Stuff I Miss From 1.0

[Sotek]

You know... I really miss Louisoix being in charge of Primal fights (never thought I'd say that....) instead of the Derpy Finder... Not that I enjoyed farming Tapers/etc to fight the Primals, but at least it made them feel like part of the world... Now it's just "Tic this box, and in we go...", it's so disconnected... Pretty much my entire problem with endgame right now as well is that it takes no time to complete the weekly caps, I'm not against weekly caps, but the content needs to be substantial enough to warrant them... Farming Tapers wasn't perfect, but at least it stopped you from just challenging them back to back...

Take Mythology farming for example (spoiler'd for being completely off topic).

What I'd love to see is something like this:
Mythology only drops from Extreme Mode Primals (it's iLv90 gear for crying out loud...).
Extreme Mode Primals require certain Key Items to challenge;
-A Key Item from a new FATE in the respective beastmens stronghold (there is currently a blocked off gate in all of them to my knowledge, where I'd assume the "Boss" would be). Gold medal drops the Key Item, Silver/Bronze drops an item which can be traded in for the Key Item, you'd need like 5 of those or something.
-Somewhat of a tangent, but the other FATEs in beastman strongholds should also start dropping the coins from 1.0, which should be something we can turn in for Philosophy.
-The other Key Items would be obtained from completing various Lv.50 dungeons (not the two story ones), which by 2.1 should total 5 dungeons.

There, now Mythology farming actually takes some time and isn't literally something you can blast through in a few hours... You're also involved in the world a lot more, you're not just hitting selecting in the Derpy Finder, you're going out to Natalan, to U'Ghamaro, and to Zahar'ak and you're kicking their butts to challenge their Primal again... Would it be a senseless grindfest? Sure, but in my honest opinion that's better than not doing a piece of content because you can cap it out in a matter of hours per week...

Other than that... I really miss Dalamud... As pretty as the sky is in ARR, it just isn't the same...

[Gramul]

Now it's just "Tic this box, and in we go...", it's so disconnected...

I feel similarly about modern MMO quests.
"Here's a checklist of things to kill/find from killed enemies. They're right here on your map. Let me make a mark to lead you to them."

I'd like it to be a little more obscured and varied simply for the sake of engagement.