Can we please have flight unlocked as part of the main story?

[Malevicton]

That's great! And meanwhile, it's the only way to reach a hunt if it spawns on an inaccessible ledge, thereby forcing people who aren't into that sort of thing to have to go wonder around a maze of a zone trying to get to aether currents, or find quests that give them that. It's not as simple as run in X direction.

Also, some of us want to spend our time in other ways, like running things with friends. I mean, that was the point of making dungeons part of the main story, right? Why should someone more interested in doing things with buddies be forced to run around doing fetch and kill quests solo and run around an entire zone for an hour solo?

You can easily get the aether currents while you're leveling in the zone. Hunts are a non-issue unless you were procrastinating and refusing to do your currents.

Playing with friends also a non-issue. You could do all the quests and aether hunting with your friends if you wanted. It's not keeping you from playing with your friends, you just don't feel like doing them and are grasping for some excuse to try and make your personal opinion sound like it's more than just a personal opinion.