Seriously thinking about skipping the main quest.

[a sentient mcnugget]

I enjoy the pug raids like Crystal Tower.
Love the music and art.
I really enjoy the crafting and trading on the auction house.

All I want is to log on for an hour or two and do pug raids/dungeons, do a little bit of exploration at my own leisure, gather resources, craft stuff and then call it a night.

But the questing and constant dialogue is getting in the way of this.
I just started Stormblood but I can't find the motivation to go through with it even though
I enjoy the game itself.

So when Dawntrail comes out, I presume there will be a way to skip Endwalker and all previous expansions on the mog store or is that incorrect?

[FOOD]

Originally posted by The Rizzler:

That's a bold assumption coming from a Genius,

who thinks the "problem" lies within the Voice-acting.

[a sentient mcnugget]

Originally posted by The Rizzler:

Originally posted by Topper mcnabb:

Skip, it's your game, your money, your fun, but, think if it is really worth, you're going to pay to not play a game, a game which the story is one of the main selling points, is like buying a chocolate cake and removing all the chocolate out of it.

But why not buy a new game with that money?

The problem is not every single dialogue Box is Fully Voice acted Therefore most people don't care about it It's a good story yes. But your average gamer nowadays Only cares for instant gratification He expects.
He's going to walk in the end Game and one shot every single boss First try

What if someone truly enjoys the game but not the story? That's entirely plausible.
The raids are great. The crafting system is great. The in-game economy seems pretty healthy. I'm not saying that the story is bad but only that some people might not enjoy it or care much about it.

Some people don't want to trudge through hundreds of quests just so they can enjoy end-game content. Square-Enix clearly understands that and gives players an options to skip the story.

[Scarsick]

If cutscenes are the problem, I'd suggest simply hit esc. That will save you money. If the constant back and fourth and non cutscene dialogues are the problem than yeah. You can always catch up with the story by using the NG+ feature.

I usually say 14 is not the game for you if all you care about are raids, ultimate, savage, crafting, glamour etc, but I do get people who are not invested in the story.

[Kitty]

I think from memory, they add the updated skips about a month after the launch of an expansion.

[The Rizzler]

Originally posted by Amazing:

Originally posted by The Rizzler:

That's a bold assumption coming from a Genius,

who thinks the "problem" lies within the Voice-acting.

Not within the lack of voice acting

[Sunny]

Look, if people want to pay to not play, they're still funding your MSQ. Let them.

[The Rizzler]

Originally posted by Sunny:

Look, if people want to pay to not play, they're still funding your MSQ. Let them.

Smh

[galacticcorgi]

Originally posted by Sunny:

Look, if people want to pay to not play, they're still funding your MSQ. Let them.

I think people are only suggesting not playing so OP can save money and find a game that scratches their itch better.

[hagare]

you do you man.

[a sentient mcnugget]

Originally posted by hagare:

you do you man.

愈读愈慢 Yù dú yù màn
Reading becomes slower and slower.

[hagare]

Originally posted by put dispenser here:

Originally posted by hagare:

you do you man.

愈读愈慢 Yù dú yù màn
Reading becomes slower and slower.

hey! I did not say that xD
Seriously though, I would say just play it normally.
I don't think skips are worth the money.
Not saying you should like the story. Just saying I'm cheap :P

[Topper mcnabb]

Originally posted by The Rizzler:

Originally posted by Topper mcnabb:

Skip, it's your game, your money, your fun, but, think if it is really worth, you're going to pay to not play a game, a game which the story is one of the main selling points, is like buying a chocolate cake and removing all the chocolate out of it.

But why not buy a new game with that money?

The problem is not every single dialogue Box is Fully Voice acted Therefore most people don't care about it It's a good story yes. But your average gamer nowadays Only cares for instant gratification He expects.
He's going to walk in the end Game and one shot every single boss First try

Sounds like this hypothetical being will fit right in with Limsa one hand players.

[weiss]

hehe, it seems the ARR patience filter is killing OP´s patience.
it is really NOT recommended to skip the story.
many wrote that probably already but, everything is tied to the story which ended with endwalker. (like the endwalk of endwalker would be for you like eh? wtf is even happening).
if you skip the storyline fight you for example against bosses and you have NO CLUE why you even do it.
with other words, you chould just spare you the 13$ subscription every month and find a boss rush mode (i recomment hades and hades 2 for you =3) game instead where the story doesnt matters (or WoW where you need to read 7236581937265283945 books before you even understand the story at all).

be happy that the story gets here told INGAME and not like blzzard did it with releasing who knows how many books which you need to buy and read to get a hold of the story.

said cutscenes will get with every expantion better while shadowbringer was its peak.
it would be sad to see if you miss one of the greatest voiced villians in FF14 history because you skip everything xD.

in general can i tell you, you can usually skip all unwoiced cutscenes because those are in general not really important. all important cutscenes are voiced. so, you just wait a bit if it is voiced or not, if not --> skip ... if it is voiced should you rather listen. tho, telling you that does probably not matter because your post literarly tells me "i dont care about the story" hence why i recomment boss rush games for you again and you would spare the 13$ every month.

with other words FF14 is a heavily story based MMO. if you skip the story is the game like 50% lesser fun because you have no clue of the bosses origin whatsoever.

[Remnar]

The game is old school text heavy. Though there is some voice acting, there isn't enough of it. Now that we have AI that can do voices, and it's always getting better, there is no reason why the entire game can't be voice acted now. Real voice actors are expensive, but I am sure they can cut costs for the side stuff using AI. But that also requires people to know what they are doing and use the tool to create such content.

[Lixire]

Originally posted by weiss:

hehe, it seems the ARR patience filter is killing OP´s patience.
it is really NOT recommended to skip the story.
many wrote that probably already but, everything is tied to the story which ended with endwalker. (like the endwalk of endwalker would be for you like eh? wtf is even happening).
if you skip the storyline fight you for example against bosses and you have NO CLUE why you even do it.
with other words, you chould just spare you the 13$ subscription every month and find a boss rush mode (i recomment hades and hades 2 for you =3) game instead where the story doesnt matters (or WoW where you need to read 7236581937265283945 books before you even understand the story at all).

be happy that the story gets here told INGAME and not like blzzard did it with releasing who knows how many books which you need to buy and read to get a hold of the story.

said cutscenes will get with every expantion better while shadowbringer was its peak.
it would be sad to see if you miss one of the greatest voiced villians in FF14 history because you skip everything xD.

in general can i tell you, you can usually skip all unwoiced cutscenes because those are in general not really important. all important cutscenes are voiced. so, you just wait a bit if it is voiced or not, if not --> skip ... if it is voiced should you rather listen. tho, telling you that does probably not matter because your post literarly tells me "i dont care about the story" hence why i recomment boss rush games for you again and you would spare the 13$ every month.

with other words FF14 is a heavily story based MMO. if you skip the story is the game like 50% lesser fun because you have no clue of the bosses origin whatsoever.

Well... they made it into Stormblood and still didn't like the whole idea of the MSQ but they do like the game in general in terms of fights, crafting and etc. Not everyone plays XIV only for the story, some people are only into the raiding yet like what the game has to offer in that aspect.