Quote Originally Posted by Chasingstars View Post
Hmm that is fair. I personally think ARR is mostly to blame for it as its got a staggering 244 quests compared to other expansions, 27.98% of the total msq as of writing, a lot of which do lean in to being fetch quests. After that it starts to be more easy to go through subsequent expansions as they don't nearly reach the same amount. Like Heavensward in its entirety that most people tend to like is 157 msq quests total.
Probably needs a trim but even then I still argue the msw quests are just dull and uninspired in terms of gameplay.

Only reason I feel most people give passes to Heavensward and Shadowbringers msq even though its still the same garbage quests is due to the mob mentality of the story being good. Even though its strength lies on what came before in order to make people care about its narrative.

I wish they both trim and redesign all the quests to be more involved but thats a difficult and a tall order to make for how little newer players care about it since a lot of them are goaded to follow the narrative in its entirety anyway. Its why msq reactions become so popular and its not just YT or Twitch. I see this on other platforms like Twitter and Reddit. Its why FFXIV is succesful because it plays into the narrative crowd like a netflix show.