Why does everyone complain about STORY based MMO's?

[Supersnow845]

I find the combat sequences fine as is...this isnt another MMO that has you in combat all the damned time...it gets wearing.

In exchange this one has so few combat encounters it barely feels like an MMO

[Absurdity]

In exchange this one has so few combat encounters it barely feels like an MMO

It felt like a visual novel or a walking simulator.

[ZedxKayn]

In exchange this one has so few combat encounters it barely feels like an MMO

It barely feels like a video game period. The MSQ is more of a visual novel.

[Striker44]

In exchange this one has so few combat encounters it barely feels like an MMO

That's why there's a literal deluge of side-quests, roulettes, and other content as well. FFXIV has never been about racing through the MSQ to get to "endgame" - the journey itself is intended as the core experience. Mix up the MSQ with other things if you want more combat in the process. There's options for you. But the story approach is a core of what makes FFXIV the game it is. Changing that would alienate far more people.

[Absurdity]

That's why there's a literal deluge of side-quests, roulettes, and other content as well. FFXIV has never been about racing through the MSQ to get to "endgame" - the journey itself is intended as the core experience. Mix up the MSQ with other things if you want more combat in the process. There's options for you. But the story approach is a core of what makes FFXIV the game it is. Changing that would alienate far more people.

You could mix up the MSQ with other content...if the MSQ wouldn't regularly have important systems locked behind it. Sure I could do roulettes as a change of pace but as soon as I get a job to 90 I'm essentially gimping myself for not completing the MSQ to the point that it unlocks tomestone vendors or any of the max level content. The same already applies to level 50 and then every 10 levels after.