Please Reconsider MSQ Changes

[Enla]

The thing is we probably wont.People are jumping to conclusions without knowing numbers.Meanwhile the people who run the game probably do.
It's interesting the amount of posters who think they know more about running the game than the dev's

You mean like how popular the Dev's were convinced Diadem and it's last minute update at the end of HW would be? Or the huge nerfs and buffs to classes for no discernible reason? Because let me tell you while SCH needed a nerf coming into SB it was nerfed so hard that /solo/ content was a challenge and dungeons were /PAINFUL/ given the underwhelming nature of the skills we were given pre-buff. What does all this have to do with Castrum and Prae? The simple fact that the developers aren't all knowing. Especially Developers who often solely take queues from the Japanese player base instead of finding compromises that work for /all/ their players. They've missed the mark countless times /because/ they are human and it's our job as players to speak out when we feel something won't work.

I ran Prae and Castrum back when they were off-content and before the roulette was introduced. I had to beg my FC to help me get into those instances at the fifty minute mark because no one was queuing for them due to lack luster rewards. Then we were given the roulette and frankly in /all/ my time running them I have not once had a newbie speak up about wanting to watch the cutscenes. Not a single time. I've had some stay back because they might want to, but not one time have I seen people be trolled or ask people to slow down. Overall to me this issue is overblown and /will/ cause issues for newbies once most of the player base cottons onto the new restrictions. Because when everyone I've told about the change immediately goes 'never running that again' there's going to be a problem.

[Spawnie]

It's actually a clever move.

This will make more players to buy the skip story potion, more money for SE.

This!!! And im 99% certain thats why they changed it lol

[Jijifli]

The thing is we probably wont.People are jumping to conclusions without knowing numbers.Meanwhile the people who run the game probably do.
It's interesting the amount of posters who think they know more about running the game than the dev's

How much is the exp being boosted? The dungeon will take a lot longer and it already was arguably bad for exp. And with only 80 more poetics, it's a terrible roulette for poetics. Bad enough that even with a newbie bonus, the Aetherochemical Research Facility will give more poetics for the time frame.

Which causes this problem. What would be the point of me going in there? It already was argued between if it was worth it or not, and now it's easy to tell it'll be a bad choice.

Also, no, I don't think the dev's know what they're doing all the time. Pretty sure those DRK changes make it obvious.

[AnimaAnimus]

I already just leave if I am forced to sit through all cs for 1 or 2 ppl, the 30 minute hit still saves me time overall. I don't need my time tripled or more in a dungeon, esp now that we are going to be forced to watch the same cs ad nauseum. Skipping CS was even a thing on launch week because they were so dreadfully long. So they have had years to come up with a better solution and implement it if it was such a problem.

Add my name to the "won't queue for this anymore" list. Newbies are gonna have a heck of a time finishing the story now.

Worst Band-Aid they could have come up with.

[Enla]

Honestly you know what might fix this? Give us mendacity. I'll sit through that hell for a sizeable amount of the newest tomestone. I'll even bring popcorn to share.

[AnimaAnimus]

50/60 queue currently offers zero incentive for many people to do it, because we have no relic making verity and poetic tomes near worthless.

Idk I do 50/60 a few times a week just to break up the monotony on leveling from 50-61 and even on dps my queues are under 10 mins which is far far faster than expert or any lvl 70 content outside of Rabanastre on a Tuesday. So I wouldn't say its near dead. I have noticed a lot of ppl will have a dungeon up on PF, I will queue 50/60, get that exact dungeon and when I leave they are still in PF 1/4. So maybe they are trying to set up a pt just because they will think its long or have been told its the better way to complete it /shrug

[Hasrat]

Especially Developers who often solely take queues from the Japanese player base instead of finding compromises that work for /all/ their players.

In that regard, it's sorta impressive if these changes are due at all to the NA player base.

[Fredco191]

[R.I.P. Duty Roulette: Main Scenario]

You will

(or will not..)

be missed

[RokkuEkkusu]

If SE is gonna go through with this unskippable cutscene stuff in the last 2 dungeons, the least they could do is to auto-enable the auto-scroll function in them as well.

I'll help some people in MSQ roulette from time to time (taking tome rewards and easy money for granted is a pet peeve of mine), but we all have limits of time to consider.

[Nihility]

personally i feel like this is going to make a non-ideal situation into an absolutely horrible one.

currently we have an easy enough way for people to queue MSQ even if they have to watch the story later or just be left behind.
With a change like this, even if MSQ gave 2000 poetics a run I would find it hard to imagine anyone doing it after a single time having to watch all the scenes making the wait times incredibly long