MSQ Needs Further Condensing

[Sauteed]

I think keeping the raid mandatory is ok, just weird it wasn't made that way with SHB being introduced and left like it was for so long.. what bugs me is "streamlining" the msq then making the raid series mandatory so the "streamlining" which was absolutely necessary and needed enough according to SE themselves that they did it (so I don't want to hear "OH LOOK ANOTHER I'm too lazy/stupid/mouthbreather" issue from someone) got un-streamlined and now takes the same if not more time to complete before the update while leaving in little quests like watching Tataru trying to find her calling in life etc, which could easily be left out entirely or relegated to side quests for people that interested in seeing her do whatever. Along with 20-30 other quests that kind of fit in that same category of derp why um uh is that here.

Additionally, this issue just going to be out of control wild for people who join in future expansions, will they be streamlining other expansions instead of going back and refixing the fix of ARR? Again, glad they saw the issue at least and recognized it was an issue, but I hope they continue to see, there's an issue. Sure we had COVID-19 hammer on the community/dev team whoever/whatever else going on this year, but at some point this is a business, and a tenant of it should be pleasing customers. Paying customers. I've bought story skips for alts before, and one for a friend who had already completed the story, before ShB came out, and level skips etc, but as a paying customer, enough becomes enough at some point.

(also WAY glad we don't have the wait til JST Midnight stuff of XI going on. What a road blocker)

[Iscah]

what bugs me is "streamlining" the msq then making the raid series mandatory so the "streamlining" which was absolutely necessary and needed enough according to SE themselves that they did it got un-streamlined and now takes the same if not more time to complete

People keep making this argument and I don't get it.

For story purposes the alliance raids HAD to be made mandatory, even if they left 2.X as it originally was.

So your options are:

1. Full running time of the original 2.X MSQ plus mandatory CT

2. Condensed running time of the updated 2.X MSQ plus mandatory CT

You cannot possibly argue that the streamlining of the MSQ made no impact on the amount of time required.