Open World Content.

[Zumi]

Oh snap, Rokien! How have you been?

As for open world content, no, it's still an AoE spam, where it will continue to be so until they completely rework every class to not have those abilities. Only now, you can earn allied seals to buy good gear, so it makes it even more obnoxious how many people are doing it!

Are you forgetting they just added hunt NMs? Which is open world content that some FFXI players been asking for.