Player Convenience VS Game Depth

[northernsky]

[...]but I'm also for adding an element of "chance", so to say. Nothing like the claim wars of XI, but enough to make a player go "oh!" as they're traveling towards a certain objective, stop, and take advantage of a situation that may not always be available to them. [...]

I was not sure if I was agreeing with OP, but this part is really well said.

Reminds me of the random NPC that popped regarding imperial attacks recently. I thought it was quite exciting and added a little something when it popped as you passed by, but people got frustrated because of the unpredictable nature of the pops and unsuccessful farming for hours.

So yeah, if you want to take part in said content at any time just because, it gets frustrating, but if you see it as yet an additional, rare content, it effectively adds a lot of life and depth to the game. It's not a question of easy vs hard

[Viritess]

I will agree i like world effects to produce rarities then just time, chance and random locations.

Sometimes its even cooler to know of a cave (or series of caves), off the beaten path, that at midnight a bunch of wrights take over.

Opposed to every x hours, there is a chance 1 critter wills spawn "somewhere" in the range of 10x10 map grid blocks.

It can help anchor your adventures and help players make note of map features when your looking for caves or passages as opposed to just spawns. I'd rather search the map for places and find things then to search for things and miss out on places that might have had things in them.

When i started i was searching nearly every cave i walked by. Now i've realized unless it has a big icon on it in the map view, theres almost nothing to look at in there. Its generally 1 room, maybe a pool fo water annnd done. I take a peek still. but any sense of adventure is pretty much gone. Most caves are the same and it seems completely rare or non exsistant to find a cave that isnt a carbon copy of all the others.

[indira]

Player Convenience VS Game Depth

Player Convenience = short game life people will just move on since they win the game faster.

Game Depth = and actual game with checks and balences, not a here you go this epic armor for 50gil.

[Rokien]

Game depth includes the world around you, that even means waiting for an airship ride....

[Zyph]

Game depth includes the world around you, that even means waiting for an airship ride....

That even means riding on the airship even for 5 minutes and seeing the world pass below you, even if it is a low-poly model of the continent, it still feels breathtaking.

[Rokien]

That even means riding on the airship even for 5 minutes and seeing the world pass below you, even if it is a low-poly model of the continent, it still feels breathtaking.

Yep, it adds to the game depth. HECK THEY CAN EVEN DO WHAT TERA DID. Ride around a bit then go through a teleporter deal. Something other than HEY YOUR HERE!

[Lux_Rayna]

Game depth includes the world around you, that even means waiting for an airship ride....

Except when the airship ride isn't a ride, but a half-assed cutscene of a ship taking off. Then its just inconvenient.

[Jinko]

Hard to say I like both, can't I have my cake and eat it too ?

[Gramul]

When you can just teleport anywhere, why bother with 5 minute airship rides?

Few people even bother with the ship.

Hard to say I like both, can't I have my cake and eat it too ?

It's more of an either or situation. More referring to the time and commitment required.
You can have different situations favoring different levels of commitment, but the question is focused on which you prefer more.

[Jinko]

I always use the airships, Anima is worth more than anything in Erozea, although Hamlet may have changed that.