I feel the exact same way. I love that I can pretty much just run around doing whatever I want (which happens to be exploring all the maps inluding WP/Skill/Vistas/POI’s) and I can pretty much just jump into events/do hearts whenever they happen to be near where I am. However it does lead to a lack of community, ESPECIALLY in this era of dragon/maw/SB camping for chests.
I am also in LOVE with the idea of larger meta events, and them having longer lasting consequences. The only issue I could see is if we fail to defend a certain town/fort/what have you, and it stays under enemy control for an extended period of time, that would (potentially) lock out the WP associated. Obviously would need some thought to get timing and everything working, but all I like it!
Wouldn’t hurt to post this over in suggestions as well/instead I would think =)