The open world mobs in XIV are designed to simply drop over dead when you approach them on any job. Aka it is designed to be face roll easy outside instances. No danger, no risk, something you can do while watching Netflicks.

XIV the game is designed so that the open world is for solo players. It is basically modeled after WoW where a mob at your level is extremely weak compared to you unless it is rare spawn.


Comparing it to an older mmo such as XI. Take the mobs level and reduce it by 10 and that is about the equivalent difficulty. Aka Fighting a level 30mob in XIV is like fighting a lvl 20 mob in XI at lvl 30. Fighting a mob in XIV 8 to 10 levels above you is equivalent to an Even match fight. I am not a fan of the XIV model, honestly I despise it, but it is that way so people with little time can easily solo without no stress. The new age of mmo player seems to enjoy this for what ever reason.