ff14 just isnt an openworld game, now i will say if we want to try something new and try new ideas.

TL: DR what if they merged all the expansion maps together city and others and made one huge map that would be like having an open world even if its not persay true open world.

what if say a new expansion is open world? (not completely)

but say SE makes all 6 maps dungeons, trials, ect, all one big map and the game registers each area as its own (for flying/shared fate/hunts reasons) and there is no loading screen this would also mean either more hoofing it debuffs or what players would like flying in towns but it would have more of an open world feel without having to go back and rechange a bunch of stuff that just isnt built to be attached to each other (i mean look at how small ishgard is in coerthas but the bridge is actually monsterously large)

course there will always be limitations like even if you could enter a dungeon in the open world or a trials arena the primal wouldnt be there or you wouldnt be able to just do the dungeon as 200 players it would be more cosmetic so players could have fun in it, the game would still be done through the DF/PF just its would be part of the open world. (if they went that far)

also yes there is a 0% chance SE would do anything different but its a nice thought to have and talk about.