Petition to keep non-instanced dungeons.

[Issac]

I expressed my concern for this matter the second I saw it in the "press release" documents. You know, the whole 2.0 hype.

Question to the Devs,

Is it true that ALL dungeons will be converted into instanced raids? All of them?
As in, no open dungeons at all? No competitive gameplay, at all? No random spelunking solo to open coffers, at all?

Before I piss and moan, I just want a confirmation that this is planned. I'm loving everything from the plans going forward (Except maybe "jobs" being progressed through quests and not EXP) but this one particular thing leaves a foul taste in my mouth.

Is it true?


Edit;

Q: All of the dungeons will become instanced, but does this mean all public dungeons disappear?
A: For the ones that require a certain amount of people, I think it would be better to be closed off, so please assume that this means they will basically disappear. However, there will still be beastman strongholds in the open fields.

And from our tusty Reinheart,

F: will there be no more public dungeons in the future?
Y: you can say everything will be gone but like public field there will be those that will still exist but it’s easier to design where only few members can go in, so we’re looking to go that direction.

This confuses me a bit. But if I'm reading right, open dungeons will no longer exist in 2.0?
Or they will be rare?

My concern remains... Especially considering this:

Q: You said that all dungeons will become instanced areas. Does that mean there won't be any public area dungeons?

A: Basically, you can consider that they will eventually be gone in the end. Though there is an issue on how the content in field areas should be handled. For example, the beastman strongholds that were introduced in patch 1.19. I'm considering keeping those sorts of elements in the game.

However, challenges that limit player number are easier to design if they're in a form of instanced area. Also it'd be easier for players to seek members using a party finder. Thus in general, please consider that many of them will eventually become an instance area.

When I saw that, my heart sank. I have essentially lost the will to debate anything anymore at this point. I don't know, maybe I'll give a shit in a couple months once I forget about this major disappointment.