Quote Originally Posted by JohnSpawnVFX View Post
The only people who got it in small chunks were people playing since ARR launch. I started when HW was out, did the "bloat" in one chunk . People starting in SB did the same "bloat". People who started now in ShB have to do the same "bloat".

It hasn't changed, it hasn't worsened and it's not a big deal. Game isn't bleeding subs because of it.

If you want to skip story, that's on you. But don't blame the game for it. Ultimately it's your choice to mash Escape.
You do realize that the bloat, which had little to do with the story, very little... Was nearly as long as the entire HW expansion MSQ? It wasn't even interesting story, it was fetch this, then ok, a problem has arrived, now go fetch this. Oh no, something else, go do this real quick... a big big massive loop around and around... to finally do the one thing to go forward.

That is what needs pruned. It is not fun, even people just coming to the game found it tedious and boring, since the story was not there. I only made it through it since friends kept saying only so many quests to go until HW. The constant traveling all around to do something so trivial, to just go back again, and then do something trivial again, made the game feel like a fetch game in the App Store for a phone.

To put it in perspective, I was 63 when I got into Heavensward, from all the tiny XP quests plus the road to 70 buff. That's a lot of quests...