Aetheryte

[Paladinleeds]

There's also a lore reason why there's none in The Dravanian Hinterlands. They're smashed.

Likewise in the Yanxia area, "The House of the Fierce" is also initially broken.

Perhaps then, after completing a certain point in the HW MSQ, a sidequest could be added in which you repair one of the aetherytes in the Hinterlands, to then gain access to it? Like how Yanxia's HOTF is unusable until you repair it via MSQ. Lore-wise, we now have a reason to fix it. Outside of that though, again, less is more, I agree. I would also go as far as to say the Azim Steppe has too many aetherytes. Honestly, Reunion (being the central trade hub) would have been enough.