Quote Originally Posted by Penthea View Post
Please tell us how many towns you have come across that have functioning mini aetherytes and no big ones and no connection to big ones. You'll find the answer is exactly zero. Even the housing district mini aetherytes are connected to the network of the corresponding city's main aetheryte.

You don't know your aetheryte lore.

Also a fast way to get to Vesper Bay is: Limsa > Arcanist's Guild > Take boat directly to Vesper Bay. You don't have to ride from Horizon.
Doesn't mean it's in the lore that mini-Aetheryte need a big one. I direct you to the wiki: http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Aetheryte which does not mention that Aetheryte shards require being connected to a big one. Your own head-canon doesn't count.

Quote Originally Posted by Penthea View Post
Also a fast way to get to Vesper Bay is: Limsa > Arcanist's Guild > Take boat directly to Vesper Bay. You don't have to ride from Horizon.
And even you have to recognize how convoluted that is to reach the Main Story Quest Hub. I've already mentioned the ferry so explaining this to me was completely unnecessary.