Please let me skip MSQ

[Tranquilmelody7]

Then at this point I have to ask... why are you even playing this game? It's clearly not an enjoyable experience for you given that the main focus: The Story, does not interest you. There are so many MMOs out there that would be far more enjoyable given your play style, why pick the one Story-Focused game and complain about its focus on the story?

You can still do most daily roulettes with your friends if they're the only reason you play the game, but perhaps your limited time would be best invested doing something you actually enjoy otherwise.

FF14 is the quintessential "Theme park" MMO.
There are many potential reasons someone may enjoy playing this game.

The moment to moment gameplay isn't especially engaging, but there are multitude of areas and encounters that make this game special to me.
I'm a pretty hardcore player myself by a metric of money and time investments, but I hardly pay attention to the story at all.

If my feelings were to ever change and the storytelling of this game were to pique my curiosity, I have a strong gut feeling I would find it preferable to digest a no commentary walkthrough of the cutscenes and dialogue on the internet as opposed to ingame.

MMOS plots are frankly just too timeconsuming to follow through, for me to enjoy their innate form of storytelling with all the busywork breaking up the plot and character expositions.
Currently I am simply reading up on quick and concise synopses to have a general idea of the locations and fights I experience, which has been adequate for me to appreciate their settings
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Regardless of my own musings, Yoshi P himself has stated that he plans to "spare no expense going forward" concerning the ongoing development of ff14.
I feel the game's current model is more than sustainable for the game to flourish... but mandatory MSQ completion remains one of, if not the biggest impediments to potential players attaining and sustaining interest to an MMO.

At the very least, I would strongly advocate for further condensation of ARR, as I am aware of plenty of people excited to partake in the zeitgeist of the current expansion, only to find themselves unable and/or unwilling to commit to even the mandatory progression of the base game.