"In from the Cold" Scenario, any way to skip it?

[Poporito_Popoto]

That is neither here nor there. I should not have to go looking at guides for pinpoint locations. I get this idea on hunts. You don't know where they are other than a zone. Fine. It's a HUNT. I get it.

No, this is a complete divergence of the gameplay I expect. I don't like stealth games. I don't like forced bodysnatcher crap. I don't like that the order in which you must do things is completely unknown but absolutely vital. I read the description. I knew I could not tangle with a bot so I spent most of the mission backtracking where I'd already been in order to remember what I'd seen previously and where it was. I spent 4 minutes looking for the !@#$ pilot because lo and behold...I apparently cannot tell the direction a NOISE CAME FROM. When I found it, I was angered to the point of not giving a damn.

Finally getting everything assembled and in the bot...only to find out that you can't move. You can't do anything other than "clear a path". With what, my amazingly long ****? What path? What area? It's all bordered. Am I supposed to shoot things? Seems like it was all I could do, but what do I shoot? If you want to make me feel powerless, blind my character and make me walk on a rope over a pit full of spikes. Same difference to me. At least I know what I'm supposed to do. In this, no. Stupid quest. Stupid design. Stupid everything.

No, these kinds of grab-ass randomness quests irk me. I don't care to know what it's like outside of the WoL's body. I don't play that character. I don't give a crap.

[Soge01]

The only thing I found difficult about In from the Cold was Zenos not taking advantage of our body and going on a rampage through Broken Glass. What a waste...

[Minarisweet]

This is the only kinda issue they will ever address from the forums...

[Xaphire]

I liked it. It was an enjoyable kind of stressful.

The forced fight was so neck-and-neck to drive home the "you aren't a demi-god in this body", and I liked stealthing around after that. I didn't aggro anything else until the rest of the mandatory combat. I was surprised to read people were failing it, honestly. That whole sequence in Garlemald was great, in my opinion.

[LaylaTsarra]

They nerfed it it's really very easy not of you play on Very Easy after dying.

[Xaphire]

They nerfed it it's really very easy not of you play on Very Easy after dying.

That's a shame to learn. I did it during early access and cleared it first attempt (despite thinking for a moment I failed it toward the end).

[zcrash970]

I didn't think this instance had such a negative reception...I guess that's why we have a formula and recycle content

[Snorky]

I didn't think this instance had such a negative reception...I guess that's why we have a formula and recycle content

It's only negative to the small minority that come to the forums to complain because something was a bit challenging on their way to level 90

[Raoabolic]

I didn't think this instance had such a negative reception...I guess that's why we have a formula and recycle content

Gotta cater to EVERYONE. There is EX/Ult/Unreal fights but pre nerf In From the Cold felt like I actually had to pay attention in non 8 man content. I hate how this will ensure we won't get any single player content that requires you to pay attention again. At least there is still the Blu trials but they seem more like puzzle fights.

[Shougun]

Gotta cater to EVERYONE. There is EX/Ult/Unreal fights but pre nerf In From the Cold felt like I actually had to pay attention in non 8 man content. I hate how this will ensure we won't get any single player content that requires you to pay attention again. At least there is still the Blu trials but they seem more like puzzle fights.

Unless I missed something I thought their solution was to only change the easy difficulty? Doesn't this just mean SE is encouraged to take advantage of their own system more? Lots of games end up doing this. Death Stranding for example added extra prompts in a lot of places to ensure that those players who wanted the super casual experience got it.