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

[Shougun]

Oh you mean like maps? We already have those with rare rewards.

They can correct me if wrong but I believe the intent was to example open world content that doesn't produce issues you mentioned. About the server instability and such. Which is to say, if I understand them right, that you can absolutely add and have open world content without trains or server crashing.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

They can correct me if wrong but I believe the intent was to example open world content that doesn't produce issues you mentioned. About the server instability and such. Which is to say, if I understand them right, that you can absolutely add and have open world content without trains or server crashing.

Well, it's not the servers that crash, it's people playing on toasters.


Most players are either on ps4s, or laptops that can barely play the game, in my experience.

Those are the people you see mass dcing in hunt trains and the like.


Also, to create "meaningful" open world content means it needs to be accessible, which means spawned things (like maps), or random things like hunts (that would get zerged cuz loot)


If you think they are going to give away the best obtainable gear from easy stuff like maps, yeah no.


And maps of savage difficulty I don't ever see happening.


And for solo maps, they'd have to design the fights for what, 17 different jobs? Otherwise you'd basically have a repeat of potd, with rdm being the only one able to clear.

[Ultimatecalibur]

Also, to create "meaningful" open world content means it needs to be accessible, which means spawned things (like maps), or random things like hunts (that would get zerged cuz loot)

A ranks and S ranks are only zerged due to their relative rarity. Drop the respawn timer on A ranks to every hour and you are more likely to see groups of about 8 to 48 hunting them rather than a server and a half.

And maps of savage difficulty I don't ever see happening.

Savage maybe not but Extreme trial difficulty should be fine and they could provide similar ilevel endgame gear.

And for solo maps, they'd have to design the fights for what, 17 different jobs?

The Mysterious Maps from patch 2.28 had several solo fights which a fair amount of mechanical complexity and they seem to have made the Bozja duels possible to complete by all jobs as long as they have the right actions.

Otherwise you'd basically have a repeat of potd, with rdm being the only one able to clear.

Currently Astrologian is the only job that has not soloed floor 200 of PotD.