I played the open beta for 1.0 for as long as I could, and I was torn. Â That game looked AMAZING, but the mechanics left it nigh unplayable for me. Â I rebuilt a character I'd played in XI and ran around for a bit. Â Leve's made no damned sense to me, and the game seemed to limit what I could do at any given time (including putting on armor... that menu was awful). Â That being said, The land seemed a bit more... -open- to me. Â While the scenery that I've seen so far in ARR is stunning, it seems that they've scaled down the explore-able areas quite a bit. Â Is it just me? Â Like I said, I wasn't able to play that long, but I seem to remember some wide open spaces that aren't there in ARR. Â Thoughts/corrections?
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