What's your first impression of Eureka?

[Hyperia]

So... took advantage of some free time and stepped inside Eureka for the first time. Please remember, these are my personal first impressions based upon my experiences and colored by what I have read on the forums.

So I did the quest and ended up in the starting area, not much of a surprise in the story line for me as most of it was spoiled already in the forums, which I didn't mind. As I walked around in the entry area, I noticed how devoid of color and life, it was empty and mostly a series of browns and some greens. Dull is what I can best call it, while I am sure there was creativity in it but it lacked what I expected in FFXIV when it came to a hub area. I also noticed that I was alone besides one person who was AFK in the area, not what I expected in something that is supposedly so full and active. After unlocking the outer areas I saw a shout for LFG and another about a 75 Necromancer, no idea what that is about but shrugged it off and tried my first mob.

My first mob experience was a fish with a lightning bar over its head, I spun the wheel and attacked it, being by myself, I had to solo it and I immediately noticed that the mob had a ton of hit points. After a full minute of battle, I had finally whittled its health down, dodging mechanics as needed. Then it started to convulse and exploded on me, pow... dead. That was totally unexpected and not what I had in mind when I attacked a level 1 mob. I figured it would have been fairly squishy like most starter mobs but this was almost dungeon boss quality, the one shot didn't help any on my thoughts about the place. Upon rezzing and going back, I looked around again and didn't see anybody else, reconsidered the mobs there, saw people talking about 17+ stuff and decided to zone out and make my post.

So... my first impression? its not friendly with bleak looking artwork and mobs that are crazy overpowered for field mobs. Yes I understand that it should be for group content but still... it was a horrible first impression. I saw no easy way to get to anybody as there were tons of mobs blocking every avenue so I just left. This content doesn't feel like it belongs in XIV, its just not a good fit. Its not fun for me so I'll just go back into hibernation till the next patch, hopefully that will bring something more like XIV used to be.

Please don't tear into me, I just wanted to voice my first impressions and to tell you how I feel about it as of right now and those feelings are that I don't want to return any time soon.