[Lighthouse Spoilers] Can we please stop with the stupid fetch quests?

[InkstainedGwyn]

To be honest, at this point I feel they are just doing this to mock the player.

While I usually try not to let myself go down these rabbit holes, I have to agree. Once is funny, but at a certain point - especially when it's added to new content and not just a reference to older meme content - it feels insulting.

I'm genuinely interested in the Ivalice storyline, and they touted "a longer questline" but then make the length all pertain to a gag fetch quest that has nothing to do with Ivalice.

I'm not against fetch quests, as some people seem to think this thread implies. I like fetch quests that make sense in relation to their place in the story. "Go kill two creatures and cook them so that you can feed/give heart to your soldiers that are going into battle the next day" - that makes sense. "Go find a random no-name troupe member (side note: I'm going to start using "dramaturge" instead of "drama llama" now) and fetch for them a bottle of wine that costs millions of gil at no cost to the NPC so you can stay busy while the adults discuss plot and lore and zodiac stones" does not.

[enthauptet]

I don't understand why we have to be errand girl again for some nobody in this airship company thing. Once I got to wineport I logged out and played destiny 2 for a while since I got so annoyed lol. It probably wouldn't have been so bad if the whole questline Ramza is constantly belittling his sister which really bugs me. The moogles were a surprise I was not expecting this serious questline (until now) to turn into comedy hour but yeah.

[Claviusnex]

It probably wouldn't have been so bad if the whole questline Ramza is constantly belittling his sister which really bugs me.

I don't like Ramza's whole attitude either.

[ManuelBravo]

It is an adventure game so it is to be expected, almost if not all RPG have fetch quest. Dumbest one I have ever seen was fetching a key to the bathroom that was stolen by a villager who was mad for not getting toilet paper. Surprisingly he travel across the continent and when you got him he wanted toilet paper to calm his ego from that same person who issued the quest. Then he would not give it until you do something else for his wife....Unlike that quest this one was not that hard and made sense in the back end story. You have to admit this was to be expected with any raid or main line at some point or another in this patch.

[Raven2014]

-It is an adventure game so it is to be expected, almost if not all RPG have fetch quest.
-Unlike that quest this one was not that hard and made sense in the back end story.
-You have to admit this was to be expected with any raid or main line at some point or another in this patch.

- No one is really complaining about fetch quest, complaining about fetch quest in an MMO is like complaining why the sun rise in the west every day.
- No, how come I have to travel half of the world (remember Costa De Sole is on the other side of the planet) to fetch a rare bottle (that can buy a whole estate) for a random guy for his wife's birthday party while I'm helping HIS BOSS to unravel the greatest mystery that has been plagued the family for generation. Oh btw, I just saved said boss too.
- No and yes. No I should not have to expect this kind of quest in MSQ or major content, quests like this belong to side quest or quest that serve as comedy relief. Yes because the sad truth is I have, indeed come to expect the developers of THIS particular game will put dumb crap like this in said contents.


Again, I take more issue with the way they're doing it, or rather, rubbing in it. Most of the time, the post dialogue openly admit these quests are annoying and belittling to the players. So what can you say about a dev who despite knowing that, still repeatably doing it? Better yet, each time they mock the players in the post dialogue with some tongue-in-cheek appology, and they do this FAR TOO MANY TIMES.

[Remedi]

But they couldn't do that without a throwback to the low point of the ARR MSQ (the infamous "sure Titan's a threat, but first I want you to bring me some cheese..." quest)?

I don't know if they were trying to be cheeky or what, but this whole thing just doesn't work. It's less connected and more "why do I keep saving these people if they're going to all behave like this?"

If anything at least in several cutscenes our reaction wasn't really that entusiasmic, also a friend told me that if you mock the dramaturge you are not allowed to proceed in the quets, which further makes me wonder why they simply didn't add that as an added quest at the end.
I mena I like the idea of making feel the world more connected, but it ruined the tempo in the questline so while I appreciated the effort I will agree with you that the execution was very poor

[SendohJin]

i don't mind fetch quests if they gave us actual lore. i would've gone anywhere to ask someone about their grandparents who actually lived in Rabanastre 40 years ago.

this quest was stupid. complete waste of time and opportunity to have done something actually good.

[ManuelBravo]

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Again, I take more issue with the way they're doing it, or rather, rubbing in it. Most of the time, the post dialogue openly admit these quests are annoying and belittling to the players. So what can you say about a dev who despite knowing that, still repeatably doing it? Better yet, each time they mock the players in the post dialogue with some tongue-in-cheek appology, and they do this FAR TOO MANY TIMES.

I agree to some extend, however in this case it was well placed. The story made sense and tied in very well for a far fetch quest. Could be worse, could have been one of those side quest from HW. Few of those were aimless.

[Derio]

I think its the quality of the fetch quest rather than it just being a fetch quest. Honestly I would much rather have the raid first and follow up quests after for the story

[Anarnee]

I did feel like it was a little tacked on, but I didn't hate it. XD I've done the 2.1+ quests on a lot of characters, so it takes a lot of bug me, but I have not had to do anything like that in a long while, so it was surprising. I was like "Huh?"

It's not all that long either. I've done it on three of my characters now.

I just was a little like "Why am I doing this for this person... I don't know you..."