The story is very long, and it can be tedious at times, but for the most part it is a great story... At least until you reach DT... And the MSQ is very much designed as a single player experience, the only time you're expected to interact with other players is Dungeons and Trials, and all the Dungeons and some trials can now be done with the Duty Support but using it is slower and more tedious than doing them with actual players.