Having to follow certain storylines during quests doesn't mean you can't choose whether to do those quests, how to finish them, which optional dialogues to listen to, etc.

That's the thing, though. You can't choose how to finish quests lol. Except for the daily commissions where you can fail, I guess. Giving dialogue options doesn't make the game a visual novel. And I would certainly prefer not having any options at all to having those random ass sentences divided into 2 options for no reason just to create the illusion of choice (not only me but most of the playerbase hate this). If you don't intend to let me choose, then don't give the illusion. It's simple.

As for the second paragraph... I don't get why you said that. I don't remember talking about romantic preferences in my comment.