LOYALTY MODE

[Anty]

i agree with with you LuciBlack, just have to add some things that came into my mind. Im happy you acutally commented on the post rather then just saying "no i dont like it"

-9 1/2 minute wait to get on each and every airship linking the 3 cities

a good game can be realistic without time sink of 10 min. Just have 1 or 2 more airships arriving and you have 3 minutes.
Or have an eorzean VIP service (other name ofc) for more money get you to your destination faster. or at the time you want. (the game needs more money sinks anyways - does it have any atm at all?...) - lol perhaps even lounge access for frequent flyers )

-Removal of aetherite plazas and guildleves

I don't like the guildleves either, they can be replaced by mini-quests completely (the mini-quests atm are not more then that but they at least give the feeling of you interacting with the world rather then just pop cards).
The aetherite plazas can stay, i think you could weave in some other storylines around these areas. - look into the past, or future, interact with npcs in the past or future to understand the world better... something like that.

-First city of the new expansion requires a 10 hour quest just to unlock and must take ferry there for a 15 minute boat ride

Im all for great questlines to open up content, but difficulty > timesink ALWAYS. If the 10 hrs are full of fun, excitement, and challenges, tactics, would be awesome!!!! (shoudl be devided a bit in parts so casual players can get it as well as a hardcore gamers).
Difficulty and variety is what mmos are missing in general these days. No mmo atm is really hard, the longer you are there even if you are an all-time-drunk and the biggest retard ever you can be the "guy with the epic gear". Give us challenge, no 15 minute boat ride... at least no boat ride that offers no challenge. A boat ride that is full of nice fights, where you forget about the time, im all for that. but no time sink.

-Weapon upgrade quests that require you to go to a far away area on foot and wait 5+ days for a weather effect to appear while you kill a certain type of enemy

same thing. The time-sink-wait and then get great gear isnt a good game concept. Even if i didnt have a job... why waste the time waiting... wow ... just imagine you being 90 and think about what you did with your life and realize that 30-40 years of the 90 you waited for some pixles to pop... i think i would die instantly lol

-Removal of map icon and journal updates for quests
If quests offered challenge the markers would be no problem at all. Atm the quest are mostly mindless and offer no challenge, but what does "no marker" add to this?, ok you take some more time to do the boring stuff... doesnt make it better though.