In the Expansion Main Story..

[Pandastirfry]

if there weren't "Filler" quest, and every quest was "Go Kill The Dragon", we be asking for less "Kill the Dragon quests"

Filler exists for a reason to pace the story and give motivation or backstory. I mean really, the Climax of The Hobbit is the Battle of Five Armies, what's with all this faffing about and playing riddles with a hunchback in a cave? Heck even one of the "Twelve Labors of Heracles" was mucking out a stable and he was not only a "Hero" but a legit Demi-God.

A Hero is not defined merely by how many dragons they've killed, but by all their actions, both Great and Humble.

Also, let us not forget the questlines that involve the Roegayden that goes around claiming to have been a member of "The Company of Heros"and to have felled the primals before and you routinely expose him for the fraud and shiftless lay about he is. How many people are roaming Eorzea now, claiming your accomplishments for their own or even outright claiming to be you? I can see why the people might not be so quick to trust yet another adventurer making wild claims about fame and glory. I mean it's not like there has been a parade in your honor in every hamlet, and a statue erected to depict your raidience in every town square.