Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
It was a bit annoying but these quests do take place inside of an instance and they are trying to replicate FF11. I couldn't play FF11 because it didn't have a clear MSQ to start.
I don't know how it is now, but FFXI at the start did have a list of the main quests somewhere in the menus. Then it marked them off as you completed them.