No, it's not because I hate watching cutscenes. It's not because I hate the story. I just have a short attention span and feel like I have so much to do in-game that long cutscenes get in the way of that. I just like having the freedom to get in as much gameplay as I want, and if that means even having to watch a YouTube video to watch a cutscene that I couldn't watch - not that I even have the desire to - I will do that.
We need to do away with this idea that players only play FFXIV for the story or that FFXIV's main selling point is its story. I've been a long-time FF franchise fan since FFVII. I've played every main FF and have bawled my eyes out at almost every single storyline. But in an MMO, I don't see story as a main focal point. I play MMOs because I like the idea of challenging, rewarding gameplay in a massive multiplayer setting, and being stuck behind a wall of cutscenes gets in the way of that.
Yes, I am one of those players who skips cutscenes on patch day and immediately queues into a duty. Yet I find that I instantly get into these new, shiny trials and raids even in new content because I know there are people like me, anxious to try new fight content. Is that so bad?
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We need to do away with this idea that players only play FFXIV for the story or that FFXIV's main selling point is its story. I've been a long-time FF franchise fan since FFVII. I've played every main FF and have bawled my eyes out at almost every single storyline. But in an MMO, I don't see story as a main focal point. I play MMOs because I like the idea of challenging, rewarding gameplay in a massive multiplayer setting, and being stuck behind a wall of cutscenes gets in the way of that.
Yes, I am one of those players who skips cutscenes on patch day and immediately queues into a duty. Yet I find that I instantly get into these new, shiny trials and raids even in new content because I know there are people like me, anxious to try new fight content. Is that so bad?
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