The removed parts of ARR MSQ didn't save any time at all

[RokkuEkkusu]

Well, after looking over at the wikis and the official FFXIV Lodestone website, I found the following:

1. The Sunken Temple of Qarn is no longer a mandatory dungeon in 2.1 as the story quest got taken out.
2. Completion of Ifrit (Hard), Garuda (Hard), and Titan (Hard) are still mandatory to proceed with the first 2.5 story quest (Good Intentions).

I'm a bit bummed that Qarn (normal) is no longer a required dungeon, but still satisfied with Ifrit, Garuda, and Titan Hard modes still being mandatory to help get people a taste of 8-man trials to come in later story arcs.

Back onto the topic directly, the amount of 2.1-2.55 story quests for newer players seems reasonable this time.

[Alleluia]

Well, after looking over at the wikis and the official FFXIV Lodestone website, I found the following:

1. The Sunken Temple of Qarn is no longer a mandatory dungeon in 2.1 as the story quest got taken out.
2. Completion of Ifrit (Hard), Garuda (Hard), and Titan (Hard) are still mandatory to proceed with the first 2.5 story quest (Good Intentions).

I'm a bit bummed that Qarn (normal) is no longer a required dungeon, but still satisfied with Ifrit, Garuda, and Titan Hard modes still being mandatory to help get people a taste of 8-man trials to come in later story arcs.

Back onto the topic directly, the amount of 2.1-2.55 story quests for newer players seems reasonable this time.

When was Qarn normal ever required? I remember looking up gear progression online back in 2013/14, when I was around the 30s and seeing that Qarn, this dungeon I'd never heard of and had to access via a non-msq side quest, had my weapon for that level. I went to get it to be able to do Brayflox' Longstop successfully.

[TheMightyMollusk]

When was Qarn normal ever required? I remember looking up gear progression online back in 2013/14, when I was around the 30s and seeing that Qarn, this dungeon I'd never heard of and had to access via a non-msq side quest, had my weapon for that level. I went to get it to be able to do Brayflox' Longstop successfully.

There was a quest in Mor Dhona when the Scions are moving out there that required you to get an enchanted stone from Qarn to shore up the defenses of Revenant's Toll. It wasn't required at the same level as the dungeon, but it was required later.

[Flay_wind]

It was shortly after the Praetorium. Like second or third quest sent you to Quarn.

[Fayt1203]

When was Qarn normal ever required? I remember looking up gear progression online back in 2013/14, when I was around the 30s and seeing that Qarn, this dungeon I'd never heard of and had to access via a non-msq side quest, had my weapon for that level. I went to get it to be able to do Brayflox' Longstop successfully.

It was very strange recruitment, u had to unlocked it from the quest giver outside of the walking sand and later on you had to run it so u could keep progressing through the msq

Beat me to it i'm so slow writhing things

There was a quest in Mor Dhona when the Scions are moving out there that required you to get an enchanted stone from Qarn to shore up the defenses of Revenant's Toll. It wasn't required at the same level as the dungeon, but it was required later.

[Mhaeric]

When was Qarn normal ever required? I remember looking up gear progression online back in 2013/14, when I was around the 30s and seeing that Qarn, this dungeon I'd never heard of and had to access via a non-msq side quest, had my weapon for that level. I went to get it to be able to do Brayflox' Longstop successfully.

As far as I know, it is one of the several sub-50 dungeons that are optional, and the only thing it's needed for is to unlock the hard mode verision for one of the optional zodiac relic quests which requires an item from there.