Quote Originally Posted by Absimiliard View Post
This is sadly true. Those of us that prefer a more nuanced approach to things are a minority. Most would rather get their feel goods from being the lolhero again.
Disagree. I think the majority like nuanced stories, the "lolhero" wannabes being in the minority, whatever that is. But there is an argument to be made to not making the MSQ too complex. I used to be a fan of Kingdom Hearts in 2005, but at some point the story got so completely convoluted that even the plot summaries of all the games was incomprehensible. Square Enix is infamous for make stories that are utterly impenetrable to causal viewers. "The main protagonist of Final Fantasy X is a dream? HUH?" Banri Oda is probably cognizant of these flaws in storytelling.

The MSQ chapters are often experienced months apart, which means complex plots would be even harder to follow since details get lost to memory over the years. Because of the meta, they have to prevent the plot from getting too complex or they'll lose their fans. Because this is an MMORPG, story complexity could be a bad thing.