Quote Originally Posted by Shougun View Post
People appreciated the scale, you could tell because when Blizzard added flying mounts people where sad how it cheapened the scale of the world. Even though flying mounts are not even instant and took time.

Of course not everyone is in it for the rpg as much as they are in it for the dungeon crawler (derivative"ish" of rpg but has its own distinction worth separating). So not everyone appreciates it.
I can understand that, not everyone plays for the same reason.

That said, dont get me wrong, I love exploring the open world content of these games, seeing the environments and admiring the time and detail designers have put it into their creation. One thing among several reasons why I loved playing the FF series up until X. While X and beyond haven't really been terrible, the lack of a truly open world hasnt set well with me. XII's style is more MMO than anything and I appreciate that too. X, XIII, etc just..ugh. But anyways, side tracking myself.

I've suggested to my LS that after the first week or so of ARR's release we gather up as one massive group (multiple alliances even), choose one starting nation and start exploring the new world around us, mowing down anything that gets in our way. I just want to be able to freely click and go to those places I've already been too once that part is over with, without having to travel by foot every time to and from.