Quote Originally Posted by UnrealTai View Post
I notice a lot of people are saying maybe it's just not for you, and thats.... horrible to suggest. The story for me is the weakest reason to play..... And I've been playing 11 years. I skip all of it.
It's totally "not" 90% of the game. Not even close.
I've also been subbed non-stop for roughly 11 years, (Don't believe these join dates) and if you want to tell me that we've stay subbed because ARR, Heavensward, and Stormblood had a good MSQ then you'd be out of your mind insane. It's good set piece, and mostly because it pulls from old titles.

A LOT of vets skip story, or only watch voiced scenes. We've never been particularly proud of the MSQ process, the pieces and lore definitely. Most people won't even mention that there's a MASSIVE amount of other FF content in here, not just FFXIV - This game is BORN out of old FF content. We have a ton of bosses and content pulled from all over the numbered series, and even NIER! It's a frankenstein monster and that's why I love it. It lets you appreciate the older games in a new light.

These people may fool new players, but they don't fool us - This wasn't always about MSQ, and we NEVER called it an 'RPGMMO', that's a new term you all made up and new players ran with after Shadowbringers, and I'm pretty sure it was Jesse Cox that flipped it. I don't condone it's use.

I refuse to believe the "But ARR is good because it shows humble beginnings" - It's fetch heaven and only the city state intros are half interesting. Most FF titles don't even back this theme up, because almost all of them shoot you straight into the mix 10 minutes in with 50 hours of intensity. MSQ enthusiasts also often forget about 1.0, are you gonna tell new players to go back and play that too because it has critical story? No, because it can be summed up in 5 minutes. (You CAN go play it)

ARR - Not good
Heavensward - Only Post MSQ was good.
Stormblood - Only Post MSQ was good.
Shadowbringers - Generally good
Endwalker MSQ - Half good

Just because everyone loves Shadowbringers, doesn't automatically make the whole series of ARR-Endwalker fetch quests good storytelling, and it definitely isn't good gameplay.

We play this MMO because it's an MMO of FF, as we ALWAYS have. Not because it's a visual novel. I have a house, I craft, trade, gather, achievement hunt, and I LOVE all Trials and Raids. I do NOT sit and rewatch MSQ over and over like some people claim to do, and I don't sit in Limsa.

This is a new wave of stupid since the release of Shadowbringers, saying the MMO is bad and Visual Novel good. It's so strange to me, and I just want the MMO expanded on. I'm tired of everyone advocating for something we haven't really cared about for so long, and then just accepting that our MMO portion is dying, and for some reason celebrate it.

Yoshi wants to keep our sub, I doubt he'd be cool with everyone only subbing once every 2 years for our MSQ catchup.