Quote Originally Posted by Raven2014 View Post
And ?

This is Final Fantasy style story telling for like a few decades now. You may not like it, but this is what unique to FF14, this is what make its narrative more powerful then the MMO standard, and this is what make me and other love it.

I just feel you don't want a FF style game, you want a WoW clone with a FF aesthetic?
Every single player Final Fantasy title has more gameplay mixed into than the MSQ of FFXIV. Even cut scene heavy entries like FFX split their story segments up with gameplay, albeit less so than others. The issue with FFXIV is that outside of the occasional dungeon, which is bogged down a severely stripped combat system due to them taking forever and a day for jobs to actually get anywhere near their full kits, there isn't anything to do gameplay wise if you're following the story. And said story is mandatory to unlock almost every feature in the game.

Pointing out there is less gameplay interaction, especially from a cooperative perspective, isn't asking for a WoW clone. It's acknowledging the MSQ is more akin to an interactive novel and that some players would prefer more emphasise on playing the game itself than reading it/listening to cut scenes. That doesn't mean they dislike the story nor does the "It's a Final Fantasy game!!!" argument hold water when other Final Fantasy games have accomplished precisely that.