While I disagree with you on the lack of danger in the open world as I appreciate not aggroing everything while trying to get through an area, I do agree that teleportation takes away from the game. In fact, I've started slow walking through the old ARR zones while waiting for queues just to spend time in the environments again like I did in ARR. The original zones have been beautifully crafted and have their own magic if you let yourself slow down and appreciate them. I'm also with you regarding seeing people you know in the outer world. I get a little puff of excitement any time I see one of my FC mates while I'm out and about. We're a fairly small group as things go so chances of not seeing an orange name for days or weeks at a time are good.