The story is great, but it blatantly gets in the way of the rest of the game

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Story is not the only thing that people play this game for.
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If we're looking at things that have been poorly implented in-game, I would rank the forced-MSQ up there with housing and Viera/Hroth.

While story isn't the only reason that people play this game, it is the primary reason the game was developed in the first place. It's what makes the game part of the Final Fantasy franchise.

Incorporating dungeons and trials into the story is another differentiator between this game and a lot of other MMOs. I can level without every hitting a single dungeon instance in so many other MMOs. I do not desire this game to be turned into one of the "so many other MMOs" since all of them are currently not experiencing anywhere near the same success as this one.