The problem is, the majority of people that continue to play FFXI are 75 and there are pretty much out of room to grow and feel accomplished. Most casual players do quit FFXI for WoW just because FFXI doesn't really offer much for the casual gamer by comparision. Just adding land masses won't be enough to make the majority feel like they are going somewhere. I really think if the game is going to be around for another 5 years the level cap will have to be raised. Surely this will create insane balance problems. I've discussed them extensively on BG and how skewed things will get at every 5 levels as new abilities become available from subs. Some of the 100/50 combinations are seriously a mind smurf.

I'm glad that they've put a face on the world. So many things are so vague as it is. You hear about these other lands, but they don't feel real to you unless you can look at them on a map like this.