Hi Rokien, long time no see (since I've been a long time without coming here), good luck with your interview.

I think it is way too friendly, but I have to say when I logged in 1.0 after FFXI and WoW I felt a great relief having the ability to teleport to an area you have previously reached by other means (didn't liked the fact that there were no mounts though) so I don't agree with eliminating it completely, but I think limiting it introducing anima back or some other mechanism that would make you think twice if teleport or not as it's a limited source that can be regained really slowly would be the way to go again.

Anyway I don't feel the world dead or empty, and it may be my own way of playing but if I have the time I often chose to not teleport and go walking or even using a chocobo porter to my destination.

I think having options to enjoy the game in different ways is the way to go.