It would be kinda nice if it was possible to switch party members on the fly for conversations and if you could move to another map area without having to go to an exit every time.... when moving inside a bigger city / zone, having to run back and forth all the time to gather party members for specific dialogues / quests can get a bit tiresome....just a small improvement

It makes no sense to replace party members on the fly.

What if you're in some dank cave somewhere miles below the earth? No reasonable way to suddenly replace party members.

 

Same for fast travel, im glad its not in this game.

Not sure how to say it, but it ...grounds it more into the experience?...

Eh. I don't find it grounded at all- more like eothas summons up battle-arenas around us for one dinky fight. At least that's my take since they decided to use his stars as the loading 'progress bar'

 

The old city is basically a bizarre exception when it comes to this game.

Nah, the only thing I wish for was mentioned in another thread - an ability to switch party members from "docking view". You have to leave the city in order to switch companions - seems unnecessary, if I am standing already by the boat.