I find it completely sad. (Questing)

[Vespar]

You didn't really miss much, the main story is mostly how incompetent, stupid, and arrogant some of the characters are, and how they really cause their own problems. You are mostly trying to "prove yourself" through 75% of the entire story, and at some parts the "story" takes control of your character making him look like a total and utter complete moron, even though you have literally killed gods.

I actually dont feel that way at all. Because I missed a good chunk of the story the first go around I went back and redid it on another character. After I actually took my time and READ the entire story and all of the quest dialogue as I went, I enjoyed it immensely. The story is amazing. I'm sorry you don't feel the same way, but I guess to each their own. But to derail your point here. I DID MISS A LOT. and I am so very glad I went back and replayed it again.

[RyuRoots]

I never said there was none of it. Also, a lot of quests are a total joke and don't say much of anything, they just have problems you have to solve, like "Find My Ball.", "Kill 10 poachers.", "Mine me 3 stones.", "Kneel and then use emotes on me!". Not very informative quests. Then there are people in towns that actually tell you about them, but they usually point out very obvious things, like so obvious there is no reason for them to be there in the first place.

Frankly, this gives the impression that you haven't done that many of the quests and never talk to NPCs that don't have a ! over their head. I feel like if you put half as much energy into learning about the world as complaining that you don't know anything about the world, you wouldn't have many issues.

[Ilitsa]

If you honestly have gotten no information about how the people of the 4 main city-states live, the politics of them, or any of the races out of doing a combination of MSQ and sidequests, the problem is you, not the game. You have to actively work to not pay attention to not take in the problems and virtues of every city on a personal level, and since you mention the race you play as, moogle mail and the archer's guild both have some good Keeper of the Moon material, and there's quite a bit of dialogue with the U tribe for Seekers. Quality of writing is subjective, and you're free to not like it. Though if you're trying to say there's none OF it for those topics then I seriously don't even know what to say to you.

This is the greatest truth ever. You have to TRY to not get hit in the face with some sort of lore. But it's not surprising you've found the game to be lacking. Judging from your other posts, OP, you seem like the type to skip every dialogue and cutscene and then complain that you don't know whats going on.

[Yasuhiro]

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The story in Final Fantasy XIV is pretty weak compared to other entries in the series
"Go and deliver wine so you can go and fight Titan Adventurer" - Bravo Lucas!
4 levels of this boredom and you forget why you're doing it because you wanna get it over with I love that shit in my Final Fantasy games.

Heavensward I can remember since it had less filler stuff that goes over your head.

[AskaRay]

The story in Final Fantasy XIV is pretty weak compared to other entries in the series
"Go and deliver wine so you can go and fight Titan Adventurer" - Bravo Lucas!
4 levels of this boredom and you forget why you're doing it because you wanna get it over with I love that shit in my Final Fantasy games.

Heavensward I can remember since it had less filler stuff that goes over your head.

Tedious it was, there was a reason you ran around and did all that...
I actually like that quest line.

A similar line that I DISLIKED though was the "run around and gather these crystals as these scholars forget which one you actually need". Mostly because I hate going down the Burning Wall.