Quote Originally Posted by Undrentide View Post
How big is the overall game map going to be? FFXI, WOW and GW2 all have expansive maps with varying methods of transportation. From what ive seen of ARR via the released videos the gaming region of the Black Shroud seems rather small, with a camp being literally under a minute away at any given point. This kind of negates the need for Chocobo, Airships and whatever else is devised. Travelling needs to be an integral part of the game. Id hate for ARR to simply become tele to an aetheryte point then run 20 secs to the nearest dungeo, rinse repeat. I do understand this is just the basic game and expansions may come later!
During 1.0 there were complains Gridania's map was too big or complicated, so SE is probably making the map smaller and easier to navigate to appease this issue. We can't have it both ways!

Not sure if this question is breaking the NDA, since it seems this could be perceived as Alpha related content.