All I'm hearing from the "watch the cutscenes later" group is "Waaaaaaaahhhh... I want my 300 useless tomes now and cannot be arsed to wait an extra five-ten minutes."

And to the person trying to use a player's first time as being "one time" as a reason why they should skip? You're ignoring the point. You only get one first time. There after the experience is forever ruined.

I still hate going to CM to this day because of a horrible run through it as my first time (and my first introduction to the vileness that is the vocal end-game community).