Quote Originally Posted by IveraIvalice View Post
It is definitely possible but it would mean adding some sort of tunnel to transition between the areas using different art assets...
I can definitely tell that you know what you are talking about. It seems like we are both on the same page. I guess, without considering the possible limitations, I really like the idea of FFXIV being open world. If they did this and it wasn't part of an expansion and it didn't affect the required specs, would you prefer it?

Also, I notice a lot of people knock 1.x, but haven't even played it. I did play 1.x from launch until Dalamud was revealed to not be the moon from Majoras Mask. Truthfully, despite its short comings, there was some legitimately cool stuff in 1.x. People like to jump on the "1.0 sux" bandwagon without looking at the systems that did actually work and were pretty cool. IF an open world design were re-introduced to FFXIV, I would also like to see open world dungeons make their return as well.