It's about time to add Coil story mode, isn't it ?

[Kallera]

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I am a legacy player, and coil has answers that I wanted for 1.0 for a long time.
One major reason people play Final Fantasy games is for the story. If that is perpetually kept from its main audience,if we have to resort to free methods of entertainment to get plot closure, then why should we pay for the game that, for all of its casual reputation, pulled a bait and switch in providing the last act? Its like having to read the last few issues of a manga in Esperanto, because "the true fans would put in the effort".

[SynMaris]

No need to add this. The content is already there, people just need to pony up and do the content.

[Mercutial]

While I do feel for the people who genuinely want some closure for a story they've been following for (in some cases) years, I'm going to point out something that I believe to be very much true.

MOST people playing this game could give two craps about the story. I don't want to offend anyone by saying this. And I won't even say this pertains to me, but..... It's just been my experience with others that cut scenes can't be skipped fast enough. I rarely (or ever) hear people discussing lore or plot points while playing.

The people who do have a vested interest tend to be very vocal about it, but are still very much in the minority. I'm not talking about the Forums here. I'm talking about the player base overall. What this means for SE and working to implement a story mode should be obvious. How often have you ever seen T3 runs? I've seen maybe two in about 9 months in PF. And they sure as hell aren't using DF to run it. Or maybe they're still waiting for it to pop....

[Kallera]

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Then drop the story from endgame if you think its so optional.

[Mercutial]

I never said it's optional. But I DO believe that it's a bit niche. I know that sounds crazy, because this a FF game after all. But at the end of the day it's even more so a theme-park MMO.

[SynMaris]

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Agreed, I don't give a damn about story, just give me loot! Cut-Scene Crusaders can watch that shit later in their Inn.

[Kuwagami]

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believe it or not, the lore interests a lot of people. Sure, there aren't many /sh theoretical discussions about it (for obvious reasons), but the interest is here nevertheless. Mainly because a lot of the playerbase has been attracted here because it's a final fantasy game. It's, for a good chunk of them, their first MMO (hence why the whole game system, levelling process and progression are watered down, to help them get into the world of MMOs. There are high hopes that 3.0 will increase the general level by quite a bit. A man can dream)
And in a final fantasy game, what's important (besides a fantasy-ish world with younglings saving the world ) is the story, the lore. There is no important scenario part I can remember locked behind optional super hard bosses. Except in FFxiv, where the conclusion of 1.0 era is locked behind the Coil.

I may have joined only lore-lovers through my entire game time (it may happen, statistically), but I've never ever met anyone yet who didn't care at all about the story. There are bored people (can't have time for a 500th repeat of prae CSs....) but everyone enjoyed it the first time. and we do discussed a lot abot it and still do every time we see something new (T10's ending CS was quite a shock for my static, they never thought of that).

Alexander seems to counter that "important backstory" part though, being summoned by goblins for whatever reason, but since the scenario will bring us in a dragon war, it seems to be irrelevant.



Oh and your example about T3 isn't really a good one. T3's story is "ok let's go deeper" and that's it. That turn was supposed to be a forced stop, something to relax, and had no importance whatsoever. People used to form T3 skipping parties every monday evening between statics, gathering the tanks while the other people where making food/repairs. First team out was the week's winner ^^ good old times

[Mercutial]

I think you make some excellent points. And I admit... this is my first MMO and only came to this game because of the FF brand. Personally, I love the lore and story. Either way, I still believe most people playing the game (not Forum lurkers and participators) could take or leave the story.

And let's be honest, it really isn't one of the top three best FF stories going.

[Ossom]

If you want the ending of the story, then unlock it.

If you want to see the ending of a game, then beat it.

Idk why people cry about not getting content given to them on this game, but not others. How would you sound if you were playing FF12 or something and were like "I can't beat the last boss but I want to know how the story ends, they should patch in a way to skip the boss to the end of the story, or just make the boss even easier."

[Mercutial]

I made the same point some pages back. The counter is going to be that this is not a single player game. I don't think this makes a difference either way, but you've been warned....