Open World Proposal

[Mikara]

Going to post this here as well, seeing as how there are currently two ongoing threads about almost the same thing...

Edit: This refers to current open world content!
Oh boy, I can fate grind for a pitiful amount of gil + random and non important flame seals. Oh boy, I can go do treasure maps for drops that have already had their market value crashed into the ground within the first two weeks of them being released and gear that is beyond useless to any level 50 that does them. Oh boy, I can do dailies which are beyond boring and have already lost all worth to anyone who has ever played any other MMO with dailies in them. (Not saying some people don't like them, it's just that it's hardly open world content when it takes less than 15 minutes for rewards that are just for vanity.)

Edit: This refers to why people are stupid for crying about any sort of NM being in the game.
I really fail to understand why people are so against open world NMs, it's not like they have to drop best of the best of the best gear or anything. It could be small quality of life stuff, like a necklace that gives your stone skin casts +3% with barely any stats on it. Perhaps a pair of pants that gives you +5% movement speed in sanctuaries or something non important to battle. I don't understand why people think "OMG NMs, THEY WILL JUST GIVE THEM THE BEST STUFF EVER AND EVERY BOT FOREVER WILL FARM THEM AND I'LL NEVER HAVE MY CHANCE EVER OMG OMG NO!" FFXIV 1.0-1.2 most NMs were NEVER camped, every time I went to one, there was NO ONE there. So your shit arguments about being over camped are only because of your expectations for the best gear ever being attached to them.

Edit: Because I wanted to add a little humor to my post... Being afraid of adding NMs to the game because of the repercussions of them being in the game is similar to being afraid of going to your friends birthday party because you could choke on their birthday cake. If you are that afraid of them, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THEM! Just like if you are afraid of choking on birthday cake YOU DON'T HAVE TO EAT IT!

[Theplatter]

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This really just points out the current issues in Yoshi-P's vision for ARR, in that the game is far too streamlined. Leveling 1-50 is just a race to get to the end with very little memorable content in between (other than discovering some linear dungeons and unlocking your job). For the most part, gear just enhances your basic stats, as well as some combination of accuracy, determination, skill/spell speed and critical hit rate. What happened to gear that enhanced abilities or had some other unique modifier? Removing elemental weaknesses was a horrible decision as well, all in the name of streamlined content. I'd love to see a return of ability-enhancing gear, or more of those items that would give a steep increase in hp, crit, accuracy, etc. at the cost of the usual vitality, mind, or whatever basic stat for the class/job that can wear them.