Quote Originally Posted by Daralii View Post
Can you elaborate on why? It felt incredibly one-dimensional and hollow compared to almost every civilization that preceded it.
Personal preference. I did not enjoy the zones of the First and most of the story associated with them.
I enjoyed Ala Mhigo, but it was very bland, visually speaking, and Doma did not pique my interest at all. Plus, Ruby Sea was a nightmare to navigate.
Ishgard was actually quite interesting, given the whole context from the Calamity and the perpetual Winter, but it was equally bland in terms of visuals, and the history was fun until we go to Idylshire, downhill from there.
Sharlayan was just dull in all senses, Thavnair was interesting only when the Final Days hit it, and we were basically denied Garlemald for story purposes.
The base 3 are good, but they suffer from ARR syndrome where they are starter zones. Gridania is by far the worst of them.

I dunno. at the end of the day, it really is just personal preference and involvement. I enjoyed exploring and walking around Dawntrail zones and talking with NPCs and even doing brown quests.
I couldn't care less for it on the other expansions.