Are you guys serious? You want to be spoon fed every part of the game?

Personally, I felt that the map system in Final Fantasy XIV is a little too much of hand holding, and not enough free exploration - which is why the Treasure Maps and the new cryptic quest is a breath of fresh air.

If you're having trouble, you can always click "map" on your quest journal entry. Regardless of whether you have uncovered the area yet, or not, you'll either see a red circle delianating the proximity of the next quest objective. Failing that, you'll always see one of the gold markers that shows you where the next part of the quest is, or where you can access side quests, or main scenario quests.

The NPCs will always tell you where you need to go within the dialogue - unless you click through it and don't bother to read it?