FFXIV Director Unsure About Adding Full Story Skips Despite Player Requests
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Yoshi-P is hesitant to add a story skip feature to FFXIV because he feels it could diminish the value of the acclaimed 10-year storyline.
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There is already an "Unending Codex" feature that gives information about the story, settings, and characters for those who skip cutscenes.
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Players can currently buy story skips to jump to the end of Endwalker, but would still need to catch up on post-expansion content.
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Yoshi-P understands players' perspective on the increasingly long storyline being daunting, but wants to think more on whether adding free story skips is the right move.
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There are counterarguments - adding story skips when even existing players struggle with battle mechanics, and debate over whether new players should skip key story content.