Hubs in XIV are underutilized

[Voidmage]

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Hmm I disagree.
If they only developed in the sense of “let’s not do it because the players wouldn’t like it like that anyway” we would never see anything new in this game.

I don’t think players would say that about the mount glamour or the racing (at least not many) but actually say “cool now do that for other Hubs too” and frankly at some point at least with such small things it doesn’t matter what some players say because one of the big criticisms is that this game is too much of an instance simulator at times.

You will always have qol wants from the community (yes I was there back than with Mor Dhona) but that doesn’t mean they should overcorrect everything because honestly we are at a point where we don’t need new Hubs because they don’t have anything to give anymore.

What is the alternative?
Stop giving suggestions and accept the same routine for the next ten years because some people are too lazy to teleport to a city?
Or do we want to see the devs actually trying new things, failing with some but at least surprise us (and I mean small ones like the mount dyeing before someone comes at me with the DT MSQ because such small things wouldn’t uproot everything suddenly)

Edit:
You are also comparing scripts (something you had to do lots and lots of times for several things) with fun sidecontent.
A better comparison would be jumping puzzles and I see no one asking for them to be instanced.

[Menriq]

Hmm I disagree.
If they only developed in the sense of “let’s not do it because the players wouldn’t like it like that anyway” we would never see anything new in this game.

I don’t think players would say that about the mount glamour or the racing (at least not many) but actually say “cool now do that for other Hubs too” and frankly at some point at least with such small things it doesn’t matter what some players say because one of the big criticisms is that this game is too much of an instance simulator at times.

You will always have qol wants from the community (yes I was there back than with Mor Dhona) but that doesn’t mean they should overcorrect everything because honestly we are at a point where we don’t need new Hubs because they don’t have anything to give anymore.

What is the alternative?
Stop giving suggestions and accept the same routine for the next ten years because some people are too lazy to teleport to a city?
Or do we want to see the devs actually trying new things, failing with some but at least surprise us (and I mean small ones like the mount dyeing before someone comes at me with the DT MSQ because such small things wouldn’t uproot everything suddenly)

If you want an honest answer, I would say the hubs serve their exact purpose right now. The reason we have hubs is because they are part of the stories. Once the story is done, the hubs have served their purpose.

Your suggestion about 10 years from now means I'm porting to 11 different hubs to do 11 different things. Instead, I think there are tons of other suggestions that would be higher to me than hubs.

[Menriq]

Edit:
You are also comparing scripts (something you had to do lots and lots of times for several things) with fun sidecontent.
A better comparison would be jumping puzzles and I see no one asking for them to be instanced.

To address your edit. There was also HW relic that involved Mor Dhona (depending on if you did the ARR relics), the StB totems, and other pieces of content that made go back to Mor Dhona. Even the bicolor mounts before DT require you go back there.