ARR needs two simple fixes until an actual revamp

[SilverObi]

It would be nice if Squarenix eventually stopped the MSQ circlejerk. Yes you tell story very nice good yes, congratulations Squarenix, but if I want to play as a merchant that just gathers and crafts I get roadblocked from going to Ishgard, Kugane and Novrandt till I pick up a weapon and cutscene skip through the critically acclaimed MSQ.

1.0 allowed players to do just that, but as we've seen they moved away from that concept. It would be interesting to see if they could tackle that idea again but considering how they neutered and phased out the Companion system that paired with it, I'm not sure they even want to at this point.

[Tlamila]

ARR is fine.
Voice Acting is also fine if you play it in Japanese. Back when I didn't know that was an option I just played the game completely muted and that helped against awful English VA.

[van_arn]

I do not have the data but I bet Square Enix can prove people are more likely to skip quest that are not voice acted.

They prioritize the scenes with the most relevance and impact on the story for voice acting, so as a result people skip the unvoiced parts because they’re not seen as important. This is fine.

[Puremallace]

They prioritize the scenes with the most relevance and impact on the story for voice acting, so as a result people skip the unvoiced parts because they’re not seen as important. This is fine.

ok maybe here on the FF14 forums this might not be an issue to you but LITERALLY everywhere else on the internet the majority opinion is ARR sucks and you should boost passed it. Veteran FF14 players are telling mass audiences to skip passed ARR because it sucks.

I am throwing out suggestions to help. Compared to any of the expansions the amount of voice acting in ARR vs even Heavensward is minimal. I mean come on literal Gendry from Game of Thrones does voice acting after ARR. There is no reason this keeps getting ignored.

I am not sure how much longer FF14 ARR needs to keep getting thrown under the bus by content creators across the internet before Square Enix steps in and forces them to update it.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Everyone knows ARR is the weakest part of the game. The problem is that fixing that means diverting budget and resources from other content. What are you willing to give up for an ARR do-over?

And no, talking about how much the game already brings in doesn't help. We all know that profits from this game go to funding other SE projects, too. That's just how corporations work.