WoW just WoW......
What yall asking for? gaving a desert on one side of the map and a frozen waste land on the other? I like the coherency we got. I wasn't into WoWs map design. I thinkffxiv is pretty good and not as bad as ppl claim. I think people are just too bored and over anylize the word down to the smallest pixel. Imo the maps are varied enough and if you play ffxi Think of it as combining west/east ronfaur, north and south gustemburg, and east and west sarutabaruta.

TBH ffxi had similar mapping styles as ffxiv. There is only so many eco systems in the world as well as climats and tarrain types.
we got deserts (rock or sand style)
swamps
plains/ savanas
forests
moutains
All based under hot or cold climats.

Honestly I seen worst mapping in two words tbh.

Also welcome to rpg, your gonna get run around quests. Even ffxi had the, as does WoW and nearly every rpg. Least it isn't like Zelda it it being timed, Like several quests I knew of. Like Zelda OoT to get the great sword from the huge goron.