Bored with MSQ

[TheStrategicRabbit]

I just can't get into ARR, the story certain looks like they were trying but just failed miserably. Also the endless padding of the MSQ with tasks such as "Go here, talk to x for one line of dialog then come back" etc are just mindless padding and souring my mood greatly towards the overall experience. It doesn't help that literally everything is locked behind story progression, meaning I don't really even have much to do to distract myself anymore now that I'm caught up on most of my logs with what's available to me currently. I just beat Titan and decided to look at how much further I have to go before HW and...yikes. I hope to unlock something interesting before then.

Sidenote: this is just me venting, I love the gameplay, just MSQ woes.

[Strangelove]

You are not the only one. Though personally I enjoyed the story and have been ever since. There are some weaker points in the story too ofc.

But just do like many others, skip all the cut scenes and keep hitting Ins on dialogues if you play on PC. You can always go back and do the MSQ again if you like with the New Game+ feature. Or just watch the story from Unending Journey book in your own Inn room.

But yes running back and forth starts to annoy many times but FFXIV is not the only MMO that falls in that same pit. But that ofc is no good defence why to do that.

In the end game is far being flawless but those kind of games are a rare breed indeed. Also I have tried and played all major MMOs and there are just no other that would come even close to FFXIV compared to overall quality and diversity of the content.

[Foxy Tony]

Don't worry I don't think anyone ever really liked ARR. I would had liked it a lot more if it wasn't for the voice actor minfilia had for ARR though. She honestly ruined each cutscene for me, I would been happier if she had no voice at all.

[Om3ga-Z3ro]

There are a few side content that you can keep yourself busy with to escape the endless ARR slog temporarily. I took breaks from MSQ by doing Crafting/Gathering, fooling around in Gold Saucer, Beast Tribes etc.

If you at least complete ARR pt.1 (2.0) then all the ARR endgame content will open up to you and that can be a nice change of pace to do as well as the part they really shine at which is EX trials, AR runs etc. Try and work on a balance of "The amount of MSQ's you can push through before burning out" to "What silly fun activity can I do to recharge with while also progressing in another way.".

This is how I coped, granted I did enjoy the story but I do agree that ARR does take mental endurance to get through almost like it is a test for the most dedicated.

[Grahf]

The MSQ in this game is why none of my friend's ever played this its such a slog to go through and it's story its very generic. You could buy the MSQ skip's from the website at worst.

[Rabbit]

Hm, feels like I'am the only one who realy liked the ARR mainquest line.
And yes, I liked it too that the story is so slow.

Never was a big fan of storys like: Oh hey hero! Hi! First time here? Cool pick some flowers for me and oh btw kill that one god too ok? kk see ya.

[Rabbit]

Escrito originalmente por Kethriss:

To be fair to the story, in ARR nobody knows you’re a hero until way later. Eorzea is packed with freelance adventurers and nobody really gives a ♥♥♥♥ about them beyond them being cheap labor and errand runners until they get an opportunity to show they’re actually bad asses and get an audience to do something for somebody important politically. That’s been a theme with 14 since the beginning, your role in the world continuously escalates as knowledge of your deeds and power grows. You start out just some random nobody in one of the major cities doing whatever jobs you can for money and practice, you end up a world-saving demigod known and beloved the world-over.

This!

This is exactly the thing I loved the most when I started playing in the CB and this is the reason why I sticked with the game.

[Sakhari]

Escrito originalmente por TheStrategicRabbit:

I just beat Titan and decided to look at how much further I have to go before HW and...yikes.

I had pretty much the same experience at the same time (getting tired of the Titan questline and finally looking up the list of story quests to see how much was left) and honestly, nearly quit right there. Almost everything I was interested in leveling crafting and gathering-wise was at 50+ and until then, I had no idea how much more of the story was left to go. That list of quests was... disheartening to say the least and the wiki doesn't even mention a couple of surprise mandatory sub-slogs near the end of it.

It was too bad because the story was actually getting halfway decent near the end of the original batch of content but with all gameplay progress screeching to a halt for 100+ quests, it was difficult to stay motivated. Frankly, I don't blame people for just buying the skips and getting it overwith.

At least most of the quests were just dull-but-quick 'go talk to a guy and collect your reward' affairs so while it wasn't very rewarding or much fun, it didn't take 'too' long to finish.

[Navhkrin]

I don't think it is the story itself that was the problem with ARR, rather, presentation and pacing of the story. Side-tracking, overly detailed text (which can be nice sometimes, but too high frequency it can be more of an annoyance imo). And I honestly didn't find most of the dialogue in ARR interesting.

Heavensward is definitely much better in that aspect from both pacing and text perspectives, everything is much more to the point, pacing is really good and haven't encountered any side tracking so far. And music track of Heavensward alone is really relaxing and beautiful and goes really well with that cold snowly environment of HW. Truly a marvelous experience. Atmosphere, pacing, interesting dialogue, significantly higher quality VA, concept. It ticks too many marks, I had high expectations yet it managed to surpass.