Friends of mine, new to the game, becoming discouraged by STORY QUESTS

[NaesakiAshwell]

I see it as a problem with this game, makes it very anti-pick up and play in a sense.

WoW you can just grind to cap and raid instantly, here you have to spend a month or two going through all the filler and cutscenes.

There's nothing wrong with it per say, but man, I feel bad for new players who come to the game in another year or two when the next expansion is out. And even past that, it's going to get ridiculous.

If people are coming to this game to purely raid then its not really the mmo for them, what you call filler is what everyone else enjoys.

First and foremost FF XIV is a story and character driven game, raiding isn't the main focus.