You are wrong. People will go into field... If they have a REASON to go into field.
Forcing people to walk around empty, repetive game area is simply harashment, and it's not fun.
I tried to avoid comparsion.. Byt look and GW2.
Event System. Player have a REASON to walk around a world. And the will do so.
Look at RIFT. There are random world invasions, random rifts, so people have a REASON to walk around.
What do we have in FFXIV ??
Eee uhm... Empty copy-pasted Landscapes ?
Start from designing game properly, and people will enjoy it.
Dsign game in a way that is harashment for player, and they simply screw it.
Sorry If I wake up you, but we XXI century.
