Quote Originally Posted by Richard_BG View Post
see wasn't that much easier?



No it doesn't. Look at GW2. Look at Tera. Look at Rift. Both have co-op open world content as well as open world competitive content. The whole idea behind 2.0 is that 1.0 fking sucked.
Restructuring servers is not solely for cross-server co-op play. It needed to happen regardless of what content they are adding into the game. The point is they can do MORE with upgraded servers and they will be doing it.

"Most" things don't need to be instanced, there needs to be a perfect balance between open world and instanced content. You will always lose players from one side of the coin or the other if you only offer a single type. FFXI only (really) offered open world competition and lots of people hopped over to WoW because of it. WoW only (really) offered instanced content and lots of FFXI people stayed on FFXI. Only now are we really starting to see a merging of both content types in some next-gen MMOs coming out.

If Yoshida (and SE) we're smart they'd use this second chance, this breath of life that was given to XIV, and create content that caters to both crowds as much possible to rake them in. They are introducing pvp into a FF title which is...OK I guess - it's not really SE's strong point. I think they would have been better off putting that time and effort into making sure their PvE rooted fans we're happy first thing.
Ah, back on a PC I can actually post!

It is pretty interesting seeing people from multiple MMO genres merging into FFXIV. People are pretty closed-minded on alternative forms of content that is new/foreign to them. You hit it on the nail, people have been going on about how 2.0 is going to enhance the Instanced Raids we have. It will also greatly enhance the possibilities for great open world action.

Regardless, its just hard to fathom even after all this time why SE strayed from the beaten path they had set themselves in FFXI. I think however, that between all the great ideas mentioned so far for the compromises of Instanced Content meets Open World content, that SE could make a wonderful game. I am highly anticipating 2.0, and for the sake of my future subscriptions, I surely hope that they pull through!

Also, PvP; I'm intrigued to say the least. Ballista was (lol) kind of fun, I'm ready to see what kind of PvP they will bring into FFXIV.