Please do not make group quest open world areas.

[Gyson]

If you watched properly, you'll see the mobs were spaced out, you're not going to get swamped unless you're stupid. Not to mention mobs (So far) DON'T LINK unless you are A: far above their level or B: In a party.

The thing is, having a chocobo out counts as "being in a party" as far as linked-mobs goes. And yet chocobos do not fight as well as actual players, but we'll probably want to have them out often to continue leveling them up.

Why try and turn FF XIV into FF XI?

I have to agree with this. While I enjoyed FFXI, I'm not really interested in going all the way back to the point where people are camping little safe spots on the map (usually by the zone line), sending someone out to pull, etc. That's what FFXI was like. Rather, I enjoy actually wandering from encounter to encounter.

There's an area in Southern Thanalan by Little Ala Mhigo, where smaller Sandskin Peistes are mixed with a few patrolling Sandskin Peistes that are much larger and harder to kill. I actually like this setup, and wouldn't mind seeing more of it, but I don't want to go all the way to the extreme FFXI had (especially with how quickly MOBs respawn in this game).