Crucial missing element that hinders Open world content - Monster ranks

[Wolf_Gang]

The current world is not really tailored for open world content but Yoshi is going to continue to implement features like the hunt, then the world needs a sense of danger and seclusion from low lv content.

You can't have that without formidable foes.

That's why monster ranks should not be exclusive to Elite marks. Instead they should be a proponent of all monsters in the game.

Look at the MMO Aion for example:
They had HP bars for different monster ranks based on how many players needed to kill it:

NORMAL - 1 person can solo

ELITE - need 2-3 players

HERO - A full party required

LEGENDARY - A full alliance


Because all monsters have their own rank, the level designers can create sections of the map with danger for open world content and safe zones for questing, travel, etc.

• D rank - Solo
• C rank - Light Party
• B rank - Full party
• A rank - Alliance
• S rank - 3x Alliance (ilv50)

For example, in Eastern Thanalan, imagine if The burning Wall section and Amalj'aa Encampment section were full of C-rank monsters. SE can place a B-rank hunt in those areas or valuable gathering points and maps.



Places like beastman camps and Lv50 zones should have sections of higher ranked mobs.

I know it's hard for them to implement something like this now, but I really hope for the new areas in the expansion pack, they design areas with dangerous elements.

[Zarzak]

But this would create situations where you had to play this multiplayer game with other...... people /gasp.


Sorry but your suggestion of making it so you can't solo something is insanity and can not be allowed.

THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!! (and the antisocial adults like the one who made this amazing comment "a game centered around forced grouping is just not for me any more." hint maybe MULTIPLAYER games aren't for you anymore)

[DracotheDragon]

i kinda like this idea, t have ranks as well as lets say RNG with the rank of the enemy as they spawn in might make open world fun say you see someone hunting apakalu and suddenly a LEDGENDARY APPAKALU just pawns in, looks the same and one shots the camper XD