The Ultimate Weapon

[Mcshiggs]

So start dungeon, wait for cut scene to load, skip cut scene, wait for dungeon to load because it is 8 players it takes even longer to load, plus I am on the PS3, so that means an even longer time. I could never see where they went. How was I to follow?

So the quest starts:

"Hi guys! First time!"

No reply.

Ok whatever, not the friendliest bunch no big deal.

Then I got a few buffs, added some fists of fire...but...wtf. Everyone was gone!

This is why it makes me think you just weren't paying attention, at first you say you were able to say hello, and that it was your first time after everything started, they even got you buffed. Now you are saying as you load in everyone was gone. The cutscenes skipping at the start makes no difference, because the gate doesn't go down until everyone has either skipped or watched the opening cutscene. Your story is changing, leading me to believe anymore you just weren't paying attention to everyone when they ran off. Also if you didn't think duty finder would be a speed run, why did you sit in party finder for two hours before you finally decided to go with the duty finder? Just doesn't make sense.

[whoopeeragon]

This is why it makes me think you just weren't paying attention, at first you say you were able to say hello, and that it was your first time after everything started, they even got you buffed. Now you are saying as you load in everyone was gone. The cutscenes skipping at the start makes no difference, because the gate doesn't go down until everyone has either skipped or watched the opening cutscene.

Yes, because there's no cutscene before first boss. And after first boss. And getting into magitek armour. And blasting open a door. And before the second boss. After second boss. Activating an elevator. After third boss. Opening a door. After fourth boss. Killing fourth boss. Killing fifth boss.

Right, because ONLY the first cutscene matters.

Oh right, lets also forget the elevator trips. Surely they can just jump down, right? They obviously don't need to wait for people to go down, press a switch, wait for elevator to come back up, press switch, elevator go down! Surely it's their own fault they can't keep up!

[Mcshiggs]

Yes, because there's no cutscene before first boss. And after first boss. And getting into magitek armour. And blasting open a door. And before the second boss. After second boss. Activating an elevator. After third boss. Opening a door. After fourth boss. Killing fourth boss. Killing fifth boss.

Right, because ONLY the first cutscene matters.

The OP said they were left behind right at the beginning, so yes, that first cutscene was all that matters, they weren't paying attention, everyone ran off, they got left behind.

[whoopeeragon]

The OP said they were left behind right at the beginning, so yes, that first cutscene was all that matters, they weren't paying attention, everyone ran off, they got left behind.

Because you SHOULD expect everyone to just run off as soon as the barrier comes down without explaining a little bit or even greeting in your very first run of a dungeon. Even with a bigass sentence in the middle of your screen announcing that it is someone's first time there.

[Mcshiggs]

Because you SHOULD expect everyone to just run off as soon as the barrier comes down without explaining a little bit or even greeting in your very first run of a dungeon. Even with a bigass sentence in the middle of your screen announcing that it is someone's first time there.

I've been in plenty of groups where we got the message that it was someone's first time, no one said anything, and the new person was able to keep up, I guess those advanced skills of following people is a rare skill that not everyone has. I feel sorry for these people now that I think about it, if a new restaurant opens in town, you go, the waitress goes to seat you, and suddenly you are lost, the waitress didn't tell you the location of your booth, you have no choice but to go home and post a negative review about the poor service, that waitress didn't give you step by step instructions to your booth, they expected you to actually follow them, how dare they not have a map, they should have known it was your first time.