Honestly I'm right there with you OP.

Ambient mobs just kinda out doing their own thing, vibing, adds a nice accent to open world areas.

This is the first mmo that I've played in a LONG while that doesn't have ambient critter types which always stuck out as odd to me. You're telling me there's no normal little frogs hopping around that I gotta watch out and not accidentally aoe if I wanna be mindful of innocent wildlife? No? they're all dumptruck sized behemoths out for blood?