FFXIV dungeons are a little bit too linear?

[Ashkendor]

A perfect example of this is the exploratory missions. people complaining about everyone just doing the same thing in DIno island and other people gathering and the players are ripping eachother apart about it, why, because now their getting their faces dipped in the shitty mentality they developed over the years. In fact I'd like exploratory missions to stay this way, it'd be testament for the amount of players who want everything to be a grind. That is all -_-

Honestly, I can't stand to go into the Diadem to grind more than a few times a week. The most fun I've ever had in there was when we went in as an all-gatherer party and four of us decided to band together and explore a cave down on the southwest island. It turned out to be this crazy death cave full of crabs and snakes, but we found a secret fishing hole back in there. :3

[DragonSlayer45]

Honestly, I can't stand to go into the Diadem to grind more than a few times a week. The most fun I've ever had in there was when we went in as an all-gatherer party and four of us decided to band together and explore a cave down on the southwest island. It turned out to be this crazy death cave full of crabs and snakes, but we found a secret fishing hole back in there. :3

I loved day one before Dino Island became a thing. Exploring those caves, communicating with the other parties, taking down 4/5/star ranks... it was a lot of fun. Then everyone flocked to Jurassic Park (except no Chris Pratt on motorcycles) where Diadem fully turned into a zerg fest like hunts. No one even bothers exploring the caves anymore.

I guess people will always take the path of least resistance.