Why was the game built around guildleves?

[Rowyne]

But most of all, give up on whining about guildleves, coz Yoshida already stated he loves this concept.

I'm not suggesting it get scrapped, but I don't think it should be the backbone of the game. I'd like to see other things take more of a central focus. And not just for the repetitive aspect. But accepting assignments like some kind of mercenary requisitioned by people you'll never meet doesn't make for a very engaging story.

And we play FF because of the epic story, right?

I think the 'Side'quests need to be more robust, for this reason (which is another reason I'm not crazy about calling them sidequests, it only reinforces the idea that they're trivial).