You know, I don't mind the zones. I'm used to them from ff11. What annoys me is the lack of comradeship in the game. It seems like the developer team did everything possible to make this a solo game.

For instance:

Protect is party only. So no friendly players dropping one on you as they pass.

I believe stoneskin is similar.

Story quests are single player only. I'm not saying that they are too hard but what if you have a friend you want to play with? Well the development team pretty much said "Nope, not going to happen. Just meet up for the story dungeons."

You can't even toss a heal on someone who is dying if they happen to be on a Levequest.

They've made it where we all are forced to live in our separate worlds until lvl 50. Then we're allowed to play with others.