You know, I was going to say gtfo until I read
I feel like FFXI was a 'man's game' - where you liked getting your hands dirty, and you came back from every adventure to Sand'Oria dripping with sweat and covered in blood.
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This. Right there. I remember on XI sometimes I'd go adventuring and it'd mean not returning to bastok or jeuno for days in real life. Then I'd finally manage to get back and I'd be like "Phew. its nice to be home!".

Here you just blood warp or teleport and fuck it all.