This is actually very upsetting to me for two BIG things:

1) I like to explore.. so I'm happy trotting around on my Chocobo through pretty areas and enjoying the scenery then.. suddenly... dead. Just dead.. on the ground... a few seconds later I see that I'm surrounded by level 70-99 mobs.

No warning on radar, no visibility in front of me. No other people around either.. just me and the environment.

I'm not sure this is a good experience ^.^;

2) I like to do quests... and last nite I was looking for the man who wanted help to defend Gridania from invaders.. so I run up the route to find him, keep looking around him and did not find him. Then go back, thinking the event is over... still no finding him.

Then someone gives me the <POS>. Turns out I passed him TWICE, just he would not 'load'. I was about to just give up if I did not get the POS figuring I had missed the event and it was over by the time I got there.

Even with <POS> I had to idle at the location for a bit before I saw everything.



Also, did you know, you can walk around Ul'dah and see no one. WALK.. not just run. But walk.. nothing loads if you keep moving in a straight line. It's great if you want to get that empty city feeling ^.^: