Quote Originally Posted by Nabiri View Post
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.

I disagree with competition for claiming being entertaining at all, but hey they kept that part. You claim the monster first and you get all rewards.

Far as the open world experience, i think its a good thing and it could still be done, i just dont see this system serving any purpose in the form they are talking about doing it. i think an open claim system, along with sharing some of the rewards, even if its just quest credits, could bring people together, and the could have made interesting overworld boss/events requiring large groups of people working together to benefit each other, even if they werent in the same group or linkshell, but instead they look to be half assing it, and changing the mechanic, without making anything that makes use of it, or encourages social behavior.