So... uh... what does everyone think of this aether current "thing"?

[TheCurls]

If you just check the compass as you're progressing through the MSQ, you'll end up with all the currents to fly anyway. It's not really that bad.

[Colt47]

If you just check the compass as you're progressing through the MSQ, you'll end up with all the currents to fly anyway. It's not really that bad.

Well, let me put it this way. I'm a strange person that runs a lot of dungeons for vanity gear and am getting the majority of my experience points from running the dungeons. I basically out level the areas and have to play catch up with the story because I'm one or two levels ahead of it. That means that all those quests in the previous zone get stuck in a back log. So this system seems to be a bit biased towards people who are completionists.

[UBERHAXED]

Well, let me put it this way. I'm a strange person that runs a lot of dungeons for vanity gear and am getting the majority of my experience points from running the dungeons. I basically out level the areas and have to play catch up with the story because I'm one or two levels ahead of it. That means that all those quests in the previous zone get stuck in a back log. So this system seems to be a bit biased towards people who are completionists.

I think it's more like they reward the players who play the game the intended way (and therefore encouraging more players to play the intended way). They don't intend on people skipping the content they put time into putting in the game by finding fast ways to grind levels.