Solo and Open World Relevancy

[Gehena]

Can we get some relevant open world content?
Can we get some solo content?
Can we get anything to break away from the current weekly cap monotony?

Grinding the same set of dungeons for over two years was cool and all, but I'm sure most of us are tired of feeling like Walmart associates when in-game...

#JustGehennaThings I guess....

[Adualion]

I'm sick of not having a sense of adventure in the open world as well. FFXI had a couple of things right, and one of them was needing to party up to explore the areas that held hard enemies. I'm not asking for sneak/invis/deodorize, but I'd really like the open world to engage me in the exploration. I would not be able to number the amount of times where I made a group to specifically run around in the dangerous areas of a place just for the fun of it. It was really fun for me to try to explore an area with some friends when I could be killed by an enemy.

[Gehena]

I'm sick of not having a sense of adventure in the open world as well. FFXI had a couple of things right, and one of them was needing to party up to explore the areas that held hard enemies. I'm not asking for sneak/invis/deodorize, but I'd really like the open world to engage me in the exploration. I would not be able to number the amount of times where I made a group to specifically run around in the dangerous areas of a place just for the fun of it. It was really fun for me to try to explore an area with some friends when I could be killed by an enemy.

My point exactly..

I want to be able to tackle any relevant content with a particularly low number of people or even by myself (if mechanics allow it obviously). I'm not asking to change the obvious intentional progression block they've created (weekly cap/lockout), but to allow me the satisfaction of being an individual and otherwise stagnant game.

[Jim_Berry]

My point exactly..

I want to be able to tackle any relevant content with a particularly low number of people or even by myself (if mechanics allow it obviously). I'm not asking to change the obvious intentional progression block they've created (weekly cap/lockout), but to allow me the satisfaction of being an individual and otherwise stagnant game.

I thought setting undersized and then going into Brayflox Normal was exciting. But seeing as how there's no reason to do it because of no rewards (not even xp or gil from the mobs), was a turn-off. I bet if they allow gil and xp to be gained from undersized, I know I, myself, would still run the low level dungeons.

[Jim_Berry]

I'm sick of not having a sense of adventure in the open world as well. FFXI had a couple of things right, and one of them was needing to party up to explore the areas that held hard enemies. I'm not asking for sneak/invis/deodorize, but I'd really like the open world to engage me in the exploration. I would not be able to number the amount of times where I made a group to specifically run around in the dangerous areas of a place just for the fun of it. It was really fun for me to try to explore an area with some friends when I could be killed by an enemy.

Yes! In FFXI, going alone something gave me fear on the inside. In FFXIV, I do not have that fear.

[Twilite]

I don't want that back >_>. Keep it as is, but do add some kind of variety of events.

[Adualion]

I don't want that back >_>. Keep it as is, but do add some kind of variety of events.

I understand why you wouldn't want all the areas to be dangerous, but at the same time the entire world is completely safe to run around in. I can kill an entire army of mobs single handedly, and I'm losing my immersion this way. I go to a dungeon and enemies are much harder to kill than the ones in the overworld. The overworld itself is pathetic in terms of enemies. The only time I'm in any danger is when I'm very underleveled for a zone. I think it would be better to create a dangerous overworld and perhaps even make the enemies give enough XP that it would be worth it to fight them instead of grinding fates or spamming dungeons.

[Gehena]

I understand why you wouldn't want all the areas to be dangerous, but at the same time the entire world is completely safe to run around in. I can kill an entire army of mobs single handedly, and I'm losing my immersion this way. I go to a dungeon and enemies are much harder to kill than the ones in the overworld. The overworld itself is pathetic in terms of enemies. The only time I'm in any danger is when I'm very underleveled for a zone. I think it would be better to create a dangerous overworld and perhaps even make the enemies give enough XP that it would be worth it to fight them instead of grinding fates or spamming dungeons.

last I recall MMOs were suppose to emulate a sense of the danger of venturing alone... Believe it or not something as simple as "a sense of danger" can further enhance your gaming experience.

[Tadacho]

I understand why you wouldn't want all the areas to be dangerous, but at the same time the entire world is completely safe to run around in. I can kill an entire army of mobs single handedly, and I'm losing my immersion this way. I go to a dungeon and enemies are much harder to kill than the ones in the overworld. The overworld itself is pathetic in terms of enemies. The only time I'm in any danger is when I'm very underleveled for a zone. I think it would be better to create a dangerous overworld and perhaps even make the enemies give enough XP that it would be worth it to fight them instead of grinding fates or spamming dungeons.

What does it matter? You're just gonna fly over it all anyway, or run through it on your chocobo and then make a forum thread complaining about Heavy and how we can't avoid encounters effectively.

[Dante_V]

I think we will be getting some in 3.1 if I'm not mistaken with the island adventures and relic quest (possibly open world content?)