My problem with leveling up in FFXIV.

[Rasikko]

No I have been playing MMOs for a long time and story and travel is fine. Point is I want to be more involved I guess. Reading and traveling does not make an MMO...there is gameplay.

SE excels strongly at exactly one thing, which is very important to nearly the entire fanbase: storytelling
They will always adhere to this, playing their games will always be like reading a giant story book.

[PyurBlue]

SE excels strongly at exactly one thing, which is very important to nearly the entire fanbase: storytelling
They will always adhere to this, playing their games will always be like reading a giant story book.

This is brought up a lot, but I think it's actually missing the point. A story driven game doesn't have to look like FF14. In fact if I were to think of a story driven RPG, I wouldn't really picture FF14's MSQ in my head. RPG to me implies openness in taking on a role that you define in a dynamic world that you can influence. The MSQ doesn't allow this very often because it's linear and rigid. Shadowbringers and Heavensward show that SE can produce a good story, but I wish these stories were built more for an RPG game. In my opinion, it shouldn't be anything like reading a book. This would also give players more to do in the early game by removing at least some of the MSQ gating.