My whole point is the game is completely unfriendly to new players. Three friends and my wife cannot deal with the back and forth story line quest requirements. It's just a waste of time.

That's the point of my post, not to be negative, but to show that it's pushing people away from the game because they aren't Final Fantasy fans and aren't hooked to play even if it's boring. Why not put a teleport stone in Vesper Bay? you really need to sprint there 20 times before you even get your chocobo? Then ride your chocobo there every time after that?

It's horrible gameplay, it's not fun, it's not exciting. It's just lazy time sinks they are justifying as gameplay. It's a load of garbage and needs to be stated as such. About 10% of the story line is interesting, the rest is filler nonsense.