How will new players perceive this game? (A pessimistic outlook)

[Azurymber]

Azure.... I played ffxi for about 6 years. I've done tons of quests, most 30 times each. Very rare did a quest have a CS. I actually took time to explore the cities and talk to the npc. Even in the instances. There is more lore then you guys are letting on. Lore actually has almost nothing to do with the main story. Lore is the stage, setting, and the prequal. This game has alot more lore then you guys thing, just take a closer look for it. Pay attention to the smaller stiff to see the bigger picture.
Some lore people over look.

I said semi-cutscenes. Like where the camera pans out, NPCs walk in, music might change, etc. Like where you can't leave or move till its done. I dont mean like the mission cutscenes. There were almost no quests in FFXI that were like "go here get item x" done, other than the few fame ones like cornettes, bat wings, etc. And then by the time WotG came out almost every new quest had a seriously long cutscene. Also you got to know characters in the city who ended up in quests to unlock other jobs and often in the story line. I did almost every quest in FFXI as bst, much like i've tried to do every quest in this game. There is a serious difference. Honestly, hello kitty online's quests are more fun than these are... These quests are like -really- terrible.

and i understand the point of them showing the people's average lives. But who cares? This is a video game. its supposed to be epic and cool. Do you really think the 100s of new players joining the game will care about some npc wanting to sell her cookies around town? Fine, if they were creative and had you do different things then it might be ok. But they are ridiculously repetitive to the point where you kill the same mobs in each city for the same basic quest just with a slightly diff storyline.

These quests can be summed up as the following: a short plot that takes less than 1 min to read or understand.
30min to an hour of running around
1 minute of fighting

thats literally 90% of the quests.

then 10% are:
Run around town and talk to 5 people
Go from town to town talking to people in each one