I'm disabled, can we please stop with the solo duties.

[astralmoon]

I think asking for an option for someone to help you & do a solo duty together is a very reasonable ask. I actually end up buying story skips for alts purely because I don't want to go through doing some of the solo duties in certain expansions. Now I am disabled, I do enjoy the solo duties and I've been clearing them just fine with the occasional hiccup, but a lot of times I did pause for a moment and think "man, would be nice if I could have someone do this with me." Or at the very least give me the ability to bring my chocobo along, if nothing else.

I also like the proposal of allowing players to choose the difficulty level from the beginning, and not when you fail the duty. I think that would make it easier for those who need it, and those who don't can just not pick it and do it normally.

[ElysiumDragon]

So I'm disabled as well. My attention span and short-term memory are compromised to the point that any mechanic focusing on memorisation and recall is 3-4x harder for me than the average player.

I was able to clear 2 Current Savage tiers, including Abyssos, by virtue of having a shot-caller for the one or two mechanics where my memory would fail me. Maybe you just need someone to call out the mechanics for you to get through the instance? No shame in accepting help, after all.

[Zakuyia]

Games can't be built around edge cases, because then they wouldn't be fun. What if someone had really, really slow reaction times? We can't have the player take damage! What if someone has PTSD? No loud noises! What if someone has extreme ADHD? Can't give the player directions! Etc etc.

Disability is unfortunate, but it's not a trump card to remake every activity into a personalized version. Especially when dealing with companies abroad.

This person said it way nicer than I could. I. Sorry but I for one would not like a game cattered that much into what he just said. At that point we might as well put an auto button on an let the game play itself. I would honestly have to quit if yoshi-p said due to our disable players we have to remove high end difficulty, an other components that may trigger the following.... I don't think its fair to us to have to accomendate to your personal experience. Yet It would be fair for them to allow a skip option on those segments if you lose more than 3 times.

[Zakuyia]

This is all the OP is asking for and its totally reasonable. It could be an "accessibility" option that is turned off by default and would in no way affect a non-disabled person's experience of the game.

Hell, I want this option and I am not disabled. I am waiting on a friend to finish up Stormblood, so we can do the Shadowbringers MSQ "together". Being able to invite each other into our solo duties would only enhance that experience.

So if any of the developers are actually reading this, please seriously look into giving this person what they need to better enjoy this amazing game.

Not to be a smartass but it wouldn't be a solo duty if you brought players into it lmao.

[Sol_Seppy]

The amount of ableism in this thread is astonishing tbh.

[LibitIncarne]

The amount of ableism in this thread is astonishing tbh.

and yet none of the people who it is directed towards have posted actual examples of them suffering at the duty

[Doozerpindan]

Sorry for disappearing from this thread, I legit thought it had died. Came back cos, hey, guess what, yet another annoying af solo duty in Dawntrail where I need to play a class I have never played that has abilities that class doesn't have outside of the duty. It baffles me that this is fun for people. Even without disabilities, I would find this to be extremely obnoxious.

I can't even do it on very easy cos it's expecting me to play a completely different playstyle at the same level I'd play my Bard at. I'd wreck this idiot with my Bard cos I find my Bard a lot easier to play, as I levelled all the way to 100 and got to the end of Endwalker before switching to my summoner cos my Bard was at max level. I suck at playing a Summoner as well, cos I've not had nearly as much time with the class as I have my Bard.

This exercise in frustration is not fun. I don't enjoy the so-called challenge cos it's not a fun challenge; it's a tedious and obnoxious af chore.

I'll be fair, I actually have enjoyed some of the solo duties, but the vast majority are just so draining. They start off not being fun, and rapidly become infuriating.

I enjoyed the first solo duty in Dawntrail, also enjoyed the second (switched to my Bard cos he curbstomped my Summoner, but hey, at least I *could* change my class to one I was familiar with). I also enjoyed the Shadowbringer duty where I played as a Gunbreaker, did that one first time, where one of my fellow fc members almost quit the game cos she had so much trouble with it. Also, had fun doing the solo duty you do right after the final boss of Endwalker. I am just tired of being expected to keep changing my playstyle to completely different classes and being expected to be at a level comparable to my main. Imagine expecting a master chef to paint the sistine chapel on the same level as it is currently. This is literally the same thing. Sure, that chef can learn to paint, but they're also expected to paint without using any of the tools a painter actually uses anyway.

I mean, hell, you can buy an item that allows you to skip (as in auto-complete) all of a classes class quests and role quests up to level 90, why not have an item that lets you skip a quest you are on. You can even have a downside to using it, i would take 24 hours of game time not being able to earn any kind of exp as a trade for that item, I am entirely serious here.

There are any number of solutions to this nonsense that would allow people to skip the parts that are literally preventing them from enjoying the game, while not at all affecting those who do enjoy this content.

[Mawlzy]

There are any number of solutions to this nonsense that would allow people to skip the parts that are literally preventing them from enjoying the game, while not at all affecting those who do enjoy this content.

This is the critical point. There are numerous solutions that could be implemented that have zero negative impact on players who are happy with the status quo.

[YokaiYoshiya]

I agree... being forced into something I've never done in my life, with a truncated skillset is absolutely stupid. Worse yet, there's very few tutorials on these to watch or read because they're one and done things you'll never do again. They're pointless and block the progression.

[Connor]

Like the other guy, you’ll have a hell of a hard time convincing anyone in the ffxiv forum community that is literally anything other than your own fault.

You could have no arms or legs and you’d still get people saying ‘you’re just making excuses for poor play, just use your tongue to press the keys. Git gud skill issue [insert other insult platitudes here]’