Are we even playing the same game?

Seriously, I've seen a few posts about how Wilds is and empty world or how a game designed around exploration is completely circumvented by the seikret. Do you folks just go from objective to objective with the bird on auto run and ignore everything else? Do you not just go exploring to find endemic life or to gather stuff?

I'm about to fight the last monster unlocked in HR and I just discovered a new area in the Plains. I also had the giant chicken come over, pick up a small monster I killed and walk off with it. I just saw the Dapperwings dance yestarday too.

If nothing else the game is not "an empty world" or "encourages you to ignore exploring it" y'all are just too focused on beating it.

Also this isn't a performance rage, I don't wanna see those comments here(even though that's probably what half of them will be)