Simplicity over complexity, time to change.

[Lithera]

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I imagine we may see some of what you listed in the expansion. The way I look at the current open world map is that this is a very much a tamed continent. There's soldiers of some kind all over the place to quell the wilds, transportation hubs are plentiful. The original maps for FFXI weren't too much different. If you were max level (50) there wasn't much of a threat even in Xarcabard unless you got swarmed. It was RoZ that brought the most dangerous zones were even a 75 had to think twice about not hitting sneak/invis. If it's done right the expansion for XIV will introduce some less tamed areas where there may only be 1 aetheryte for miles and miles and extremely dangerous wildlife.