Why this Live Letter Matters

[Absimiliard]

The only way IS can be revived would be if it contains content for the DoW/DoM. Even if its just special boss fights like BLU has, where later levels unlock more of these fights, it can do quite a bit. As those fights could give special rewards which then in turn can interact elsewhere (relic weapon requirement, special ingredients for certain housing items, special glams, rewards that benefit IS again to unlock more, daily/weekly challenges). But that obviously requires a massive change (which they dont seem to want to do because of ffxvi). And in the end, its probably very similar to variant dungeons anyway.

Something like the monster arena in FFX might fit the island well on the DoW/M interaction front. New monsters being added to the arena roster based on catching X number of different animal types would certainly be a good way to tie it in. It would also be a good opportunity for them to test the proverbial waters on extreme/savage-level solo challenges, hopefully with appropriate rewards.

Given they've said before they want to make FFXIV the kind of game you can go through solo or in a group, I figure overtuned solo challenges are a bit of an inevitability. So, that in mind, why not use a monster arena on the island to start figuring out scaling and experimenting with mechanics combinations that will work against solo targets without automatically killing them?