why has Role Playing in battle become a thing

[Iscah]

*A special Tataru RP mission would be an honour to partake in.

I hope to see that her hotbar has a whole set of Carbuncle orders that instead prompt it to chase its tail, curl up to sleep or run off entirely.

[Mesarthim]

No, I just don't make a big deal over nothing.

If you aren't enjoying the game then take a break or leave for another one? I stopped playing this game for 8-9 months this expansion myself.

[iVolke]

It's only happened a few times. I see this complaint as incredibly minor.

Hundreds of hours of story and you spend like a total of 15 - 20 minutes playing a different main character.

[Juzjuzz]

I have never seen it as a roleplay tbh (where i actually try do immerse myself completly). It's just playing a different character for me (like i would do in another game), so it wasnt immersion breaking. In fact i felt more immersed when i don't just watch a cutscene and it was a nice way do discover a job i didnt try.
Tbh any cutscene where your MC isnt even here already breaks the immersion if i'm roleplaying (because i'm not supposed to see that).

[Jennah]

I mean, saying you don't like Palace of the Dead (where mechanics are very different), Bozja (where you have a bunch of weird new abilities) or even getting synced below level 50 sounds valid, since you aren't really playing your character as normal anymore.

Considering the EXTREMELY low difficulty of these "RP Battles", they're basically just a cutscene. Kind of fun, really. If they ever showed up in content you did more than once per character, I'd be upset, but as is? Fine by me.

[Shougun]

I think the roleplay moments are kind of cool, though I wouldn't mind if they added just a couple more abilities . . .XD. Sometimes it's like two spells, or feels that way.

Also- I want to roleplay as some antagonists, Emet, Zenos, hack a primal via echo- give primal role play lol.

[Hausti]

I agree with OP here. I hated it. Not because those rp duties are hard. It just feels weird.
We're all used to our own characters and theire movements and skills.
Like playing a lalafell for several years and all of a sudden you're forced to play a tall character.
The worst part for me was when i had to play as Alphinaud because i just hate him.
Like i wont even level him as a trust.

[lezard21]

Weirdest thing to go ballistic over. Almost up there with the player that stopped playing midway through the first cutscene because an NPC used the wrong pronoun.

[Wildsprite]

Weirdest thing to go ballistic over. Almost up there with the player that stopped playing midway through the first cutscene because an NPC used the wrong pronoun.

thank you so much for equating my complaint to what could be considered a mistake they left in the translation in the game.

Roleplaying game, yet you have to ask a question like this? Your not that smart are you?

I have to say, this is the dumbest thing to ask/state on here to the point it should be considered trolling lol.. Its in the definition of a rpg

yes it is, I PAY to play MY character. which by definition is role playing. it is a character I created and leveled and would rather play as. not this nonsense role playing as NPCs I'm not familiar with. did you not fully read my OP? apparently not because your reply denotes you're not that bright