Length MSQ from all the expansions - it is getting insane

[Troxbark]

FXIV is a Final Fantasy game and a story-based JRPG first, and an MMO second. Always has been, and it's not a secret. The MSQ is not a "problem" that needs to be solved, it's THE GAME. I get that people like different aspects, like hardcore endgame raids or crafting or whatever, but those are niche activities and not the main focus. You're never going to be able to JUST raid, or JUST craft, or JUST do PvP, by default. You have to do the story, that's what the game's about. That's what gives context and narrative meaning to anything your character does. I'm not saying those other things aren't important, but they aren't primary.

Maybe you're only interested in a certain 5-10 percent of the game, and don't care about the rest. Okay..? Maybe you don't like FFVIII and only want to play Triple Triad. Maybe you don't like FFX and only want to play Blitzball. Should you get to click a button to skip the entire game and create an endgame save file, just so you can do those specific things? Or should you maybe, I dunno, find some other CCG or sports title and give that a try rather than expecting a fantasy RPG to cater to your specific demands?

The MSQ will never be "irrelevant," just like previous books in a fantasy novel series don't become "irrelevant" when a new entry is published. It's all just content you've done, or content you haven't yet done. It doesn't matter how old it is or how many people have done it before you, if it's new to you. My whole experience playing FFXIV, I wasn't thinking "Oh man, all this stuff I'm seeing is so irrelevant, it's not what's happening right now." No, it IS happening right now. It's happening TO ME. I'M THE ONE PLAYING IT. If everybody else has already done it, WHOOP DEE DOO. Who cares?

This is what I don't get about you lore lovers, why do you get offended over people wanting to go straight to current content? Make the MSQ optional, square enix gets the players who don't give a shit about it and you get the players who do. It's a win-win and making the grind extra boring and tedious because "THATS HOW FF GAMES ARE!!!!!!!" is a childish reason.

The same with screaming to just buy a level boost. I'd wager new players more interested in endgame would rather learn how to play through naturally leveling instead of learning who all the useless scions are and what boohoos they need to fix.

Now this comment just doesn't make any sense. So you want to delete the MSQ, but you still want people to level grind through all the old zones? Nobody would enjoy that at all, and it solves nothing. Not to mention, you lose out on all the MSQ xp, which is basically all you need to level anyway. Just skip the cutscenes and be happy with the free xp, dude. If you want to manually grind quests and FATEs in the overworld, you have alt jobs you can do that with.

Where did I say to delete the MSQ? You even quoted me and still lied about what I said, lmao. *Make the MSQ optional*, as you level you unlock the dungeons/raids that you'd typically unlock while trudging through msq. This prevents new players from being gate kept by garbage so they can play with friends faster.

Why do you care so much about new players skipping story they are not interested in?