Lionx: Yeah, I know what you mean. For me, it's not that there is nothing out there when it comes to man-made structures on maps... it's that they are so far away from the main road, and with the vast size of the maps a lot of people will be lucky to even find the largely hidden "places of interest". The other downside is that at the moment there is no purpose to these locations, much like the small outlying towns.

Regarding teleportation etc - I do hope airships get a decent purpose to them when they eventually are released. I'm thinking that they could make airships free once you get to a certain level and have them take you to new regions. Then, if they were to increase cross-region travel's cost in anima, the airships would actually be worth using. Otherwise why use an airship when you can travel instantaneously around the globe? They increased anima regeneration to the point that unless you teleport constantly, you probably won't run out. I never got below 50 anima and I played pretty much non-stop during the first week... long before they allowed faster anima regeneration, lower costs to teleport, etc.

I'm surprised Jeuno wasn't around when the game was first out. Oh well. I still think it's a sham that Ishgard is completely locked. I was really looking forward to the first level 50 user posting screenshots, but then... it just didn't happen. Gutting.