Next expansion needs to be Open World

[AshleyDragon]

I do not think, that CBS3 is able to create a good open world expansion. And FF14 after 2.x was always a sort of an interactive movie rather than a game. So i do not expect, that they will change it. And i also don't think, that the majority of the FF14 players would like it.




Cheers

If they can't do it, then just hire someone that can do it, we need to stop pretending Square Enix is this small company that doesn't have any resources. Outsourcing happens every day for them, and we're paying customers not a charity, again not a valid excuse.

The majority of FFXIV players already left the game and are waiting for something worth coming back, the people that are still in the game are the ones that afk in Limsa or housing areas every day, they won't be affected for any change in the open world or the Jobs.

[Hyperia]

As much as I would love more open world content, this is what we will get:
6 zones
3 dungeons
2 trials
1 expansion leveling city
1 end game hang out city

Several weeks later we will get 4 raid bosses.

Then we wait 5 months for the 24 player raid, another dungeon, another trial, 5 more months…

Due to budget and staffing issues, I am not expecting the routine to change much if at all.
As it is now, we could probably figure out, to the week, each major and minor patch through the end of 10.5 unless they switch to 6 months between patches.

[Myotis]

then sorry but i don't see a reason to play exacly the same stuff over and over and over again with just diffrent skin.
It's madness.
We need innovation,changes - risks to be taken to move forward. Otherwise it will end up just to be a weekend game to pass the msq and forget about its existance for another 2 years.

[AshleyDragon]

then sorry but i don't see a reason to play exacly the same stuff over and over and over again with just diffrent skin.
It's madness.
We need innovation,changes - risks to be taken to move forward. Otherwise it will end up just to be a weekend game to pass the msq and forget about its existance for another 2 years.

It already is sadly. A weekend every 4 months game, which is why they force you to keep subbed if you want a house.

[Myotis]

It already is sadly. A weekend every 4 months game, which is why they force you to keep subbed if you want a house.

house does have a value if you have companions to spent time with in it.
once that falls apart and it does more and more each week then i don't see any reason to own a pixel house to be alone in there.
the whole *prestige* nonsense in regard of less accessability content will fade away sooner than anyone can expect i wont have any value if there is nobody to cheerish it.

[Infindox]

I don't care even if it's "nothing". It's way more immersive to actually travel around the map and explore it rather than just teleporting from one Aetheryte to another. Current map design isn't any better than 1.0. I don't even remember most areas, because what I always do is I tp to the Aetheryte, fly on my mount, hit auto run and alt+tab. There must be obstacles that you have to fly around, enemies that can kill you if you're not paying attenton, meaningful points of interest. Things like that. And there must be no invisible walls.

You say that, but a bland, empty open world is just as bad if not worse then what we have right now, and doesn't solve any issues.

Also not commenting on the other reply in your post because I will just make someone mad lol

[Aniise]

Not every game has to have an open world.
It's like a really lazy trend tbh and it has become worse since BotW, when they started to put it in every game there is.

I'm not faulting people for liking it, you do you. But inserting it everywhere, even where it doesn't fit, has become a plague in modern gaming. I don't see the big problem with having loading zones, either. I mean, look at 1.x and tell me how well open world worked out back then. /shrug

[Nyastra]

Can you imagine the tragedy that will be Hunt Trains/S Ranks? Yeah no I think I'm good with it the way it is. When your loading time is short, it's really not much of an issue.

[AshleyDragon]

Can you imagine the tragedy that will be Hunt Trains/S Ranks? Yeah no I think I'm good with it the way it is. When your loading time is short, it's really not much of an issue.

Yes i'm sure that doing hunts without having to Teleport or have a loading screen everytime you kill one must be a tragedy, instead of just being a big caravan going from one point to another.

[Grimforth]

You can't convince me that Blue Mage was a good addition to the game as a limited job, it should have been a normal Job, they could make it work but decided to take the laziest approach of locking them out of all the content in the name of balance, as always no fun allowed

I mean to be fair the blue Mage does have a lot of spells that are incredibly broken so it makes sense in terms of balancing issues. Not all of them are broken mind you but a majority of them are. And it kind of would defeat the purpose of having a tank or a healer for some of them.