Expansion cities feel too empty, especially Dawntrail ones

[Tatiana]

They should just have a lot of nameless and un-targetable wandering NPC's that at least give the visual representation of it being a bustling city like WoW does because I agree even when there's a lot of players, the spaces are so large that it feels sterile and empty in places where it doesn't make sense to be if it's a city.

[ForteNightshade]

They should just have a lot of nameless and un-targetable wandering NPC's that at least give the visual representation of it being a bustling city like WoW does because I agree even when there's a lot of players, the spaces are so large that it feels sterile and empty in places where it doesn't make sense to be if it's a city.

Baldur's Gate 3 not only does this, but has an option to limit it for lower end PCs. It does wonders to make the city feel as huge as they've been building up throughout the game. Comparatively, XIV's scale always feels so small because it's just a lot of empty space and corridors.

[Tatiana]

Baldur's Gate 3 not only does this, but has an option to limit it for lower end PCs. It does wonders to make the city feel as huge as they've been building up throughout the game. Comparatively, XIV's scale always feels so small because it's just a lot of empty space and corridors.

yeah I forgot about that, I think that's something RPG's generally do and I've been saying for a while now that SE should borrow some ideas from single player games when it comes to visual presentation. FFXIV has beautiful cities but this is definitely an area where they could massively improve their atmosphere.