Sidequests - the bane of my existence

[Alleo]

In ARR and HW I always did every side quest that I could find and yet in SB a lot were open for a long time and I still have some left in Yanxia. If more sidequests were as interesting as the market ones in the Azim Steppe maybe I would enjoy them much more. But sadly they are often just meaningless fetch quests and only a few gems in it. And this comes from someone that enjoys the lore and story aspect of a game way more than the gameplay.

[Meghann]

LOL personally they don't bother me but they do my boyfriend, he has to keep his maps clear of them; I find it amusing how we both play this game together but get very different kinds of enjoyment from it.

[RenOkamiya]

If they started by deleting all the fedex quests and only leave the "real side story" ones like the scarlet princess or whatever in the Ruby Sea, that would be much more enjoyable. I'm mostly tired of getting 20 UPS deliveries when I turn one in. That said, I did all the quests at lvl70, that was quick enough I guess, but I didn't even read them, like I think 99% of the players. The problem is the insane quantity. I wouldn't mind having real quality ones, even "longer" but interesting stories about this particular NPC, that would give more consistency and "realism" to the world, while giving a massive EXP reward so that it doesn't feel useless compared to roulette, and without having to deliver barrels of rice or whatever to Random NPC#314 (which is most of the time at the exact opposite of the bloody world)

[Kazgrel]

I had intended to use the SB ones to level up alt dps jobs, but then Kojin quests and alliance raid roulette happened.

At least this time around, I didn’t have to do every single sidequest on my main just to get/keep my level sufficient for progressing the MSQ *cough* Heavensward *cough*

[Canopia]

LOL personally they don't bother me but they do my boyfriend, he has to keep his maps clear of them; I find it amusing how we both play this game together but get very different kinds of enjoyment from it.

I dont hate them as an idea, but I cant stand seeing exclamation points on my maps. its like a constant reminder that there are things you still need to do and that nagging sense of the incomplete.

[Pastahnak]

Storm blood side quests I've actually really enjoyed, but I freaking LOVE your idea. A zone quest line would be so cool. I wouldn't get rid of the side quests we have now but just have less of them with the zone quest line being the bulk of the optional quest content in the area. Would make for some great new side characters to meet that you'd actually have an opinion on them after ur done unlike the mini 3 side quest chains we have now with forgettable characters.

[Kaliesto]

I take issue how the Developer team handled Side Quests as they're uninspired and with very little effort. The developer team who made those sidequests need to understand Quality is better than quantity which they should take and learn cues from most single player games out there that have done side quests way more properly (and even their own titles like Dragon Quest, Xenogears, previous final fantasy games like FFX, etc). If you wish to build your world and lore through side-quests, creating a side-story should be limited to few side-quests rather than many as your wasting your resources and time when you could be making something long and engrossing without making a bunch of fetch quests or go kill this or that X-amount of times. That stuff belongs in the early to mid 2000s MMOs, let's keep it in the past.

Unfortunately the damage is done, and I see no budging on their present course.

[Biridan]

I don't mind the undone quest markers. I intend to do them with alt jobs. It's the triple triad markers I hate.