Cut Scenes at 50 and New Players

[Velisra]

Thanks for the replies all. I won't answer one by one, but will say a few bits:

We don't have a FC other than the one we made for our family. We like it that way, though we understand that there will be some things that are more difficult to do in game because there are only three of us. While getting people in your FC to help is a great solution if you happen to belong to a FC with lots of people, it shouldn't really be the only answer to situations like this one.

I will think about going the "story mode" party finder route when my character is at that level, but honestly, I'll probably just watch the cut scenes and if the party doesn't like it or leaves me behind, so be it.

An interesting thought here: Every dungeon in the game gives bonuses to all party members if there is a character in the party that hasn't run the instance, correct? What happens if that new character gets frustrated and drops group after being left behind? I guess those other folks won't get those bonuses, right? Perhaps the new folks should just drop group when this happens, and try for a group with a smidgen of patience.

Frankly, it sucks being new in a way; you hate to hold people up (at least I do), yet you still want to enjoy the story. Double thanks to the folks who are patient with the new people, whether by waiting or by leaving a trail to follow. We appreciate you!!!

[Onikimaru]

What do you expect?, you would want 6-7 other people to wait for hours while those other new players watch every cutscene?. You want them to literally sit down for 1 hour in front of the boss and not do a single thing?. This is not the communities fault it is the devs.

[Spawnie]

i got locked out so many times in final 2 story dungeons in 2.0.. playing on ps3 with the dreadful loading times lol always warned people when dungeon 1st started that was on ps3 but 90% of time always got locked out xD

[Zfz]

I'm getting like close to 200k EXP for facerolling through the Main Story Roulette. I don't mind animation locking everyone until every player in the party have finished watching. Stop with the gogogogogo attitude.

[Dinadan]

If I recall, party members used to have to wait through those cutscenes. This was changed as CM used to be one of the main end-game grinding dungeons. People complained about having to wait through other's cutscenes when they just wanted to grind their tomestones. But now that hardly anyone grinds that dungeon anymore, perhaps they should switch the cutscenes back to the way they were before.

[Waliel]

If I recall, party members used to have to wait through those cutscenes. This was changed as CM used to be one of the main end-game grinding dungeons. People complained about having to wait through other's cutscenes when they just wanted to grind their tomestones. But now that hardly anyone grinds that dungeon anymore, perhaps they should switch the cutscenes back to the way they were before.

Were they like that? I don't remember anything about that. I only remember people running in and wiping because I was one of the healers watching a CS, as no one had any gear back then.

[Kathryn]

No they were not like that before, tbh SE have learned from those mistakes as we have not had any cutscene heavy instances for a long time now and getting people to stop and wait while you watch a cutscene is not fair on the people who want to help you get through the instance, all in all people shouldnt stop and others shouldnt complain at least be thankful you got carried as people used to get kicked for watching cutscenes in the dungeons.

[Mhikail]

Dead Horse ghost lingers.

[Dinadan]

Were they like that? I don't remember anything about that. I only remember people running in and wiping because I was one of the healers watching a CS, as no one had any gear back then.

Oh, I must be thinking of the settings option they added in to auto-skip cutscenes.

[Adire]

It's just as selfish to demand that 7 people wait for 1 person to watch cut scenes as it is to be upset when they leave you behind.

You should just watch them if you want, and be okay with it if they want to go on. You can always queue again later and do the fights.