Non instanced dungeons. An under-looked game design method in XI

[Nabiri]

(Long post - #35)

(I know I'm a bit late to this thread, but I've been sick for a week and a half and I just bookmarked it till I could get around to posting. lol)

Amazing post.. I couldn't find a way to put into words what exactly the zones in XIV are lacking that XI had so much of. So thank you for that! You explained exactly how I feel!

As much as I loved Aion I felt it also lacked something.. The zones were so pretty but it was just another game that pushed you through the areas with quests and then you out-leveled them and never had a reason to see those places again. It was kind of sad.

I loved how FFXI's areas remained relevant.. Always a reason to go back, higher level things to do, more places to explore, access to a new hidden place. I was always in a different place. Never stuck in the same 5 zones all the time.. I was always traveling all over the world.

I fear that FFXIV is taking the same direction as every other MMO out there though. :\ And that an amazing world like Vana'diel will never exist again. I pray to the Twelve I'm wrong. :x