Quote Originally Posted by Reap00 View Post
You want the game to cater to your desire and needs. It isn't going to happen. Stop this absurdly long troll thread. I left long ago and can't believe you continue to drag people into this absolutely pointless conversation. The game will ALWAYS be based on a MAIN STORY. Deal with it. Suck it up. If you don't like it play something else. Stop trying to form the game in the image you would like to see. It will NEVER happen.
No one is asking for the ARR story to be removed. However, a lot of that story is filler and junk quests that sent you from NPC A to NPC B. There are a LOT of main story quests in ARR that can be condensed, or outright removed because they serve no actual purpose other than dragging it out.

ARR turns off a lot of potential new customers. From personal experience I can tell you that ARR turned off 10 potential new customers that I know personally. Going through the ARR MSQ has made them quit, even if they enjoy everything else about the game. And they don't want to buy a story skip either because if ARR is that bad and dragged out, what's the guarantee what comes after it isn't the same?

FF games are always based on a story, HW story is alright, SB story is alright. ARR story is disgusting and needs to be completely reworked.

ARR in a nutshell:
THE WORLD IS ENDING, WE MUST ACT NOW, oh but go to gridania and ask for some eggs, then to limsa and get some tools then come back to me. Oh you're back? I wanted to some other stuff too, oh btw THE WORLD IS ENDING AND WE MUST ACT NOW, but go get me my stuff first.