This is often how I see new players treated in FFXIV:

[Gyson]

I didn't see a picture, but I'm going to try to shift your perspective.

Concerning cut scenes, you can access near all of them in the Inn, as introduced at level 15(?). There's a book in there that you can watch cut scenes on. I, myself, always skipped cut scenes due to me just being a rushy person.

I think if you're interested in the story enough to watch the cutscenes (and some players actually are interested in it) then there's really no comparison to seeing a cutscene during the adventure as was intended versus watching it after in an inn when the surrounding context is missing.

Castrum Meridianum and the Praetorium, for example.. I was fortunate enough to have a group that waited through each and every cutscene (they even wore ilevel 50 gear to make the run more authentic). The adventure was epic.. and yet I hear from people all the time who are forced to skip through these cutscenes (or else find that their party has completed everything without them while they watched the movies), and that just kills me. Yes, in the grand scheme of things these are first-world problems, but we're talking about games in a game forum, and in the context of gaming it just stinks that new players are having their RPG experience spoiled this way.

Honestly, I wish Square would just remove the ability to skip cutscenes whenever a first-time viewer was in the group. Everyone else is getting a tomestone bonus because of the new person anyway - they should be able to stomach some cutscenes in return. It would take pressure off the new player and it removes the option to bully new players into compliance.

Nobody stopped him, we were just guna do Gilgamesh without him while he did that.

Are you honestly having difficulty understanding why a first-timer would want to watch the cutscene AND participate in the fight?

So..sorry in this case the other 7 folks shouldn't have to wait for you because you're new. Watch the scene, nobody was stopping you. Come back again and do the fight if you want and you can in fact watch the scenes in your inn room later too. You can't go into a duty finder and expect folks to sit idle for you, get a party, get friends, use party finder or get a better FC for that. Duty finder, as harsh as it is to say, is to get the duty done.

Well, as long as we're pulling opinions out of the air, the duty finder also provides you with bonus rewards in exchange for being helpful/patient with the new person. The flaw is that it rewarded you with that bonus even when you clearly weren't helpful or patient.