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

[AstaVyr]

Everyone has their own preferences, and no two players are gonna like the same thing.

Personally this might have been my favorite solo duty ever. It's not hard and the only criticism I'd levy at it would be the active time maneuver was needlessly difficult.

Other than that, the tone and sense of dread the entire way through. God, I've never been so tense playing a videogame in my life. It was terrible, it was uncomfortable, it was unnerving and I loved it.

As for why neither of them killed you, well doing so would have been wildly out of character for either of them.
As for why this can't just be repeated well how many Ascians are left after Fandaniel? Plus the only reason is because you were ported to the chair and the entire tower is in allied hands now.

As was mentioned earlier in the thread it's alluded to that this was very difficult to do and still only lasted for about 30 minutes.

I dunno, I simply don't agree that this cheapens the WoL at all. It was frightening and I'm happy they included it.

[LittlePandemonium]

I honestly hate solo duties and still can't deny this one was really cool. The way it's done makes it very stressful and I really think it's one of the best moments in the story, even if the reason it happened seems non-existent so far.

[Tizzy_Tormentor]

I really enjoyed it, it was unique and you really felt powerless, you had to really think about your movements and scrounge around to make sure you had enough supplies to keep you going, especially since you were working against the clock, finding the regen one was such a relief.

I'd like to see more like it honestly.

[Kranel_San]

When I played it. I was like: "Oh 25 minutes timer? This is super easy."
I rushed to the first mob, and after a hard fight I realized my situation and said: "This is not easy..."
Nearly 70% of my HP is gone and I only have 1 healing kit. I said to myself: "Reminds me of souls game... but with a timer..."
Afterward, I started running around aimlessly, in hopes of finding a path forward and back to the camp. I said: "Avoid the magitek? Shit..."
I got chased by a few, found the fuel first before anything else, and by chance found the broken magitek armor that needed fuel and a key. I hurled back to the fuel, after killing and looting corpses and thankfully finding a sack of seeds that gave me 5 minutes buff of HP generation. Despite being a slow HP generation, it IS an HP generation buff. Got the fuel back to the armor and started wreaking havoc upon the magitek armies of Garlemald: "UNLIMITED POWER!" was my reaction.
A graveyard of Magitek remained, with the broken legs of the armor still unrepaired. I had to make the unfortunate departure from my seat of power, and into the unknown. Into the wilds and back to the camp, or so I thought...
My experience in Eureka and Bozja taught me much.... If i was to avoid the magitek blocking the way between me and my destination... then i have to stick my head to the invisible wall and move while praying: "Please don't notice me..."
And notice me they did not, all thanks again to my experience in Eureka and Bozja.
Then I was surprised by the sight of a citizen. I said: "A citizen? In the middle of a tempered territory? In the middle of a post-apocalypse city? In the middle of a snow wasteland? IN FRONT OF THE TOWER OF NIGHTMARES?"
Said citizen, whom I saluted his bravery, led me to others whom I also saluted their bravery in the fight against the evil of the telephoroi. Engaged in what used to be a normal battle but to these folk, it would be an EPIC battle between good and evil. I almost forgot the timer. Which were 9 minutes remaining. I said: "I'm not going to make it in time..."
And before I realize... KAPOOM... an explosion throws me far away but not as far away as Hildibrand has experienced in his life. Nevertheless, I had 36 HP remaining and I said: "I have no spare medical kit and not sprint to run away from mobs..."
Giving up was an option that I didn't take. Nay, I will not give up. Nay I will not let them win. Nay, I will not accept defeat. NAAAAAYY!!!
If i could not walk by feet, then i shall walk by my hands, and pray to be not sighted by any hostile wildlife. And the duty was marked as complete.... Glorious victory attained!
In the end after all is said and done I said: "....."
"This was awesome..."

- From the crazy adventures of Kranel San in Endwalker.

[Gameovers]

I got to page 4 before I'm writing this. But I'll share my feelings on this duty.


This game never got me emotional... NEVER. I've been here since HW and never has anything made me feel anything. Well other then - Why they do that? Or THAT was stupid.- Throwing the eyes off the cliff being one example. But this duty here made me feel shit. THIS is what I wanted Stormblood to do. I wanted Zenos in his first meeting to actually do some damage. Not just pat our heads and walk off. There's no threat in that. But this shit? MAN.... I'm not gonna lie.. I was abit pissed, worried and scared all at once. Are they gonna kill my friends in MY body? How're I gonna recover from that. I mean.. nothing happens but me needing a massive shower in the end. But the fact this game got me to even think that... I'mma have to give them points for being risky.

I can see why people are pissed, this whole time in XIV you as the player are safe. THe only time you die is when you suck at mechs, the story pretty much cuddles you otherwise... but not here. And as off as it felt.. I wouldn't change anything about it storywise. I say it worked. As far as the playable section goes.... it took me 2 tries.. mostly cause I was like. " WHERE DO I GO? lol " but apply yourself and just remember the spots and you'll be fine.

[AstaVyr]

Same here.

It is extremely difficult to get me emotional in any fashion in a videogame. Not that stuff isn't well written its just hard for me and that's been true in FFXIV as well.

This? I was absolutely terrified I was about to watch my character kill some character I've grown to like. That and by the end of the zone I just sat there for a few minutes. I completely understand this not being everyones cup of tea.

But boy was it ever mine

[Minato777]

This is the worst content i've seen so far in this game. the game draws to fucking halt to do this stupid stealth mission and for what? it's not emotional, it's not scary, it's not hard and most certainly not fun.....like what were they thinking? EW has so much stupid shit like this that just waste so much time and nothing else.....


Edit i might as well ask it here but if there is one fucking thing that we can skip. can it be playing as a npc? it is the most mind numbing thing in the game ( and before the white knights accuse me of sucking i dont find them hard ether). it was cute the first time but now it just a extra 10 mins i have to waste cuz game 2 hard can only have 4 buttons.

[Alleo]

I wished they would have put quest markers down if we put it on very easy...because the amount of time I needed even on that difficulty was annoying.

But honestly the most annoying thing was how it did not make any sense...so what if we died from the explosion? What then Zenos? What did we as a character truly learn from this? A few sentences later and all is forgotten. And how did we manage to get there in time when we were not able to walk at the end?

[Illmaeran]

I hate the duties where you're forced to play as a different character and some of the normal solo duties as well. I stopped playing for a while because of the Nadaam solo duty in SB, so yes, in effect, I quit the game over it. However, I've NEVER been so pissed off at SE over something as I was with this particular bit of story. I get that they wanted us to feel powerless in the face of Fancy Dan and Zenos' power, but forcing us out of ourselves for a cheap trick was poor writing. As one of the previous posters said, it broke the trust I had in the writers.

Find some other way to make us afraid. Don't take away our agency, toss us into a solo duty, and still have us miraculously/heroically save the day right at the very end. If they wanted us to feel powerless, make us actually powerless to change the outcome of something meaningful. If we were going to be heroic at the end, let us be heroic all the way through.

[AstaVyr]

I wished they would have put quest markers down if we put it on very easy...because the amount of time I needed even on that difficulty was annoying.

This I fully agree with.

This should be an option for those who hate this kind of gameplay