Please, please introduce Duty Support for Trials

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Originally Posted by ThorelisAsgardian

the trials are very fast and they stress me out too much; so when I get to one so as not to stop playing I buy "Tales of Adventure" and jump to the next expansion. Please, I would like to be able to learn the trials by heart and be able to do them with people without being so afraid

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The truth about most trials and normal raids is that their mechanics barely hurt due to gear growth, mechanics get skipped due to gear growth and usually someone can resurrect you.

You can also just enter it as a higher level player using the "Unrestricted" setting. So for example, if you got a level skip but not a story skip, you could do a lot of the old trials alone if you bought level 80-90 gear from a market board. At minimum, you could do up through level 70 trials, but I even did level 80 final tier stuff as a tank in early level 90 gear.

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Originally Posted by sindriiisgaming

The trust should be getting more and more cut back as the game goes forward tbh. Why play an mmo to play solo

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You know, this argument is SO outdated. The reason is that people who want to play with others is continuing to drop as time goes on. Game developers, including MMOs, have realized that with so many MMOs available, those who actually WANT TO play group content are spread very thin, and financially it's just not feasible to gear content towards them. This is why so many MMOs are changing/adding content to appeal to solo players- because it's the only way they can survive financially. Not all solo players are 'game hoppers', players like me want a game we can play for years, that constantly gets updated, new content added, but also has the interesting interactions that can occur when playing an MMO in the open world; you cannot get this from a single player game.

One of the main reasons I stepped away from FFXIV was because I got tired of being forced to group with others and waiting on long queues, when I simply wanted to enjoy the MSQ and other content on my own. I've recently returned because I've heard they now have all MSQ content available with Duty Support or Trusts, but now I'm hearing that forced Trials still require grouping. Not happy about that.

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Originally Posted by Jeeqbit

The truth about most trials and normal raids is that their mechanics barely hurt due to gear growth, mechanics get skipped due to gear growth and usually someone can resurrect you.

You can also just enter it as a higher level player using the "Unrestricted" setting. So for example, if you got a level skip but not a story skip, you could do a lot of the old trials alone if you bought level 80-90 gear from a market board. At minimum, you could do up through level 70 trials, but I even did level 80 final tier stuff as a tank in early level 90 gear.

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Yes, now that I am level 90 I have been doing a lot of the old content with the unsync level in new game +, and it is wonderful to be able to experience those duties that I normally cannot; Some, however, like Susano, I cannot because of the mechanics; Thank you very much for your kind comment :)

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Originally Posted by ADarklore

Forced.

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lol.. i leveled the entire msq 4 years ago as a dragoon with basically no que.

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Because we don't want to wait 30+ minutes to progress the msq? Also the interaction with other players in Instances is "Hi thanks bye"

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so ud rather play with ai that cant talk back than real people incase they dont ?

I would love this as I enjoy my own company these days. Over 14 years playing a lot of my friends have left or moved and the fun was had a long time ago. Now I do not enjoy teaming up with randoms for the MSQ as I like to go at my own pace. The game allows for both solo and team play so it should at least be thought about. I hate saying hello and then nothing lol it should be an experience and lately that has changed a lot so it is off putting for me at least.

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Originally Posted by sindriiisgaming

lol.. i leveled the entire msq 4 years ago as a dragoon with basically no que.

so ud rather play with ai that cant talk back than real people incase they dont ?

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I had to wait over 70 minutes to do Titania and progress the Il Mheg story quest. So yes I'd rather get instant queue pop to a trial with npc that do not talk over "real" people that don't bring much more than AI when it comes to human interactions and spend more than 1h stuck in the msq.

However I'd take real player over AI if queue time is less than 10-15 minutes any day.

Have you tried at daily reset time ? Around 3ST - 7ST ? When everyone does Roulettes ?

if they do so it will cut a lot of mechanics out that AI bots can't do like they did with old dungeons that got reworked with trust.

Make a PF for it! People trying to farm tomes will go for clears to get your first time bonus. And certain trials are fun with new people just to see their reactions. :) Especially Endsinger!

I do recall yoshi p saying even if they do go forward doing more trials with duty support, the last trial has to be all players because it's still an mmo.