Anyone Else Feel, That the World is Too Pretty?

[Vaen]

Yeah but nothing in the story hints that aether repaired the damage. Just references to how bad it was.

Also,
The Battle of Carteneau, fought in the Carteneau Plains in Mor Dhona.
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Battle_of_Carteneau

Oh, well the aether accounts for the environmental repair, the lush plant life and all that, but you're right, it doesn't account for the fast repair of buildings and man-made things. It would be interesting to see more ruined/broken places in the actual cities of Limsa Lominsa and Ul'Dah.

There is that one big lighthouse in Western La Noscea:


and also in Western La Noscea there are some ruins of small cabin-like houses that are now infested with goblins or kobolds or something. I remember some lowbie quest saying those houses were destroyed in the Calamity.

There is actually a lot of environmental damage and evidence of the Calamity out in the game world.

But I would agree that it would have been cool to see some actual damage in the main cities. It is a little suspicious that they look perfectly pristine and even more decorated than they were before the Calamity, with not a broken structure in sight.

Also, apparently the part of Mor Dhona where the Battle of Cartenau took place isn't accessible in-game at all right now (edit: thanks Seig345 ). It'd be cool if they add that in and we can see ground zero where Bahamut landed, and all the destruction.