Dev team, please do not remove the importance of the MSQ

[SerLuke]

I’ve been seeing a lot of posts lately with people saying the story requirement be removed from raids and duties. Please don’t do this. This is one of the main reasons why I play the game, I love how everything is connected, I love seeing story elements all the way back in 2.0 still be relevant for the game today, I love going into dungeons and raids and trials and participating and having an active role in the events of the story. This is one of the main draws of the game for, please don’t take it away.

[DumdogsWorld]

As much as I agree with you...

...you do know this thread is going to receive some bad attention, right?

[SerLuke]

As much as I agree with you...

...you do know this thread is going to receive some bad attention, right?

Aye, but I want the send a loud, positive message to the dev team to counter some of the negatively and to show that some of us love why they are doing with the MSQ.

[Enla]

I do think that for current-expansion duties they should definitely keep the story requirements. However for older expansions I really don't mind them unshackling the requirements for some things. Cleaning up the path to enter the Crystal Tower was a really smart move on their part in my mind and I think further house cleaning as the game grows older can only be beneficial. Likewise their desire to go back and fix the debacle that is 2.1-2.55 to ease the new player experience is desperately needed, as that's the stretch of the story people have the most issues with. I think you can still make people have to do the story to get to some things but make it so the whole process isn't so much of a slog either.

[Jeeqbit]

SE won't remove the story from raids. They understand the importance of attaching a lore and a reason to everything. A lot of "raider" players may not care, but a lot of people enjoy the story attached to them as well, and others just play for completely different reasons like glamour, RP, the story, or more casual content like roulettes, treasure maps, hunting and gold saucer activities and the lore is important to a lot of these players.

What you will notice is that every single interaction with raid NPCs takes you into a full-blown cut scene which can be re-viewed via The Unending Journey. This is because they know a lot of people will skip them and then wish to re-watch them later on when the day-one pressure is off.

It's also the case that you only need to complete 4.0 without its subsequent patches to enter content like Omega, Eureka and non-MSQ dungeons and trials, the cut scenes of which you can skip and re-watch. That's about as far as they can unshackle it I think.

[van_arn]

I’ve been seeing a lot of posts lately with people saying the story requirement be removed from raids and duties. Please don’t do this. This is one of the main reasons why I play the game, I love how everything is connected, I love seeing story elements all the way back in 2.0 still be relevant for the game today, I love going into dungeons and raids and trials and participating and having an active role in the events of the story. This is one of the main draws of the game for, please don’t take it away.

You do you. If people want to start at a more recent era, without needing to waste their time with 150+ hours of teleporting FedEx quests, then mind your own business and they'll skip it if they want.

[LyraKuroneko]

You do you. If people want to start at a more recent era, without needing to waste their time with 150+ hours of teleporting FedEx quests, then mind your own business and they'll skip it if they want.

As true as if they don't mind they'll do it.

Besides, as much as there are quest that could be remove, the whole MSQ isn't FedEx as you say.

Or tell me, why are you playing a game that you think is a waste of time. I don't get it.

[DumdogsWorld]

You do you. If people want to start at a more recent era, without needing to waste their time with 150+ hours of teleporting FedEx quests, then mind your own business and they'll skip it if they want.

It's cool as long as they keep having to pay for it. I paid with 150+ hours of my life. Surely other players can spend the $30 or whatever the price is.

[LaylaTsarra]

You do you. If people want to start at a more recent era, without needing to waste their time with 150+ hours of teleporting FedEx quests, then mind your own business and they'll skip it if they want.

You can skip it ... there are skip potions. Be sure to skip all of it so you can then sit around in game and complain you have nothing to do. That's an option for sure. Nothing magical about the new content... it's all new if you haven't done it.

[MsMisato]

and thats why SE has MSQ skips, those silly books to level up instantly. This can all be found in the mog station for a some money of course.