Endwalker? More like Escort Walker

[aveyond-dreams]

Almost as if the story is kinda important in this game and maybe if you're speeding through it you're doing it wrong (in this case anyway-I blame no one for skipping through post-ARR and the more boring parts of Stormblood).

[BigHoffie]

Almost as if the story is kinda important in this game and maybe if you're speeding through it you're doing it wrong (in this case anyway-I blame no one for skipping through post-ARR and the more boring parts of Stormblood).

What story am I missing by using the aetheryte to get around the city as opposed to walking?

[Coronal]

If the NPCs ported with you to the final destination so you had the option to miss the 'flavor text' it would be less annoying.

It's just a way of adding some time onto the total time required to complete the MSQ, tastefully if annoyingly done.

[Melorie]

I personally love the fluff walking-with-the-npc thing. This game expac is a single-player experience, and the more immersive they can make it, the better. The only thing I dislike is that I can't really make the npcs do emotes on g-pose, otherwise it's been fun trying to get selfies with the scions! It's fluffy, it's cringey, but it's very cute. <3

I never had an instance where they got lost nor that I felt they are holding me back tbh? I bet the system could be improved, but imo the idea is not bad. At all.

And if you're in a hurry and just skipping... honestly, you're already making your experience quite miserable by rushing through things (like, i can't really see how people feel fun by blasting esc hours and hours but ok), I doubt this little of boredom sprinkled on top of your experience is such a huge deal regardless. I hope this system is expanded in the future.

I gained almost the entirety over over two levels from doing quests where I run to someone and talk, then watch a cutscene, then run to the next guy and talk and watch a cutscene. I'm straight up bored right now.

That's how the game has always been though.

[Unaki]

I don't have a problem with escort quests. I'd rather do twenty of those than one more forced NPC duty. No I don't want to play as Thancred. No I don't want to play as Scions. I want to play as MY character. I want to play my BLM, MCH or whatever I choose to level...That Ranjit fight in SHB really soured me big time on these things and no amount of forcing me into other character roles will ever fix it.

[Jarlent]

I don't have a problem with escort quests. I'd rather do twenty of those than one more forced NPC duty. No I don't want to play as Thancred. No I don't want to play as Scions. I want to play as MY character. I want to play my BLM, MCH or whatever I choose to level...That Ranjit fight in SHB really soured me big time on these things and no amount of forcing me into other character roles will ever fix it.

I just canceled my sub over the one at the end of shadowbringers

[Azazel_Grim]

What story am I missing by using the aetheryte to get around the city as opposed to walking?

Immersion is why. Physically walking and searching for something with the characters has a completely different feel than just teleporting to it alone. It suddenly changed from "I", into "we". It heavily increased the immersion of the quests it was in. Especially the one in the Final area. I loved going around with them and seeing what they had to say. I absolutely loved the feature!

[Gemina]

What story am I missing by using the aetheryte to get around the city as opposed to walking?

There are interaction circles along the pathways when going to your destination. While nothing fundamental to the story is usually given in these bubbles, they are however, a one-time-only opportunity to get that character's perspective on whatever is being emphasized at that moment. What they say is also not recorded in the journal.

Things like this, and also that ultra-tedious quest you have to do in Labyrinthos before unlocking Aeitiascope are deliberately put into the game to slow down players so the proper amount of anticipation can build up. In this case though, the players can still avoid those circles other than the one required to progress the current objective. Some of them even divert from the beeline path.

[Iscah]

Things like this, and also that ultra-tedious quest you have to do in Labyrinthos before unlocking Aeitiascope are deliberately put into the game to slow down players so the proper amount of anticipation can build up.

The Labyrinthos quest was definitely not the right amount of pacing. I was going in circles for that one last person for half an hour at least, and lost any sense of story flow by the time I got there.

[Gemina]

The Labyrinthos quest was definitely not the right amount of pacing. I was going in circles for that one last person for half an hour at least, and lost any sense of story flow by the time I got there.

Things like this, and also that ultra-tedious quest you have to do in Labyrinthos before unlocking Aeitiascope are deliberately put into the game to slow down players so the proper amount of anticipation can build up. kill the climax.

Should be good now.