add more content to MSQ roulette

[Gemina]

being willing 2 run it and not being willing 2 be traped in a 2 hour movie is 2 different things

Castrum and Prae are ran like clockwork, 30 and 45 minutes respectively. If you have to exaggerate how long it takes to complete to this extent to establish a point, you really have no point at all.

Honestly, there are even new players or individuals that level up alts through the story that do not want to see the cutscenes, but are forced into them each time—even running Castrum and Praetorium unsynced with a level 70 forces you into them. I’d rather they get rid of the Roulette and just retailer them to Squadron/Trust instances. This way, they can remove the unskippable feature; so people that want to watch can, and those who don’t want to don’t have to.

I don’t mind them spending a bit of resources on programming NPCs to take the place of regular party members. It’s not like the MSQ Roulette is a fan favorite by any stretch—and the poetics can be easily obtained a variety of other ways.

If you're leveling an alt, you only need endure Castrum and Prae once. And it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone leveling an alt. Much like going in to the main story roulette, the eventuality of having to go through those cutscenes has to, and should be accepted; otherwise don't do it. Also many players run this roulette for the exp and tomes they give. If SE wasted their time reworking it into solo instances or the trust system, those rewards go away. This will undoubtedly piss off a lot of players. You try to speak for the playerbase, but you're excluding a good portion of them. The poetics and exp being able to be obtained other ways argument works in your favor as well. Actually more so. If you know of better and faster means to obtain the exp and tomes, then don't run this roulette.

Personally, I’m the opposite—while the MSQ dungeons are easy wins, I also prefer to feel engaged and those two dungeons leave me anything but. I’ve started running Mentor Roulette simply out of boredom, and as frustrating as it is to get Shiva EX with a bunch of players that don’t want to follow directions, at least I’m engaged in it.

Again, if you want to feel engaged, then don't run it. They could take these two instances out of mentor roulette, but being a mentor should not be about what's best for you. That status should be a representation of your willingness to help other players.