600 hours worth of mind-numbing "Main Scenario Quests"

[dankmemes9988]

This game would be good if they didn't force you to play through 600 hours worth of Main Scenario Quests that are literally just "fetch this, talk to that person, kill this enemy, etc" type of quests. The story is so boring as well and it just feels like filler. I have like 240 hours worth of playtime on this game and I finally quit and went back to World of Warcraft. At least WoW gets endgame content right and doesn't force you thru 600 hours of boring story.

[Ratham]

Again, as someone with over 4000 hours on FFXIV. The beginning of this game is godawful and atrocious. It doesn't even start to get interesting until you are like 2/3 of the way through the patch content at the end of Realm Reborn.

[Charlie]

If you skip dialogues you can go fast

[-Swift-]

Its true the start of the game is slow but on retrospect it does help you ease into the game's massive lore and build relationships with the other characters. Clearly the storytelling and quest flow has improved massively since then but even considering the original Realm Reborn quests, they're still miles ahead of almost every other MMO out there in terms of the story quality. I'd say it's worth the push through - what annoys me though is the OPs blantant pulling numbers out of the air for this thread title.