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

[ArthurATDayne]

Seriously considering quitting the game over this one.

I wish there was a way to skip it or have all the requirements and routes indicated on the map, fuck this MSQ Duty, got it done and never looked back. It also didn't matter in the story later anyway, like a disposable excuse to make you look more vulnerable and for certain characters to parrot the lines for effect or something.

[nelothi]

I didnt think this one was that bad. The other scenario in this area that forced you to find a "camp" with a hilariously squishy character, with next to no direction, was way worse. imo.

[Corvanther]

What a lot, and by a lot it seems to be 90%, of the people saying we don't like the difficulty of this quest aren't quite getting is, and please read this three times if you are on the diffculty kick, is that we are not mad about the difficuly of the quest. The quest is not hard. Repeat, it is not hard. It is the story point that bothers a lot of people. Basically square is telling us that Zenos is going to rape and murder you and you WILL like it damn it! THAT is what the problem is. They can make a piss poor stealth mechanic all they want. They violate everything about who you are, who your character is, then just dem it away. It is not the difficulty of the duty, it is the story around it.

[Nothv13]

What a lot, and by a lot it seems to be 90%, of the people saying we don't like the difficulty of this quest aren't quite getting is, and please read this three times if you are on the diffculty kick, is that we are not mad about the difficuly of the quest. The quest is not hard. Repeat, it is not hard. It is the story point that bothers a lot of people. Basically square is telling us that Zenos is going to rape and murder you and you WILL like it damn it! THAT is what the problem is. They can make a piss poor stealth mechanic all they want. They violate everything about who you are, who your character is, then just dem it away. It is not the difficulty of the duty, it is the story around it.

What you aren't realizing, is that the bolded is the point ins one of the points of the duty. Your are supposed to feel violated. The entire point is to piss you off, show you how worthless you are without your body. Zenos wants to anger you while at the same time unlock more strength in you in order to fight you fully and completely. As for deming it away, Zenos would not want to fight you outside of your body so there is no reason for him to push to do this outside of pissing you off. Fandaniel also does not want you to really die either (at least until you kill a certain primal for him)

[Silvarer]

What a lot, and by a lot it seems to be 90%, of the people saying we don't like the difficulty of this quest aren't quite getting is, and please read this three times if you are on the diffculty kick, is that we are not mad about the difficuly of the quest. The quest is not hard. Repeat, it is not hard. It is the story point that bothers a lot of people. Basically square is telling us that Zenos is going to rape and murder you and you WILL like it damn it! THAT is what the problem is. They can make a piss poor stealth mechanic all they want. They violate everything about who you are, who your character is, then just dem it away. It is not the difficulty of the duty, it is the story around it.

Where on earth in that quest does the game ever imply that we should like Zenos violating us? You have a really weird reading of this that doesn't match at all what I played through.

[ArthurATDayne]

The other thing this MSQ Duty taught me was to just Google Search because it saves a lot of time and kind of makes up for lack of map and quest indicators. I don't remember having to do this much at all with other MSQ Duties or Quests but this one was an Alt Tab Google Search Duty.

[ErryK]

i liked the instance, it was kinda like a palace of the dead lite with the no-hp regen modifier mashed with the potion from rathalos.

[Shuuli]

I liked this duty much more than the "follow xzy person, in sneaky mode, for no reason at all cause after like 20m you will call them out anyway".

This one I only failed once at the very beginning, but I quite liked that there was something new to the game. But it felt more like a "single player" game mode. I think many ff players are not used to that kind of game and thus its harder to complete them. Half my childhood I played games like this so for me it was a bit also sentimental

However, if you feel angry about it I would just look up a guide, I am sure there is already one on the net.

[seida]

I mean, this mission was supposed to frustrate you and make you feel angry and helpless.

The only thing I wish they'd change is not require you to interact with the magitek before being able to pick up the fuel or battery. I found the fuel earlier, but had to ignore it until the duty deemed it the appropriate time for me to grab it.

[Derio]

I think people start to panic when they see the countdown timer. I did it on normal but even on normal going very slow and taking your time you will get it done in time. The timer is very generous. I can only imagine how easy it is on very easy.