New player(s) thoughts

[PirateRyanG]

Because it's not enough - Don't you find it strange that you have to try and make your own fun out of the game between MSQ? I'm not being disingenuous with my points in any way, we often struggle to keep anyone interested because in the end, they still need to go through the 400 hours of MSQ. Regardless of how fun you make the in-between, the time proportion of fun/unfun is just too great.

My comparison here is that in WoW, you can do everything - Even MSQ together. It all syncs, and you both gain experience and rewards no matter what level you're at.

Why do people keep saying there is 400 hours of Main Quest?

I have just completed shadowbringers, and I am up to 10-days played. 240 hours.

That is with me running a ton of roulette per day (I always run when adventurer in need, plus the daily roulettes). Getting Botanist and Miner up to 80, fishing up to 38, and multiple crafting professions up to 50. Plus levelling a few additional classes. I have also run all the + quests from ARR and the first 2 expansions (except for the SB optional trials)

I can't imagine that Endwalker MSQ will offer 160 hours of gameplay.

So, where are you pulling your MSQ length from? ARR is like 50-60 hours total including cutscenes. The other expansions maybe 30-hours a piece, including cut scenes. I admit, some places may be faster if you are a Healer or Tank as you can queue faster for dungeons, but I find that DPS will likely have an easier time doing some of the solo duties (I sucked at a couple of them as I couldn't output enough damage or just sucked at a mechanic that a tank/DPS likely would have survived) so it likely all evens out?

Even then, I will put aside the fact that throughout the MSQ, you do still have opportunities to play with friends (dungeons, trials, etc.)