I tried but its not the game for me

[Kolsykol]

The thing I think could leave the worst impression on people I've seen while watching streamers play is how ridiculously easy low level content is.
The potencies have been buffed way too much since ARR, they've essentially doubled ( and people are overleveled and overgeared to all hell ).
People don't even get to see all of the phases of bosses they just die too fast.

Story isn't mind-blowing it's just good by mmo standards and comparable to stories usually only provided in single player games. ARR is the worse of the story which many of us state.

I treat Ff14 msq sort of like a book. When I'm in the mood I sit down and read/listen but more as an interactive book where I sometimes click/press buttons to turn the page.

The story overall has a lot of filler content, but usually has a good pay off which enhances the trails or raids you do.

Considering how much praise people give God of War and TLOU1 and 2 when they really aren't anything unique or all that good or special in comparison to movies which is what they clearly draw heavily from, I don't take peoples praise for stories in games all that seriously.
If those games were movies they wouldn't have been praised as heavily as they were at all and nothing they did was anything new even tho they get praised and put on a pedestal for it.
People just get amazed by it because it's a game utilizing movie techniques and wrote the games as movies moreso than video games.

But imo FFXIV deserves the praise, especially because of the world-building and scope.
I don't think any MMO has done as good of a job as FFXIV has.
FFXIV takes the media and genre that it is and does it especially well, better than any other.

[seraf]

Longtime FFXIV players have been talking about this problem for a very long time. The fact that the MSQ is so long and also so mandatory for so much of the game is an inherent design trap. After a base game and three expansions it is an enormous barrier and the only solution SHOULDNT be to slog through it OR buy a story boost (which you also need a level boost for first).

With a huge influx of WoW players we're just collecting data to confirm what we all already know: they NEED to find a way to make the MSQ less of a burden for people who aren't interested in it but want to do current content with friends. They've started "pruning" MSQ a bit, but their first efforts have been pretty...well, paltry. Always hoping things improve in the future.

The main difference is that long time FF players treat this game like an experience for the story and a place to hang out. People from other games come into XIV expecting it to be like traditional MMORPG’s where it’s about open world PVE grinding and powering up straight to endgame. Then they quickly realize the endgame is the story content.

[Y2K21]

All I can say for the people talking about story skips: is it really going to matter if a brand new story starts in 6.1?