Quote Originally Posted by kikix12 View Post
Well, no one forces you to like it. However removing them would mess with far more people than keeping them, while delegating them to optional content would be equal to you skipping chapters in a book then asking people what happened when you'd come across unknown reference.

In other words...sorry, but you'll have to "deal with it" somehow.
No one forces me to like it, but I am forced to do it. Would you like a duty that forced you to be a certain class in order to proceed? What if it was a job/class you neither liked nor had ever played? I am not asking that these duties be removed or not developed. I am only asking them to be optional, you can tell me or show me what happens to Alphinaud or Y'shtola without having to make me play through the scenario myself. For those who want the more hands-on experience, there is the duty. For me, personally, there isn't much story telling value in the actual duty anyway considering the story continues after the duty and not really much during it. It feels more like I'm watching a movie, the movie pauses and I'm forced to go through an obstacle course before it goes on. Sure, some people may like the obstacle course, but I would find it annoying. This is one of the reasons I dislike some of the solo duties as well.