Please Reconsider MSQ Changes

[Erik501]

As a software developer myself, I understand that SE did not want to spend resources touching old content. Changing it to a solo instance is a very good idea but it would require quite a lot of work, much more than what they have done which is, basically, change a "false" for a "true", or a "0" for a "1".

However I think it will punish heavily the new players with extremely long queues. And once they are in, maybe some of them have not had the chance to upgrade their gear properly which, if you consider everything, could convert it into a real nightmare especially if there are not many veteran players in the party.

Before the change I queued occasionally. After it I know I will not queue ever again for it.

[Zephera]

This is a really bad change. No way I'm sitting through every single cutscene, and there's no way that the rewards will ever be balanced enough to compete with the time it takes to clear. I'll just do other things instead of taking an hour out of my day to get a little extra gil.

[Airget]

What if they made it where doing MSQ roulette and having a "new player" gave you +10 to "I Hope Mentor Will Notice Me I" achievement. If they want this content to be more a player helping experience, then doesn't that fit the bill of a mentor? Rather than offer more poetics which honestly lose their value for a majority of players it would make more sense to have a reward that fits what the MSQ Roulette is forcing on players, to be a mentor to the new players looking to finish X instance.

[Ilyrian]

What if they made it where doing MSQ roulette and having a "new player" gave you +10 to "I Hope Mentor Will Notice Me I" achievement. If they want this content to be more a player helping experience, then doesn't that fit the bill of a mentor? Rather than offer more poetics which honestly lose their value for a majority of players it would make more sense to have a reward that fits what the MSQ Roulette is forcing on players, to be a mentor to the new players looking to finish X instance.

I don't think 'ability to sit through cut scene' is particularly Mentor worthy.

[Mavrias]

I don't think 'ability to sit through cut scene' is particularly Mentor worthy.

Mentor roulette is meant to get people into instances, so actually that would be fulfilling a requirement towarda the achievement.

[Deceptus]

This should have been a squadron eligible thing.

I tank and heal and I absolutely WON"T be touching the MSQ roulette. Congrats SE.

From Reddit:

On a current run of CM/Prae lets estimate speedrun time to 15 minutes. They are forcing cutscenes, which lets estimate actual time is 45 minutes.

The bonus from poetics from 120 to 200 isn't even 200%. Meaning, that for 3x the length of the dungeon, you get about a 60% boost of XP/poetics. Not worth.

[Alleo]

"Hey newbies you are sick of waiting in a queue? Well just give us $$ for a jump potion and you will be done with it!"

Thats how that change feels for me..I just cant understand how someone could see this as a good idea..

Funny how SE wants new players so badly yet make two dungeons that were already a wall for quite some newer players (or at least a negative experience) into something even worse.

I just hope that they wont put any mount or things like that in it when they see that barely anyone runs it anymore...

[MuseTraveller]

The thing is, you can't just go alt-tab for a bit, look at video or something cause you have to click the cutscene dialogue, nor you can just be idle and do a little silly dance or check inventory or anything really.
I do help MSQ runs in PF when I see such but watching these cutscenes over and over every time will be bit too much.

[AngelCheese77]

The thing is, you can't just go alt-tab for a bit, look at video or something cause you have to click the cutscene dialogue, nor you can just be idle and do a little silly dance or check inventory or anything really.
I do help MSQ runs in PF when I see such but watching these cutscenes over and over every time will be bit too much.

There is an option if you hit .. Spacebar I believe (don't know on console) to have the text auto run for you ... meaning after a certain amount of time with the moving circle countdown, it goes to the next section. So Alt+Tab or whatever as it runs though. Still .. unskippable is a dumb idea.

[Akor]

I would be not be suprised if for the next patch they put msc in to mentor roulette.