Need more incentives to do side quests

[TaiyoShikasu]

scratched your but 20 times - achievement.

Slap a title on it and make it happen, Square.

Biggest issue I have with the sidequests is they offer too little experience. Capped out on three jobs already and I haven't even unlocked Doma Castle (hooray for alliance raids becoming accessible), so trying to get caught up with another to enter dungeons, but the EXP is so low. If I need 5.8 million EXP to level up, 86,000 from a sidequest isn't going to do beans. The little over 100k from MSQ isn't much better, but it is better in comparison.

[XenabelleS]

I think all the quests that unlocked flying in SB started mini quest chains and they actually have pretty neat stories that are focused on helping one person that tie back to the MSQ. I've been systematically clearing the zones while levelling up my DoMs and have found them quite entertaining.

[Dzian]

What I'd really like is a button to simply hide all of the quest markers that aren't msq /job related or a plus quest that unlocks something. Or repeatable.

[RokkuEkkusu]

I'd use them for free EXP and free gil. Can't go wrong with these two things IMO. And some side story quests are quite interesting too.

[ManuelBravo]

Not to be rude but what more of an incentive do you need? Doing then guarantee a level 70 if you stick with the same job. Kind of a what to do doing your downtime.-.-

[Lelila38]

I usually only do msq with my main class and leave side quests for other jobs to gain xp. I do like them though, games like gw2 which don't have side quests feel boring and grindy to me very quickly, as I lack one of the options to get experience.

[Sieben79]

Some of the normal side quests reward you with HQ gear. Even if the first quest rewards you with nothing it can be happen that the following quests gives gear Sell it for money, if you don't need it.

[Griffey]

Side quests are there for solo exp. They are intended to be completed whilst levelling up, for example while waiting for the DF to pop. This is why they also give levelling gear, materia and Gil as rewards, to help you as you level, which is stuff you don't get from FATES, leves and PotD. They also have little tidbits of lore that help flesh out the world.

If you are at 70 and you are not interested in story then yes, I can see why you don't feel incentivised to do them, but there is no point in saying 'give me a reason do them'- there already is a reason, it just doesn't interest you.

[Squintina]

Side quests are there for solo exp. They are intended to be completed whilst levelling up, for example while waiting for the DF to pop. This is why they also give levelling gear, materia and Gil as rewards, to help you as you level, which is stuff you don't get from FATES, leves and PotD. They also have little tidbits of lore that help flesh out the world.

If you are at 70 and you are not interested in story then yes, I can see why you don't feel incentivised to do them, but there is no point in saying 'give me a reason do them'- there already is a reason, it just doesn't interest you.

Considering that my post specifically mentions and compare experience with actual numbers using actual non-70 levels, I am obviously not referring to someone doing them as 70.

What, did you read the first line only?

Also
1) most sidequests do not go in depth into story at all and

2) I do care about story when it actually is presented (which most sidequests barely have any except for the special ones with cutscenes). For example the mog storyline, a custscene sidequest, had a lot of lore. I enjoyed that.

However the sidequest to go kill something because it's dangerous (and no other reason is provided) has about as much story as a leve or fate -.- Heck some fates even have npc's that talk and have more "story" than such sidequests.

3) I don't see how asking for an achievement or reward for actually doing many side quests would in any way, shape or form hurt anyone's ability to enjoy this content as it is so I don't get the point for rejecting this in the first place.

[Wintersandman]

Then skip them.