Main Scenario Roulette streamlining suggestion

[Gemina]

The rewards for the main scenario roulette were boosted through the roof because of the cutscenes. They're rewarding you for putting up with it. As an unusually patient and tolerant person, I love the extra 50 tomestones per day I can get just by saying lame jokes in party chat.

However....these rewards apply to the roulette. Roulettes also tend to include players who didn't technically sign up for the roulette itself (first-time clears and/or manually selecting a duty to run).

At the minimum, I think unsynced runs should be immune to this cutscene stuff. You get no rewards from unsynced runs, and every party member has to join manually. Any new players in such a run would most likely already know what they're getting themselves into.

Some FC mates of mine took a new recruit into Castrum. He's new to the game and was just going along with what they were telling him. They chose to do it unsynced, thinking they could skip the cut scenes. Being a couple of 70's, they figured they would just mow through everything and get in and out of there in 20 or less. Don't ask me how but they found a way to wipe in there, couldn't skip the cut scenes and denied themselves and him exp and tomes. It actually took them longer than a roulette run. They did finish, eventually and I was quite upset with them for attempting to do what has been done to many players prior to this change. I told them it served them right.

The new recruit did not know what he was getting into at all. None of the things that synced parties still need to do were explained to him. He felt like he wasn't contributing and was wasting everyone's time. Just like those of us who had to deal with that nonsense before they made the change. There is a very specific, and a very strict reason why the devs forced the cut scenes in these two instances. Negligence, ignorance, or defiance comes with a possible penalty as I have described above.

In short, there is no reason to run it unsynced.

[Elkanah]

Some FC mates of mine took a new recruit into Castrum. He's new to the game and was just going along with what they were telling him. They chose to do it unsynced, thinking they could skip the cut scenes. Being a couple of 70's, they figured they would just mow through everything and get in and out of there in 20 or less. Don't ask me how but they found a way to wipe in there, couldn't skip the cut scenes and denied themselves and him exp and tomes. It actually took them longer than a roulette run. They did finish, eventually and I was quite upset with them for attempting to do what has been done to many players prior to this change. I told them it served them right.

I soloed both places as WAR70 with 400 ilvl gear. It seems like the 70's who went in with them didn't have appropriate gear or common sense unsynced. Unsynced should have no bearing on the players like synced does (at cap). I've run countless people from 1-60 dungeons at 70 with WAR solo (me and the other player) and have had no issues whatsoever. I'm not saying that ALL players are that good (or well trained in common sense), but you shouldn't be trying to keep players from doing anything unsynced unless it's relevant content.

[Gemina]

I soloed both places as WAR70 with 400 ilvl gear. It seems like the 70's who went in with them didn't have appropriate gear or common sense unsynced. Unsynced should have no bearing on the players like synced does (at cap). I've run countless people from 1-60 dungeons at 70 with WAR solo (me and the other player) and have had no issues whatsoever.

Good for you, but none of this is even relevant. Who cares why they wiped. These two players avoid main story roulette like the plague, and were uninformed that the cut scenes are not skippable even when running it unsynced. It should be quite clear why they cannot be skipped even when running it unsynced, and that reason is they want players to run this content as intended. Yet this reason does not and cannot penetrate the thick-skulled. The devs understand it is a time sink, and have adjusted the rewards accordingly.

I'm not saying that ALL players are that good (or well trained in common sense), but you shouldn't be trying to keep players from doing anything unsynced unless it's relevant content.

I wasn't aware that you were making the rules. /sarcasm

[Elkanah]

Good for you, but none of this is even relevant. Who cares why they wiped. These two players avoid main story roulette like the plague, and were uninformed that the cut scenes are not skippable even when running it unsynced. It should be quite clear why they cannot be skipped even when running it unsynced, and that reason is they want players to run this content as intended. Yet this reason does not and cannot penetrate the thick-skulled. The devs understand it is a time sink, and have adjusted the rewards accordingly.


I wasn't aware that you were making the rules. /sarcasm

I'm sorry your FC has some bad players who caused that to the newbies, and didn't bother to check the live letter producer note and run tests prior till the new change (omething that everyone else did lol). Might want to consider checking your members and advising them for the future, since they don't seem to read the live letter or look around online for new information that comes to the game (lodestone is amazing for this!). Didn't say that I was the rule maker, but it's common among MMO's to keep players in content according to a routine (duty roulette) and keep the rest separate (unsynced). This isn't uncommon.

[Gemina]

I'm sorry your FC has some bad players who caused that to the newbies, and didn't bother to check the live letter producer note and run tests prior till the new change (omething that everyone else did lol). Might want to consider checking your members and advising them for the future, since they don't seem to read the live letter or look around online for new information that comes to the game (lodestone is amazing for this!). Didn't say that I was the rule maker, but it's common among MMO's to keep players in content according to a routine (duty roulette) and keep the rest separate (unsynced). This isn't uncommon.

It's water under the bridge, and I certainly don't need your advice when it comes to addressing my FC mates. Again, you're not bringing up anything that's relevant to this game. FFXIV is its own mmo. Don't like it? Too bad.