The Final Fantasy XIV MSQ was amazing
Before I even say anything let me simply acknowledge that I'm sure there's going to be someone out there who didn't like it for one reason or another. I'm sure they'll think of some plot holes or nitpick some small stuff that I didn't care enough to notice.
Been a player since Beta 4 and I didn't think the MSQ of 2.0 was anything to write home about. Being an avid FF story fan I thought it was pretty bland.
Over the course of the last 2 or so years I've read all sorts of discussions and complaints and suggestions about what a story should look like and let me just say I feel like SE really honed in on a lot of those points.
Your character, while still retaining that sense of mindless drone doing fetch quests, was given a layer to him/her. You actually get to choose responses to various events. Nothing too complex and not a whole lot of options, just two or three, but they allowed you to give your character just a dash more flavor.
Seeing my characters expression change to something more than, "Angry" or "Oh man!" was certainly a real treat. Without spoiling anything for anyone when things go…awry…there were times when my character seemed genuinely heartbroken. The expression on the face was amazing. I found myself getting slightly, just slightly, emotional over a few scenes. No where close to FFXIV levels of emotional but I could tell that SE really put some time into developing this story.
There were also times I found myself watching a CS with an antagonist and while I knew they were the "bad guy" I completely understood and empathized with their motives. Don't get me wrong, I still was like, "This person needs to go down," but I could see their point of view. The way they developed that aspect was probably the most intense from my perspective.
It was a fantastical journey and I honestly can't wait for what's to come. Being someone who really only played this game for the raiding, which had a pretty good story to begin with, I now find it refreshing to have something else to look forward too.
I just want to simply end on saying: SE, you guys really outdid yourselves in this expansion. If you continue to have story like this in your future additions you can count on me to keep throwing my hard earned dollars at you. And for more than just the usual: "skip skip skip skip ok finally the meat"

Sep
FFXIV currently has one of the best balances out of all of them
One last thing. You are talking about how sticking to a classing leveling system for a game like FFXIV will strip the game from it's uniqueness

Jun
Still can't preorder Final Fantasy XIV Heavensward(PS4)
Its fixed but I think there is another bug since when I log into my brothers PSN(we shared PS4 for FF14 until he switched to PC) I was able to have the option to purchase it but when I log into mines it doesnt have that option.

May
Hit Final Fantasy XIV level 30(unlocked job)
Sadly FFXIV's dungeons feel excessively long and somewhat unrewarding, seems like they aren't really meant to be done more than once or twice.

Mar
ff14gilhub:FFXIV Guide: How to Import Your Macros from PS3 to PS4
Here’s a guide on how to import your macros from the PS3 to PS4 versions of the FFXIV.

Oct
Extremely Frustrated, come on SE
And to anyone reading this who's only response is 'change servers', I'm not throwing away my hard-earned ffxiv gil due to low ffxiv gil caps during server transfers, or leaving my friends behind just because SE can't add fights to DF in a timely fashion. That would make me quit this game even faster.

Aug
Square Enix, can we please have some open dialogue on the PVP queue issue?
Simply put, FFXIV has a great PVP system and fun gameplay but it suffers from a major queue issue. I don't believe this queue issue is because FFXIV players don't like PVP. I believe it is because the queue system is flawed