Raiding is becoming less and less optional

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This whole thread is ridiculous and a waste of time. Crystal Tower being required in MSQ is a one-time deal because of how the MSQ currently ties in with it. They aren't going to make this the norm in the future. Regardless, each of the floors in CT take like 15 minutes to do. We've all been running alliance roulette for years now, and all we've ever gotten in it was crystal tower. How is that any different from being "required" to do it? Chances are, you probably already unlocked CT like everyone else. I get it, I do. I hate Crystal Tower. I hate most 24 man content. But everyone at least unlocks/completes it once. 99% of players are going to inevitably unlock Crystal Tower anyway. So what's the big fucking deal?! Insinuating that this is going to be a trend where SE is going to start requiring people to craft or play lord of verminion or go fishing or whatever irrelevant content in order to progress MSQ is absolute nonsense, and borders on conspiracy theory territory. SE isn't being run by lizard-people, folks.

This move makes 100% sense given the context of the MSQ story. Raiding is, always has been, and always will be completely optional. Alliance raids are not raids. They're just normal noob dungeons with more people. That's literally it. If you think that's "raiding", you're just wrong. Period. End of story. Bye bye. See you later!

Here’s the thing, dude. You have no idea what the devs are going to do in the future. Zero. The point of this thread was positing a question of what if in the future, the devs make raids with MSQ relevant plots that become required. What if CT is only the first example of what’s to come? I already pointed out Ivalice is required to unlock the relic weapon because, again, it was story relevant. Who is to say future raids will not be story relevant? No one but the devs can say that. Certainly not you.

Sure, CT is easy and faceroll now, but future raids may not be. Especially if they are current. Nowhere in the OP was I talking about optional content like fishing or some shit like that. You just took that and ran with it for some weird reason.

This is an MMO. MMOs are driven by metrics. What if there comes a time when they want to increase time-played and so they start gating the MSQ behind normal raids or alliance raids? And before you start saying THAT’LL NEVER HAPPEN, it absolutely could. They could gate anything they want.

In WoW, unlocking flying used to be as simple as paying a vendor at max level. Then suddenly, there came a new dev team with new metrics, and flying became a huge grind to unlock.

Philosophies change. The future is unknown. One-time things can become permanent. If you can’t see that’s what I was really saying, then you are being willfully ignorant. Hence, pot meet kettle.