Should I insist in the game?

[Lersayil]

Not sure what exactly you're implying. A quest is a quest.. yeah but do you not want it to be as enjoyable as possible? Or will you always only see quests as a means to an end? In other MMOs, those "clunky" mechanics as well as autonomy give the quests more immersion and makes you actually enjoy the open world to a greater extend as well as develop a closer bond with it while you engage in more unpredictable activities with greater variance. Only reason I can see for not wanting this is that you just dislike questing in general and perhaps only care for story. That's okay I guess but that's not everyone's priority and many sidequests don't even have any story. Imo you just can't get around the fact that quests lack engagement in this game and aren't as fun.

I'm sure the devs acknowledge this since you can clearly see there's an effort to increase quest mechanics and adding variance in ShB.

I'm implying that to me, MMO quests don't give any immersion via mechanics. Its just smoke and mirrors, and once seen through, they're just extra mechanics without any enjoyment. I played most popular MMOs in the last two decades (ESO aside) and no matter how much they try, MMO quests ARE a means to an end. Either to tell a story, or to get rewards. To me neither requires the mechanics you mentioned, and often serve only to annoy. The MMO genre just comes with inherent limitations that make these efforts a token gesture, and never truly successful.

I actually prefer the old, cut-and-dry kill x to collect y quests without any of the new "innovative" objectives popularized since... one of the WoW expansions? Or GW2? Can't recall which started it first. Anyways, I like it when mechanics don't try and pretend to be something they are not: fun.

And yes, I'm aware that I most likely represent a minority view.