Ruining game experience

[ExiledOne]

the best thing to do, is, the first time around, don't feel guilty about watching the cutscenes and then just accept that you'll miss out on some of the battling (unless by talking to your party beforehand that you wish to view the cutscenes, and you never know, they might actually be happy to wait for you!). Once you've passed the final dungeon, then queue in Duty Finder for CM and the Praetorium again and this time skip the cutscenes and do the battles! That way you get the best of both worlds and everyone is happy.

However, looking back I don't think it's that different than watching them at the inn.
My first time through I watched every cut-scene, I was locked out of every fight, there really are too many/too long scenes in this. I basically got back to back scenes through the whole run. As far as seeing the team included in the scenes it is not that big a deal, the story itself does not really acknowledge anyone with you, it pretends that you did this solo.

I actually recommend to watch one scene, skip the rest, then run again and watch the next scene. You gain tomes anyways so you want to run it multiple times.