Problem

Guildleves already make us go hunting for enemies, doing the same in all the quests seems a waste of time and becomes really boring.
Currently most of sidequests consist in hunting 8 enemies, or killing them to retrieve 8 items. It feels like doing a non-repeatable quest.

Solution

Implement more quests like the pugilist rank 20 quest (named The House Always Wins).
This quest consists in going around Ul'dah collecting debts from people. You have to engage in mundane multiple tasks such as picking up coins in a room (on a timer) and fighting in the arena having to use the commands an NPC tells you to in the right moments.

Quests like this one show how creative the quest team can be, it seems like a waste to make quests that are pretty much the same than guildleves!

I think quests should be about doing alternative and unusual tasks.