Please Reconsider MSQ Changes

[kallii]

I agree that the MSQ roulette has been killed by making the scenes unskippable. I know there are new players that want to watch the cs and I'm fine with that, but how about either making a single player instance for those that want to do it with the cs in tact to see them and then the multi player instance for the roulette with the cs basically disabled altogether. This way we don't even have to worry about the parts where you freeze up for a bit in order to skip the cs.

[Krotoan]

I agree that the MSQ roulette has been killed by making the scenes unskippable. I know there are new players that want to watch the cs and I'm fine with that, but how about either making a single player instance for those that want to do it with the cs in tact to see them and then the multi player instance for the roulette with the cs basically disabled altogether. This way we don't even have to worry about the parts where you freeze up for a bit in order to skip the cs.

Because a single player instance or "solo run" version would take a lot of development time and resources and the chance of SE spending those on a much older piece of the game is very low. It's not NOTHING, but they'd be much likelier to make a small change like votes on the run or dynamic switches for the unskippable part than re-working an entire dungeon for one player + NPCs.

I could only see cutscene vote skipping working if they did it like Overwatch, where each player votes anonymously and the cutscene only gets skipped if every player votes to skip it.

this is also an excellent solution, but I don't know how easy this would be to add on since we have no current system like this.

[DeaconMoore]

this is also an excellent solution, but I don't know how easy this would be to add on since we have no current system like this.

Final patch, expansion after next. Look forward to it!

[Alleo]

Because a single player instance or "solo run" version would take a lot of development time and resources and the chance of SE spending those on a much older piece of the game is very low. It's not NOTHING, but they'd be much likelier to make a small change like votes on the run or dynamic switches for the unskippable part than re-working an entire dungeon for one player + NPCs.

They are somehow taking their time and introducing more and more dungeons for squadrons..which are nothing more than helpers to level up your character...yet somehow they cant take money and time (these dungeons and its problems have been known for years) and find a solution that will please everyone or at least the majority? Since ARR we have seen more and more solo duties which bigger runs like the second vault one. We have squadrons now too. Are you telling me that they are somehow not able to change these two dungeons to something like that in years? Heck they could have taken the time and introduced it in 5.0. These two dungeons are very critical for the newer players. They are the first true finale of ARR and if they find themselves being stopped by it then they might just stop playing the game..this might lose them new players which they seemingly want to have.

Taking their time and making it into a great long term solution is imo better than just keeping it that way..seeing that people dont like to run them anymore..and either change it back or change it constantly.

[Krotoan]

Taking their time and making it into a great long term solution is imo better than just keeping it that way..seeing that people dont like to run them anymore..and either change it back or change it constantly.

Everything you said assumes numbers we don't know.


I'm not saying that anything COULD or could not have been done. Just that it hasn't and it's very unlikely it will be now.
Not knowing any numbers how can you be so sure of the amount of people quitting because of whatever problem? There could have been thousands of accounts that showed people played till ARR finale then immediately quit. But I also do not know these numbers so i cannot argue majority or minority, just what they've done and what is likely to get done based on the path of past changes.

It still needs changes, it's not good for everyone right now, but it seems that they're in the mind that new players WANT to be able to see those instances as originally experienced by others and the devs want this to be the default and not the exception. I'm not defending their choices (though I personally agree the way MSQ used to run sucked for new people interested in the story) , I'm trying to suggest things that they'd be inclined to change rather than ignore as fanciful pipe dreams.