Quote Originally Posted by Awha View Post
I ran into that issue with a friend of mine. I do hope SB story skip at the very least come out soon it is a shame since it does enjoy the games combat and classes, but sadly the story is simply not his cup of tea and given the aesthetic he is having a hard time even attempting SB.



As I mentioned before in a edit, I do understand where you are coming from just for me it confuses me. In the end the tunneling aspect of the MSQ is important to you and part of the reason as to why the connection between the world and story exist? I am an extremely weird person that skips around when it comes to books or series, so the writing in itself is just one aspect of what helps immerse yourself in the story. Please correct me if I am wrong, in the end the reason why maybe some including yourself do not agree with making content level gated instead of MSQ gated is because it breaks the linear path set up by the developers since the game throws exp at players as such an alarming rate that sooner or later one is bound to out level the MSQ, and you as a player already know that content has been unlocked, which ruins the connection between the game world and your character?

Or is it maybe something simpler like back tracking is simply more hassle then it is worth?

Once again I sort of understand to a degree with what you are saying about how you enjoy the story, not trying to question that simply trying to understand what helps foster the connection between the game story and the player.
Right on the money there near enough. It's the disconnect it creates from unlocking it before reaching that point in the quest. The rate at which the MSQ throws XP at you only exacerbates the problem however. But yeah, it is exactly that. The duty is unlocked, with no context behind this (with getting the context later not filling in that disconnect for me sufficiently). It's why I agreed with Physic's idea to allow people to undock the duties from MSQ for those whom would rather not deal with the MSQ. Though how it would also affect things like the tomestone vendors etc, I do not know. That's a challenge we'd have to look into, especially if they decide to go back to the MSQ at a later date.