Open World Raiding, can we have it please?

[Nektulos-Tuor]

Being dead doesn't negate the purpose of the bots. They're just there to look at things, not actually fight.

There ARE open world raids in this game, namely Behemoth, FATE!Odin, and all of the S rank hunts. There just aren't omgawesomecool prizes for them besides special currencies to spend on STUFF!
There are absolute horror stories regarding open world raids from older games like XI and EQ1, which became the foundation for how XIV decided to handle the system.

Eh...

Those are not raids. Those are Zergs.

Raids are like Coils, in a raid you are limited to how many people you can engage an encounter.

Behemoth and Odin are Open World Bosses, they are jokes compared to raids. Hunts are also not serious content because they are also zerg mobs.

This game has no Open World Raiding or Group Content at the moment, it never has had it.

I consider Behemoth and Odin just advanced Fates. Aka - you need more then a handful of players to do it. Hunt mobs are just solo mobs that well, offer no real fun or purpose to the game, they are just grind-fodder for appearance gear. Not really fun nore rewarding.

Now, Hunts would be quite a bit more fun if only a group or 1-3 players could do them, and only a few players could get the loot and the amount of tokens they gave were x10-x20 wha they are now.

http://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wi...oth_%28FATE%29

In fact, the game describes the encounter itself as a fate and nothing more.