Real talk; the lack of Job-specific STORY content is really hurting my excitement...

[MagiusNecros]

Role quests on one class are required to progress in ShB. It's a fact. Crystal Tower is no longer optional. It's forced. This is a fact. If you want to do EW relic you have to do Hildibrand questline. This is a fact.

You can do your mental gymnastics however you want but the content is forced.

If you only want to craft you still have to progress MSQ. Very much forced.

Big story points in certain sidequests like Omega and Alpha and recently lore on the 4 fiends is mandatory if you want the full picture. It's pretty much forced.

Past sidequest chains alluded to the 13th. Guess where we are now. The 13th.

It all comes back to MSQ so yes in a way it's all forced one way or another.

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That said. Role quests are worse then Job quests because the recent role quests have nothing to do with the jobs and have everything to do with select NPCs.

It's good for NPCs but bad for lore surrounding the jobs and feels lazy.