Anyone else used Scenario skip on their first character?

[FoxyAreku]

You kinda hurt yourself doing that. The story and leveling experience is 95% of the game, there's barely anything to do at max level. You basically paid to be bored faster.

More power to you though.

[SturmChurro]

You kinda hurt yourself doing that. The story and leveling experience is 95% of the game, there's barely anything to do at max level. You basically paid to be bored faster.

More power to you though.

It is not. I haven't played as long as others, but I have over 4000 hours played, and I did the story, didn't skip anything, read sidequests too believe it or not. The majority of my time spent in this game was definitely not doing the story. Nor was anyone else who plays this game regularly.

[Enla]

No, the story is a good bulk of the content and if I wanted to play a game JUST for it's end-game then there are numerous better options on the market. That said you do you. It's your money, I'm not going to tell you how to spend it.

[Reap00]

Another story troll thread. Why don't you make a decision either way based on your preferences and leave me out of it. Thanks.

[SturmChurro]

Another story troll thread. Why don't you make a decision either way based on your preferences and leave me out of it. Thanks.

If this thread is a troll thread you chose to be a part of it. As much of this forum seems to do.

[Infindox]

I didn't. I play this game for the story and for essicentally "hanging out" when I'm not raiding or crafting, so I like to know the lore of where I'm at.
However, I won't fault someone for wanting to skip ARR; it's extremely tedious. Or Stormblood for that matter (except the patch bits).
I do have a friend that skipped the story until they started to really get into some of the plot pre-Shadowbringers, so they went back and watched the stuff in the book again.
Just don't level DRK and skip the story and I won't complain

[xxmiamorecadenza]

No.

I like knowing the context of the fights and where I am. And seeing as quite a few of my FF friends discuss plot beats, it’s nice to indulge and keep up with a conversation instead of smiling vacantly because I have no idea what a ‘Warrior of Light’ is.

That and cinematic trailers. I assume people who don’t bother with story skip the trailers that rarely drop. And I’d rather be able to enjoy them whilst relishing the story behind it.

Then again, I’m not a fan of skipping cutscenes in story-driven games. I’ve never done so in RPGs and JRPGs before. Not even when I was a tiny lass.

[xxmiamorecadenza]

I said the ‘context’ behind the fights. Not knowing the mechanics. There’s a difference there.

If we are talking about story context, the context of what you are fighting, I simply think a lot of people don't care. If a player is willing to initially use a story skip they probably lean that way, for that matter.

Your wording is confusing me. I never stated that people should care. I'm giving the reasons why I like enjoying the story of a story-driven game.

[SturmChurro]

People who have thousands of hours don't even know fights. A lot of "mentors" are worse than sprouts. So I don't put much stock in players who did the story "knowing fights". If only players who use a story skip were the biggest issue when it comes to bad play. If we are talking about story context, the context of what you are fighting, I simply think a lot of people don't care. If a player is willing to initially use a story skip they probably lean that way, for that matter.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

People who have thousands of hours don't even know fights. A lot of "mentors" are worse than sprouts. So I don't put much stock in players who did the story "knowing fights". If only players who use a story skip were the biggest issue when it comes to bad play. If we are talking about story context, the context of what you are fighting, I simply think a lot of people don't care. If a player is willing to initially use a story skip they probably lean that way, for that matter.

I have something like 16000 hours in this game on one character, and can pretty much remember every fight in the game (probably because i did them all on release, and over and over for relic grinds and farms.)

Its all about mindset. I enjoy the story quite a bit. I also want to be good at the game. I also raid. None of these things are mutually exclusive, despite you seeming to think they are.