Thread: Why 2.0 maps will be instantly opened now?

Originally Posted by MilesSaintboroguh

My guess is they're streamlining 2.0 so that people can catch up and get to the 3.0 stuff sooner.

Very possible, but it is not like getting each map revealed all at once will make that process noticably faster.

In some ways this change would actually make things more difficult. E.g. when doing hunt-logs it can sometimes be hard to find certain creatures. Currently one can look at the map to find unexplored areas which can be a strong hint on where those creatures might be found. With all the map revealed at once you won't have that help.

Originally Posted by MistakeNot

Very possible, but it is not like getting each map revealed all at once will make that process noticably faster.

This is probably just the first of many steps. How much complaining did we see upon HW launch that people would have to go through the 2.0 content to get to the 3.0 content? Now imagine how 4.0 would be. I'm guessing huge chunks of the storyline are going to be boiled down to a TL;DR version.

Originally Posted by Ashkendor

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I remember the outrage some people had about that and how they should get access to 3.0 anyway, even though Square already boosted EXP for 2.0 so people can hit 50 faster and steamroll to 3.0

Originally Posted by MistakeNot

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Actually it wouldn't change anything. The hunt logs always tells you the exact area/region that the mobs hang out at, so the redone maps are gonna make hunt logs even easier to do.

Originally Posted by Ashkendor

This is probably just the first of many steps. How much complaining did we see upon HW launch that people would have to go through the 2.0 content to get to the 3.0 content? Now imagine how 4.0 would be. I'm guessing huge chunks of the storyline are going to be boiled down to a TL;DR version.

2.X does have a lot of fetch quests and such that can easily pared down without lossing much story.

I suspect this change may be tied to a combination paring down of the 2.0 stuff for new players and a preparation for a possible expansion of the 2.0 maps to allow for flying. This will shrink new player data while giving older players what will likely be one last patch to fully map out the 2.X areas.