Why is the Post-MSQ Content so Passive in Endwalker?

[HappyHubris]

Be the change you want to see in the world and just do some random fates while progressing the patch msq. Like, I am broadly with you in the sense that I think if you just burn MSQ, the game's pacing flies out the window and it sucks. But much to my chagrin, the majority of players treat this game like a visual novel and want to engage with the systems to the absolute minimum they possibly can.

FFXIV doesn't give us an engaging world compared to something like GW2 or Classic WoW. No meaningful secrets to find; no challenging world mobs; low mob density; very straightjacketed FATEs. I do play FATEs during the MSQ just to add combat between endless cutscenes, but that doesn't give us an interactive experience.

[Rekh]

FFXIV doesn't give us an engaging world compared to something like GW2 or Classic WoW. No meaningful secrets to find; no challenging world mobs; low mob density; very straightjacketed FATEs. I do play FATEs during the MSQ just to add combat between endless cutscenes, but that doesn't give us an interactive experience.

Eureka and Bozja is how all open world locations should be desined. this way all they have to do for relics is use the open world and some lore/relic story. Or at least start out with bland story-based open world and then update them with Bozja-like encounters in future patches. It's less work for them than having to create brand new zones like with Eureka