I'm surprised people are so against it. I've been itching to go there ever since I leveled Monk, more than Ishgard. As for Ala Mhigans not seeming great pre-expansion...really? Did we so soon forget how Coerthas was populated mostly by either people who were brainless zealots, douchebags, or both in 2.0 vanilla? I even had a friend that referred to it as "high fantasy Noveria" for that reason. And then the excuse was "uhh dragon war" instead of "uhh Garlean occupation", and now people love Ishgard and have long-winded discussion on Ishgardian history and politics. If we get more focus on them I would not be at all surprised to see a similar shift.