I remember in the first two weeks of going live in 1.0, I ran everywhere I could to explore and grab all the aetherytes. It was so large and expansive back then. I remember the first time i stepped up to the gate for the crossing to ishgard. I was like, the new jueno? Then I stopped playing shortly after. Little did I know, I would be coming back to a much smaller scale implementation of these zones. Not a bad thing per say, but I do miss the 15 minute run for exploration every now and then.