Phasing like this is really immersion breaking

[u/zhellqq]

I understand why they do it, but it feels like there has to be a more elegant way of handling it, or perhaps a better "overlap" period where someone only moves off your layer when they are no longer visible.

[u/birdbud-]

"we want you to be out in the world"

The world:

[u/Loltoor → u/birdbud-]

"The world is the main character"

[u/wookiee-nutsack → u/Loltoor]

See how all this visual clutter gets cleared away so you can focus on the world better??

[u/EvanHambone → u/Loltoor]

Hey they didn't say which main character! Some main characters are dumb and forgettable

[u/LongLonMan → u/Loltoor]

“The world”

[u/Cold-Middle-6429 → u/birdbud-]

akshully we want you to pay and shut up

[u/haragon → u/[deleted]]

I think he was cosplaying as Xalatath profile pic redditor

[u/apemopo → u/birdbud-]

The world is the limited resources and the other people competing for those said resoucres. You have to adjust to the world and work with people which builds meaning to your accomplishemnts and adds social capital to the game.

They've removed both aspects as the game now adds scarce resources with layering and adjusted spawnrates. Said resources will no longer be scarce and will lose meaning as everything becomes accessible without effort. People around you keep changing and there's no social capital to build outside your discord/guild group. It's a world designed to adjust to you when it's you who should be adjusting to the world.

[u/TenshiBR → u/birdbud-]

"We are nerfing dungeon XP, so people are more in the overworld! We want more social opportunities"

The overworld:

[u/Netherdiver → u/birdbud-]

we want you to

[u/b_reeze → u/birdbud-]

Lmao

[u/TacoTaconoMi → u/birdbud-]

clearly dungeon XP is still too high to make people want to quest over dungeon spam