Agreed. Even in XI the copy paste was more natural. That's what I think they missed the biggest mark when it comes to ARR - it doesn't feel like a world, it just feels like...something necessary to be there for the sake of it. This is why whether you liked it or hated it, WotG was an amazing experience because it actually looked like it was the areas we 'grew up with' (some literally did) but in a completely different time period and how the world actually felt like it was at war.

Something else 1.x did beautifully, when the Garleans started closing in, it felt like it..here..the 'threats' we have doesn't feel like anything because everything is an instance for the most part.