These quests suck.

[Majidah]

And I'm not talking about the lack of cutscenes.
Or how poorly delivered the dialogs are. (two page long monologs, come on.)
I'm talking about originality.

I loved that pugilist quest in which you go around collecting money for the guild.
The one in which you had to get gil off the floor was awesome.

But the normal sidequests? Come on. They are all basically get X item, kill X quantity of monsters, etc.

I was playing Deus Ex today (By eidos, which is owned by SE as far as I know) and I had this sidequest, right? The game runs on unreal engine, yet its so original it tells you to go kill infiltrate this building, find this mobster, knock him out with your fists, then throw the body off the building to fake a suicide.

They took the game's basic elements and spinned them into something *really* original.
So yeah, I'd like to see the game designers' imagination shine in FFXIV's quests. 'Cause so far they are WoW-bad. FFXI had really moving, really original quests. They made you explore a lot, and travel through dungeons with puzzles and gates that required a certain amount of people to unlock doors or certain keys or to open certain gates...

And I'm not even asking that. I'm not saying rip off XI (although you totally should). I understand that so far there aren't many zones to work with. But I don't think its even about that. Its about spinning things so its not so obvious its a bare bones gather/kill quest.

[neorei]

better than having no quest at all right?

[Murugan]

better than having no quest at all right?

I think bad content is worse than no content at all. I also think it drives players away more. At least people can hope that good content is on the way, while bad content makes the developers look inept.

These side quests are garbage, and so are the events like the Dalmund events. Does anyone enjoy them? And if you do, what the hell is wrong with you to like something that terrible?

It is such a waste of development to put in quests just for the sake of having them, and if simply loading up on junk content is their idea of turning this game around for 2.0 I'm afraid it won't make the impact they are hoping.

I don't care about cutscenes or dialogue. But every quest in this game currently suffers from these 3 issues, they are:

• Not challenging
• Not unique/fun (which can substitute for challenging in some cases like it did in XI)
• Not rewarding (though even if they were without the first two they'd still be unacceptable)

This makes them pointless. Even the main quests. The cutscenes are the only thing that make those bearable. But as content they are just terrible.

[Starlord]

I think bad content is worse than no content at all. I also think it drives players away more. At least people can hope that good content is on the way, while bad content makes the developers look inept.

These side quests are garbage, and so are the events like the Dalmund events. Does anyone enjoy them? And if you do, what the hell is wrong with you to like something that terrible?

It is such a waste of development to put in quests just for the sake of having them, and if simply loading up on junk content is their idea of turning this game around for 2.0 I'm afraid it won't make the impact they are hoping.

I don't care about cutscenes or dialogue. But every quest in this game currently suffers from these 3 issues, they are:

• Not challenging
• Not unique/fun (which can substitute for challenging in some cases like it did in XI)
• Not rewarding (though even if they were without the first two they'd still be unacceptable)

This makes them pointless. Even the main quests. The cutscenes are the only thing that make those bearable. But as content they are just terrible.

and yet.. We were the ones that cried and moaned, because there wasn't any quests.. now that we have tons of quests, its bad now. lol I love these forums They say the darnest things =)

[Murugan]

and yet.. We were the ones that cried and moaned, because there wasn't any quests.. now that we have tons of quests, its bad now. lol I love these forums They say the darnest things =)

Well first of all I never asked for side quests. But why should people who did want them be happy with the junk side quests we have?

"I'm Hungry!"
"Here's a bowl of snot"
"eww"
"OMG stop complaining! I guess I just can't win, you complain that you are hungry and you complain when I give you food. You are impossible!!!!!"

That's you.

[Starlord]

Well first of all I never asked for side quests. But why should people who did want them be happy with the junk side quests we have?

"I'm Hungry!"
"Here's a bowl of snot"
"eww"
"OMG stop complaining! I guess I just can't win, you complain that you are hungry and you complain when I give you food. You are impossible!!!!!"

That's you.

I rather have Constructive Criticism, than people complaining but hey thats just me.. and what you just said.. made entirely no sense :/ anyways done feeding trolls, back to playing a game I enjoy, rather than cry about it =)

[Arcell]

I think bad content is worse than no content at all. I also think it drives players away more. At least people can hope that good content is on the way, while bad content makes the developers look inept.

These side quests are garbage, and so are the events like the Dalmund events. Does anyone enjoy them? And if you do, what the hell is wrong with you to like something that terrible?

I actually think they're quite well done and the story is rather interesting. I actually love the Dalamud event, they've made it fun with all the little hidden events too. There's a lot more to the whole 7th Umbral story arc than just what's in those GC quests, discussed or hinted at in other quests or even some of the seasonal events. Guess something's terribly terribly wrong with me though.

[Kiote]

better than having no quest at all right?

Honestly, No, it's not..

But I believe Yoshida Announced the Bulk of the Quests are coming in 1.22. Don't hold me to that though.

[Starlord]

Complaining? Where have I seen this before.....

[Majidah]

Complaining? Where have I seen this before.....

AHA! No one expects the spanish inquisition! There to label any form of critique as complain.

Did you even read the post? Or you just think that disliking anything about the game and talking about improving that aspect equals complaining?