DEV attention: We request some change to open world!

[Mikara]

The old NM/HNM system that several people keep clamoring for is the poster child of not allowing everyone to do something and having players left out. Because that's what they really want, to be able to have exclusive shinies that others can't have. That's the real reason why they don't like that all the best gear comes from dungeons, because with the current system they can't lock out other players from getting the same gear that they have.

Having NMs using a pop system (similar to TH) or a quest system (leves) allows players to form groups and choose to tackle this content when they feel like it.

The camping/claiming system has players stuck in a zone waiting for an NM to pop with the chance of losing claim and having wasted their time.

If you honestly feel that way, I don't think anything I can say will change how you feel, however I have suggested some things that would remove the whole "exclusive" feel to the rewards from NMs, give it a quick read and let me know if you have any suggestions for roaming / open world NMs. Believe me though when I say I'm all ears for good ideas / suggestions that will grab peoples attention towards putting any content in the game that could / would be fun.

I hate to say it, but you've pretty much hit the nail on the head. I'd also like to add that a lot of these calls for so-called 'open world content' are actually not - people just want NMs which drop powerful/expensive gear that can be sold for an overinflated price on the Market Board.

Considering the economy is in meltdown at the moment due to players not spending money to instead save for their FC housing, even if gear dropping NMs were in the game, the gear would not sell for chicken feed and the same players would be endlessly whining why SE can't fix the economy. And then you have the RMT/botting problem which is a whole other barrel of moogles...

I have to say, if this is honestly how people feel about NMs (the whole I want it to be the best and have it sellable for huge sums of gil), I believe they are playing the wrong game. If they want that kind of content, FFXI is still live, and they can partake in that to their hearts content.