In the Expansion Main Story..

[Taruranto]

I never once found the story to be filler

Sweet mother of... wat?

[Violyre]

Sweet mother of... wat?

Seriously, I didn't. When I first did the Costa la Sol part, I was concerned that it was pointless, but when they all gathered at the end to tell you why they did, it made a lot more sense to me and I wouldn't consider it filler.

My definition of filler is anything that doesn't have some explained reason in the storyline, it's just there and has no impact on anything at all.

And I expect to be an unknown to a new land an expansion would bring. You can't just expect your feats and achievements to carry the same weight elsewhere.

For example, if we got Ala Mhigo, I might expect some people to know me, but as part of the Garlean Empire, other than the events that happened at the Castrums, I can expect that the Empire will keep my name hush-hush.

[RegnumMagik]

I wouldn't mind filler as much if its actually interesting. Making it for the sake of length is a no no for me.

[Mahri]

Seriously, I didn't. When I first did the Costa la Sol part, I was concerned that it was pointless, but when they all gathered at the end to tell you why they did, it made a lot more sense to me and I wouldn't consider it filler.

The Costa Del Sol stuff, simply put, is filler done as right as it can possibly be. It's incredibly self-aware, and all of those quests serve to paint a picture of Eorzea as a setting. Hell, it even gets pretty poignant at one point, with you helping out that Garlean deserter.

Overall, joking even aside, I am just very impressed with the writers and localizers for this game. I trust them to make silly, incidental filler content right alongside the big epic world-shaking stuff.

[Keres]

Seriously, I didn't. When I first did the Costa la Sol part, I was concerned that it was pointless, but when they all gathered at the end to tell you why they did, it made a lot more sense to me and I wouldn't consider it filler.

My definition of filler is anything that doesn't have some explained reason in the storyline, it's just there and has no impact on anything at all.

And I expect to be an unknown to a new land an expansion would bring. You can't just expect your feats and achievements to carry the same weight elsewhere.

For example, if we got Ala Mhigo, I might expect some people to know me, but as part of the Garlean Empire, other than the events that happened at the Castrums, I can expect that the Empire will keep my name hush-hush.

I'm not even really bothered too much by "story filler" (because, as you say, they all can be given a story justification) but rather "gameplay filler." Remember the part in the 2.1 storyline (that requires level 50) that had you randomly go do Qarn and a couple of guildhests? THAT felt like filler.