The Cutscene Skipping Debate - Change of View

[Tule]

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I am facing facts. And the fact of the matter is that even if you say both sides are selfish, one side is clearly in a better standing with the rest of the game and content. To try and punish them and force them onto an even smaller portion of the game is wrong. You can justify it all you want, but it is justification. I "force" speed runs from time to time, or I'll leave if the players or bad. But I know I'm being selfish. I try not to do it all the time. But if I did, oh well. At least I know, at least I'm not pretending like I'm not. And that is what is bothering me. The fact also is CM/Prae have always given tomes that end game players need/want, and even if it wasn't a lot people would still do it because its easy. So it isn't completely the roulette.


As far as PSU/PSO/DCUO. PSU is gone, but think you can probably still play the PSP version. DCUO, yes, you can do much of what you want, if you try to find a party. There are tons of kids and casual players. The game achieves this by being EXTREMELY casual. Its why I don't play it anymore. I'm casual, but that game takes it to a whole new level. Kind of like.. well.. CM and Prae. You can speed run it with a group of 4 and let the other 4 watch cutscenes, but instead people will kick newbies and probably never get a rep.

But all you said is you wanted quick dungeons. So have fun in DCUO.

[Velo_Vandore]

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I think you're missing my point or I didn't make it clear, but I'm not just looking for quick dungeons. Ideally I would like to be able to have a short queue for a dungeon and still be able to enjoy the cutscenes, participate in all battles, and be supported by other players rather than rushed. The whole point of my thread however is not to say I'm NOT annoyed at people that this isn't possible, but instead that I have accepted that it isn't because people have different goals. Also that people farming content on roulette runs does still serve a useful purpose to the new player should he fail to get his preferred slow / story run type of group by other means.

While I like to enjoy my first run without rushing, I do like a challenge so I imagine the balance FFXIV has achieved is probably closer to my preference than the other games you're describing.

Edited: forgot the highlighted word above. Kinda important one XD

[Tule]

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Well if you want quick ques that let you watch the cutscenes and you aren't rushed then DCUO is for you. Have fun.