Field Dungeons

[Enkidoh]

That was requested way back during the Beta test and Yoshi categorically said "no", and has stood firm with that attitude. So I'm afraid we're not going to see open/public dungeons (1.0 had them, but they were basically just big empty areas of underground nothing, only adding to the big empty areas of above ground nothing that 1.0's zones in general were like, and as ARR's design was guided specifically to avoid 1.0's missteps, public dungeons alas were excised accordingly, and will never be coming back I'm sorry to say).

[ItMe]

That was requested way back during the Beta test and Yoshi categorically said "no", and has stood firm with that attitude.

Has he though?
We're not asking for anything too out of line with Bozja.
Bozja even has a big boss at the end of it in the form of Castrum. If they made a Bozja that was a little more procedurally generated and with different zones you moved to like levels in a deep dungeon...
OPs pyramid idea would be frickin perfect for something like this.

Maybe Yoshi's attitude has changed over the last decade.
Maybe just our idea of an open dungeon has.

[Canadane]

That was requested way back during the Beta test and Yoshi categorically said "no", and has stood firm with that attitude. So I'm afraid we're not going to see open/public dungeons (1.0 had them, but they were basically just big empty areas of underground nothing, only adding to the big empty areas of above ground nothing that 1.0's zones in general were like, and as ARR's design was guided specifically to avoid 1.0's missteps, public dungeons alas were excised accordingly, and will never be coming back I'm sorry to say).

I remember a few being mostly nothing other than say an interesting NM with a drop.
But Shposhae had a pretty nifty key system going on for it. Maybe a little slow paced but it wasn't unwelcome.

While I know we won't get places like that again, I wouldn't say no if Yoshi-P asked if he should change his mind.