Story Line Quest

[Kiara1]

No point in posting this on the forums. If you just criticize the story a little everyone will come defend SE and tell you how great the story is and blah blah.
The story is very bad and I'm glad I only have one more alt to run through the heavenwards story with

[Tuathaa]

That being said, ARR is *very* friendly toward newbies and players whom have never tried an MMO before, so much so that to vet players it can appear very boring

It is and it isnt. They could do alot better on information for someone new to mmo's. Even as a long time mmo player I found myself saying "now what" way to often. Especially in the dead spots between quests.

[Anapingofness]

It is and it isnt. They could do alot better on information for someone new to mmo's. Even as a long time mmo player I found myself saying "now what" way to often. Especially in the dead spots between quests.

I can't say that I've had that problem, then again I'm not new to MMOs. However, I made my statement based on my own observations of several newbies, one in particular stuck out to me because he is not a gamer by any standards and had never touched an MMO in his life prior to XIV. Yet, he was able to find his way around by reading text from both quests and the active help screens that pop up. He was drawn in by the world and then shocked by just how much there is to do.
I suppose, it's safe to say that everyone has different experiences but that doesn't change the fact that FFXIV ARR was designed with newbies in mind- specifically newbies new to MMOs.

[RyuRoots]

I'd just like to point out that 'everyone else does it' and 'its always been this way' are not exactly brilliant reasons for anything.

Right, and I never said it was? I'm saying tough, get over it.

[MageBlack]

I think it all depends on the expectations of the people playing. What is it you guys were expecting out of the game? If you skip the story and just attempt to hammer through the levels only to do the end game content, then yes, I can see you being disappointed. I'm sorry you are ignoring the RPG part of the genre's acronym. This "problem" has been brought up and, for now, is fine. once we get in to 4.0 YP acknowledged that there would need to be a few tweaks.

Since you like to bring up personal anecdotes I would just like to mention a friend of mine recently bought in to the game and she has been loving it. She mentioned there did seem to be a lot of side quests but just going through the MSQ and actually paying attention and reading them is making this one of the best Final Fantasies she has played since FFIX.