A few words about the quests to fight Titan. TL:DR at bottom

[Mumrah]

WOW! That was a load of (insert anal substance here)! The quests that lead up to killing Titan was to say the least, horrendous.

I was angry that I went through that. I was taking it slow and reading what they were saying, after NPC #3 I skipped all text and cutscenes because I KNEW that the next 3 NPCs, 15 quests later would be the same repeat of the first quest.

Sad part was that they were aware of this quest chain and how that the payoff was garbage, and before anyone said anything, it was implemented in the game. I kept saying to myself, out loud, "NO, this is stupid, why am I doing this, this is not funnny, I knew it, here we go again!, I don't care about this anymore, aaaaannnd gunna skip everything until I kill Titan."
"Ok, let's go kill Titan", THANK YOU, Y'Shotla! I have been waiting to hear those words! Even Y'Shtola thought is was stupid! Thought I was going to stop playing this game, AGAIN if it didn't stop!

In the end, they were just testing you to see if you can handle the fight and you're waiting for the secret to kill Titan aaaaaannnd they tell you jack "Just go fight it now." You essentially make your own reward at the end. A "banquate" where you sit at a bar on a bar stool with barely anything to feed a starving Lalafell in the streets of Ul'Dah.

You made me do all this just so you can tell me, "yeah, go fight it now"!? Why the hell do I need your permission??? I killed Ifrit already, what more do you need to tell me the secret to killing Titan???!!!! Are some demi-gods stronger than others??? He even scoffed at the fact that I can't be "tempered" REALLY?! ...must be common....

ALL of the character in this quest chain you don't care about, because WHY do you need to prove yoursef to them? I'll prove myself to Mom and Minfilia and some of the peeps part of the scion. Those are character I care about. I'll destroy all the gods for them, but for these hero schmucks? They can go eat fecal matter day and night. Who do I blame? The devs for thinking this was a quest chain that was good.

TL:DR
Save yourself the trouble, and skip all dialouge and steamroll this quest chain to get it over as quickly as possible. If you're the type to read everything and understand you and I'm ok with you doing this BUT: NO! YOU WON'T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING AFTER MINFILIA ASKS YOU TO KILL TITAN, UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED BY Y'SHTOLA TO KILL TITAN! Everything in the middle doesn't matter.

You're welcome. I'm sorry.

[Kitsune]

Honestly, the quest for Titan is probably one of the worst parts of ARR. Generally agreed upon I believe that it's a weak point.

[Abuzigahl]

Only ARR ? Nope Sir, just nope. Many, many Quest even in Stormblood are the same boring, repetitive and time consuming mess just for the sake of time consuming. So you will encounter many fetch quest and such to keep you busy without any need. Take it or leave it. I like the game but the story is a boring mess.

[Mumrah]

Originally posted by snupster Kitsune:

Honestly, the quest for Titan is probably one of the worst parts of ARR. Generally agreed upon I believe that it's a weak point.

Really? I didn't know that. I really just started up again after a 4 year break.

Originally posted by Abuzigahl:

Only ARR ? Nope Sir, just nope. Many, many Quest even in Stormblood are the same boring, repetitive and time consuming mess just for the sake of time consuming. So you will encounter many fetch quest and such to keep you busy without any need. Take it or leave it. I like the game but the story is a boring mess.

I understand that there are quests that make you fetch this and do that silly thing. But some are guised with like, "help this person live, by getting this medicine, or my friend could use a little something to have fun or cheer them up" This one just flat out sucked from beginning to end. All NPCs seemed lazy in that they all wanted you to do their jobs for them, with a disheartening payoff. If there are more
like the Titan quest chain, I will employ the skipping.

I don't mind fetch quests or a repeatitive formula in terms of doing them, but at least tie a good story and pay off at the end of them.

[Mumrah]

I'd be curious to compile a list of quests in an other thread of those who think along the same lines as the Titan quest chain. **Shudders**

[Elazul]

The ARR story is god awful until after Titan so congrats you made it. Unfortunately, then it gets really bad again after the ARR story finishes and the filler before Heavensward starts and goes on for 100 quests ... ughhh... good luck! If you make it through that though Heavensward has an amazing story. Probably my favorite out of the two expansions.

[HandmadeMonster]

Originally posted by Elazul:

Unfortunately, then it gets really bad again after the ARR story finishes and the filler before Heavensward starts and goes on for 100 quests ... ughhh... good luck!

I just finished the 2.x patches last night. Honestly, people exaggerate about how bad/tedious they are. Is there filler? Absolutely ( looking at you, F'lhaminn and Tataru). But I think the pacing and content was as good or better than ARR and most quests served directly to further the plot.

[Mumrah]

Originally posted by HandmadeMonster:

Originally posted by Elazul:

Unfortunately, then it gets really bad again after the ARR story finishes and the filler before Heavensward starts and goes on for 100 quests ... ughhh... good luck!

I just finished the 2.x patches last night. Honestly, people exaggerate about how bad/tedious they are. Is there filler? Absolutely ( looking at you, F'lhaminn and Tataru). But I think the pacing and content was as good or better than ARR and most quests served directly to further the plot.

I'll keep an eye out for those parts. Whats questing like in Heavensward and Stormblood?

Speaking of pacing. I wanted to level up a white mage and maybe an Astrologian after, what do you recommend I do? Currently, I'm leveling a bard, but I have no idea to what level I should level it up before I switch.

[Oberon]

Originally posted by Venomeyes':

Originally posted by HandmadeMonster:

I just finished the 2.x patches last night. Honestly, people exaggerate about how bad/tedious they are. Is there filler? Absolutely ( looking at you, F'lhaminn and Tataru). But I think the pacing and content was as good or better than ARR and most quests served directly to further the plot.

I'll keep an eye out for those parts. Whats questing like in Heavensward and Stormblood?

Significantly better.

[Dwarf80]

filler and byproducts = food for the loremongers !

[Nico Yazawa]

Originally posted by dwarf80:

filler and byproducts = food for the loremongers !

And that's why side quests exist.