MSQ Needs Further Condensing

[SturmChurro]

Between the main story, and the job stories, and the role stories, and the relic stories, and the raid stories, and the alliance raid stories, and the deep dungeon stories.... yes, I can easily say I spend 80% of my time playing story. And that’s not including my annual new game plus run. Before you say “locked just behind MSQ,” job and role abilities are locked behind their respective quests too, and some content is even locked behind other optional content (Ivalice gating Bozja, and E4S gating TEA Ultimate, for example) so you can’t have one without the other.

We are talking about Main Story Quest. Much of the "story" of what you have described is end-game content, or "story" content aside from it. You cannot even get to much of the "story" you have described unless you have already done the MSQ. At that point people can skip dialogue to their hearts desire and play with their friends. "Locked behind MSQ" is a big deal, as described by this thread.