People kicking new players for watching cs's.....just stupid.

[Giantbane]

Story dungeons should have Boss Fights locked until some sort of Ready Check.

As in, the boss room's wall is up like when 15 secs passed after engaging, except that no one has engaged yet, everyone is still outside. Once a player touches the wall, the "Boss Entrance" cut scene will play and a "ready check" goes off. EVERYONE should confirm the ready check. Obviously, people in a CS cannot accept or decline it, they should not even see it! (as to not mess up their cut scene).

The same should apply with any other room with CS. Like, if there is another CS after defeating a boss, the exit to the next room will be locked until everyone "Ready checks".

I'm aware this will feel bothersome, to be readychecking every 5 mins, but if you are a veteran, sure you have the "Skip already watched CS" checked, so all you have is a box asking you if you are ready to continue, which everyone will promptly click.
It's only when there is a new player that the CS will play and you will have to wait.

And if you are of those that say "My time is too precious and I should not be made to wait", I'm sorry, but is the newbie's right to watch the CS on his first playthrough. You already had your chance, and if you choose to skip CS, that was your decision. If this new player wants to watch cutscenes on his first time thru the dungeon, he has the right to watch it and not be kicked or left behind because of it. Period.

Look, you can rail against this all you want, but SE has already decided on the issue. You can kick players for watching cutscenes if the majority of the group decides this is a no cutscene run.

I'm sorry, this is the reality of the situation. It's not great, but it is what it is.

[Mere]

Look, you can rail against this all you want, but SE has already decided on the issue. You can kick players for watching cutscenes if the majority of the group decides this is a no cutscene run.

I'm sorry, this is the reality of the situation. It's not great, but it is what it is.

Of course they said that! Is the easy answer so they don't have to deal with so many complains.

Still doesn't mean that people can just kick new players on "their first offense". SE said that the party should agree how they are playing (something like that, I read that post too long ago to remember the exact words), but the truth is that there is usually no talk at all, they just kick.

Also, it doesn't default to "You must skip cutscenes because you are the only new player in this party". It could very well be that at least 4 other people are willing to wait for cutscenes and only 3 don't wish to wait, but unfortunately, if one of those 3 players start a Vote Kick, it just needs 1 of the other 4 to accept to kick for whatever reason.

Why not instead, have a "Vote Wait" for cutscenes? I'm very confident that most of the time, people won't mind waiting and is only a few of them that will cry about being "forced" to wait.

[SalemP]

I think there are more people willing to wait than it seems. Most of the time people just follow the tanks, and if the tanks go, so too does everyone else. But if you actually TALK about it, most of the times you'll find that there are others in the group that don't mind waiting. It's just that people get caught up in the movement and following the group.

More times than not, it's not discussed at the start whether or not people should skip CS or not. It's not until the first CS or first boss when someone says "oh just skip it and watch it later". Then I will chime in and say, no let them watch and I don't mind waiting. I've had dungeons go either way with people joining me in waiting or just continuing on ahead. It depends who else is willing to wait - if me and the other healer are, then we're waiting. If the tanks wait, everyone waits. So really it depends on the people in those roles. Mobs are one thing, but to lock people out of boss fights on their first run is just plain mean.

[Rex]

Granted, I am a legacy player whose family member started playing a few months ago. We were not able to go with them on their Praetorium mission and my brother in law's fiance was kicked from the group for watching a cut scene.... really.....People are so stupid. You all were not veterans and were low newbies at one point. <.< So what if she wanted to watch her CS's. Still an abuse of the vote to kick system. I'm losing faith in this community slowly. It was NEVER like this in the 1.0 version............

OP, I'm legacy too yes it is abuse of the vote kick system. Whoever was kicked needs to report it so that action can be taken because SE does not take this lightly. In fact, Yoshi-P was very hesitant to implement this feature due to the very fact that people are like this.

People who enter the Duty Finder need to understand that they will most likely match up with a new player. Let them watch the cutscenes...If you're really in that much of a rush, just tell them they might be left behind a little at each cut scene. That's what I do. HOWEVER, I always make sure they're present for each boss. Locking them out is definitely rude.

Whatever you do, I always make it clear at the beginning. Especially in Praetorium. I make sure everyone's fine with it. Once that's settled, just run the damn dungeon. It's an MMO, communication is key...I don't know how people think others can just read their minds. It's a team effort. Not a, "I'm important, everyone else follow me" effort.


But like someone said here, reporting through the support desk will do much more than making a thread on the forums. GMs are very responsive, even when they're busy and don't respond right away. You'll always get a response. (I enjoy it too much...griefers)

Even still...the guy who vote kicked and everyone who clicked "yes" are idiots....since you get a bonus to tomes when someone's new to the instance. Don't know why they'd want to throw that away.

[NyarukoW]

People who enter the Duty Finder need to understand that they will most likely match up with a new player. Let them watch the cutscenes...

I know this is nit picky, but people who enter the Duty Finder need to understand that they will most likely NOT be matched up with new player or 1st-timers. Statistically right now it is like 1 in 20 to get 1st timer in Praetorium. And it still more like 1 in 5 to see them in Sastasha. Statistically, unless SE is somehow growing the player base at exponential rates, anything less than that will inevitably lead to the simple fact that the percentage of new players relative to existing experienced it will always be diminishing. So it is easy to see how people can forget that the 1st-timers should be given special treatment, because they got so used to doing things without having a 1st-timer in their party.

So the right answer is for cutscene skipping to be disable whenever the 1st-timer bonus is being paid out, applicable to all instances. This way the speed runners can't abuse the 1st-timers by vote kicking or running into boss rooms. And the fear that people will avoid running prae because of this way overblown, because 95% of the time it will be a speed run, and the other 5% of the you get the 1st-timer bonus.

[Sapphic]

I see a lot of hypocrisy in this thread.

“If players want to watch cut scenes then tell them to make a Party Finder setup!”

“If players want to speed run then tell them to make a Party Finder setup!”

You do realise you cannot que for Main scen roulette as a party? Players do main scenario roullette for the gil and myth. If they made a PF party they would not get that, so would be no reason to do it. New players run them for the story and completing the 2.0 main questline. Something which you can still obtain when queing for the 2 dungeons as a pre-made party.

I do it because, for me, Praetorium is still my most fave dungeon in game, the myusic and the mix of advanced tech gives me the most final fantasy vibe of them all. Would love for a hard version with Garlean themed gear drops from it.

[Souto_Namigase]

I don't see why people think they have an argument about wanting the group to skip cs in roulette... the whole reason it exist is to entice higher level players to help lower lvls doing it for the first time. That's what the rewards are there for, you're getting paid to wait for people watching cs and an inexperience run.

DF is a different issue in which case blame falls on both sides and an easy "can you skip cs?" Or "can i watch cs?" Conversation should happen.

[Aleczan]

I am ok with both skipping CS and watching CS. People just need to be more informative and communicative by speaking out loud at start. It is nicer if the party can talk and agree on the method they want to use in the specific dungeon.

I've been in a Praetorium party where tanks never said a thing and just rushed forward to speedrun which resulted in many deaths. At the end it seemed counter-productive because we might actually lost more time than save time, due to all the deaths/wipes and returning and running back.

As a healer in Praetorium many times, I HATE, HATE, HATE it when the tank just rushed ahead and leaving 2 or 3 new players who watched CS behind, locking them out in many boss fights. Solo healing at bosses isn't impossible, but it is mentally brutal and extremely labour-intensive, especially when 2 other DPS are also locked out with the 2nd healer!

If everyone discuss and agree on whether we want speedrun or want to wait for people who watch CS, some members can just leave and find other Duty if the party agree on the method they really cannot accept. This would save more time and cause no hard feelings to anyone.

[Fyrebrand]

As a healer in Praetorium many times, I HATE, HATE, HATE it when the tank just rushed ahead and leaving 2 or 3 new players who watched CS behind, locking them out in many boss fights. Solo healing at bosses isn't impossible, but it is mentally brutal and extremely labour-intensive, especially when 2 other DPS are also locked out with the 2nd healer!

Why put up with it, then? You don't need the added stress of being the only healer. The newcomers will forever appreciate being able to enjoy the story scenes as they were presented in-game. As a healer, you have significant clout in the matter.

The only reason "Main Scenario" exists in Duty Finder is so new players can actually get a party to do these dungeons with. Veterans who queue for this duty are being rewarded for participating in the content, to the benefit of all who get grouped with them. It's their payment for possibly rolling with newbies. Anyone who tries to force a speedrun in a random group and leave first-timers behind is basically trying to get paid without doing their job.

I would like to see some method for the first-timer players to reward patience in these dungeons. Maybe have a system similar to commendations, where anyone who is doing the dungeon for the first time may grant double rewards to any party members they choose. It will bring up a list of the party at the end of the dungeon, and the first-timer can put a checkmark for anyone who was patient/cooperative. If they think you were rude/impatient or did not wait for them, you get nothing.

[KaiKatzchen]

You do realise you cannot que for Main scen roulette as a party? Players do main scenario roullette for the gil and myth. If they made a PF party they would not get that, so would be no reason to do it. New players run them for the story and completing the 2.0 main questline. Something which you can still obtain when queing for the 2 dungeons as a pre-made party.

Yes I do know this, and that is why I was being highly sarcastic in that post by saying PF is an oasis in a desert... People on this thread are telling others 'if you want to do this or play xyz way them make PF'. But none of them are willing to do the same. Why? Because it's long, annoying, time consuming and you get no myth or credit for it!

That was my point. Don't ask or tell others to do what they wouldn't do.