These kind of quests are the only thing I have found so far that I don't like about FFXIV. Yes, I hate them. yes, I don't want to play as another character. I want to play as my character. But it's not enough to make me quit, get pissed and walk away from the computer for a while to cool off, yes this usually happens. I'm just glad I only have to do them once. If leveling other classes made me go thru the story again I would never level another and these quests are why. That's my opinion, everyone has their own.

I would never ask them to be removed, some people love this stuff, More power to them. But if I could skip these I would in a heart beat. I would love a option to do just that and just watch the cut scenes, they could even give me 0 exp for skipping them, would not bother me in the slightest.