The problem with the current zones it that while they do have some (not many) landmarks there is no reason to go see them and explore, you know you are not going to get any reward from exploring every nook and cranny or Mor Dhona so why bother. Yeah the crashed Airship and Leviathan look great but they serve no purpose at the minute.

Another thing is that annoys me is a complete lack of variety in the zones, this is supposed to be a next gen MMO. When I go from Ul'dah to Gridania it goes from desert to huge forest(horrible layout forest ><)!!!! Why couldn't they make the forest gradually thin out to desert or something to make it a better transition.

I think it is unfair to compare this game to FFXI at the minute as that has a lot of years and expansions behind it but it still doesn't excuse the fact that the zones we have now are lifeless and pointless.