Please do not make group quest open world areas.

[Asierid]

Even in 1.0

At Level Monsters should function like FFXI's mobs

Good thing this is neither of those games. We can stop trying to use what older games did as a crutch to an argument now, there is a reason nothing is done that way anymore, and XIV is not going in that direction.

You missed the point where this is what the game has done every single time a new piece of content was added, the same thing will continue to happen because "it makes money". Opinions on 13 year old/dead games don't make money (Specially since 1.0 failed completely and almost made SE go bankrupt since it was SO GOOD apparently).

So. It will continue to be this way. You will outgear it at max level, the content will become irrelevent pretty damn quickly, and you will like it because $$$.

Please look forward to it.