New Event......really?

[Canadane]

apparently you can skip a significant portion of the tower if you do certain actions... is this intentional?

If you're talking about this, https://youtu.be/4rvyWOofBj0
Then consider that there's NPCs hinting at you to go Ninja...
There's a few other shortcuts up by simply jumping to a different thing than what some people expect. You font always need to make full rotations around the tower.
Also it's a small fraction of one of the easier sections. Nobody considers that a significant portion.

If there's another skip, I'm all ears though.

[DamianFatale]

Every time we get a new feature of any kind, there’s always a bunch of complaint threads. I think that this looks silly, and that we should disregard them most of the time.

[LineageRazor]

This is the very first time SE has had jump puzzles as part of a seasonal event. It honestly beats yet another lame FATE. I have no complaints.

[Canadane]

Found out there's another Shukuchi skip.
https://youtu.be/X7nb489Obgg

You get to skip one whole peg!

[Sakuraluna]

The jump puzzle was actually fun and refreshing. I liked it. Wouldn’t mind more activities like it.

[Wildsprite]

>Devs see that people enjoyed the Kugane jumping puzzle.
>People express they like the jumping puzzles.
>Devs place jumping puzzle into event due to good reception of Kugane jumping puzzle.
>Some dude on the forums: HOW DARE!!!

problem is, many people including myself absolutely despise jump puzzles in XIV because they cannot be done properly

Honestly I think they did a good job.
I was mad when I saw the DMed jump puzzles. I hate the tower in Kugane, and I was thinking it would be much worth.
But for a swimsuit and an emote they made it to where you only have to do a easy course.
It's great and fast. Which I greatly appreciate since I have to do it with so many alts.

easy course? what about for those of us who can't properly do these damned jump puzzles in the first place because they cannot be properly implimented with the controls of this game?
frankly I'm surprised many people like the jump puzzles we have with the attrocious jumping mechanism we have. honestly unless they fix the jumping in this game you will find that many of us simply cannot do certain jumps and they happen to exist in the second part of the jump puzzle not just the third. they locked things behind this and honestly after looking at the tower I don't believe it is harder than part 2.
some people I swear they act like because they had no problems with it or that the event is different it makes it fine. no sorry not ok unless the devs fix jumping in this game to work properly

[Iscah]

easy course? what about for those of us who can't properly do these damned jump puzzles in the first place because they cannot be properly implimented with the controls of this game?

I'm no expert on the jumping puzzles - I can't get more than a few steps up the "bonus challenge" course - but the main course isn't too bad. It seemed hard the first time I did it, but after a few runs it feels fairly straightforward now.

It helps a lot if you do angled jumps on that second section - you don't turn 90 degrees and jump across, you just make a slight turn so you're still moving mostly forwards and just enough sideways to end up on the next beam. (The parellel beams on the left are easier for this.)

Getting up the first section of the tower is mostly about figuring out the motion to do a consistent small hop from one platform to the next.

I'm on PS4 and using a controller, so that might be easier than the keyboard controls.

[XiXiQ]

easy course? what about for those of us who can't properly do these damned jump puzzles in the first place because they cannot be properly implimented with the controls of this game?

I'm certainly no jump puzzle fan, and not good at it either (frankly they can quite literally make me want to hurl at times due to motion sickness) but me and my rickety controller managed this one without too much bother, so even if you aren't particularly good at it don't write it off. You only need to do it once.

[Wildsprite]

so even if you aren't particularly good at it don't write it off. You only need to do it once.

no I'm sorry this is not correct, you need to keep getting back up every time you fall off so "you only need to do it once" is a farce. I don't have the patience to deal with the frustration the jump controls of this game give when they push crap like this on us. these type of puzzles are not ok to put content behind. I'm okay with them having these things as optional fun for those that like them and give them little rewards for it but to put the quest you need for the outfit behind this is frustrating to me. the devs need to put puzzles like these in gold saucer where they belong and leave them out of the rest of the game.

[XiXiQ]

no I'm sorry this is not correct

Let me correct myself - You only have to finish the course once. Yes, you'll probably fall off trying, but it's in 3 sections, so you don't even need to go back to the start if you fall off in the second/third parts.