~1.5 year of FF14 Review

[Jeeqbit]

The gear that is purchased from NPCs is "low quality". It is worse than that crafted by players, which is usually "high quality". It's worse than another item of the same item level.

The sidequests may be chores but they usually give you a sense of what life is like for the residents of a given village, so I like them personally. However, there are too many for most new players to bother with now that we have base game + 5 expansions.

[mikeco-lagoon]

The gear that is purchased from NPCs is "low quality". It is worse than that crafted by players, which is usually "high quality". It's worse than another item of the same item level.

The sidequests may be chores but they usually give you a sense of what life is like for the residents of a given village, so I like them personally. However, there are too many for most new players to bother with now that we have base game + 5 expansions.

Fair, I think most HQ gears are given out as MSQ rewards too! I think crafting may benefit more from being able to craft unique items like Boss weapons. Maybe for clothing? They had a bit with Allagan gears, but dunno why it got dropped.

Also fair, the lore itself is rewarding. I think it would nice to know the quests yielded higher exp for lower levels without level restrictions like if I wanted to do a HW quest, but my main is 100 and everything is 1 then I lose out exp. Maybe also know what 'kind' of quest i'm getting into? Lore quests, job quests, lengthy side-story quests?

[Jeeqbit]

I think crafting may benefit more from being able to craft unique items like Boss weapons. Maybe for clothing? They had a bit with Allagan gears, but dunno why it got dropped.

Although Extreme trials drop weapons, eventually crafters are able to craft them - except the crafted versions are able to glow, so a lot of people grab those for looks.

I think it would nice to know the quests yielded higher exp for lower levels without level restrictions

There is a quest sync system for higher level sidequests and beast tribe quests, but they didn't make it retroactive yet, so that's something they could do.

Maybe also know what 'kind' of quest i'm getting into? Lore quests, job quests, lengthy side-story quests?

Lengthy quests or ones that unlock things usually are blue, but I agree they could use some additional colors such as green for job quests, and a symbol for a quest series.