Suggestion: Aetheryte Shard at the Ruby Road Exchange

[Alukah]

To the other extreme on this point. What if you could warp anywhere on the map if you wanted too? There has to be some sense of world in the game.

But why do you care what other people are doing? Why do you care if it's just an option and not being forced to you? How you perceive the world is entirely up to you, you cannot force your views on others, just like no one can force you to use the teleport feature.

Don't stress so much over it, just play the game the way you want to and let others do it as well.

Why do you people? Why don't you people jump on your chocobo and Go from A to B?? to Busy going to C? Your probably wondering what C is, Well it's when you go to the forums to complain about an already extremely easy task, trying to make even easier. I don't want to do this but I'll be your ambassador to C for the next 5 minutes. *Welcomes you to C*

Others already replied to your question.

Ah, the "stop and smell the roses" argument. Yeah, there is a time for exploration, enjoying the scenery, experiencing the scope of the landscape and seeing all the other players running around... but that time is not all the time. Telling me to stop and smell the roses does not mean anything if I have to trudge through miles of roses every single time I need to get somewhere. I can't even count the number of times I have had to go to Vesper Bay, just to talk to Minfilia or Urianger for a story quest, then immediately head back to where I came from on the other side of the world. And do you know what that process is? I warp to Limsa Lominsa, then use the city's aetheryte to get to the Arcanist's guild, then run over to the boat that takes me to Vesper Bay. Or alternatively, warp to Ul'dah, and either take a Chocobo Porter or manually ride all the way to Vesper bay. Why do I need to do this? Is this making the game more enjoyable? Because I assure you, it sure does not feel like it.

So, which is it? You claim to enjoy these things and then immediately admit you wouldn't do them if you had an alternative! It seems more that you don't like doing it, you like being forced to do it. As another poster said earlier, enjoying the scenery is great! ...the first few times it's shoved in your face. There is nothing fun, interesting, nor exciting about travelling the path between Dragonhead and Whitebrim for the 800th time. If the world had more to offer, this would be a different story. Right now? Nothing but an additional time sink.