As someone who has played quite a bit of ESO... I kind of agree. The open world in that game is crammed with tombs, interesting hidden objects quests, random loot spots and the skill crystals that reward you for finding some hard to get to nooks and crannies, and probably more I’m forgetting. FFXIV’s open world is beautiful, yes, but in comparison it just feels...empty. In ESO I can spend hours just running across any region, seeing what there is to discover. In FFXIV, I never do that because there’s never anything to discover.