"In from the Cold" Scenario, any way to skip it?

[Katie_Kitty]

"In from the Cold" Broke a bond with me. In all the time Ive played FFXIV, This is the first time I've hated the game.

Ive been annoyed at mechanics, sad at deaths in the story line etc. It wasnt mechanics in "Doing the quest" that made me mad, it was was done to your character. This quest destroyed the magic the game held. This quest broke a taboo between the story teller and the player. It made me disappointed that they would even consider doing something like this. What they did broke the trust I have with them. They did not need to do what they did they way they did it.

And from reading some of the posts, I'm not the only one who feels violated by it.

Oh please.. I wish you could see me rolling my eyes right now reading this.

[Endeleon]

Wow I'm surprised to see this... I beat it one go... you guys don't read the tips? They told you exactly what to do...

[TristanX]

I cleared it on first pass. Its extremely close to fail.

[Lihtleita]

its about as hard as running to a high level area on a level 1 alt. which is to say easy, if youre careful.
pick your fights, take your time, you'll get there

[Caselia]

its about as hard as running to a high level area on a level 1 alt. which is to say easy, if youre careful.
pick your fights, take your time, you'll get there

Take my time? Please, don't be absurd. This is Final Fantasy XIV, I should have been done the moment I entered the duty and saw the first bit of dialogue or better yet; the moment I got past the login queue. Shake my head...saying to take my time. What a joker.
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[Shougun]

its about as hard as running to a high level area on a level 1 alt. which is to say easy, if youre careful.
pick your fights, take your time, you'll get there

Running to Jeuno your first time and a tiger aggros.

[Powercow]

Running to Jeuno your first time and a tiger aggros.

The sauromugue raptors are the spookiest. Stupid things run like 25% faster than normal, can't escape...

[Voidedge_Ragna]

The sauromugue raptors are the spookiest. Stupid things run like 25% faster than normal, can't escape...

Stuff like this just makes you wonder why XIV's overworld is so ... tame, we remember Raptors and runs to Jeuno from like what ... nearly 20 years ago? Yet if you'd ask me for a single proper gimmick on a overworld mob in XIV that's not a hunt ... i could not tell you one.

Also i think those fkers had flee speed (+100%)! defiantly more then 25%

Getting back to the duty, i think it put you in place showing you just how rough the fights for a normal soldier on the field are. The timelimit is very generous, the duty can likely be done in 5 min but your given 25/30min so you can take it slow.

The game also purposely cuts things very close, for sample the QTE is the same as Seat of Sacrifice, aka a fake difficulty, the it will basically look like your losing but if your in the last 10% it will give you a big boost.

Breath, watch how mobs move and get past them, almost all is avoidable, if you find the 4min regen buff that also helps quite a bit.

[IlhamW08]

I just finished this MSQ. it was a blast man
it is fun, contrary to this thread opinion, it is by far the best MMO questing experience so far.

Think of it like Resident Evil or Silent Hill but dumbed down and easier version of those games.

The story tied to this MSQ is also brilliant, you can feel the emotion at the start of the MSQ, then swap, then we go doing this duty.

an MMO shouldn't be always about fetch quests or 'kill x amount y' quests.

[IlhamW08]

Take my time? Please, don't be absurd. This is Final Fantasy XIV, I should have been done the moment I entered the duty and saw the first bit of dialogue or better yet; the moment I got past the login queue. Shake my head...saying to take my time. What a joker.
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Oh A story skipper! moaning about a MSQ duty cannot be skipped! What a joker you are man