Hot take: I actually miss Jinzhou on foot exploration and think it's much better than Ragunna/Septimont. Being forced to travel by foot (and Inferno Rider) keeps my immersion in the world. I am the Rover. I am Roving to the top of that mountain and it's an adventure. Yes, Desorock Highland is a bitch, but I have much more memorable exploration moment. Now in Septimont, I am just a flying machine going from one POI of the map to the next as fast as possible to get it over with.
>Just don't use flight and gimp yourself lmao
But that's not how game design work. Also the map is way too big and sparse to compensate for flying that travelling on foot just feels terrible. I am very glad that they removing it in future major region.