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

[Theodric]

Right. It doesn't take long at all. Which is precisely why this is a non issue. People can grumble about it all they like but the deed is done - and I guarantee once the freshness of the patch wears off most people will have forgotten about it completely and will be regretting that there won't be any new quests to tackle for quite some time. Do you not suspect that some people are simply complaining for the sake of complaining?

[Dualgunner]

None of what you've said in any way negates the idea that the quest should have taken place after the raid or in a sidequest. The point is, it shouldn't have been something that gated the content behind it.

[Merryl]

I know where sqeenix can stick that lighthouse

[TheGrimace]

Who's to say that they're not setting up more for Drest in future content? We likely won't see Dalmasca freed from Imperial rule with the third Ivalice raid, but Matsuno has said he would like to return and help out when this scenario is to be written. I mean, ultimately I think it's far too early to say that this questline has "no bearing on the plot." The plot is not fully presented yet. Wait until later to say such things.

[KyokuhoKensaki]

Going to be flat out blunt here. As someone who has played the final fantasy games related to Ivalice and all. Top to bottom, in and out. Repeatedly.

Screw. This. Quest. It serves no point to the overall plot to the ivalice raid story line, is a pace breaker when it comes to the momentum and the overall feel of the plot. I am/was invested in the FF14 Ivalice raid plot. Up until this. This pointless, meaningless fetch quest was a waste of time. And this is coming from someone who does every side thing they usually can in an MMO/RPG. It contributes nothing. And if it does later, fine. I'll retract that statement. But only THEN, as of right now, it's utterly meaningless to the current story and nothing of value would be lost if it was sidelined outside of the raid or removed entirely.

If you're going to gate the continuation of the raid behind some fetch quest, actually have it have meaningful contribution to a plot. Not a slapdash attempt at referencing some game that was essentially a flop/failure at the time of its initial release and a potential vague notion of a random npc that hasn't done anything of note for an eternity actually meaning anything somewhere in the future.

[Anarnee]

Ya'll need to calm down. It was one quest and ya'll are acting like it was all of 2.1+

[Theodric]

Ya'll need to calm down. It was one quest and ya'll are acting like it was all of 2.1+

4.3 is the best patch to date, in my opinion. The fact that the biggest 'controversy' on the forum related to it is this of all things says it all, really. Though it wouldn't be the FFXIV general discussion board without a vocal portion of players finding trivial 'issues' to get outraged by, I suppose.

[Kinazu]

I found the little fetch quests quite enjoyable. A little nudge back to the old days was refreshing for me. And while I understand that this may seem like it was waste of time, I'd rather do fetch quests than be stuck in front of a solo instance that's not going to pop in 2 hours because "server limitations".

I'm quite happy that they decided to put all the solo instance at the end of the quest chains, I can't be the only one who noticed that, right?

[Minako_Nightsong]

I disagree about sending retainers to do this quest. Both of mine are level 70 so it would be beneath them. Besides, they are both busy fetching me random 4 gil fish and house walls!

I thought the quest was pretty epic. I survived Choco Ex with about 5 percent health.

[alimdia]

Right. It doesn't take long at all. Which is precisely why this is a non issue. People can grumble about it all they like but the deed is done - and I guarantee once the freshness of the patch wears off most people will have forgotten about it completely and will be regretting that there won't be any new quests to tackle for quite some time. Do you not suspect that some people are simply complaining for the sake of complaining?

You've been in these forums since 2013 and you still don't understand what's the objective of player feedback.