Some of you guys must literally not do anything but sit in queue and go to Mor Dhona to turn in tokens. I find myself on the mount ALL the time tracking down hunt log monsters and finishing up quests, etc. The world seems plenty big from that perspective. I've never once looked around and thought, "Gosh this place is SO SMALL" - but back when it launched I sure did think "Oh, not that same crop of trees AGAIN."

If the world feels small, it's probably just you. No one is forcing you to use teleportation - heck you don't even have to unlock them! Just don't touch them! Pretend they aren't there. Turning this into another XI where we all had the path from the crag of holla to sandy so ingrained we could set up autorun and make a sandwich while our character ran it is not going to give anyone the "whoa, this place is SO BIG AND AWESOME" feeling you are looking for. It's freaking tedious.