This is why quest markers make the game for 2 year olds

[Chezen]

First off, the OP wasn't talking about the quest markers directly, but rather a particular quest that literally drew a path like Billy on Family Circus. This was explained and resolved earlier in the thread.

There's a good example that disproves this.
There's a quest in gridania in which a follower of a god asks you to find certain NPCs and hear their sins. He gives you clues as to where to find them.

Then you click the map button and it tells you exactly where they are.

Reducing what could have been a rewarding quest into go run to that place I'm pointing out and come back.

No one has to pull up the map. People can play Encyclopedia Brown if they want to.

I'd actually love to see more quests like that myself.

[Felis]

First off, the OP wasn't talking about the quest markers directly, but rather a particular quest that literally drew a path like Billy on Family Circus. This was explained and resolved earlier in the thread.

The OP should know, that the journal map show the location where he should going.
Maybe he opened the wrong map, but he even didn't know where the chocobo is in the first place without a map.