Non instanced dungeons. An under-looked game design method in XI

[Alfortis]

1. The people who just leveled through FFXI, without trying to do the missions (original, COP, ROZ), actually didn't get to see even half the zones. Sites like Campistarus and leveling guides only took you through a handful of zones, and even in those, only in certain safe, overused areas.

Thank you for mentioning this, I guess it slipped my mind. A con with these dungeons would lead to what you said. There is a possibility that there will be players who will not even experience those zones since the modern mentality in MMOs today is to follow the herd.