Small rant as a fresh lvl 50

[PogueX]

Both Castrum and Praetorium are horrible for queuing up cause everyone speed runs those (i don't know why cause their is no reward for speed running like their is in WOW). I only did it once for my story then when i was done never qued up for it again and no one tells the new players about the magitek armor either, it gets better though higher level players allow new players to view cutscenes in Keeper of the Lake and Snowcloak, at least in my experiences.

with one of my lower level characters i might watch cut scenes next time just for the LOLZ and if they leave me behind. hey that's less work i have to do to complete it

[Neophyte]

Both Castrum and Praetorium are horrible for queuing up cause everyone speed runs those (i don't know why cause their is no reward for speed running like their is in WOW).

That's like asking "Why do people drive fast in cars, if there is no reward for this (there may be even penalties for driving too fast)."

Because they want to save time. Skipping cutscenes and doing big pulls saves you more than 15 minutes minimum (cutscenes alone are >10 mins in Castrum) per run/day.

And with all the timegated gathering more people want to complete daily easy leveling content as fast as possible than ever before (doesn't matter anyway, I'll always come out of a dungeon 5 EZ-mins after the node went away).

I suggest to new players to do it with friends who will wait for you to watch the scenes. You can do it with 2 lvl60-friends for example, there is no XP anyway and it can't get more dull than with a full group which is skipping everything and starting bosses without you.