Well welcome to Final Warcraft, if this game is supposed to be about casuals then wtf am i even paying for, so far ive seen nothing but more and more of the "WoW" influence in it. I have seen ppl ridiculed because they had sub-par gear and were ousted from groups, and all i can think of is that shit didnt happen in XI that much because the job made you not your gear it just helped, but in XIV no gear = gimpass.

As for open world i would love to see a ton of it, but i'm afraid the instanced route is gonna prevail over all simply because its easier for them to manage. Well I say the F$#@ that they get paid to make a great compelling game, not make and easy to manage game for 4 yr olds i mean wtf cmon SE get it togather.