MSQ

[MilkieTea]

You're right.

I don't have any issues wrt paying. If I could pay them to skip the MSQ content, I would, if only I could do them when I felt like like it. Can you?

You can use New Game+ to play through all quests, you just obviously won't get the exp from them - since skipping MSQ is much the same as skipping your job quests.

[Iscah]

You're right.

I don't have any issues wrt paying. If I could pay them to skip the MSQ content, I would, if only I could do them when I felt like like it. Can you?

Yes, if you pay to skip now, you can use New Game Plus to replay all the MSQ later. Likewise for job stories if you pay to boost them.

[Tommara]

Yes, if you pay to skip now, you can use New Game Plus to replay all the MSQ later. Likewise for job stories if you pay to boost them.

That's good to know, thanks.

Although I can't stomach leveling a character to 80 that way (especially since my highest toon is 74 or something .

I'll just continue to pay my subscription while playing another game (or posting here) until my husband catches up.

Edited note: Just to be clear, my opening post is not about subscription costs. It's really trivial to us.

Buying a max level toon is a different matter that crosses a gaming moral line I will not do in an MMO. I'm fine with cheats in a single player game, or an MO using mods, i.e., everyone is playing by the same rules, although the benefits from subscriptions to an MMO and allowing people to play for free with less privilege is fine.

[Rinhi]

I'm wondering why you'd do savage raiding if you supposedly hate this 'crappy' game as much as you do, going by the content of your nier topic, very curious

[Arkevorkhat]

I'm wondering why you'd do savage raiding if you supposedly hate this 'crappy' game as much as you do, going by the content of your nier topic, very curious

Because the world isn't black and white like you seem to think it is.

I have a lot of problems with the way the game is right now, and I think the development team has consistently failed to do due diligence in ensuring that problems didn't find their way onto the live game.
With that said, a broken clock is right twice a day, and the current savage tier is actually quite good.

[MilkieTea]

I'm wondering why you'd do savage raiding if you supposedly hate this 'crappy' game as much as you do, going by the content of your nier topic, very curious

No, don't you get it? Savage Raiding is the only platform they can interact with their community! Do you really expect them to NOT savage raid on this crappy platform? They ONLY savage raid because it just happens to be the only platform their community is on! What, do you want them to get EVERYONE to stop savage raiding JUST FOR them?

[Infindox]

No content that serves as a near-universal negative play experience has a right to exist, regardless of whether it's difficult or not.

I've never met someone who enjoys Aurum Vale, or the hours of mindless fetch quests that don't even have relevant dialogue, or any of the multitude of other things that are generally unenjoyable.

Hi, I like Aurum Vale for what it is, not really that annoying to me.
I don't think there really is anything in this game that is near-universaly hated becides maybe fetch quests. I didn't like Eureka Pagos but I know a few people who were fine with it. I hate I have to do a long raid that is at the whim of if people want to use what's given to them or not 15 times for one relic (DR) but some people don't mind it. (And I actually enjoy the raid itself) Thinks exist that don't click with me, and that's ok.

[Snowdove]

I have to admit, the MSQ does seem to have a lot of "filler" in it. I'm still plugging away at ARR part two.


What is a filler quest?


Talk to this character in one city who tells you to meet up with him in another city. Travel to that city and he tells you to now go to a third place to meet up with who they intend to rendezvous with.


How about just cut out Point B and just go from A to C?


I know it's favour, but it gets really repetitive.

[linayar]

How about just cut out Point B and just go from A to C?

If I remember correctly, I think they've said that they have done that as much as they can with ARR without cutting away important information (like character introduction). There may also be narrative flow to think about.

[kiagenwa]

How about just cut out Point B and just go from A to C?

Many games tend to tell us any text in game is the reality (of the story), while FFXIV takes it better: people have misunderstandings, can lie, and ancient tech was unknown.
So, at times our friends just really have no idea where to go and that's how life is.

ARR MSQs may be boring and repetitive, but trust me HW is much much better.