At the begining levels of XIV we get a few quests here and there to introduce us to characters in the main city and show us where certain landmarks are. We get reintroduced to characters from 1.0 and meet new characters as well. But by level 15 we no longer have a reason to be in the main cities for longer then one or two quests before running off to fight all the big bads and do quests in the outer regions of the world map.

I'd really love to see it if SE added a bunch of sidestory quests in the main towns that are only available after level 30, 40, and 50 respectively. Giving the players chances to do things that teach them more about the NPC's in the main town. Even things like getting Quests directly from the head's of their home town.

Quests that really do nothing for the world as a whole but help enamor players to the cities they've chosen as their home. This was one of the things I loved about FFXI. It seemed like no matter what level you were, there were quests in the main towns that introduced you to new npc's or taught you more about the history of the planet and the country you were visiting or calling home.

I kind of miss that.