Can we get an idea on what to expect from the open world in version 2? (A bit long)

[CrystalWeapon]

This sounds a lot like the complaints I always got to read in my XI days. They usually came from people who never camped, too; people who'd already given up without trying because they were set on thinking they'd never manage to get a claim unless they used a bot.

Sure, there were times when you camped for hours and got nothing, but you do know that if you did get the claim and managed the kill, you would most likely get something out of it, right? I found this a lot more thrilling and more rewarding in the end than repeating the same invariable instance a bajillion of times while praying for something to drop. Maybe that's just me, though.

This game needs some of that thrill. I'm ok with the instances, but the game definitely needs more than that.

I wholeheartedly agree with the OP.

Tell that to Mee Deggi the Punisher. I was well over 0/30 on that bastard before I stopped being cheap and just bought the damn kotes. <-<

The droprates were a bit higher for the HNMs but still most of the good drops were still in the 5~8% range.

When given the option between a 2.5% chance of a primal weapon with the downtime of 10 minutes between kills vs a 4.8% chance at an item like the defending ring in xi with a 24 hour spawn time between kills. I'd take the 10 minute downtime.

Edit:

Don't get me wrong, I want to see open world content once the game engine can handle it. I just think that xi vets let their nostalgia sugar coat the game into something a lot more fun than what it actually was. The droprates were just as horrible in xi as they are in xiv with the difference being that in xiv you can do the content back to back to back to back.