Mission Progress: Wait until the next day (earth-time).

[Camiie]

Some things I understand need reduced wait timers, but really, I didnt have a problem waiting a day for sandoria, I've finished sandoria rank 10 twice now, AF should be jp midnight for upgrades on both af1 and af2, as for relic, the max wait inbetween should be 3days, so what if you have to wait three days these weapons shouldnt be able to be made in a weeks worth of bazaar shopping, even empyreans take at least a week to get an 85 when calculating trials and item acquistion. And cop, really? After all the time to do cop whats so hard about waiting ONE jp midnight to get the ring? Seriously?

Because modern and truly successful games generally let people quest at their own pace. This is an archaic design mechanic that only detracts from the experience for the player. It's a crutch to extend the longevity of limited content. It's actually more absurd than using low/random drop rates on gear or quest items to serve the same purpose. Even SE sees it now obviously or they wouldn't be looking into it.

Can you honestly say that your experience is made better by having to wait between quests? Is your AF or Rajas Ring somehow more valuable because you had to wait a day to talk to an NPC or click on a door? Is low-level/mid-level gear really so important that we need lockouts to prevent it being earned too quickly?

I can understand some of the lockouts/time-restrictions on high-end or easily congested content. That isn't unreasonable to me. Outdated quests and missions or low-level gear that AT BEST is simply for macro swapping? No, don't make the gear appear magically in their delivery box or the completion appear automatically in their log, but don't make people wait 24 hours for a 1 minute battle or for a 2 minute cut-scene. As I said, that's just absurd.