Naoki Yoshida's Comment in Regard to Jump Potions/Boost Potions

[Adire]

And how are they going to gut quests without it affecting later quests?

By allowing NPCs in the many quests like this http://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wi...ke_It_with_You to do their own errand running for example.

Is the warrior of light shopping for tools for an NPC instead of the NPC getting the tools themselves really that crucial to the storyline?

It's really not rocket science. All it takes is for some insinuation that an NPC ran their own errand and a good chunk of the filler quests can be removed.