Rock the Castrum quick question

Just a quick question I heard that this dungeon has a 2 hour cut scene well. I know that nobody is gona wait on me to finish this so my question is my whm is level 57. Would it be possible to solo this by myself and not have to worry about missing out on the cut scenes

I remember someone saying you can re-watch the cutscene from the inn or FC housing.
Would like confirmation on this too, as I'm going to be in the same boat in a little while.

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Originally Posted by Sigmar_Heldenhammer

I remember someone saying you can re-watch the cutscene from the inn or FC housing.
Would like confirmation on this too, as I'm going to be in the same boat in a little while.

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I think you can watch all cut scenes in the end room ha Im just hoping I can run it solo sense im so high level tho

There are lots of short cutscenes throughout the Rock the Castrum quest and the next quest: The Ultimate Weapon. (The actual instances involved are called Castrum Meridanium and The Praetorium).
It can indeed be difficult finding a group that lets you watch the cutscenes as they happen. There are not really two hours worth of cutscenes inside the instances though - probably less than one hour all told.
There is one super-long cutscene after you finish The Ultimate Weapon though - but at that point you can ignore the rest of the party.

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Originally Posted by MistakeNot

There are lots of short cutscenes throughout the Rock the Castrum quest and the next quest: The Ultimate Weapon. (The actual instances involved are called Castrum Meridanium and The Praetorium).
It can indeed be difficult finding a group that lets you watch the cutscenes as they happen. There are not really two hours worth of cutscenes inside the instances though - probably less than one hour all told.
There is one super-long cutscene after you finish The Ultimate Weapon though - but at that point you can ignore the rest of the party.

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thats was what I was wondering If I could just let the party pass me up , and still do the dugeon are would it not work like that

You can skip all cutscenes in this two dungeons and rewatch them in the inn room by using the book (i think it is called "The long Journey"). There you can find the dungeon cutscennes in the dungeon tab and the MSQ cutscenes in the MSQ tab.
The two dungeons will take 45 minutes to an hour with cutscenes and something like the half of it without.
If you have a patient party and they let you watch the cutscenes do it, it's just more immersing.
If you have no patient party skip the cutscenes or you may miss half of the dungeons, especially at the later half, where cutscene comes after cutscene.

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Originally Posted by bswpayton

thats was what I was wondering If I could just let the party pass me up , and still do the dugeon are would it not work like that

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you could create a party finder stating that you're looking for people to run these dungeons with but without skipping of cutscenes. Some veterans are nice enough to join the group and let you experience the cut scenes, others haven't seen them since they skipped them too.

But if you're using the duty finder, you can not queue on your own for these dungeons since the undersize option isn't available. You could join it and watch the cutscene but you might find yourself being kicked out of the party, or people have run the whole dungeon without waiting for you, therefore the whole dungeon is empty and you won't see/experience much of the fights.

You have however the option to re watch these cut scenes in any major city (speak to the inn keep)

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Originally Posted by LunaFaye

you could create a party finder stating that you're looking for people to run these dungeons with but without skipping of cutscenes. Some veterans are nice enough to join the group and let you experience the cut scenes, others haven't seen them since they skipped them too.

But if you're using the duty finder, you can not queue on your own for these dungeons since the undersize option isn't available. You could join it and watch the cutscene but you might find yourself being kicked out of the party, or people have run the whole dungeon without waiting for you, therefore the whole dungeon is empty and you won't see/experience much of the fights.

You have however the option to re watch these cut scenes in any major city (speak to the inn keep)

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I guess ill just have to do that are ask in a linkshell Id prefer not to have to watch in the inn room otherwise I could just watch on youtube. I like the real time moment of the cut scenes in game.

Ive run lower level friends through these 2 unsynched before. Your level 57 healer should actually stand a shot to solo it all if you want to try(assuming you have gear on par with your level). A level 60 tank can solo them, so id say yeah you have a shot. Without cutscenes an unsynched run of both would be approx 15-20 mins. I timed my last friend who went through, and it was about 75 mins for him to watch everything in the two combined, then another set of scenes after the 2nd dungeon that adds even more time(though you dont need a party at that point). He reads a little slowly and can be somewhat distractable, so your mileage may vary.

i solo'ed it with my lvl 60 whm. should be possible. but (second) last boss in castrum will be a bit difficult (you have to manage some stuff while being attacked wich will cancel your interactions) and there was one boss in the later dungeon with a lot of adds with knockback abilities wich is really a pain, but it is all doable if played well.

i would say you should search one other person who will do the dungeons with you together unsynched and waits for your cutscenes.

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Originally Posted by bswpayton

Just a quick question I heard that this dungeon has a 2 hour cut scene well. I know that nobody is gona wait on me to finish this so my question is my whm is level 57. Would it be possible to solo this by myself and not have to worry about missing out on the cut scenes

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Whoever said that to you said so in bad faith. Some people just hate respecting the right of people of getting the end of their FF games, EVEN with the extra prize that comes with it. It honestly doesn't put more than 5-8 minutes on the run, if you are a slow reader.

Get one single person at 60 to do it unsync'd with you and it'll be done faster than a 8 lvl50 party in DF while they rush you to skip cutscenes saying you can watch them in the inn. It's not the same thing, it has not nearly the same weight.