I love the storyline in FF.
I don't skip or scroll tru cut scenes in game you people like FF at all you should know thecut scenes are like a lil tid bit reward after going tru the quests, why skip them? You have things to do? They pauseso what's the reason? Time? Well your game time management is your problem not the dev teams so manage it.
I love game cs and having them shorten is not something I want to see ever in final fantasy games ever, if you don't like them then FF is not your mmo go play something short and less attention demanding as far as storylines and NPC personalities go.