Quote Originally Posted by hiedra View Post
Keyword: "[...] people fighting OP"

This is a public forum so of course you're free to disagree with OP, debates are healthy. That statement was directed towards the people that are derailing the thread with arguments unrelated to the topic at hand.
It takes two sides to derail a topic. That said, the chicken comment aside, is there any other unrelated argument?

Anyway, OP has already stated multiple times that they don't dislike the story. They just want to get more involved. It's a valid critique. So valid, in fact, that it's been discussed in a previous live letter. It's why they're trimming down ARR for 5.3

I've already given my advice to OP so there really isn't anything else left for me to say. Hopefully it'll be of some help, if not then I hope someone else suggests something better.
Except I never said anything about story. Also, as I've said, the planned change for 5.3 won't affect the nature of the MSQ (and side quests) that the OP admits they don't like even in Heavensward. Even in Shadowbringers, the OP will still be doing a lot of reading and traveling and the solution will still be the same then: the OP will simply have to manage their time and do other things they like while still making sure to progress through whatever quests they need to.

So really, the OP already gets what they want out of this thread. They know some people feel the same way they do while some others don't, and they know it's up to them how they manage their time because the planned change in 5.3 is a very specific change that might not even apply to them by the time it's released.