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

[FoxyAreku]

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.

That's funny, because I have never met anyone who enjoyed collecting 15 bomb cores or whatever generic quest you can think of. I have however, met dozens of people who say they have skipped every cutscene they've ever been given in this game. Some (most of the MMO crowd, I dare say) just don't care about it and they just want to play with friends.

Also for reference, I like the story and questing too, but only when it's actual story or an actually interesting quest. Even I can see that 90% of the story in this game is pure filler. There is no other word for it, have you seen my signature?

[NaesakiAshwell]

I have however, met dozens of people who say they have skipped every cutscene they've ever been given in this game.

Don't really care about your other points to argue further as it would lead nowhere and ultimately because thats your opinion on the matter so I respect that, but this^ right there is kind of defeating one of the major selling points of this game.

And my point still stands, if people are playing this game to only raid and nothing else then they are missing and skipping on a lot of everything else, there are much better suited mmo's out there for the people who love to raid and only raid.

[Felis]

That's funny, because I have never met anyone who enjoyed collecting 15 bomb cores or whatever generic quest you can think of.

quest task =/= story.
The story you find in the texts while speaking with NPCs. Don't mix it up with what you have to collect for the quest.