I don't necessarily mind auto path in games. But FFXIV is definitely not the game for it, in my opinion. All the games I personally played had no zones and were just one big open world, so the autopath never broke and really helped getting from point A to B on those long treks, while I was able to do something else in the meantime. XIV zones aren't really big enough for an autopath, and the autopath would just break when you get to a new zone, assuming it will take you through the "gate".

Not to mention, you can basically teleport just about anywhere and be relatively close to the location you need to be, with the exception of a few places.