Quote Originally Posted by HyperiusUltima View Post
So, outside of the more glaring stuff like the "Pray Return to the Waking Sands" meme that Minfilia is, SE decided to include a wall only because Titan(Hard Mode) was required in the MSQ. However, this also forces you to unlock Ifrit and Garuda Hard Mode for absolutely no reason. Honestly, as much as I am ok with unlocking a single Hard Mode for story reasons, this absolutely is one of the worst ways to gate people given that the content is dead and just serves to clog up the story for a good while.
Eh. Hard mode Ifrit, Titan, and Garuda aren't very hard at all as long as people don't ignore the mechanics. Many of the "normal" trials are harder.
Besides you need to do all three of them to unlock the Coils of Bahamut raid, and to get your first relic weapon. I always make sure I have the quests synced so I can unlock Coils at the same time as I work on my relic weapon - and then they will be all done long before the MSQ requires them.
The second time you need to do Titan(Hard) is much later in the MSQ