Quote Originally Posted by TaleraRistain View Post
We used to have a quest drought at (I think it was) 47 and couldn't continue MSQ. Had to turn to FATEs back in the day. But then they streamlined how they were doing leveling in ARR. This made the fetch quest padding that we relied on for exp no longer needed, so they could toss it out. They really didn't remove much story stuff. The design of this game is around telling a story. That's why everyone has a main storyline they must follow and even have some optional content locked behind doing it. They want people to experience that.
A necessary component of a well-told story is solid editing.

I hope they continue to edit the msq to tell the story as concisely as possible. Delete all filler.