Openworld Vs Instanced

[Gramul]

I asked Yoshi a question regarding it. I suggest you do the same. Stuff that ballot.

[Coldbrand]

If it's anything like the XI forums, it won't matter what we wan't since we're not Japanese. But yeah, leave instanced crap to WoW. I'm good without parties that never speak a word. And I sure as Hell want a variety of content, not just all raids/instances in which case I flat out won't even be interested in this game.

[Tsukino]

I like to have instances, especially for endgame content and storyline battles where it wouldn't make sense for anyone else to be there.

But I'd prefer if more of a game were open world. Hell, it's the whole reason MMOs exist in the first place. We had games with lobbies long before UO and EQ showed up. The very purpose of MMOs is to create a world where everyone plays together, and I don't appreciate the current trend of turning the game worlds into giant lobbies because instances are so popular. If I wanted to have a chat room and small games with a small number of people I'd play Guild Wars or Diablo III or something. In an MMO I want to see other players, because it's just not "massively multiplayer" otherwise.

Someone in another thread had an interesting idea though, where you'd basically do both for the same area. Like say you could enter a dungeon normally to explore and fight things that are regularly there, but then there is also a quest that will put you in an instanced version with enemies that are placed specifically for the quest. That way you get both designs out of only one area map.

[Lucinda_Lecore]

Open world all the way. It's always alot of fun meeting other adventurers in a dungeon and teaming up unexpectently

[indira]

strong hold are a good example of open world content, leves a good example of open world instance.
instance's should be things you cant normaly do in the open world like battle grounds & big time boss fights, castles and stuff like that.

SE should mix it up and add some of everything like there doing.