Humble Request: Add Story (a.k.a. Easy) Mode

[Nerdessence]

I request that since scaling up in difficulty is an option, let scaling down also be an option. I don't care if I get nothing for my troubles but finishing the quest.

I just want to see the story in its entirety, hence Story Mode. A far easier version of the dungeons that can be completed by any group of any size, from 1-8. Watching the story on YouTube is pretty impersonal, so this would be great.

This would also reduce anxiety for introverted or less-skilled players (or dirty roleplayers like me). We all pay to play this game for different reasons and I think those reasons should be respected so we can all feel comfortable and happy.

Thank you for your time.

[Tridus]

What story can you not complete now? Honest question. If there's some story related quest you can't do, a group can likely be arranged to help you through it. That's been done many times before.

But no, the game doesn't need solo mode "story" dungeons when it's already easy to get groups to complete things like that. With how limited the budget is, spending it on retuning things for another difficulty that generally isn't needed is going to take developer time away from something else that would benefit more players. The MSQ already has numerous catch up and helper mechanics like the Echo to ensure people don't get stuck.

I don't see how RP is a factor. I'm a roleplayer and it's not a barrier in dungeons. Occasionally with the flag up you even encounter other RPers in dungeons (although that's not terribly common).

[NephthysVasudan]

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I don't think you need an easy mode....use party finder if you need help. There are plenty of understanding people out there if you need help clearing content while avoiding the random roulette.

Like it or not...the bulk of this game is Multiplayer centric.

[Vidu]

But... our dungeons are already Easy Mode. They can easly cleared by any party composition.

For everything but Coil there is an Easy Mode - the HW and SB raid tiers got Story Modes, so you dont have to do the difficult fights to see the story.

I'd only be okay with this if clearing the dungeons in Easy Mode meant that you have to clear them again in "Normal" (aka our current state) Mode to unlock them. I'm sorry to be so blunt, but I honestly dont want to have people in my later dungeons who didnt even cleared Sastash NM...

And sorry to be so blunt again, but: Considering the genre of this game you should either work on overcoming your anxiety (and "less-skilled" is no argument - work on that instead of trying to use it as an excuse not to play!) or look for a single player game.
The dungeons are easy - you can almost ignore every mechanic. We cleared one of the current endgame dungeons with a BLM who did maybe 20% of the damage they should have been doing a few days ago.

And I'm saying that as someone who spend the first 2 months with the game basically only crafting because I was to afraid of dungeons. Running from your problems isnt a solution. Its never a solution. Giving in to your anxiety is letting the anxiety win.

Btw: All dungeons up to level 60 can be done unsyched - so with any number from 1-4, while keeping your current level, making them a lot easier. So, if you really dont want to do them with DF, you can ask a higher level play to do them unsyched with you. It wont change the dungeon and its mechanics, but you can have a level 70 in Sastasha, one-shoting everything.
Re-designing all dungeons to match a super-baby-easy-mode because people dont want to improve is the wrong way to go. Specially because, again: The dungeons are already not that complicated or unforgiving when it comes to mechanics in the first place.

[Limonia]

I personally think the normal dungeons you have to do in story mode are already very easy, especially now that they are outdated. You sometimes have to dodge stuff or target another enemy than the boss but that's usually it. There are other RPGs that are single player and have harder dungeons and bosses.
The solo duties like job quests and story instances are often even harder than the dungeons. ;D

I'm very shy and introverted and communicating with other players is a little difficult for me. While not being forced to play with others sounds nice to someone like me, I still believe that being able to solo everything in an MMO is somehow wrong. I really get where you're coming from, but the content you're forced to do with other players during the story is already easy enough even for less skilled players. It's even so extremely easy that less skilled players don't get better just by doing a normal dungeon because they don't even have to try.

[SenorPatty]

The realistic solution is to use the solo duty asset the game already posess to allow players the one time completion of a story quest. The game has already proven numerous times that it can make use of an existing area, limit it with zone markers and use AI npcs to assist the player to complete them. This allows players to seamlessly go through msq without having to wait for a group, it allows cutscenes during msq to be viewed at the players leisure however they see fit and everything is scaled accordingly. Once the solo duty is completed, like all solo duties in the game for msq and class quest, it cannot be redone.

[Nora_of_Mira]

the game's story is easy mode. and leveling down is already a thing, its called Unsynced.

To solve your cutscene problem, you can clear the content as everyone else does, then you can go back and goof around as an undersized party for whatever reason you see fit.

you know what reduces anxiety thats not dumbing down content? playing with friends or nice strangers to help with the content.

(or dirty roleplayers like me).

this game accommodates to this^ too much as it is.

[Lord_Zlatan]

obvious troll post >.>

[Vstarstruck]

But... our dungeons are already Easy Mode. They can easly cleared by any party composition.

For everything but Coil there is an Easy Mode - the HWand SB raid tiers got Story Modes, so you dont have to do the difficult fights to see the story.

I'd only be okay with this if clearing the dungeons in Easy Mode meant that you have to clear them again in "Normal" (aka our current state) Mode to unlock them. I'm sorry to be so blunt, but I honestly dont want to have people in my later dungeons who didnt even cleared Sastash NM...

And sorry to be so blunt again, but: Considering the genre of this game you should either work on overcoming your anxiety (and "less-skilled" is no argument - work on that instead of trying to use it as an excuse not to play!) or look for a single player game.
The dungeons are easy - you can almost ignore every mechanic. We cleared one of the current endgame dungeons with a BLM who did maybe 20% of the damage they should have been doing a few days ago.

And I'm saying that as someone who spend the first 2 months with the game basically only crafting because I was to afraid of dungeons. Running from your problems isnt a solution. Its never a solution. Giving in to your anxiety is letting the anxiety win.

Btw: All dungeons up to level 60 can be done unsyched - so with any number from 1-4, while keeping your current level, making them a lot easier. So, if you really dont want to do them with DF, you can ask a higher level play to do them unsyched with you. It wont change the dungeon and its mechanics, but you can have a level 70 in Sastasha, one-shoting everything.
Re-designing all dungeons to match a super-baby-easy-mode because people dont want to improve is the wrong way to go. Specially because, again: The dungeons are already not that complicated or unforgiving when it comes to mechanics in the first place.

yeah im confused, we are already on easy mode?

[swiss_Momo]

if this is supposed to be an April's fool joke, then you are a few days late.
but if the current MSQ is indeed to difficult for you, then: get good.