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

[Varilyon]

I liked the instance very much. Its wasnt that hard on normal. There are way harder tasks in this game.

Maybe I am different, because I am playing with many new and not skilled players.

[SturmChurro]

I found it very engaging and it quite honestly put things into perspective for me.

I was me in mind but not in body, and thus I could feel the weight of what I was doing. Overall it wasnt hard (I finished it in 13 minutes my first try, and I am most definitely going to keep doing it using NG+ ASAP because I want to whittle that number down.) But it was annoying in all the right ways.

I don't see this. The timer is there just to give you a false sense of urgency. They give you way more time than is necessary, in an overly large area with a bunch of (literal) junk in the way, to try and obfuscate the singular correct path, and it relies on finding things - in order. I see no reason to even try to beat a previous time on a mission. After the illusion is broken, it's just another scripted story mission.

[LaylaTsarra]

I found it frustrating personally. Now that was after having been on for hours and pushing though a host of side quests. i'll find it more fun to do now that i know what to do when i take alts though story but was not one of the highlights of my game thus far.

[MilkieTea]

I don't see this. The timer is there just to give you a false sense of urgency. They give you way more time than is necessary, in an overly large area with a bunch of (literal) junk in the way, to try and obfuscate the singular correct path, and it relies on finding things - in order. I see no reason to even try to beat a previous time on a mission. After the illusion is broken, it's just another scripted story mission.

It’s more of a personal thing. I enjoyed the instance so I want to go in and see if I can do it faster

[Ralts]

I didn't like it either, but it did give you the feeling of struggle. The enemies even are almost blind; it's easy to walk pass them.
It just needed patience, which i'm sensing these players complaining don't have.. or not enough a warrior of light

[Flay_wind]

It was one of the greatest solo duites in the game. The frustration of not having your own character, the real danger that the enemies provide, being unable to fight through it freely, the timer ever urging you on. 11/10

[Canddi]

After reading the thread I was dreading this solo duty. Fortunately it wasn't nearly as bad as a lot of people here made it out to be. I dislike all these scenarios when you don't get to control yourself and this one was no different but it certainly wasn't hard. The enemies are basically all legally blind and easily avoidable. The only part that almost got me was the QuickTime event at the end that I wasn't ready for.

[Adeacia]

I like the duty. The only issue I had was actually getting the stuff. I thought I had the fuel when I interacted with what had it but didn't realize I had gotten hit and dropped it. Spend a long time wondering what the heck I was even supposed to do. Even going back to where I got the fuel didn't help since the fuel tank was so close to the mech the text was blocked and I never noticed it sitting there since I was also trying to evade stuff.

[Chyro]

Am also one of the ones that really liked it, how it felt and the kind of perspective it gave on our main character.
It's definitely not a instance you can just rush through, unless maybe you read a guide.

I spent two attempts just scouting the area and to realize that the red-line border goes all the way around, that there's something else you need to do to find the way out.
On the third attempt I finally noticed the magitec reaper and what to do to get it working, though ended up with little time left (like 5min at the end) cause I spent a lot of time just being lost and not knowing what to do.
Though I can see how this experience can be very frustrating or irritating for players that just want to move on and don't have patience for this kind of storytelling.

[Mango2020]

The amount of salt in the forums this week is enough to mummify a million people