I just traveled from Gridania to Ul'dah, and all I can say is WOW at the scenary. This desert looks more alive than Tahrongi Canyon (sp?) in FFXI. There are desert flowers everywhere and it just seems more alive than on FFXI.
As soon as I got to Ul'dah, I went to the Aethyrite (sp? lol) to make up for an easy teleport back to there. Then I enlisted in the Adventurer's Guild to do some battle levequests. I'll do some synthesizing ones later. The terrain seems a bit more easier to navigate than the maze that's The Black Shroud lol I'll get to Limsa Lominsa tomorrow or this weekend, or maybe after I'm doing doing some of these quests.