Quote Originally Posted by Talligan View Post
Fair enough. I played FFXI back in the day and jumped on FFXIV day 1, was sorely disappointed (There was 1 quest every 5 levels) and came back after HW was released. And, as I've said, many story-focused games (WoW is just as story focused as FFXIV) don't have this requirement. I'll get through it because I like the game and want to play it, but its disappointing and frustrating.
Let's not pretend that FFXI back in the day didn't have Dynamis locked behind story missions, Sky/Tu'Lia locked behind story missions (to start RoZ missions you had to do core missions up to 5-2), and Sea/Al'Taieu locked behind story missions. Those were the big ones and entire areas... so this isn't exactly a new thing with SE really.