Reintroduce Maat in 2.0

[Alhanelem]

Me too, and they say "Oh just watch it in your inn room later!" I don't WANT to watch it later. I want to watch it in context with the fight I'm about to enter!

I wish SE made all cutscenes non-skippable.

no, I just wish everyone had to skip it for it to actually skip (e.g., people dont get put into the battle until everyone is done watching or have pushed the skip button)

You sure do deny exactly what I stated, which is exactly what Maat states in-game, not me "sugar coating it".

I do not in any way whatsoever deny what you said. I can read and enjoy the dialog and cutscenes, without pretending to myself that the gameplay purpose of the quest is nothing other than to slow you down from reaching the level cap. That's what ti does, that's what it's function is from a gameplay context. The dialog and cutscenes mask this very well of course. But I'm smart enough to know what lies underneath (but enjoy it all the same).

I do read every dialog and watch every cutscene. Maat quests are still speed bumps. That's their DESIGNED INTENDED FUNCTION. They're very fun and enjoyable speed bumps.

Any quest that is absolutely necessary for progression is technically a speed bump. This isn't -always- a bad thing, sometimes it can be an effective device. But I would rather maat keep dancing in front of the mansion in ru'lude and let FFXIV do it's own thing.