The world feels too small.

[Kiayin]

Thank you. For me, like I said in a thread sometime earlier, the biggest problem isn't necessarily the size of the zones, but the fact that there are settlements everywhere.
Don't get me wrong - I totally love love the sense of life and population they've finally given Eorzea, and the variety in looks of these. The zones actually look interesting and good now!

But...

There are houses and NPCs, basically EVERYWHERE. Where's the wilderness? Where are the open fields the adventurers should roam?

What is the point of having good looking settlements to return to, when you never feel you left them in the first place?

So much this. Every single new mmorpg I've been playing recently has been like this! There's no sense of adventure, no getting lost, just outpost after outpost and linear questing. Lotro used to have some incredible zones and dungeons but it's being streamlined more and more. Makes me sad.