Quote Originally Posted by Ibi View Post
According to Yoshi-P in an interview with Reddit at PAX East earlier this year, the people that want the open world used are a small enough minority that they have no plans to do so:
While I would never want it to be what FFXI was, it's disappointing to see an aversion to the open world. Frankly, I've never liked dungeons/raids, so more things that aren't that would be great. :-(
More instanced content that isn't just a single, linear run to the end would be alright as well though.