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It has almost none of the little things that EQ had, and its side quests are filled to the brim with nothing special. For example, let me go to a random town in Gridania.
Given by the quests you are showing, this seems to be Quarrymill you are referring to. Lets disassemble the quests.

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Sidequest 1:
Find 10 apples, no other information.
You are tasked by Fawkes for getting 6 apples from the orchard. In the follow-up quest you get to know that he wanted them as an offering to the forest guardian, as this harvest was the best in years for him. This shows that the gridanian people rever their guardians for many things.

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Sidequest 2:
Kill 6 poachers, why? Nobody knows, no other information.
You're being told that a band called Redbelly Wasps are taking hold of a abandoned village east of Quarrymill, and you're tasked to thin them out a bit to keep them in check. Faucertaux hopes that they perhaps decide to leave the place one day so the village can be used again for Hyur and Elezen to peacefully coexist, hinting at possible strained relations between them.

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Sidequest 3:
Kill 10 flowery things. Why? Because its a sidequest.
Here, you are on the whim of a kid (sorry, I meant - Ser Kerrich, Dark Rider of the Shroud) , playing along with her commands. Just something on the side which probably shouldn't be taken too seriously.


There you are, there is a LOT to find in the quest text and in their conversations. You just seem to be too lazy to bother yourself with this.
C'mon, try harder next time.