MSQ

[kiagenwa]

What's the point in that?

I am a return player and I enjoy all the story FFXIV offers.
If you don't care for story and just want to go to latest expansion, then how about purchase the adventurer's tale in Mogstation?

Honest. I spent a month and I'm still in early HW. The way I see this will take me 3 months or more, unless you play the game full time.
If you don't value MSQs at all, then the time doing them are a waste. You'd be better off jumping to ShB content.

[Iscah]

What's the point in that?

I am a return player and I enjoy all the story FFXIV offers.
If you don't care for story and just want to go to latest expansion, then how about purchase the adventurer's tale in Mogstation?

Honest. I spent a month and I'm still in early HW. The way I see this will take me 3 months or more, unless you play the game full time.
If you don't value MSQs at all, then the time doing them are a waste. You'd be better off jumping to ShB content.

"The point" is that the creators have decided that their MMO is one that values story and makes it an integral part of the game.

If you disagree with their choice, you can pay to skip it or you can find a different MMO that caters to your playstyle.

Not every game needs to cater to every taste - I've tried and abandoned so many games over time. This is one that I do enjoy.

[Penthea]

Not every game needs to cater to every taste - I've tried and abandoned so many games over time. This is one that I do enjoy.

It's impossible to please everyone. People's tastes can be so different. By trying to please everyone you end up pleasing no one. The best thing anyone can do is make sure their target audience is happy. It's clear from the success of this game that most players are fine with the msq being the driving force in the game. If they were not the game would have flopped a second time.

I wish more people understood that something not being to their taste doesn't mean it's automatically bad.

I tried Persona 5 and I didn't enjoy it due to the required time management. It was a serious turn off. I'm the sort of person who wants to be able to take their time and do as much or as little as they want when they want to. I didn't think "oh god this game is so bad" I thought "this game is bad for a person like me" because that's literally what the situation is. Persona 5 is a super popular and highly praised game, clearly it's an excellent game for so many other people. It just so happens it's not for someone like me.

And the same goes for how the msq is the driving force in this game. FFXIV wouldn't have become popular if the majority didn't enjoy the msq being a core feature. If a person can't stand the role the msq has then this game is not for them. Simple as that. There are other games to play. I didn't demand Persona 5's time management be changed or removed. I just shelved it and played something else. Much better use of my time to play something that caters to my tastes instead of demand anything that doesn't be changed to the point that the act of playing the game would hugely change. That sort of change just isn't going to happen if the majority of the target audience either have no issue with the feature you dislike or actually enjoy it.

The msq isn't going anywhere. If skipping cutscenes or having the option to purchase a story skip isn't enough, go play something else that doesn't have a core feature you hate dealing with.