The MSQ defeated me

[IdowhatIwant]

I'll be back one day. But for now, I need something that is paced a bit better between story and actually getting to do something.

Oof, wait until EW. It took me about 4 hours before I killed the first mob.

Oh c'mon. We all have different preferences.
There is nothing 'healthy' about having more or less cutscenes.

No he is right. EW really pointed that out that this games MSQ is very story heavy with very little game play. I am very surprised people complain about this game not being solo friendly when the MSQ is about 90% solo and maybe 10% dungeons / trials. I would say about 75% of that 90% is walking and talking to the next person, picking up something off the ground, going to a location, following some one, or walking with some one. The other 15% is solo duties, go to the location and kill something, or kill x of y to get x of z item. Granted, many MMO quests are like this, how ever many MMO MSQs don't take nearly as long as FF.

[Darthgummibear]

90% is walking and talking to the next person

Emphasis on walking the whole way. My biggest gripe about EW is all the quests where the NPC has to follow you the ENTIRE TIME, and you have to walk the whole distance on foot. Using an aetheryte breaks it, using your mount breaks it, hell if the NPC gets stuck on something and you don't notice that breaks it.

[IdowhatIwant]

Emphasis on walking the whole way. My biggest gripe about EW is all the quests where the NPC has to follow you the ENTIRE TIME, and you have to walk the whole distance on foot. Using an aetheryte breaks it, using your mount breaks it, hell if the NPC gets stuck on something and you don't notice that breaks it.

It's designed for RP players, or players that want that extra dialogue to have an option to do. How ever the flaw is it emphasizes that aspect to much vs those that want to just get to the next location and move on. It all kind of goes back to an issue with ffxiv where is tends to lack options over all with the MSQ and leveling in particular.