As a new player that really likes this game ...

[Snow_Princess]

I find it hard to believe that the main thing of XIV is the story. If that's so, why is there a skip-all potion?
People to play catch up?
People to not drudge through boring fetch quest that was 2.0?...SE being greedy? Lol.Sure, this is a Final Fantasy game, but content and replayabilty must come first. The story should not.
Why? Because this is a MMO, something has to keep the majority here, and that's new and fun stuff in the game.
Game has been the same for nearly 4 years and the boring patterns follows each patch.
I might get a lot of backlash and hate here but again, this is a MMO. I'm not 100% here for the story
and I am a fan of the FF series, but for me (FOR ME) this has to be one of the worst FF stories I have ever read.
And don't come to me talking about FF13 (I know everyone hates the hell out that game lol), this is my opinion and for the record FF13:LR is the worst.

I just think people should calm down about the OP because he does makes some points. I know nothing
of WoW or FFXI or anything like that and I know a lot of people enjoy the story here and that's great! But again,
I think they need to work on content and do much more
than the same things that have been doing. It's wearing people down, and people are getting bored quicker and quicker
by the patch. Just fyi, leveling to max is where the fun ends...I already maxed 3 jobs and I'm sad I'm done because end-game
is not all that great.

Completely agree, there is nothing wrong with liking the story, that is not the point. The point is, that it should not be gating content. if you want to craft and gather and JUST DO THAT ( I did this for most of 2.0, then I started to level a second chr for battle only) only to see my main to get gated out of content because of MSQ gating. I should have a right to chop at cedar trees without having to read how the writers wrote themselves in a corner because they wanted give a lore excuse why players can't go somewhere yet that is visible.

This is my first chr, my true main:


My alt:



this happened because of the gating, I wanted a split battle chr and crafter because of inventory issues but the F*** MSQ gating stopped me of that goal. So you know what? if they are going to force us to MSQ and try force us in playing one chr they better give us inventory and correct game content that goes with it. (like change the 450/ week gating for all jobs) Game eats too much time between MSQ gating (making it hard to have alts) and lack of space.