why i quit before reaching endgame (feedback from a new player)

[Penthea]

That's totally what we're asking here for. ::eyeroll::

Completely failing to see my point: that when people are given a way to skip one thing they will keep asking for skips to more things. It will never be enough for some people.

And to address earlier comments from others, there is absolutely no proof that SE trimmed down their MSQ length simply because people on the forums complained. One thing to note, you're comparing the main story line from a full base game (ARR) to expansion packs. Also, lets not pretend that ARR didn't have a rather large amount of useless running around that served little purpose.

I completely agree that a lot of ARR needs to be addressed, particularly the lvl 50 quests. But I am completely against making the msq into essentially side content. That's turning FFXIV into another game.