Quote Originally Posted by Jojoya View Post
People do them because they enjoy getting the additional lore/stories for the zone.

Not everything needs to revolve around leveling/power progression.\

If players aren't already taking an interest in the lore from doing MSQ, adding more XP to side quests isn't going to change their interest in the lore.
False. It's not black and white.

I like lore and stories. I also like exp. The lore and stories in side quests however just isn't worth my time investment. They're nice but not tempting enough so I mostly avoid them.

However, when you have lore, stories and exp, there's multiple things I like and they're tempting enough to do for the time invested. This is a positive for the game because players like me now consume more of the content the devs have been pouring resources into.

Currently, every side quest in Endwalker won't even get you from 80-87. Doubling the exp would hardly be overboard.