I hate aether currents with a passion

[Luvbunny]

Honestly, this aether fetch quest is one of the biggest turn off for me as well. This expansion is somewhat so so, not great, and definitely more annoying in every aspect compared to the original 2.0 - which is very well done, extremely focused mission on MSQ 2.0 (let's not mention the patches). Getting to 50 in 2.0 is such a joy that I have 3 characters in various servers fully decked out with multiple jobs. Looking at the amount of "borderline insane" annoying grindfest in 3.0, I certainly doubt I would redo this MSQ ever again.

What they should have done with this inane "aether current" - you should be required to unlock all the quest Aether, and find only 3 more, then you can fly in the areas to find the rest. That would be fair solution and actually make exploration a breeze, without affecting much of the original intention of "exploration".