The World: so Big so Beautiful... But yet so empty

[LukasRavenholme]

When I was camping Ixion about a few weeks ago, I would sit there crafting, staring from Porta Praetoria across the Lochs and towards Ala Mhigo.

No airships or ground caravans going in or out of that city. It just sits there like it's Anor Londo, pristine but lifeless, surrounded by awful monsters. No signs of life from the outside. MAYBE it's on lockdown or martial law. Maybe there's a curfew and a temporary travel ban due to the war. Maybe it will change in 4.1 but I doubt it somehow. Right now it just seems...off. Other Eorzean cities aren't much different.

Kind of depressing. I wish the cities had more stuff going on around them like other final fantasy games (Lindblum, Rabanastre). Airships, caravans, travelers actually moving about. Maybe once the Empire is wiped off the map (or peace treaty signed), Eorzea will be abuzz with airships and ambient travelers. Again, though, not a lot of hope. This game can barely handle 200+ people beating on one boss without culling. SE has optimization to consider.