Some things I think need to be brought to attention

[Sotek]

I recall a time when Final Fantasy was about massive WORLDS. worlds that would require TIME to traverse, where you could see MAGNIFICENT sights along the way, that made you thankful you took the long way around. Entire lands that Could not be seen in a single day *cough cough wheeze wheeze*

Sorry, but how is that not currently the case? This is a MMO, the whole world isn't handed over at once, right now we haven't even left the Mist Continent, for example. The zones between dungeons? Much better than the nondescript overworld of old. The dungeons? Much bigger than places like The Ice Cavern. If you go back as far as Final Fantasy I, XIV already has more than double the number of zones that had, and Eorzea is only one subcontinent of Hydaelyn...

Only problem I have with Eorzea is the Duty Finder, which completely kills the world by taking you out of it at every possible chance... You go to the entrance of a dungeon once, then never again. Can't wait for Treasure Map Dungeons, which would hopefully not be on the Duty Finder and actually involve wandering around the map... Assuming Treasure Map Dungeons are still even in the works, which they damn sure better be...