Improving maps readability

[Andres_Lonegrief]

Hello,

After more than one year spent wandering in Eorzea, I decided to be brave and ask something that was slowly killing me:

Am I the only one to think that our maps (both the mini map and the big one) are everything but clear and could use a bit of improvement?

Especially now that every area is designed on more levels, I think it's so painful trying to figure out whether the quest mark is just hidden around me or in a totally different place. I think icons should change according to your position, so that you know if you need to "climb" or descend something.

I know we are supposed to "explore" and I'm totally ok with disclosing the map a little by little, I'm just questioning the current readability of our maps: mountains, walls, stairs etc should be highlighted somehow once you have explored the 100% of the map.

I spent half an hour looking for an item which according to my map was near me and I had to look it on the internet to figure out I had to find a stair to reach another area of that very same location.