I know they were in a mad rush to get 2.0 out the door to rebuild XIV from the ground up but when making the MSQ they should have thought really hard about it in the long run. I'm all for making it mandatory for series tradition sake but the pacing of 2.0 and to an extent 2.1 to .55 was awful the Titan quest line, having to hand out uniforms after beating Ultima weapon, the constant, "go there, pick up this, come back, go there, collect this, now go here, talk to x, pick up 5 of these, come back here" or Minfillia saying "Pray seeketh for succor at the waking sands, is aught amiss?" (Don't call me on your stupid Link Pearl to to come to that dumb place just to tell me something you could have told me on the magic codec)quests needed to be condensed or shoved into side quests. Most of 2.0's story and questing didn't feel very FF at all and in no way did I want to do it again hence why I'll never make an alt.

It's way too late to try condensing some quests isn't it? Cause they'd have to reprogram the whole game, Heavensward got it right though, you actually went on a journey and made progress when you went to new areas, y'know? like a Final Fantasy game.