The director of Final Fantasy XIV has spoken out about the controversial free story skipping feature in the upcoming Dawntrail expansion due later this year.
Final Fantasy XIV has finally concluded its 10-year story. Started with the launch of the original game, the MMORPG has come a long way in terms of story, characters, and overall gameplay through its many expansions. The latest was Endwalker, which acted as the conclusion to its first story arc.
Set to release later this year, Dawntrail will mark the beginning of an entirely new journey for the Warrior of Light. With new friends to meet, new enemies to face and a new adventure to experience. In theory, this means that players should be able to dive into the story without much difficulty, since most of it should be concluded beforehand.
But quickly, discussions within the community about the possibility of introducing a story skip feature to Dawntrail began to emerge, helping new players access relevant content. This would mean they could skip the previous 300-400 hour story, allowing them to dive straight into Dawntrail’s story as soon as they enter the game.
However, the game director has addressed this feature, and the prospects are not very good.
Final Fantasy XIV will not offer free story skipping to Dawntrail players, at least not for now.
Final Fantasy XIV will not offer free story skipping
In a recent interview with PCGamer, Naoki Yoshida (Yoshi-P) was hesitant about adding a feature that would skip the story.
“For the record, we are not currently planning a new jumping feature,” the developer explained. “This is something that constantly concerns me, and we’ve already implemented a feature that allows players to learn about the story, context, and characters even as they pass through the story.”
This concern comes from the fact that this option could diminish the game experience.
“I am concerned that if the globally acclaimed story can be skipped through a feature, the very value of the FF14 game will be diminished.”
That said, Yoshi-P is still considering implementing this feature, indicating that he will “think about it some more,” meaning there might be an option for this in the future.
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