What steps could the devs take to better the Open World in XIV?

[Jojoya]

Stop copying WoW at every turn!

It's okay. WoW stole most of their ideas from other games in the first place so FFXIV isn't really copying WoW. It was a bit of a joke how often WoW would add something new just for half the player base to go "finally, Game X has had that feature for 3 years".

Wrt flying, dont take it away in special places, just make it dangerous, we cant attack while flying, that doesnt mean dragons/eagles etc couldnt. Stealth and other mount abilities could then be introduced as well.

Would be nice but this game doesn't seem set up for 3D combat. We don't even have it underwater.

[Hanayumi]

I wouldn't mind an open world version of Wondrous Tails, basically the challenge log but more detailed and far better rewards. A couple tiles of, do X number of fates in so & so zone, a couple tiles of harder specfic fates like world boss fates, a tile for each gatherer needing to collect X number items within a region, and a few final tiles for hunts. The challenge log has a lot of this but the rewards and general layout is just forgettable. Just some simple weekly busy work that will make venture out in the open world at least.

[Driavna]

I wouldn't mind an open world version of Wondrous Tails, basically the challenge log but more detailed and far better rewards. A couple tiles of, do X number of fates in so & so zone, a couple tiles of harder specfic fates like world boss fates, a tile for each gatherer needing to collect X number items within a region, and a few final tiles for hunts. The challenge log has a lot of this but the rewards and general layout is just forgettable. Just some simple weekly busy work that will make venture out in the open world at least.

I like your idea, and to be honest, sounds even better than the current Wondrous Tails we have.

Personally, I will add more secrets (hidden treasures or lore entries for example) and one time activities linked to achievements to keep players interested in that kind of stuff entertained for a longer period of time.

[Lily_Skye]

Stop copying WoW at every turn!

FFXIV is literally WoW with catgirls

[Shibi]

What would you implement to give players an incentive to engage in OW content?

Shinies (collectables as in games like Rift and EQ2) with furniture/glam rewards hide some of the rarer ones in caves where epic monsters live.

[DPZ2]

Shinies (collectables as in games like Rift and EQ2) with furniture/glam rewards hide some of the rarer ones in caves where epic monsters live.

So, after the Zerg-fest to get the furniture/glam rewards, the Open World can go back to being boring, yes?