What do you miss from ARR?

[Vyrerus]

The amount of content.

Nothing they've added since they started reducing content added in each patch accounts for the amount of stuff they've reduced. They took a problem of being overworked on patches and started reducing content instead of hiring more staff to keep up the pace of content on the company's biggest cash cow.

They say it's to give us more varied content but that's just a spin. We're still getting less than we used to, accounting for the stuff they're doing "instead". Wanna cut something? Stop giving us things like lords of vermilion, mahjong, chocobo racing, 3 versions of diadem... and maybe a controversial opinion, the feast. So much effort goes into it for the ver small group of players that actually play it and it's just not good content. Use the other subpar pvp mode that's actually more popular check your obligatory "we have pvp too!" checkbox.

Don't get me wrong, I love this game, but that's exactly why decisions like getting the amount of new dungeons we get these days instead of 3 dungeons EVERY major patch just don't sit right with me. Sad part is, many people playing nowadays weren't around back then and don't know what they're missing and so SE gets away with it.

^ This x 10

[Kahnom]

I miss Fracture....
I miss Howling Fist ....
I miss Steel Peak ...
I miss Goon’s pole dance.....
I miss Bard’s Valley-something skill.....
I miss Paladin’s Flash.....
I miss Black Mage’s Apocalypsaurus....

[Ntol]

Hildibrand.

Specially because Shadowbringers doesn´t feature a Hildibrand questline, but I also mean that the quality of Hildibrand´s antics dropped each expansion.
They are the only quests I entirely rewatch when I create a new character.

[Soge01]

Pole dancing Dragoons.

[MicahZerrshia]

Relics.

They took you out into the world in many stages, had you participate in a variety of content and in some stages gave you multiple options for completion. We haven't had much outside of glorified fate farming since.

They also looked MUCH better and didn't suffer from particle effect overkill

[Roda]

Extra-game purchases really only used for character services.
Previous event rewards returning for the next event with the addition of new items.
3 dungeons a patch / hardmode sequels to leveling dungeons
Explorable building interiors that aren't just used for quests.
Sight seeing log being a scavenger hunt with hints instead of "stand on the glowy thing and /lookout"
Fate chains opening up inacessable parts of the map
8man raids being explorable areas instead of A Square or A Circle or if SE is feeling REALLY adventurous, A Rectangle.
Similarly, branching paths on dungeons with optional side stuff (finding and saving the sex slave prison in sastasha.)
More toned down and practical armor design.
Similarly, more down to earth stories.
The comradere of fate grinding to level up with the entire server in Costa Del Sol, Coerthas, and Northern Thanalan. (yes yes pure nostalgia at this one)

[MorionQ]

Hildibrand’s questlines and the original relics.

Also, one thing I wholly miss from ARR is how differently the playerbase treated Binding Coil of Bahamut in the beginning verses the raids now. Savage wasn’t a thing, and Coil was essentially open to any player who was interested. It was hard as hell with our garbage gear, but it was so easy to just go in and bang your head on the wall for a while with randoms on equal footing. I feel like EX and Savage started the break between casual and hardcore players that still lingers.

[MeeDeggiThePunisher]

Smaller zones
Dungeons
Wide Volley
Papalymo
The Three Amigos (Mother Mionne, Momodi, Other Guy)

[Shurrikhan]

Dungeons

I chuckled, but only with great emotional pain.

I really do miss them feeling at least a little novel, taking at least one wipe per PuG run as often as not, and there being 3 of them per major patch.

[Ssmiley_Bjakkzz]

Bruh..., i wanna make this a short answer without makin a story list.
This game is frikking much changed since ARR. I miss kinda everything from ARR times. <3