Quote Originally Posted by Rueby View Post
I really enjoyed In from the Cold before they nerfed it to the ground.
I don't believe they actually nerfed it. They just added an easier version which you can select if you fail it the first time. However, old duties usually get a "Warrior of Light" buff generally.
What I hated were the new 'escort' quests they shoved in our faces in EW.
Well I appreciated them in the sense they were commonplace in many games I played growing up. To see something like that in FFXIV or really any MMORPG seemed different than the standard here's an enemy, kill it for quest...
It feels almost too much of Go here, pick this item, talk to this guy...or simply talk to this guy > talk to that guy > return to this.
It doesn't feel like that to me, but I suppose that's because I actually watch the cutscenes and follow the story. I feel like if the story isn't really what you're itching for then it can lead to this desperation for something to break up the go to person and talk.

I know what it feels like to want to do something other than "talk to this guy > talk to that guy > return to this".

...because I've experienced this feeling when skipping on an alt since it gets boring skipping for hours. But the game is not designed with skippers in mind and I don't experience this feeling at all my first time through while watching cutscenes.