Originally Posted by
Lucavi
Nah, I never noticed it in FFXI. Ever. Seriously. Not once in my entire history of playing did I run 5 steps and think "Jesus, was I just here?", unless it was in a place designed to be a maze, like the bowels of Garliage or somewhere deep in the Necropolis.
I noticed it in FFXIV because LL's main traveling areas consist of a single road along a long, winding path, and ON THAT ROAD I can see the same structure facing 2 ways at least 10 times. That's why I can notice it in FFXIV.
In Gridania, a main thoroughfare, I'm restricted to walking on a single road, and once again, ON THAT ROAD, I will cross the same 2 types of streams at least 6 times, zone-to-zone, and will see the same twisty-loop elevation platform no fewer than 15 times throughout the zone. I am literally forced to look at it, and in a starting zone, no less.
For me, it was harder to really spot point-blank in the desert, as I didn't play too much out there, so I'll give that one a free pass, but we spent months in LL and I spent just about 85% of my OB time in Grid - main thoroughfares in the game. I didn't notice much in Corethas, because its not a main zone. When I got out there, it was to get shit done, not endlessly run on a road.
You compare this to FFXI, which is foolish anyway, given that its an old game, but I'll bite. Garliage isn't a main area. The Giddeus isn't a main area. The Dangruf Wadi isn't a main area. When I ran from Bastok to the Highlands, on the main road, I didn't see the same formations over and over. I think the point stands, honestly.
Its not game or table-breaking, its just strange to see. Do it with cliffs or something - places you aren't expected to be traversing through a lot, but on the main roads? Really?