What do you think about the current copy/paste maps?

[Demacia]

You, my friends, lack eyes.

... And about the "large world, many zones", you obviously didn't play FFXI at launch.

I started FFXI in January 2004. That was 7 years ago. It still had a MUCH richer world than FFXIV does now in 2011. You can bash FFXI's JP launch all you want but it won't excuse XIV's current ass design.