Some suggestions, mostly quality of life, obvious things

[Sutaru]

I like these points. Especially point 2. I feel that due to all the loading in between zones, you don't feel like you're in a large world at all.
What makes this even worse is the fact that these loading screens often skip entire parts in between zones.

For example, there's an exit in Limsa Lominsa where you see a bridge in front of you. Yet when you go through the dotted line indicating the end of the zone, you get a loading screen and all of a sudden you are standing at the other site of the bridge. What? Why can't I cross that bridge? I want to actually walk on it.

The game actually used to be a persistent world with no loading zones except when you were entering/leaving cities or the market ward (which used to be a separate area completely). They changed it. I can't remember why, but I think it reduced the lag and allowed them to improve the graphics.

[Cubester]

The game actually used to be a persistent world with no loading zones except when you were entering/leaving cities or the market ward (which used to be a separate area completely). They changed it. I can't remember why, but I think it reduced the lag and allowed them to improve the graphics.

I don't know if my assumptions are correct, but I'll go out and say it probably has something to do with PS3 limitations.
Therefore I have my doubts that we would ever go back to open world. Which is a shame, really. A segmented world feels a lot smaller than it actually is.