Quote Originally Posted by Takamorisan View Post
Wish they offered an option to the player just enjoy combat and if they desire to engage with MSQ they could just pick a Chapter and start from there, that would retain a lot of players that are not much interested in the story side of FFXIV. (Personal note: I loved the story since HW)
Problem there is, you start legitimizing the idea in a story-based game that someone can ignore the story without facing a consequence in some manner (like they have to do MSQ now and can skip cutscenes but not steps) then you open up the door for their complaining when the story gets attention. And if they whine loud enough, SE will start catering to their perspective. You kill the entire structure that is core of Final Fantasy XIV. It's fine if people want to skip the cutscenes or hurry through dialogue, but we don't want the game to support that mentality.