"Future content will be heavily instanced" ...not sure i like it...

[Perrin_Aybarra]

I am not exactly sure how it "hurts" the sense of community?

When you went for those events you listed up in your OP, you went with your LS or with a group you formed in the city prior to going there.

The community is mainly what happens in the cities. Things like besieged and campains will probably be non-instanced events in FFXIV in the form of hamlet defense and such.

HNM still exists and they are not instanced.

So what if they make things like eco-warrior (which is like behest imo) instanced, it's still in the open world but the mobs are instanced which prevent outsiders from killing the mobs if they are not part of the event.

IMO, more instanced stuff is great and massive coop events like hamlet defense will be non-instanced because the type of event calls for it.

So the community feeling will still be there when you got a bunch of strangers working toward a common goal like defending a Hamlet, or grouping up for behest or forming groups to go grind. HNM/NM they will probably be kept non-instanced and you still go kill them and compete for claim with your LS.

So if your main concern is the community feel, I don't think you have to worry.