i created an account just to point out how HORRIBLE this quest is

[Themonas]

Who actually designed this Duty for the "One Life for One World" quest. It is actually the worst experience i have ever had playing a video game in my life. It was so tilting to randomly try to press on the screen praying you would interact with something that you cant see and dont know where its at, while also getting interrupted forever, that after finally finishing i skipped every part of the story after and feel like i should just stop playing.


What a disaster of a Duty. Trash.

[Risvertasashi]

Well, since you went through the trouble of making an account, you might as well go through the trouble of being a bit more constructive about it?

If you tell the devs what you didn't like about it, and what you liked in other quests, they may be better able to design appealing quests in the future.

[Iscah]

randomly try to press on the screen praying you would interact with something that you cant see and dont know where its at

It's a specific targetable object with a nameplate over it, as I recall.

It wasn't as obvious as it should be in the midst of battle, but it wasn't invisible.

[Themonas]

It's a specific targetable object with a nameplate over it, as I recall.

It wasn't as obvious as it should be in the midst of battle, but it wasn't invisible.

I actually wasted my time to wipe on an attempt JUST to see if something actually existed for me to click on. It doesnt exist. Is this a graphics setting issue? Are my setting too high? Is there something you have to turn on for it to be visible. I got to the point that i just wanted to see if it was even there.

[Themonas]

Well, since you went through the trouble of making an account, you might as well go through the trouble of being a bit more constructive about it?

If you tell the devs what you didn't like about it, and what you liked in other quests, they may be better able to design appealing quests in the future.

You Are Right. I suggest they remove it altogether. I cant believe it made it this far, this quest is how old? 6 Years? A simple google search will show how much disdain there is for this quest.
The Win Condition is extremely vague ( and you have to redo the first "battle" everytime you fail) Lets not even start on how absolutely stupid it is that you have to just run around like an idiot killing things that get rezzed for a few minutes.
The "clickable icon" which supposedly exists, is invisible. If there are settings you have to change to make it visible, thats even worse. If its invisible because your settings are too high(maybe?) also, still horrible.
Upon searching and seeing everyone elses horrible experiences with this event many people suggest this link https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/w..._for_One_World
The Tactic of "Do not recklessly attack anyone during this phase, as it draws unneeded enmity. Defeat the Warriors only when they are specifically focused on you or Alisaie; your allies will eventually defeat the others." Is by all means not fun, i thought this game was all about ABC? hardly fits into that.
So now, you manage to not get any aggro by praying that the horrific AI handles that, and then you pray no one aggros on you when its your turn to start spam clicking the invisible object, if they do, you kill them, then start spamming the invisible object while praying they dont get rezzed and then aggro on you interrupting you, while you have hopefully started to interact with the invisible object. Then on the third and final click, they start somehow burning alisae to the ground while you continue to go back to praying, but this time with a time limit on how long you have to click the invisible object.

[Iscah]

The "clickable icon" which supposedly exists, is invisible. If there are settings you have to change to make it visible, thats even worse. If its invisible because your settings are too high(maybe?) also, still horrible.
Upon searching and seeing everyone elses horrible experiences with this event many people suggest this link https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/w..._for_One_World
The Tactic of "Do not recklessly attack anyone during this phase, as it draws unneeded enmity. Defeat the Warriors only when they are specifically focused on you or Alisaie; your allies will eventually defeat the others." Is by all means not fun, i thought this game was all about ABC? hardly fits into that.

From that link you posted:

Once Urianger joins the fray, you must place all your focus on giving Aether to Alisaie. To do this, interact with and charge the Blade of Light whenever it appears in front of her. Note that this is an interactable object immediately in front of Allisaie that you must click on, not on Alisaie directly. Once interacted with, it will disappear for a time as the other Scions contribute their Aether in turn, then reappear for you to click on once more.

Are you doing this when it appears? Are you expecting it to be there at all times? It only appears at certain points during the fight.

And "always be casting" applies when you are trying to fight things but not necessarily these scripted battles. They are potentially more tactical. In any case, from memory, the Warrior tends to be on you quite aggressively so you usually have to defeat him before you can interact with the blade to charge it.

[Themonas]

From that link you posted:


Are you doing this when it appears? Are you expecting it to be there at all times? It only appears at certain points during the fight.

And "always be casting" applies when you are trying to fight things but not necessarily these scripted battles. They are potentially more tactical. In any case, from memory, the Warrior tends to be on you quite aggressively so you usually have to defeat him before you can interact with the blade to charge it.

yes i waited for myself to be called on for it to be my turn to see if it was ever there. never saw it, just knew it was my time to start spam clicking.

At any rate, its done now, just not sure if ill be finishing the game. See how i feel in a couple days. Im catching myself typing here and just clicking through things in the game on the other monitor, lol. Not a good sign for me.

[Tyjacon]

It's not all about ABC, there are battles where you shouldn't be casting at certain times during it. Maybe strategic ABC would be a more appropriate moniker.
If this one quest is enough to make you consider quitting and you are just clicking through the game dialogue while typing this, then I wonder how much attention you paid the first time through to understand what the concept of the quest was.
I also had a difficult time completing that particular quest, as I'm sure others had too, but I was too invested in the story to just start clicking through the dialogue, let alone consider quitting playing the game. I enjoy the story too much.

How invested are you in the story at this point in the game?

[MellowMink]

yes i waited for myself to be called on for it to be my turn to see if it was ever there. never saw it, just knew it was my time to start spam clicking.

At any rate, its done now, just not sure if ill be finishing the game. See how i feel in a couple days. Im catching myself typing here and just clicking through things in the game on the other monitor, lol. Not a good sign for me.

You’re considering stopping the game altogether after getting annoyed with directions for one quest duty that happens all well past Shadowbringers, which is the game’s third massive expansion? That’s a really large amount of time you already put into the game just to consider stopping because of something pretty minor.

[Seera1024]

You’re considering stopping the game altogether after getting annoyed with directions for one quest duty that happens all well past Shadowbringers, which is the game’s third massive expansion? That’s a really large amount of time you already put into the game just to consider stopping because of something pretty minor.

The quest OP is talking about is a post-HW solo duty. Not a post-Shadowbringers duty.