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

[Berteaux_Braumegain]

I maintain that it was a neat solo duty and I enjoyed it, but having seen how the story as a whole played out...

it probably would've been a better moment in an expac that actually focused on Zenos as a main antagonist.

Instead, it's just a set-piece that is more of a distraction set up by Fandaniel. Zenos causes no harm or lasting effect with his actions and then immediately goes back to his body. And then he's side-lined for almost the entire rest of the story, because Endwalker isn't really about him.

can't wait for the tataru solo instance where she only has 2 buttons and you gotta shop and craft for her favourite adventurer

Oh man, I can't even begin to imagine how much frothing rage a roleplay crafting quest would cause.

[ICountFrom0]

it probably would've been a better moment in an expac that actually focused on Zenos as a main antagonist.

10characters

you mean other then him being a critical part of the final battle, and a required post final battle, where he hijacks the entire game to MAKE IT ABOUT HIM though pure force of will

[Limecat]

Oh man, I can't even begin to imagine how much frothing rage a roleplay crafting quest would cause.

Better yet: It's not a strict pass/fail, but if you screw up the crafting you get NQ instead of HQ JSE, and have to spend tomes/tokens after the x.0 MSQ is over to upgrade the pieces you didn't get right.