I have a friend that skips ALL the cut scenes. Is he insane ?

[ShadowDan]

Simple answer, yes. Absolutely mad!

But I do understand the complaints that the story is rather weak, since it is. With that said, it's still worth reading the texts the first time you do a quest/dungeon. This isn't just an action game...

[Ed_N_Ants]

Honestly I watched all the cut scenes and I really don't remember too much of the story...

[Orophin]

Sounds like a generic MMO player.

I grew up with Final Fantasy games so naturally I want to have an attachment to the story and world of the game I'm playing. That's why it's been hard for me to get into other MMOs because most of them don't have established lore and it takes really good writing and an interesting world to hold my attention.

[Cspr_Answrth]

I got the game last Tuesday, and made it my goal to get level 45 for this Lightning event. (This is prior to my knowledge of what to do for fast experience, or how long the event was actually running... in hindsight, this would have been easy to accomplish, but, I'm still technically a noob!)
That being said, I've blasted through every single scene so far. I'd like to have the knowledge of the story, but I need Lightning's gear solidified first.

Wub dat Lightning :3

[Laf]

Game's storyline and cut-scenes are bland and boring, so you don't miss much.

[ItzKris]

I'm kinda upset they put so many main quests in. Clicking to skip all the chat is annoying.
Wish there was a skip npc chat + skip cut-scenes option.

[Kirosuu]

some people play MMO to be strongest, popular and not because enjoyment
some cs is meh but most is good and epic
puff puff,hildilbrand,final pugilist cs is some of my favourite

[Gontrant_Sorel]

some people play MMO to be strongest, popular and not because enjoyment

meaning they just to it to brag about how great they are (when they probably don't even deserve what little they have)

they also tend to be the same people that complain about the game being too short with boring end game content since there's nothing more to do after they beat the last boss.

by the way I also tend to pay little attention to the CS and the text at the missions. just enough to know what the hell is happening around me. so I can understand that some people may do their best to skip any and all CS and go for the fighting action even if that ruins what tends to be a good story that some people though with effort and the hope we enjoy it.

I'm not that interested in the crying of each and every NPC about how the mobs are ruining their crops (or whatever other excuse there is to ask an adventurer to do something) but not paying any attention to the main story, to me, feels like an insult to those that spent their time working on it.

of course this is my personal opinion and I'm probably more insane that the friend of the OP. I go as far as reading the guides at gamefaqs of games with a good story that I will never play (be it because it's not the kind of game I like to play or because I don't have enough time to do it)

[Vanifae]

It's probably pretty common for modern players to skip cut scenes to get right to the action. People invest in a game in different ways, I love lore and story while others just want new shinies. If everyone is having fun then no need to fault either side.

[Jaykos]

Eh I watched all the cutscenes and got all the story. This aint swtor i'll say