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

[LunarEmerald]

I'd say the main problem is that it's too much of a maze with no sense of direction. The time limit just exuberates the issue. You feel the need to rush but you have no idea which way to go.

[Anatha]

It really makes you realize how overwhelmingly different we are as eorzeans and as the WoL compared to the Garleans.

We are /not/ normal, or anything close to it.

Sure that's all been alluded to or spelled out, with friendly npcs pointing out how different we are.

Another factor examined is life without magick. We had no understanding of that either besides comments.

It wasn't until that quest that you really feel it.

Was it frustrating? Did you feel desperate? Hopeless? Angry? Resentful?

Now you know what drives them. Now you know what it was like to be them.

[Bright-Flower]

It really makes you realize how overwhelmingly different we are as eorzeans and as the WoL compared to the Garleans.

We are /not/ normal, or anything close to it.

Sure that's all been alluded to or spelled out, with friendly npcs pointing out how different we are.

Another factor examined is life without magick. We had no understanding of that either besides comments.

It wasn't until that quest that you really feel it.

Was it frustrating? Did you feel desperate? Hopeless? Angry? Resentful?

Now you know what drives them. Now you know what it was like to be them.

The quest wasn't perfect, but yeah the feel of the quest overall and being temporarily made into a normie was interesting.

[LexxyRaptor]

I'd say the main problem is that it's too much of a maze with no sense of direction. The time limit just exuberates the issue. You feel the need to rush but you have no idea which way to go.

Im pretty sure that was part of the design. Making you feel lost and confused and you don't have some ancient godlike powers to guide you in the form of quest markers on a map.

[Hyperia]

What irritated me the most about this instance was that I couldn't find the driver, their quest icon was hidden by.. well.. everything. It needs to stand out more or move the person.

[Serenitey]

Im pretty sure that was part of the design. Making you feel lost and confused and you don't have some ancient godlike powers to guide you in the form of quest markers on a map.

This. I am kind of shocked so many say it was hard. It was easy for me, far easier than most raids and trials. :/

[Minato777]

Did anyone else not realize what you were supposed to do with the magitek at first?

Yeah there's the magitek armor you can click on, but because I was doing pretty good on health packs and thinking that I just had to keep sneaking past enemies I ended up just walking past it and spent a few attempts not realizing what I was supposed to do at that point. Then, I had to go back to the ceruleum which, despite finding it several times on prior attempts, it took me forever to remember where it was and backtrack to it lol.

Why is everyone's defense of this of this stupid duty is that anyone who did not like this garbage must of not known what they were doing? i had no trouble with it. it took me only 7 mins( granted I got lucky with the mooks not looking my way) to do that's not my issue. my issue is it boring and a waste of time( and no I dont care there is a StOrY reason. it still sucks). EW has so much crap in it that only exists to waste time and nothing else like what is with these trailing quests? like every zone has 5 or 6 of these horrible crap. Its like they looked at other games and picked all the stuff people found tacked on and boring and said you know what we more of this! Ether way I want a skip option next time they decide they need a tacked on stealth mission..... And again I don't care about fictional characters time I care about MY time.....

[reivaxe]

It really makes you realize how overwhelmingly different we are as eorzeans and as the WoL compared to the Garleans.

We are /not/ normal, or anything close to it.

Sure that's all been alluded to or spelled out, with friendly npcs pointing out how different we are.

Another factor examined is life without magick. We had no understanding of that either besides comments.

It wasn't until that quest that you really feel it.

Was it frustrating? Did you feel desperate? Hopeless? Angry? Resentful?

Now you know what drives them. Now you know what it was like to be them.

Pretty much. It's actually a really well-made illustration/ story beat to show you how helpless you'd be without all your tricks. These people are by all means physically disabled in their world.

[MissKaiyokoStar]

43 pages worth of being bad at video games

[Wildsprite]

The entire point was to put you in the shoes of a lowly solider that was little more than cannon fodder for the WoL.

If you felt angry or powerless or despondent then it achieved it's goal.

except it didn't make me feel those things toward the character of Fandaniel like it was supposed to. I thought it was an awful quest that was meant to show how much of a madman Fandaniel had become.
I despised it and I hope they do not consider making more like it. no I did not find it difficult, I found it infuriating and annoying that the devs would even consider it. oh and

the fact he tries to use your body to attack your friends at the end of it made me even more angry at the devs.