It's about time to add Coil story mode, isn't it ?

[Kuwagami]

New content > Reworked Youtube mode of old fight beaten by over 90% of the player base

Please tell me and quote actual numbers on how 90% of the player base beat T9 already.

I would even accept this on T5.

Please allow me to laugh

Making a third version of a fight, just for the people who either don't want to or are too lazy to put time into the game vs new content. I wonder which should take priority.

normal mode => version we know
savage mode => unmodified version, no development time
story mode => damage downed and OH-KO eased/removed

tell me how that "third version" is taking so much time to have. Just some code lines to cut off of few numbers to change. You could also benefit not to belittle everyone not having the possibility to beat coil.

[saeedaisspecial]

I don't raid, so from my point of view the next turns of coil are a waste of development time that should have gone toward housing.

How's that sound?

Making a third version of a fight, just for the people who either don't want to or are too lazy to put time into the game vs new content. I wonder which should take priority.

[reiichi]

After reading through most of the posts before, I don't understand why it would be an issue to have a story-mode for coil.

As others have said, there is a player base that struggles with the mechanics that /do/ still want to experience the story. Not with someone else's character, but their own. OP didn't ask for special loot, or achivements, or really anything else but the chance of getting to see the cutscenes in the actual game.

As someone who stuggles with T5 to this day, it may not be difficult for everyone, but it is difficult content. Clearing T6 a couple weeks ago with some friends had us all screaming in chat that we did it!

TLDR: Keep hard content hard, let the people who want custscenes have an easier version. ...I know I would want it specifically for the lore.

[Moomba33]

I'd love to see a story mode version of coil.
So far all of my attempts to learn t5 have ended with the group disbanding after wiping at the conflags/fireballs a few times.

If it weren't for the story I wouldn't touch coil at all as I don't care about loot or feel like dedicating time to learning challenging fights with a static group.
Single player FF games have tended to have little or no story attached to the superbosses and even then they were easy to kill with the right setup with relatively little focus on execution.
I understand that I won't be able to clear all content in this game as there is more emphasis on execution and relying on teammates but it's frustrating to miss out on story because of it.
I actually have watched the available scenes on youtube but it would be great to have them available with my character in the Journal.

Whether or not this is a reasonable thing for SE to spend resources developing is an important consideration. I'd be curious to see some numbers regarding how many players have cleared t5 at this point.

[Teryaani]

You know very well what I meant, and that was a horribly cheap shot.

I do know what you meant and it was no more cheap than your idiotic, elitist post. Tell you what. Lets do a thought experiment shall we? What percentage of the player base has cleared T5? 10% Maybe 15? Hell, lets say 25%. How do you think this game would be doing if all it catered to was that demographic? Oh right, it would be F2P with minimal support or shut down. What the OP is asking for is a chance to play through it without any reward other than seeing the story. Just like the normal mode primals.

[kidvideo]

Please let us enjoy the story you create, for those among us who couldn't care less about the stuff or those who just can't complete the requirements

You already have a story mode for coil. It's called The Unending Journey & it's in your Inn room. You even take no damage

[Yoninxi]

I do know what you meant and it was no more cheap than your idiotic, elitist post. Tell you what. Lets do a thought experiment shall we? What percentage of the player base has cleared T5? 10% Maybe 15? Hell, lets say 25%. How do you think this game would be doing if all it catered to was that demographic? Oh right, it would be F2P with minimal support or shut down. What the OP is asking for is a chance to play through it without any reward other than seeing the story. Just like the normal mode primals.

But.. Story mode primals are part of the main scenario. They are supposed to be are supposed to be easy to clear. Coils are not, which is why they are harder to clear.

[LegendWait]

Am I the only one around here that remember the era of video games that were hard to win, and fun because of it?

Why are people playing video games if they are so damn easy? Why would you want to have a story mode? To avoid becoming actually good?

I pity those who dont get the adrenaline rush of finally clearing T9 after a long time, this is what coil is about, and why I like it. You gotta DESERVE to beat the game, not have it beat itself for you.

[Ecks007]

I lost interest in coil the moment people had to form statics in order to clear the content. And when DF groups were (and are largely still) laughably bad at it. I just don't care anymore.

As much as I would like to enjoy the story, I suppose that's what youtube is for. The story is really about the only thing I give a rats ass about in coil anyway, well, and a the rings, but oh well.

I don't need BiS to be a great player.

[Teryaani]

But.. Story mode primals are part of the main scenario. They are supposed to be are supposed to be easy to clear. Coils are not, which is why they are harder to clear.

They also give no rewards. Extreme mode primals are the equivalent content for coil.

Thus far, nobody has been able to articulate why a story mode coil is an actual problem. All I'm hearing is "you shouldn't be able to see the cutscene unless you can clear the harder mode" Which you could just as easily apply to the primals and "Development time for my stuff!" which isn't a convincing argument at all.