Next expansion needs to be Open World

[Exmo]

Wanting an open world is the worst idea in a topic full of bad ideas.

[AshleyDragon]

Full OW really wouldn't do much for this game. I mean the ''overworld'' is already pointless. No PvP, copy pasted "mob parks" with 100% scripted drops, complete absence of any secrets or hidden stuff...

All the meaningful (rofl) stuff in this game happens in duties you teleport into via mouse click.

I agree.

Which is why the game is boring, predictable and urgently needs a change.

[WillIrishclover]

God please no, we dont need an open world, the open zones work fine, we just need more reason to go out into the zones outside of maps and 1 tribe (not including crafters/gatherers ofc)

[Raim]

Don't change how zones work. But DO revamp fates across the board to be more lucrative, better for leveling, and more interesting mechanically at all levels.

[Crafoutis]

Oh yes, 'dying' like it's been supposedly meant to have been for the past 13 years, repeatedly. Seems whenever there's something that players do not like in the game it's supposedly the game's death knell. *rolls eyes*

And it's never going to be open world again, the closest you're going to see is the large zones begun with HW. They tried open world in 1.0 and well, we all know how that turned out. Big open expanses of nothing.

Everquest 1 has more activity on its forums and subreddits than FFXIV does now.

[AshleyDragon]

Everquest 1 has more activity on its forums and subreddits than FFXIV does now.

Ouch that hurts, but well deserved imo, a game that is not ashamed of being an MMORPG is what we need.

[DPZ2]

Everquest 1 has more activity on its forums and subreddits than FFXIV does now.

So, I went and asked Copilot to compare the number of reddit posts in the last 6 months for everquest 1 and final fantasy 14 (which is something you can do).

Everquest 1 had an estimated 500-800 posts on the primary subreddit, final fantasy 14 had an estimated 15,000-20,000 posts. It's true that the activity trend is stable to low, with about 20k members for Everquest 1, while the activity is high but declining with about 900,000 members for final fantasy 14, but sure, your observation might be more correct.

The official forum for both games indicates 25,000-35,000 posts for FFXIV versus 3,000-5,000 for Everquest over the last 6 months, but sure, your observation might be more correct.

A brief glance at the Everquest forums indicates 30 August as the earliest current post on page 1. I'll leave it as an exercise to determine when the earliest current post shows up under "New Posts" on page 1 for this forum, but sure, your observation might be more correct.

Or not.