Player feedback: Please rate the last batch of quests and explain why

[Abriael]

The only small problem was the rewards. As for the quest themselves, they were entertaining if you actually read the text, included some good snippets of lore, and they were perfectly in line with what anyone with logic could expect from the first batch of SIDE-quests. Fastest to implement -> Fastest to release. Easy peasy.

It's laughable when I see people comparing them to FFXI, and completely forget the fact that FFXI didn't just have quests with cutscenes and all, but actually had a lot of quests exactly like those, just with text and fighting (exactly like every other MMORPG out there, mind you).
Some people simply don't know how to keep their expectations in check.

Finally, just LOL at the completely arbitrary distinction between "content" and "pseudocontent".
Sorry mate, content isn't "pseudocontent" just because you aren't interested in it.

Are these really standard for the genre?

They are. Basically every MMORPG out there has several quests like those (and most of the times way worse writing).

This wouldn't fly in an offline RPG as content. It certainly wouldn't fly in any other genre.

You mustn't have played many offline PRGs lately. Dragon Age 2, for instance, has *plenty* quests like those.