Why the heavy focus on instance only?

[Forerunner]

I'm really struggling to understand this decision.

Is it so us 3 second delay peeps have no worries about 0.7 second delay players sitting all over us when it comes to NM hunting?

Ah well, now all I gotta do is find 8 EU members on Mysidia to go hu..... and there's only about 4 of us. Darn.

/to-the-drawing-board

[Answa]

Cross-world search function.

[Sephrick]

Cross-world search function.

This, and because people don't know how to share. There will be plenty of open world content. But, not everything needs to be a 72 hour lottery spawn campfest.

[Wolfie]

Because instanced content is much more flexible to work with and can more easily provide fun than open world.

[Xatsh]

The only reason is cross server party system (dungeon finder more or less)

It requires more work to make a whole new zone then it does to add things in the open world. Issue is with open world dungeon finder will not work.

AS for instances being more fun, guess it depends open world content does not have to be Loto Spawn 72-24-2 hr NMs. Look at XI for the variety of open world content for example.

[Jynx]

Because instanced content can more easily provide fun than open world.

That's totally subjective.

[Babydoll]

Instances lose their novelty for me after a bit...hopefully they will make these ones interesting like old school ff dungeons. :x

[Rokien]

You should like this post then and sign(if you haven't done so already) http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...nced-dungeons.

[indira]

Why the heavy focus on instance only?

too feed the cry babys, and to make you grind gear doing the same crap over and over again, but crafters now make the best gear so its pertty much a waste of time.

SE wants the world to be dead and people sitting in a queue in town.

[Sephrick]

too feed the cry babys, and to make you grind gear doing the same crap over and over again, but crafters now make the best gear so its pertty much a waste of time.

SE wants the world to be dead and people sitting in a queue in town.

Like open world content without a group finder is any different? In XI you grind the same content over and over while most of the world is dead because people are sitting in the favored town shouting for groups. And whether or not you get to play is based solely on how many other people are doing what you're trying to do that night.

Want to do Dynamis, too bad all zones but Windurst are occupied. Want to kill Vrtra? To bad he was killed 35 hours ago. You could always farm Diorite in sky with it's awesome 1.5% drop rate. Usually they sane leave that one be.

Yoshida has said there still will be open world content like the strongholds. The instanced content is a blessing because it allows for groups to actually plan and do the content when they intend to instead of standing around hoping they get a chance to play.

XI content ended at getting claim of what you wanted to do, and that was boring. Instanced content allows them to design more unique and challenging experiences.