Today I completed the storyline in FFXIV ARR. Yep, that's right. I 'beat the game'. This should have been an epic experience for me.

Instead, I made the following realization. Either I could enjoy the victory, and follow the cutscenes as the game intended, or I could participate in the boss fights. I could not do both.

So what did I do? I played through the cutscenes and explored, finding the correct switches for the lifts, activating my armour, and tried to enjoy the game as it was intended. The result? I missed every boss fight and angered the other 7 people in the group.

There's nothing wrong with adventurers being brought together by a shared goal. Despite the facerolling loot pinata that WoW has become, a very successful game did exist before dungeon finders and insta-teleports.

The least you can do is take the final quest line off the roulette, so that the people who play it together are those sharing the experience for the first time and those willing to help.