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[Bright-Flower]

The "banquet" questline leading to unlocking Titan and the Garuda fetch quest could most definitely be trimmed down without compromising the storyline.

Also that time we several times over obtain the wrong elemental crystal, not sure if that got trimmed down or not etc. Not all of the tedium in ARR was essential worldbuilding.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Also that time we several times over obtain the wrong elemental crystal, not sure if that got trimmed down or not etc. Not all of the tedium in ARR was essential worldbuilding.

A lot of that got trimmed, too. You do still go through two crystals before finding the right one, but a bunch of the in-between steps are gone. Professor Whatsisname doesn't send you off to find a clay pot, then materials to ward it, he just hands you a warded pot that he conveniently has on hand; the section on the Isle of Umbra goes right to the fight with Siren; and the final crystal skips the entire chain of events and goes straight to fighting the spriggan.