Quote Originally Posted by Melichoir View Post
I guess my contention is that your friend has paid for this content. Stating that the quests and story is 'wasting their time and in the way of playing the content they paid for' is disingenuous. Thats content you paid for. You may think its a slog (and there is a lot of it) but its still part of the game. Ask yourself what you and your friend are aiming to do? If they want to play the story and MSQ, then thats part of it and it seems counter productive to be upset about it. It's like if youre reading a book and decide to skip some chapters cause "Oh its boring." At that point, why not skip to the end and just know how it finishes, and if youre going to do that, why bother reading the book at all.
Is there only one right way to do a given thing? What is wrong with skipping chapters in a book? Why would skipping chapters make the book not worth reading? What do books have to do with an interactive medium like FF14? People have different reasons for playing a game and they're all valid. Unless people skipping the story hurts other players in some way, I don't see why people should care about it.

This is my own rant, but my only gripe with story skip is that it's implemented as a pay for option. Why do you have to pay to get around a less enjoyable portion of the game that you already payed for? It just seems bizarre to me. It may also contribute to bad game design overall. If a developer can just put out mediocre content and then ask for money when people want to avoid that content, is that good? Of course people are free to answer that question themselves, but I'll never pay for any kind of skip despite finding it very handy in a game like FF14.

If the MSQ isnt a draw and end game dungeons is, then just speed through it or use a skip potion. I get the MSQ is long, but seriously, I think people are making it out to be worse than it is. Smash that mouse click or gamepad and just zip through all the texts, skip every cutscene, and its really not as long as people give it, especially if you can have someone unsync and run you through dungeons.
If that's the case why ask for any QoL at all? I don't think requesting a way around the story for new players in unreasonable at all. It might help them maintain interest in the game which is ultimately good for everyone playing.