Quote Originally Posted by MariyaShidou View Post
This.

I didn't play FFXI until last week and I figured out FFXIV during open beta within a few days. I thought FFXI players were so hardcore and hate on-rail style. Maybe not. Maybe I'm just used to the old MMOs/sand-box ones heck even Runescape has much less direction and on-rail than this.

That said, a lot of what OP ask for are already in game one form or another. Camp rank will determine the surrounding mobs rank and Regional Levequest will tells you what rank the Camp is. If you can't get Levequest for that Camp, it's obvious it's a No-No to go there and hit on those mobs. There isn't much grinding spot, because the game was intended to let you level through Levequest and Dungeon, grinding camp is just something players come up on their own. They will fix this soon. You don't really need map track, because the journal already track it for you and once you get close you will see the (!) on your mini-map, what else do you need? An auto-walk perhaps?
I played FFXI for 2 years and loved it and i emphesize love as i think its my favorite MMO of all time, but then i found WoW which was in its 1st or 2nd year, it didnt have as much user friendly features as it does now but the user friendly experience was still there as well as hardcore aspects. I got hooked as did millions of other players then the game started getting even more casual and even easier than i hoped for and i quit. Im not looking for "Easy Mode" im looking for "Better Mode" if that makes sense...btw i just found a group of ladybugs 20-25 i could solo for a bit...right next to an area filled with level 50 mobs lol