General concerns with the Devs content philosophy

[Shurrikhan]

Only replying the point of voice acting.
Instead of more voice act, I would rather they use the budget for more quality voice act. I have only try JP and ENG voice and I must admit the English one seem lagging behind when come to voice acting quality, not that they are bad, but there are far better

I typically find the opposite. I switch back and forth between playing on the JP client and the NA version, usually with the audio the opposite at any given time, and the JP voice-acting has more often than not felt noticeably more generic by comparison to the little nuances that are added in with the English localization.

I have no trouble understanding the Japanese. I've little trouble reading Japanese novels, be they modern or even a bit classical, and listen to Japanese shows in the background while working. The JP audio is no more difficult to attend than the ENG. It just seems to often have... less going on.

[Kaitoo]

1: How can you have job specific quests when your job trainer is back on the Source, and there are very limited professions and trainers on the First?

Bruh...did you even read ingame text? or play it? not only can we travel between the first and source as we like, you literary do your job quest at 80....
what a dumb reasoning

[Coatl]

It's not even just the class quests that have taken a nosedive in quality, but the crafting quests as well. The crafting quests in ARR were some of the most memorable quests that I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing on this game.

I've been playing since 2.0, and while I can say that shadowbringers was absolutely a fantastic expansion, I'm sad to see a lot of things that we took for granted suddenly taken away from us without seemingly getting anything in return.

[noxen]

Bruh...did you even read ingame text? or play it? not only can we travel between the first and source as we like, you literary do your job quest at 80....
what a dumb reasoning

Huh. And when do we go back to the Source?

That's right, at level 80. At the end. When the plot allows us to travel freely.

Until then we're stuck like anyone else. It's only through Feo Ul do we get messags to/from the Source.

Thanks for playing.

[SpiritMuse]

If you're going to judge quests solely by the actual objective that you get, then you might as well write off every quest in the game. What matters is the reason why you the things you do. The stories behind the things that happen. And so far, the role quests have been excellent when it comes to that.

[Coatl]

Huh. And when do we go back to the Source?

That's right, at level 80. At the end. When the plot allows us to travel freely.

Until then we're stuck like anyone else. It's only through Feo Ul do we get messags to/from the Source.

Thanks for playing.

Sorry but that's not exactly true. You can freely travel between the Source and the First, not sure exactly at what level but it's as early as 74 (as that's my lowest level alt at the moment). The Exarch even has a portal to take you directly there right behind him.

[Kaitoo]

Huh. And when do we go back to the Source?

That's right, at level 80. At the end. When the plot allows us to travel freely.

Until then we're stuck like anyone else. It's only through Feo Ul do we get messags to/from the Source.

Thanks for playing.

wow you actually skipped the story or something? now you are not stuck their, the exarch clearly states this
also your other excuses for defendiing a billiion dollar company and being against more content are flimsy at best

[Kaethra]

If you're going to judge quests solely by the actual objective that you get, then you might as well write off every quest in the game. What matters is the reason why you the things you do. The stories behind the things that happen. And so far, the role quests have been excellent when it comes to that.

This explains why many of my quests are left untouched outside MSQ. I got my fill of 'kill 10 boars' about 15 years ago.

The regular quests in this game have always seemed like a bit of a waste of time. None are voiced, most have you dealing with some insignificant problem, and the bit of lore they give only verifies what you already know. Instead those quests should match the impact that your character brings to the table. Sure when you're a level 4 nobody without a soul crystal it makes sense to clean up a farm of some digging whatevers. It makes sense to go cheer up someone's sister.

But when you're the Warrior of Light or Darkness you need to be doing some pretty important things. Even the MSQ tends to fall short on this at times. Instead of so many fetch quests, we need to be doing missions of world shattering importance. Instead of finding someone's cat, we need to be leading a charge in a war, assassinating a Legatus, or something of the like. Its great when we do great things, but but they are sure far and few between it seems.

[Destati]

I didn't feel the maps were lacking myself even if I admit that your screenshots portray it somewhat poorly. However, I do have a gripe and that is painted on doors. There is such an overwhelming lack of accessible buildings and it really bugs me. I don't need anything amazing, but access to most of the buildings, even if its just a tiny, generic room would make me so much happier.

Also that waterfall in Kholusia which has the one spot you can actually swim in the water? That was a missed opportunity to have a hidden cave behind it's base. Come onnnn.

This. I loved how the inside of most of the ARR buildings were accessible, even if they didn't necessarily have anything special in them. It was always nice to see a door suddenly open for me and lead somewhere I've never been, and I'm still stumbling across new places in the old zones today. Another thing I've noticed in this expac are the lack of places to land on when flying, especially where it makes the most sense. A reasonably-sized wall? Nope. That huge ruined castle in Amh Areng (probably butchering the spelling) that looks like it was made to be stood on top of? Nope. Rak'tika is by far the worst offender here - all these huge branches in the canopy, and not one of them allows us to perch on.

[Destati]

Sorry but that's not exactly true. You can freely travel between the Source and the First, not sure exactly at what level but it's as early as 74 (as that's my lowest level alt at the moment). The Exarch even has a portal to take you directly there right behind him.

I am almost certain you can travel freely between worlds from the offset.