Does else anyone miss "open dungeons"? Old FFXIers?

[Pandastirfry]

Here's what I remember about XI's open "dungeons" ( sure lets call glorified, empty leveling zones dungeons).

If they were on the lvling habi-trail then going in them as far as the door and no further, if you wanted to explore them it was like pulling teeth to get people to come (I'm not joking when I say I had an easier time convincing acrophobes to free-climb 168 feet up a ship's mast when I was a sailing instructor on a tall ship than getting anyone to go deeper into the citadel than the beetle room) or I hope you like sneak/invis or relying on overpriced oils/powders

If there was a quest you needed done, get ready for the hours to days long shout-a-thon you had ahead of you to maybe possibly get a party together , which would usually fall apart before even leaving Jeuno (and definitely after the first death). If you did manage to herd enough cats and finish your task in there... We'll hope ya had fun because you'll never have cause to be back, and the tumble weeds blow through the zone undisturbed once again.

I miss them like I miss my appendix, which will thankfully never trouble me again either.