alternatively, it makes the open world tolerable and fun to travel around, especially when you had to work to complete a map area. I still remember the hi-jinx when my sister and I traveled up a certain tree branch and found ourselves in the wrong part of central shroud. Instead of being reasonable people we madly dashed hither and tither (before we had our chocobos mind you) completing the map. She managed to barely zone into North Shroud before dying, I was not quite so lucky. For us that was wonderfully fun (and we did it almost every zone). I don't know if it would be possible with really hardcore mobs wondering about though.