[dev1026] Changes to Claiming and Engaging Enemies

[Nabiri]

Future content will be heavily instanced

R.I.P. open world content. You were my one of my favourite parts of MMOs.
Dark dingy dungeons are the future apparently. ._.
It's too bad. The world is beautiful, and with map redesigns it should be even better soon. As for instanced NMs and such in the open world.. well... I really loved the competition for claiming. NMs are less exciting without it.
I don't like instances to be the main part of a game. I enjoy being able to meet people passing by, have them join on my adventure or go help them out. I like that interaction with the community. I worry that will mostly be restricted to towns now.
This is just my opinion, not the same for everyone. I really worry about this game holding my attention for the years to come.

The other thing that I'm taking from this translation is that it seems the game will be more focused on the destination, and not the journey itself. This is just my interpretation of course, and is yet another thing I disagree with.

This is also the impression I got. :\ In FFXI leveling WAS content. Some of my best memories of the game were leveling parties, meeting so many people, all the adventures we had and all the laughs. The journey was the best part of XI for me... Well in any game. I don't know if a game that focuses on endgame could hold my attention for more than a year or two.