MSQ

[Tommara]

1) no one said it was perfect

2) they trimmed it because of y'all whiners who can't stop complaining how long it was. Now every patch is so short you can complete them under 4 hours. Maybe 6 if you reaaaaly stretch it out.

You keep saying it's hurting player retention, but I also have seen people skipping to endgame content, only to be bored by it because there's not new savage raid every month, and left the game.

Not saying this problem doesn't happen, but maybe it feels much more prominent since you are the one who has this problem. Most players, especially Japanese players, are satisfied with how ffxiv works, so I doubt they'll change the system. So either pay the skip potion, or play another games that's to your liking.

And to the other dude: "the game barred you from having mmo interaction before spending 20ish hours"

Are you sure about that? Because satasha, the first dungeon which you need to party with other players, is fairly close to the start of the game. And nothing really prevents you from interacting with people in limsa/quicksand/etc.

It's really perplexing why so many people fail to understand that I'm not suggesting that any content be removed at all. I'm only suggesting that the MSQ, particularly the 80 or so ARR, level 50 MSQ, be pared down, not by removing those quests from the game, but rather be moved to side quests. I personally, completed all of them the last time I played, about a year ago. I vividly remembering them being a drudge, and friends that I've played MMO's for a long time, losing interest in the game.

Fast forward a year or so, and it's happening again.

I doubt if you have any real data on what "most players" want. I don't think you really have any idea of how many people quit once they reach the ARR MSQ.

I'm not sure why Japanese players are singled-out, as if their opinion should carry more weight than the rest of us. Lest you think I'm being racist, I was born in Japan, but raised in the US. My mother is Japanese, my father American. The last time I checked, I could be considered a Japanese citizen.