SE, no effort anywhere lately.

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WoW MSQ/Questing is objectively better at basically everything except for the actual writing. Which.. After Endwalker. I don't even know anymore.

Even the writing is debatable outside of the MSQ. When it comes to just the main story then yes, XIV absolutely wins, but the MSQ is not everything. The side quests are often just as much throwaway nonsense as WoW's are, with a few outstanding ones that both games have.


I'd even argue that for as much crap as ARR gets, it's side quests were often superior to anything that we get now. Granted side quests in XIV were always weird since they barely give any exp and are therefore terrible to level with, but ARR's side quests were often chains that sent you through the entire zone while trying to tell a mini story.



Current XIV side quests boil down to "oh no, my sister went missing and I need someone to find her for me because I'm programmed to stand here 24/7", then you walk 50 meters and find the sister in a bush, quest finished.