Remove Praetorium

[tsuchii]

I was sadly part of that experience when the cutscenes were skippable back in 2017 - Bosses would be killed in the middle of the cutscene I wanted to watch and I wouldn't get to actually *play* the content. I can see via my achievements that I basically took a 2 week break after that miserable experience (Mapping the Realm: Praetorium).



I remember I was absolutely miserable after being told to go watch the cutscenes at the inn. I didn't want to do that as that divorces me from the fights that connect each cutscene.

Whilst I came back, Devs don't want players to quit the game after a negative experience with their game - especially a game that has a subscription model.

I also didn't know what Party Finder was back then (because I hadn't done any content that required Party Finder before, and PF is one of several dozen interaction-heavy menus in this game). There was no way before going into the dungeon beforehand that that would have been better.

Looking back, do I understand why people skipped cutscenes in Duty Finder? Of course, the dungeon was like 40+ minutes with cutscenes, 10-15 minutes if you skip everything, and I don't recall if there was any added loot bonus to the MSQ dungeons like Prae.

Some part of the design had to change.

I am happy that MSQ roulette exists in its current form so new players do not have the same awful experience I had.

I am not happy. There's a reason people complained rewatching a 20minute movie THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY seen. There are alternatives. Put it on solo duty.

[Jojoya]

I am not happy. There's a reason people complained rewatching a 20minute movie THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY seen. There are alternatives. Put it on solo duty.

You are correct, there are alternatives.

Don't queue for MSQ roulette and then you don't have to re-watch the 20 minute movie. There are lots of other options for getting XP and tomestones that you can choose from.

Everyone who keeps arguing that new players should be forced into using Duty Support forgets that MSQ roulette is designed as is specifically for the new player experience. Otherwise, those 3 duties would be rolled into the 50/60/70/80 roulette where they technically have belonged all along.

Is that the outcome you want?