Chiming in to agree with the general mood of responses here.

Time Sink =/= Difficulty. We DO, however, want a sense of accomplishment. Reward for work. I'm all for using quests or having to actually travel to a place first before being able to teleport/warp there, or to use transportation. If we start getting everything handed to us on a silver platter, FFXIV will just become Abyssea - Eorzea.