Something needs to be done about the empty open world

[StormyFae]

BLU is very doable. There are resources available and people (at least on Crystal) are very helpful with the BLU focused party finder parties.


If I need to grind tomestones organized ShB hunts are amazing. It's also great for farming augment material for the level 80 tomestone gear (Crystarium). I'll take an afternoon of that over grinding roulettes and all three Nier raids. I do like them, just not enough to do all three every week.

I cap tomestones in 2 days with jist doimg the daily roulett so that seems meha 2 me,

As for other what else is there opeworld outside those 3 , i mean i luv beast tribes but it once again limited..

Almost all open world you lited to how much u can do, but u can q non stoped

[Jojoya]

I cap tomestones in 2 days with jist doimg the daily roulett so that seems meha 2 me,

As for other what else is there opeworld outside those 3 , i mean i luv beast tribes but it once again limited..

Almost all open world you lited to how much u can do, but u can q non stoped

I can cap tomestones on one character in 90 minutes on reset days just doing hunt trains (useful since I have 5 characters at level cap).

Everyone is ignoring the main use of the open world - leveling through MSQ. Even if you're finished leveling, other players aren't and there are new players joining the game all the time along with veteran players making new characters to level. The zones have to prioritize the experience for those players so any additional content needs to function around the needs of those who are going through MSQ.

Don't forget that SE had to change their plans for the Dwarf beast tribe quests because they had hit the memory limit for Kholusia with so much of the YoRHA content also being housed there. The beast tribe quests had to be moved to Lakeland despite it making no sense since the dwarves don't live there. There is a technical limit on just how much content can be placed in a zone.

[StormyFae]

I can cap tomestones on one character in 90 minutes on reset days just doing hunt trains (useful since I have 5 characters at level cap).

Everyone is ignoring the main use of the open world - leveling through MSQ. Even if you're finished leveling, other players aren't and there are new players joining the game all the time along with veteran players making new characters to level. The zones have to prioritize the experience for those players so any additional content needs to function around the needs of those who are going through MSQ.

Don't forget that SE had to change their plans for the Dwarf beast tribe quests because they had hit the memory limit for Kholusia with so much of the YoRHA content also being housed there. The beast tribe quests had to be moved to Lakeland despite it making no sense since the dwarves don't live there. There is a technical limit on just how much content can be placed in a zone.

I mean a majority of msq has you using instance content, and if u just pop a daily each day ur on its uped rather quick for lvling, that said i can get that but there needs to be a bigger real point were it actually feels like an adventure in open world, the way it feels atleast in my opinion is that the world is worthless to the point ur better off sitting in limsa watching netflix during qs and most things u enter u can be watching /typing on discord and still do easily

Like what is in open world is 12 daily beast tribes (doesnt take but 40min tops) your weekly hunt rlly an hour tops, and your weekly crafting custom delivery again u clear in 1 hour tops.. In full day the open world stuff is completely cleared..

Then the point is pop do a daily then sit around and q.. Sorry but that just feels kinda bad

[Jojoya]

I mean a majority of msq has you using instance content

Your MSQ is very different from my MSQ. I spend more time in the open world than in instanced content, and probably more time in cutscenes than in open world and instanced content combined.

i can get that but there needs to be a bigger real point were it actually feels like an adventure in open world,

It sounds more like a zone design issue than a lack of content issue. The zones aren't really designed for exploration, just as a place to deliver content.

I could agree with that to some extent. Without reason to explore, there's little sense of adventure to be found by randomly wandering around like other games offer.