A Storyteller’s Point of View on Final Fantasy XIV

[Absimiliard]

This is a person that does not know the game's lore and characters. They should at least be given the opportunity to revise their own opinions as they go along.

[kindar1]

This is a person that does not know the game's lore and characters. They should at least be given the opportunity to revise their own opinions as they go along.

will the MSQ provide me with such lore?

[Atelier-Bagur]

will the MSQ provide me with such lore?

They explain a lot of things of the world to you in detail. The ARR story is written in such a way that those unfamiliar with 1.0 can still follow along with the game's setting, lore and rules.

[Absimiliard]

will the MSQ provide me with such lore?

It will give you quite a bit of information, but it's gonna be a very long road. ARR, Heavensward, and to degree Stormblood will give you the "lay of the land," so to speak. You'll be learning a lot about the world at large (at least in Eorzea's corner of the globe), interacting with national leaders, encountering a plethora of different races and species, and many other things. The basics of aether and primals will also be introduced. There's a lot more, of course, but I'm omitting it for the sake of not spoiling it for you.

ShB and Endwalker deal more with matters of a much greater scope. They will teach you much about the world's distant past history and inner workings, as well as at least a bit about how the universe itself functions.

Suffice it to say, you've got a lot of information coming your way. The rate at which it is provided does pick up after ARR, which is notably a bit slow even with the revisions they've made.

I should probably warn you however that some important tidbits of lore have been revealed during interviews, in data books, in official short stories, and in one case another game entirely.

[Atelier-Bagur]

It will give you quite a bit of information, but it's gonna be a very long road. ARR, Heavensward, and to degree Stormblood will give you the "lay of the land," so to speak. You'll be learning a lot about the world at large (at least in Eorzea's corner of the globe), interacting with national leaders, encountering a plethora of different races and species, and many other things. The basics of aether and primals will also be introduced. There's a lot more, of course, but I'm omitting it for the sake of not spoiling it for you.

ShB and Endwalker deal more with matters of a much greater scope. They will teach you much about the world's distant past history and inner workings, as well as at least a bit about how the universe itself functions.

Suffice it to say, you've got a lot of information coming your way. The rate at which it is provided does pick up after ARR, which is notably a bit slow even with the revisions they've made.

I should probably warn you however that some important tidbits of lore have been revealed during interviews, in data books, in official short stories, and in one case another game entirely.

at least not to the extent of WoW where its practically required to do some outside lore reading to understand its plot. Its mostly just relegated to extra flavor stuff.

[SannaR]

This is a person that does not know the game's lore and characters. They should at least be given the opportunity to revise their own opinions as they go along.

I was just disagreeing with them on their labeling of Yda and Papalymo or if he started in Ul'dah or Limsa the other two who show up and help you out with those two starter quests versions of the angry treeants. And that due to them seemingly sticking to only the MSQ that it might be impacting their understanding as to why people are putting a random nobody adventure in charge of things. As even doing some of the under lv 10 side quests would at least to me explain why it's so common for such a thing to happen. Yda and Papalymo also sort of tell you the things I brought up as to who they are. I just wouldn't label them as an author insert. I'd label a different pair as such.