there aren't any claim wars. Thanks for the offer but I'll have to pass on the billions of claim bots from ffxi.

Personally I'm also not akin to fates, really wouldn't mind some content where you farm items from harder/non-soloable monsters to pop hard bosses. I think that we need open world alliances first though before they can add open world content I'm really interested in.

[Warlyx]

im up for anything atm , because we really need more content that is fun engaging and make ppl dont stand in mor dhona bored until PF is filled or queue pops

[Vies]

More open world content would be great. I also wish fates were more meaningful, though. At first they were great, but they're so frequent it just cheapens things. I'd rather see them pop up much more rarely, last longer, and give more substantial rewards. Make them a treat, not just a grinding tool.

[Naunet]

So... are FATEs not considered open world content anymore? What exactly are you guys talking about?

FATEs are just one thing. Variety is good.

I like that hamlet defense thing the OP described; I have to wonder why they scrapped it going into 2.0.

I'm just trying to gauge what you mean by "Open World Content", because looking at past MMOs that I have played before with Open World Content not structured by FATEs... the only thing I can think of is random special enemies spawning in a very small area of a map where appropriate that are used as minibosses in quest objectives, and are often killed by trolling players to prevent other players from completing quest objectives through the act of kill-stealing.

I can give you an MMO that does open world content in a much more varied way: Rift. You've got, of course, rifts, which come in a variety of types - minor, major, crafting, pvp, hunt, raid - and zone invasions, which have a variety of different objectives, including ones that are more pvp-oriented. Instant adventures are like rapid-fire, neverending group objectives that can take you all over a zone; you can queue for them or just encounter one out in the open world and join it using the game's public grouping feature. Artifact hunting is another biggy, especially with the new profession out, but people still also love completing collections; if you use Quantum/Omen sight (a special ability you can unlock by purchasing it with planarite once you hit 50), you can see special artifacts, as well as the entrances for the game's 10 man content, Slivers. The whole open world is littered with puzzles tucked away in mountains, or atop buildings, or in valleys, or whathaveyou, many of which give achievements or other rewards upon solving. Then there are those standard things such as rare mobs and material gathering. There are plenty of dailies and weeklies as well, if that's you're cup of tea.

FFXIV has... gathering, FATEs, dailies and... what? This game just needs more.

[drivendawn]

Here you go.
Honestly your ideas aren't that interesting to me.

Ok thats not what the pole is about its about if you want SE to add more and different open world content. Sorry if I didn't make that obvious enough but what I wrote were just examples.

[Zumi]

Hamlet defense was instanced not open world.

[SarcasmMisser]

I really feel that being that attached to this issue is either going to leave you eternally disappointed and making threads forever or make you quit and give 1.0 a proper burial.

There's really no indication that things like open-world dungeons are ever going to come back, and we all know how yoshida feels about 1.0. We've seen his compromises (treasure hunts, fates) and any future content will probably be expansions of those concepts.

[ZeroRains]

More content the better!