Quote Originally Posted by SuperIchi View Post
I also am not 100% sure why those duties are required to progress MSQ, they don't feel necessary from a story standpoint
If we can make Crystal Tower required, we can make those non-required, I feel
This is a bit of a special case that they were careful not to repeat in later MSQ.
You're right, the quests don't have a particular story relevance and were more like end-game 2.0 content.
However, they need you to wrap them up so they can have the quest-giving NPCs move elsewhere for story purposes.
As far as I know that's the only reason you have to get them done by that point.