You dont need the story.

[Avatre]

I dislike the story because i find it incredibly boring. I mean it is a snoozefest. even shadowbringers. I skipped everything. every cutscene.
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I'm not saying you need to watch the story, but I'm curious how you know that the Shadowbringers story is a "snoozefest" as you put it, if you skipped all the cutscenes?

I feel the story has greatly improved since 2.4/2.5 when I first joined. Yes, the story did have a LOT of filler, but they have definitely improved on those issues since then.