If they were to fix anything it would be the whole system, they took a well implemented feature from other games and found the worst way to make a time sink out of it.

That said, if anyone wants pretty much a "free ride" to the minion use these websites, this is the kind of treatment a poorly implemented feature should get.

http://vistas.explorexiv.com/ <--- it shows image hints of how to get to the vista

http://en.ff14angler.com/skywatcher/ <-- this one updates slow, use the in-game skywatcher when in doubt.