MSQ Needs Further Condensing

[Ammokkx]

There's a difference between synching down to do a FATE on your 80's or whatever else like a dungeon and helping someone get to semi relevant content like gazelleskin/dragonskin maps. Or even helping them level their crafts up with leves. They can grind them out but have to rely on the marketboard to get the items, or other friends to farm materials that have access to later areas. That isn't a "HUGE" issue with crafting, but wanting to do something other than some fates in northern Thanalan or some similar area, is not a bad thing to want to do.

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I still don't see why you can't do any of what you're suggesting here on your main with the friend. My synced comment was more in reference to how you seemed to want to be on an equal playing field with someone you reccommend the game to, but again, they would be having to go through the MSQ anyway and doing it at the same time keeps you on-pace. In fact, I'd argue you'd be helping them "get to semi relevant content" a lot faster by just using your main than you would by starting up an alt for some reason.

Well ok then. Back to the meat of my point, there is no denying a very large portion of the plot point about white auricite is 100% filler time waste. I haven't read a developer say "this is time waste", but I have read some one who quoted them saying they literally made some of these quests to keep people busy during the down time between 2.0 and 3.0 with a goal of 15 minutes per quest. Which is basically saying "we made these quests in a way to keep you busy and paying your subscription". I'll pay my subscription and play the game if I'm having fun. I don't generally have fun doing laps around a map wondering if I'm being kept busy on purpose. I find enjoyment in the other filler content, like housing tho. That's 100% filler, and it's not "bad". Needs some help, but not in the actual house department. The Getting a house/ supply/and decorating process needs help. Floating/etc that is what could be trimmed from the experience.

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what quests do you think they cut out?

There was this entire chain of Mor Dhona quests that were like "huhhey thanks for helping out but we need another material" and when you handed it in the guy want "huhhey thanks for helping out but we need another material" for like 7 quests at a time. Yeah, that was gigantic filler content and they cut that out. The stuff that actually remains in the game all has to do with actual plot, whether it be plot directly related to the ongoing primal threat or plot dealing with the side story of a character, like Tataru.

Housing isn't "filler" content, it's side content. Filler is something you're forced to go through to artificially pad game time, and I'm gonna be honest, I think they've just about removed every pure filler quest in the game. The ones that remain have a lot more ambiguity as to their filler nature and you could pose a fair argument for them needing to be there.

I don't think you have a very good grip on the MSQ, my dude.