why has Role Playing in battle become a thing

[Kolsykol]

I thought this was going to be a thread about players roleplaying in combat lol.

[Bright-Flower]

I only had an issue with such battles when they were limited to three buttons and the enemies were damage sponges. The faster paced battles with more buttons to press have been a lot more enjoyable to me.

Besides, it's nice to not have every victory ever revolve around the player character. I don't play the game to sate my ego, after all.

While I still wasn't a huge fan, the ones in the latest patch were an improvement for sure.

[Ilenya]

they are a source of frustration, all it take to fail these is a single screw up even on easy mode. at least with a cutscene you can watch or skip it. you cannot do that with the role play battles.

Er...In what content is this not the case?

[Bacent]

guess I should have figured I would be outnumbered and you all give some compelling arguments. but I would rather just watch them in a cutscene than play them. maybe my time playing this game is nearing the end since I see that you all are having fun with it and I'm not.

They're one time things for those points in the story? They take a few-ish minutes, maybe 10-15 at most. If you're thinking about quitting a game because of a very occasional thing that rarely pops up I literally don't know what to say?

[Morphiana]

okay so I waited to complain about this(yes this is a complaint)
I pay a monthly fee to play MY character yet through the MSQ I'm being forced to roleplay NPCs.
I do not find this the least bit fun or even a tiny bit enjoyable. I feel like it breaks the immersion for me.
At first I let it go but this is ridiculous. it is making me seriously reconsider whether I'm even going to buy endwalker at all let alone resub.

do any of you agree with me? if you do please like my post, if not please tell me why you enjoy it.
also please keep this thread civil. too many flaming arguments happen on these forums and I would rather this not be one of them.

I don't agree with this. I think it's fun to play as one of the Scions and see how they deal with the story without the WoL nearby.

I am just waiting to play as Yshtola next.

Even if I agreed with you on this it happens *so* infrequently it's a non-issue.

Of all the things they can spend time to alter, adjust, fix, this is not one of them. Give Viera better hairstyles and the ability to wear hats please.

[Reiryuu]

Of all the things they can spend time to alter, adjust, fix, this is not one of them. Give Viera better hairstyles and the ability to wear hats please.

If they don't do it anymore... there's nothing to fix or adjust or even spend time on. They have more time to fix your hair and hats. In all seriousness, I have always been an advocate to allow the player to skip these. Have them for people who like them? Sure. Don't like them? Don't make me do them. Simple as that and it shouldn't take much code to put an input box in front of the event.

Personally, I find them clunky, dull and frustratingly long especially when I'm forced to play a character I am not particularly attached to or in a past situation where my involvement in the fight doesn't change the outcome. If I were changing an outcome in the past with the echo? Fine. Okay. I'm not changing anything? Why am I reliving it not just seeing it?

[Morphiana]

If they don't do it anymore... there's nothing to fix or adjust or even spend time on. They have more time to fix your hair and hats. In all seriousness, I have always been an advocate to allow the player to skip these. Have them for people who like them? Sure. Don't like them? Don't make me do them. Simple as that and it shouldn't take much code to put an input box in front of the event.

Personally, I find them clunky, dull and frustratingly long especially when I'm forced to play a character I am not particularly attached to or in a past situation where my involvement in the fight doesn't change the outcome. If I were changing an outcome in the past with the echo? Fine. Okay. I'm not changing anything? Why am I reliving it not just seeing it?

It's part of the story in a role playing game, don't know what to tell ya.

What's done is done for the expansion in terms of story / MSQ, they work one expansion ahead of time.


But like I said, I enjoy it and it seems there are plenty of people here who also enjoy it. Not everyone likes every aspect of MSQ, that's to be expected it's an MMO with a wide variety of players but to demand a portion of it be removed is a bit much when it's been well received for the most part.

Again, given how few and far between they are it feels more like nit picking more than anything. Even when you do them it's one mission, one time maybe every 3 patches or more.

[Reiryuu]

But like I said, I enjoy it and it seems there are plenty of people here who also enjoy it. Not everyone likes every aspect of MSQ, that's to be expected it's an MMO with a wide variety of players but to demand a portion of it be removed is a bit much when it's been well received for the most part.

So, just to make sure we're on the same page. You would agree with a simple option to skip these events in future implementations of this content then? Even if it were simply pressing escape during the trial to bring up a box to skip it like you would any other cutscene?

Again, given how few and far between they are it feels more like nit picking more than anything. Even when you do them it's one mission, one time maybe every 3 patches or more.

We all have our nit picks, I'm sure. You mentioned your own earlier. What interests me about this particular topic, though, is I am curious how many people defending this particular feature of the game would actually opt in if it were not forced upon them.

[TaleraRistain]

We all have our nit picks, I'm sure. You mentioned your own earlier. What interests me about this particular topic, though, is I am curious how many people defending this particular feature of the game would actually opt in if it were not forced upon them.

I'm one. I've loved this since that surprise with Alphinaud. Much more than a cutscene, it shows the talents the Scions bring to the table and is a break from my normal playstyle.

[Canadane]

I pay a monthly fee to play MY character yet through the MSQ I'm being forced to roleplay NPCs.

No, you pay to play this game.
And all that it entails.