11-20 a lot slower now?

Maybe its just cause I keep going in circles and can never find the monsters I'm looking for. Yes things are closer together but I dont think the World layout or the individual maps layouts are better than before.

After 5 years of the old maps I knew where everything was and could head straight to whatever monster I needed to hunt for quest items.

Open the world map, hover over the dots. It tells you what monsters and NPCs are there