Real talk; the lack of Job-specific STORY content is really hurting my excitement...

[Terin]

Honestly, I think for what is supposed to be a "slice of life" expansion, the return of Job-specific stories would have been a great addition.

Otherwise, all of these jobs just totally bleed together.

[Raikai]

If job quests aren't returning I would at least like to see the job quest characters return in MSQ or sidequests more significantly. A bunch of them show up for a little during Stormblood, Shadowbringers and Endwalker, but I would like it if they were involved more significantly.

Me too, like there would be situations where it's fit. Could be just general quests with special quest dialogue if you're doing in the specific job.

For example, I think it's WILD that in the expansion we visit Thavnair, and fight an evil that is very similar to the Totentanz, we have absolute zero participation of the Falsiam Troupe in their homeland, one of the most affected places.

I know that Dancers and their quest lore came before the idea of Dynamis and the concepts of Endwalker, but that would certainly be a good thing to retcon: The totentanz being dynamis, and led to be believed otherwise because people knew no better (unreliable narrators).

[ThorneDynasty]

I just wish they weren't so averse to addressing job lore when it becomes relevant in the main story... Out of fear of favoritism, I guess?

Like there really should have been a Dancer quest in Thavnair for example. Something to address Summons suddenly changing with the Loporrits. Or explain us why Scholar is an angel summoner now. And you know the Thirteenth is going to become relevant again sooner or later and it's going to be really silly if you don't address how Reaper is affected.

And so on. They don't need to be full 10 level questlines, but just something to make the jobs feel more alive in the world.

[Mapleine]

I agree with this, even if it was backloaded the PCT quest moved me more than most of Dawntrail. It's fun to imagine more where they do the FF6 Ultros jokes and the like.

We're really missing a lot of class flavor, FF homages, etc by not having this. Roles in this game don't have enough identity.

Cut out the side quests if it's an issue of labor. Side quests have been so ignored they don't even scale right with XP in Dawntrail.