/!\NOTE/!\: This is not a thread where I berate and hate on SE for not doing things exactly how I want. There are many things I do like about this game; this is just a hopeful suggestion to get people to consider how they play, and maybe SE to think about how they present lore centric content. I ask that you hear, feel, and think before you consider dismissing this as "Just another whiner thread". Thank you.

Recently, the show Extra Credits had some episodes on quest design in MMOs. Specifically, how modern quests are centered around just pushing you forward with the 3-5 types of quests that have become standard, and how these games are capable of giving the player a much more organic and engaging experience.
Please give them a look:
Part 1
Part 2

They cover quest systems based on the player taking the time and effort to interact with the world itself. Quests that require critical thinking over the mindless mowing through trash mobs to push ourselves to endgame. Sure you could just look up the answers to these kind of puzzle based quests, but that's really true of any game, and the appeal of quests from those games is the story, lore, and environments they give you. Simply being able to look it up shouldn't mean you should shy away from content like it.

Game design has become so systematic and cold. We've boiled everything down to lists and tasks that we seem to have forgotten how to make a world feel alive and natural. I would like for this game to be more than just hubs and raids. Let me get involved with this beautiful world. Let me feel like my actions are more than
Even if I'm not rewarded for it, I want the quests and X to be something I want to do because of how engaging they are; not because I have to. And they have to replace the progression quests we already have, they can be something for the side. Things that really bring out the flavor of Eorzea's world.
I do want this game to be a success, but I think it can be something more than the standard. I leave this thread to open discussion and free thought about the subject.