How did people do Endwalker in 2 days?

[EaMett]

Skip cutscenes. The actual required time investment is pretty small.

No need to skip cutscenes. I got through it in 2 days. The first day was a pretty big 18h time sync. And then on the next day it was slightly fewer hours. Overall it amounted to about 30+h. And I did almost all the blue aether current quests and some other unlocks. The people I know who skipped the story got through everything on day one and had all crafters/gatherers at 90 by day 3 or something.

[Cithaerias_pyropina]

EW is more cutscenes than actual gameplay so skipping goes a long way. Also you can skip a lot in this story and still understand what's going on just by skimming the quest text or just briefly watching a cutscene.

It's kind of like a soap opera. You can skip watching it for several months and instantly be caught up by watching just one episode.

[Krotoan]

No need to skip cutscenes. I got through it in 2 days. The first day was a pretty big 18h time sync. And then on the next day it was slightly fewer hours. Overall it amounted to about 30+h. And I did almost all the blue aether current quests and some other unlocks. The people I know who skipped the story got through everything on day one and had all crafters/gatherers at 90 by day 3 or something.

Seems like OP is a slower reader or takes some time to deal with things. The largest time sync in the MSQ is cutscenes. Everything else is travel and instances (doing JUST MSQ should also level you to 90) . Easiest cut of the largest amount of time is skipping cutscenes.

So you either binge play it like you did (18 hours is a pretty long play session) or you cram it into smaller sessions eliminating all unnecessary time syncs.

Not saying you HAVE to , but with the information given that seems the thing that OP is missing.

[Khalithar]

Skip the sidequests and use trusts. I also read very quickly.

In the first week I had already cleared the MSQ and farmed the EX trials. I didn't skip any cutscenes and watched the whole story.

[Jennah]

I mean, it took me 4 days. And I did every single possible sidequest, and every roulette every day.

[BluexBird]

I didn't skip cutscenes. Started on the early-access launch (Friday), finished it around very late Tuesday (Wednesday 3am). This was with me going ham on it on Saturday and Sunday. Mondays and Tuesdays I didn't get to play much.

If I had no work, I probably would have ended it early Tuesday.

If I had skipped the cutscenes and everything, it probably would have taken me less than 2 days, yeah. Don't see what the point of doing that is. The story is a huge part of the game. Playing without knowing what is going on just feels... meaningless.